This mailer is reportedly from the 1982 gubernatorial campaign, but the discriminatory slogan actually dates back to the 1977 Democratic Party primary race for New York City mayor
blast from the past 1982 Race for Governor the infamous Vote for Cuomo not the Homo mailer @azi @bobhardt @fud31 pic.twitter.com/iMVP6XpnDH
— VJ Machiavelli (@VJMachiavelli) November 14, 2014
For all of former Mayor Koch's internalised self-loathing as a closeted gay man, how much of former Mayor Koch's slow HIV/AIDS response should be attributable to the Cuomo campaign's fear-baiting tactics against former Mayor Koch ? From Progress Queens :
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