Context drives perception. And, in the words of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, “there’s nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so.”
The manipulative charm that enabled former President Franklin D. Roosevelt to prepare his frightened, ill-equipped countrymen for World War II and lead them through it also devastated his wife, Eleanor. The arrogant titling at windmills that made former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani look so petty in dealing with his wife, Donna Hanover, and the Rev. Al Sharpton seemed Churchillian on 9/11.
Some people are, in the words of former President Andrew Jackson, “born for the storm.” That they are just as good at securing the peace is less certain.
Which brings us to embattled New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
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