Sunday, Jan. 23, 2005
So Much For That Family Reunion
By Sora Song
Estranged brothers-in-law Andrew Cuomo and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may run against each other for attorney general of New York in 2006
NAME: Andrew Cuomo
OCCUPATION: Former federal Housing Secretary
FAMOUS DAD: Former New York Governor Mario Cuomo
PUBLIC HUMILIATION: Cuckolded by wife Kerry Kennedy, R.F.K. Jr.'s sister, in 2003
PET ISSUES: "Financial integrity, reforming state government, antidiscrimination, the environment."
ON R.F.K. JR.: "I don't think it's especially relevant."
NAME: Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
OCCUPATION: Environmental lawyer and advocate
FAMOUS DAD: Slain U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy
PUBLIC HUMILIATION: Arrested for heroin possession in 1983
PET ISSUES: "A political system that has not permitted the discussion of environmental issues ... and the corrosive impact of corporate power on American democracy."
ON CUOMO: "It's irrelevant."