Cyn: ‘Homo, NOT Cuomo’

ALBANY — “Vote for the homo, not for the Cuomo.”

Democratic gubernatorial challenger Cynthia Nixon, who is openly lesbian, turned the tables on the governor at the 118th annual Legislative Correspondents Association show Tuesday.

She switched up a campaign slogan he’s rumored to have coined during his father’s failed run against Mayor Ed Koch in 1977.

“Andrew Cuomo is known for dirty politics, but I have to give credit where it’s due,” Nixon told the crowd. “His history of cutthroat campaigns, helped inspire my campaign’s new slogan: Vote for the homo, not for the Cuomo.”

Posters with the original slogan, “Vote for Cuomo, not the homo,” were intended to capitalize on homophobia and innuendo about Koch’s sexuality.

The gov’s campaign denied he was behind the posters.

Nixon stayed on the theme throughout her 10-minute bit.

“His performance as a progressive hasn’t been very convincing of late — you might say he is an unqualified thespian,” Nixon quipped, playing off the comments made by Cuomo supporter Christine Quinn that Nixon was an “unqualified lesbian.”