Gov. Andrew Cuomo this morning reiterated — twice, in a sing-song cadence of determined exasperation — that he was going to veto the redrawn political maps as proposed by the Assembly Democrats and Senate Republicans.

“If they send me these lines, these lines will be vetoed,” Cuomo told Fred Dicker on Talk-1300. “If they send me these lines, these lines will be vetoed.”

Of course the governor said “these” lines, meaning the proposed maps that the Assembly and Senate released and are subsequently altering somewhat ostensibly based on feedback from hearings held around the state.

Close watchers of Cuomo’s words — including Josh Benson at Capital New York and David Freedlander at The New York Observer — have tried to read the tea leaves in what the governor will do on redistricintg. The comments also come after Ken Lovett reported the administration was still insisting the governor planned to wield his veto pen.

Today, Cuomo was in something of a punchy mood when it came to the issue, knocking both Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature and taking a position that was largely above the fray.

“It’s great political theater on both sides and I’m not look it as a political issue, it’s a legal issue,” Cuomo said.

The governor also said he “wouldn’t engage in” the back and forth.

“This is all, frankly, hypocritical and it’s all political theatre. This is all old-fashioned political horse-trading. It’s just corse, base politics,” said the governor, who is widely seen as a political animal and clever strategist.

On Senate Republicans, Cuomo criticized them for “doing a 180″ on signing former Mayor Ed Koch’s pledge for an independent redistricting commission this year

The governor also noted Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver hasn’t taken a position on the GOP-drawn lines and, at one point, seemed to deliberately drop his voice and speak slower in a sort-of impression of the Manhattan Democrat.

Cuomo also dove into am analysis of the legal situation, saying the ongoing court battle has forced lawmakers to move on the issue, especially given the new Congressional primary date of June 26.

“It will have to come to a head, quickly,” he said.

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