It’s a Funny Old World: Mike Bloomberg Edition

 
Bloomberg with Halo and Wings

St. Michael of the Blessed Democratic Party.

I’m one of those reluctant Trump supporters who are more or less pleased with his policies, but just wish he’d be quiet once in a while. I’d like a better Republican choice, like Nikki Haley perhaps, but that’s not in the cards for this year. On balance then, I’d like to see four more years and a couple more Supreme Court picks for Donald Trump.

None of the Democrats running for president, all 24 of them at one point, struck me as having anything particularly appealing to offer the voting public. Mostly a bunch of puffed-up Senators and second-rate posers/opportunists, but I repeat myself. Biden concerned me for a little while, but once he appeared on the campaign stage, it was painfully obvious that he was well past his sell-by date. The first two contests in Iowa and New Hampshire suggest that the rest of the Democratic electorate see that too. Trump could have saved himself the four months of impeachment headaches from that Zelensky phone call. It turns out Biden was destined to blow himself up without any help from Hunter or the Ukrainians! Hah! Who knew?

But for the past several months I’ve been concerned … really concerned, that Mike Bloomberg just might have what it takes to beat Donald Trump. Bloomberg is a guy with some gravitas. He built a multibillion-dollar technology company from the ground up. He was, by most accounts, a successful mayor of America’s largest city where he regularly dealt with big issues of real significance. Oh … and the money. Don’t forget the money. He’s got billions and billions of dollars, and he’s apparently decided he’s willing to spend whatever it takes to defeat Donald Trump. Judging by what I read, Bloomberg’s advertising buys are apparently an order of magnitude greater than anything ever seen before in modern politics.

And I see the appeal of Mike Bloomberg. I kind of like some of the things he stands for. Despite being currently registered as a Libertarian, I’m not particularly offended by his support of the stop-and-frisk policy. It may have been politically incorrect, but Bloomberg, following in Rudy’s footsteps, recognized that the gun violence in New York City was largely a problem within one particular demographic. And that demographic didn’t just describe the perpetrators of the violence, but the victims as well. Bloomberg supported a controversial policy that may not have sat well with the ACLU, but it worked. I guess I’m one of those pragmatic Libertarians. Profiling does not send me looking for the smelling salts. And today I saw an old video of Bloomberg talking about how meaningful healthcare reform will require saying no to some people. Well, duh! What true Libertarian will disagree with that?

Oddly enough, you know what this card-carrying Libertarian objects to the most about Michael Bloomberg? His soda ban! While mayor of New York City, he instituted a limit on the size of your soda cup because he thought he should decide for you how large a soda to purchase. For your own good, of course! You were too stupid to make that decision for yourself. Mike Bloomberg, clothed in the robes of the All-Powerful Nanny State would make that decision on your behalf.

So I kind of like Policy Mike Bloomberg, but I hate Nanny-State Mike Bloomberg. How petty is that? Well, as it turns out, not really so petty after all. Mike Bloomberg is also a gun control freak and a climate alarmist. So, this Libertarian can comfortably oppose him on solid policy grounds without having to look like a petulant child throwing a tantrum because my Mountain Dew portion is too small.

So, back to my previous concern. What if this guy wins? It could happen. I kind of like him. Some Republicans and plenty of independents will like him. And the Donald is such a blowhard. He pisses off a lot of people. So many voters viscerally hate him. Plus, Donald inherited his fortune and squandered a lot of it. Bloomberg earned every penny of his. Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

And the money. All that money! And despite Bloomberg’s nominally Republican past, he would be a disaster for conservatism in this country. And he could win. Did I mention that? Abortion-on-demand judges, trillions frittered away on the Green New Deal, and the Second Amendment facing the most significant threat in my lifetime. That’s what a Bloomberg presidency could mean.

Here’s where we stand today: It’s still a crowded Democratic field. There’s a progressive lane dominated by Bernie Sanders and a so-called moderate lane still cluttered with a slew of possibly viable contenders, none of whom can emerge because the others won’t get out of the way. And to the horror of the Democratic establishment, it’s starting to look like Bernie Sanders could win with an anemic plurality. Bernie emerges victorious, by some reckoning, because he is the cleanest dirty shirt. And swooping in to take advantage of this lack of clarity in the Democratic race is the seemingly invincible Mike Bloomberg. It’s a plausible scenario. I was starting to get worried. I was almost convinced.

But then, something happened. Something changed. I’m still not complacent, but I see a few green shoots of hope blossoming from the election results of the past few weeks. It turns out, this Libertarian isn’t the only one who is worried about Mike Bloomberg. It turns out there are a lot of Democrats who are worried about him too. I’m starting to see news stories and anti-Bloomberg ads paid for by other Democrats. Every other Democrat in the moderate lane opposes him because he’s their competition. They resent his Johnny-come-lately entry into the race while they’ve been slogging away for months. They resent his bottomless well of money that will be spent against them before any of it is spent on Trump. And they resent that he is climbing up in the polls based on advertising while never having had to face the scrutiny of the debate stage.

If the moderates resent him, the Bernie Bros absolutely despise him. He represents everything they hate in politics. Bloomberg is a billionaire former Republican who is buying the election, and who, no matter what he says now, has had impure thoughts in the past on some of the most sacred tenets of progressive orthodoxy. The moderates, if defeated, will fall in line behind Bloomberg. But Bernie would probably cut off his left testicle before he would endorse Mike Bloomberg for president.

Some of the Bernie Bros will swallow hard and vote for Bloomberg. Many will stay home or vote Green. Oddly enough, the Donald will likely convince some to vote Trump in 2020. Either way, the edifice that is Mike Bloomberg seems to be slightly less imposing now that his Democratic opponents have seen fit to focus more attention on him. And the irony is that if Bloomberg is defeated, it will not be at the hands of Donald Trump, but at the hands of his fellow Democrats. The same fellow Democrats for whom he represents, even if they don’t realize it, the only real possibility of beating Donald Trump. Trump should lay off of Mini-Mike for the time being. Let the Democrats beat up on Bloomberg for him. It’s time for the Donald to channel his inner Napoleon. Don’t interrupt your enemies while they are destroying themselves.

The irony of this situation is difficult to ignore. If Bloomberg wins the Democratic nomination, he alienates, perhaps permanently, a sizeable portion of the Democratic coalition. If he loses, he cedes the stage to a much more beatable alternative, no matter who that is. Republicans, who have the most to fear from Mike Bloomberg, needn’t lift a finger to oppose him, at least not yet. Democrats are rushing forward to take up the banner against him. After months of campaigning by a lackluster group of Democratic presidential candidates, one late arrival starts to emerge as someone who actually has the capacity to beat Donald Trump. A star has appeared in the eastern sky. A potential savior has been born unto the Democrats to wash away the sins of months of clumsy, ineffectual, and at times viciously adversarial campaigning, and the response of the rest of the Democrats is to try and smother the new arrival in his crib. Mike Bloomberg, the brightest hope the Democratic Party has for rescuing them from four more years of Donald Trump might just end up being defeated by the very people he is trying to rescue. It’s a funny old world.

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  1. Arahant Member
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    In the 2016 election, which candidate raised and spent more?

    The longer answer is here, but let me share some numbers:

    Hillary Clinton Total raised $1,191M
    Donald Trump Total raised $646.8M

    Hillary had nearly twice the money. Now, let’s say that Bloomberg spends five times as much as Trump does, and it is about the same as 2016. That puts his spending at about $3 billion. Will that make him more attractive to the Bernie Bros? Will that make him more attractive to the Midwesterners? We like pro-wrestling better than we like New York tech guys. The only way that money will help him is in bribing every county clerk in the country to cheat on vote counting.

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  2. Bob Thompson Member
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    JesseMcVay: Mike Bloomberg, the brightest hope the Democratic party has for rescuing them from four more years of Donald Trump might just end up being defeated by the very people he is trying to rescue. It’s a funny old world.

    This is the Democrat Party version of Republican Donald Trump four years ago. The parallels are truly amusing. 

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  3. Al French Moderator
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    Is Bloomberg going to be in the debate this week? The most recent info I can find, five days ago, says he hasn’t qualified yet. If he does, his performance and the following political commentary could shed interesting light on his candidacy.

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  4. Gumby Mark (R-Meth Lab of Demo… Coolidge
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    Two alternative scenarios if Bloomberg does not get the Democratic nomination:

    He runs a third party “independent” candidacy.

    He supports Sanders or whomever else is nominated and throws a billion into advertising blanketing the airwaves (as he has done here in AZ) in support of that candidate.  In fact, he’s said that’s what he’ll do.

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  5. Jdetente Member
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    Bloomberg might have a real shot, better than most probably…but prepare yourself for the best take yet (I’m still laughing):

    https://thebulwark.com/romney-bloomberg-the-unity-ticket-america-deserves/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

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  6. Arahant Member
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    Jdetente (View Comment):

    Bloomberg might have a real shot. Better than most probably but prepare yourself for the best take yet (I’m still laughing):

    https://thebulwark.com/romney-bloomberg-the-unity-ticket-america-deserves/?amp&__twitter_impression=true

    Don’t even have to click it to get the joke.

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  7. JesseMcVay Inactive
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    Al French (View Comment):

    Is Bloomberg going to be in the debate this week? The most recent info I can find, five days ago, says he hasn’t qualified yet. If he does, his performance and the following political commentary could shed interesting light on his candidacy.

    Yes.  Bloomberg should be careful what he wishes for.  He could end up the dog who catches the car.  Now what?  I’ll tell you what.  Every other candidate on the debate stage ripping him to shreds or trying to.  If he’s an agile debater, he may prosper.  If not…well a lot of media companies will be the beneficiaries of several foolishly spent billions.

     

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  8. JesseMcVay Inactive
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    Gumby Mark (R-Meth Lab of Demo… (View Comment):

    Two alternative scenarios if Bloomberg does not get the Democratic nomination:

    He runs a third party “independent” candidacy.

    He supports Sanders or whomever else is nominated and throws a billion into advertising blanketing the airwaves (as he has done here in AZ) in support of that candidate. In fact, he’s said that’s what he’ll do.

    Independent candidacy is a total loser.  I’m a Libertarian.  I know the futility of third party runs.  The endless money is a threat if it’s someone like Klobuchar I guess.  But Bernie Sanders?  Do you really think Bernie wants Bloomberg’s money or that Trump couldn’t exploit the hell out of a Bernie/Bloomberg marriage of convenience?  American voters are generally ill informed, but can money really do that?  I’ll say this, though.  That scenario would definitely be worth the price of admission!

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  9. Bob Thompson Member
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    JesseMcVay (View Comment):
    Every other candidate on the debate stage ripping him to shreds or trying to.

    I think mostly trying to and failing as they do with most issues.

     

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  10. Bob Thompson Member
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  11. Dr. Bastiat Member
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    JesseMcVay: Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

    I’ve pretty much given up betting against Donald Trump.  Every time I said something like that, he proved me wrong. 

    So I’ve stopped.

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  12. Bob Thompson Member
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    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    JesseMcVay: Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

    I’ve pretty much given up betting against Donald Trump. Every time I said something like that, he proved me wrong.

    So I’ve stopped.

    But you would probably be right if you said that about Bloomberg compared to the other Democrat candidates and never be proved wrong.

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  13. Dr. Bastiat Member
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    Bob Thompson (View Comment):

    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    JesseMcVay: Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

    I’ve pretty much given up betting against Donald Trump. Every time I said something like that, he proved me wrong.

    So I’ve stopped.

    But you would probably be right if you said that about Bloomberg compared to the other Democrat candidates and never be proved wrong.

    Yes, you would.  Good point.

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  14. Lois Lane Coolidge
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    I don’t think he can get minority support, and he will alienate a lot of those same soccer moms who can’t stand Trump once a spotlight is shined in him…. something that I guess will happen?  

    But I enjoyed reading the article.  The irony of his nomination l—if he won—would be pretty astounding.

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  15. Arahant Member
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    Lois Lane (View Comment):
    once a spotlight is shined in him…. something that I guess will happen?

    Only by Trump.

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  16. Unsk Member
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    As the Chinese crash of critical supply chains rolls  into America causing great economic damage and pain, particularly as people die due to lack of pharmaceutical drugs that cannot get out of China where 80% of those drugs are now produced, people will start looking at the Wall Street Oligarchs who advocated the dependent relationship on the ChiComs like you guessed it:  Mike Bloomberg.

    Bloomberg’s wealth is partly tied to and heavily intertwined with China and his connections to ChiCom Leadership. 

    From Spectator.Us and Bradley Thaer and Lianchao Han:

    Bloomberg’s pandering to ChiCom Leadership

    “Bloomberg panders to the CCP and to its leader, Xi Jinping, recently labeling him ‘not a dictator’ but rather just a politician, like any other duly elected leader, who has to satisfy his constituents. When challenged, Bloomberg stressed the point, saying ‘no government survives without the will of the majority of its people, OK?’ Xi, like all leaders, ‘has to deliver services’.”

    “Bloomberg makes his case for the Chinese ‘dictator for life’ by saying ‘The Chinese Communist party looks at Russia and they look for where the Communist party is and they don’t find it anymore. And they don’t want that to happen. So, they really are responsive.’ The truth is a bit different. Indeed, after the collapse of the USSR, Beijing concluded that it needed economic performance to provide legitimacy for the regime. But the more significant lesson the CCP drew was that the Soviet Communist party lost faith in communism and failed to enforce and defend its ideology. Accordingly, when Xi came to power in 2012, he informed party comrades: ‘Why did the Soviet Union disintegrate? Why did the Soviet Communist Party collapse? An important reason was that their ideals and convictions wavered’, and ‘where political rot, ideological heresy and military disloyalty brought down the governing party’. Xi demanded a return to Leninist proletarian dictatorship — to rule China with violence and terror, absolutely without mercy to its enemy. He later launched massive ruthless campaigns to crackdown on any dissent. Through mass surveillance and indoctrination, the CCP has essentially wiped out any political opposition, and thus any hope for free speech or democracy. China is a police state superpower.”

    “But Bloomberg’s risible and injudicious judgement is not because he is naive. He knows the facts of life when dealing with the CCP: he cannot criticize the regime or his access will be terminated and the regime will aggressively target his interests and the interests of those associated with him. Thus, the sycophancy.”

    Continued on next post.

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  17. Unsk Member
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    Mike Bloomberg’s ties with ChiComs , His Press Censorship and his help to further the goals of Chi- C0m Leadership , from WAPO:

    “Bloomberg’s company opened offices in Beijing 25 years ago, selling its computer terminal and financial information subscriptions. Bloomberg has long held the view that a “growing Chinese economy is good for America,” as he wrote in a 2008 article in Newsweek. Bloomberg said that “we have a stake in working together to solve common problems, rather than trying to browbeat or intimidate the other into action.”

    “As Bloomberg has urged cooperation with China, questions have been raised about whether his news service has held back from publishing information that would offend the Chinese leadership, because of concern that the government would expel his employees.”

    “At first, the company was praised for its willingness to produce tough reporting about the Chinese leadership. It won a prestigious Polk Award for its 2012 article about the family finances of Xi, who was then vice president. The company’s terminal sales in China declined, and the government imposed restrictions on Bloomberg News employees. Bloomberg’s website was blocked from being viewed in mainland China.”

    But the following year, after Xi was elevated to the presidency, a follow-up investigation was not published. The New York Times reported at the time that Bloomberg’s editors had refused to release the story as written because it would offend the Chinese leadership.

    A Bloomberg manager was quoted as telling members of the Hong Kong bureau, “If we run the story, we’ll be kicked out of China.” A Bloomberg reporter suspected of leaking the information was suspended and left the company, joining the New York Times.”

    .”Bloomberg was asked by CNBC whether his news service had “muzzled” reporters. He responded: “In China, they have rules about what you can publish. We follow those rules. If you don’t follow the rules, you’re not in the country.” “Since then, Bloomberg has spent many hours with China’s leaders and the relationship has blossomed. While the company’s website is still blocked in China, as are other American media sites including The Washington Post’s, it is allowed to sell its terminals and subscription service and has expanded its operations in the country. “

    “But the company’s presence in China is invaluable in ways that don’t show up in a balance sheet, enabling Bloomberg to provide economic data that is crucial for many subscribers around the world.

    Parag Khanna, founder of the strategic advisory firm FutureMap and author of the book “The Future is Asian,” has written that Bloomberg’s company is “effectively the world’s largest private intelligence service,” which is particularly notable in the relatively opaque Chinese marketplace.

    Subscribers around the world rely on Bloomberg-generated information to help them decide where and how to invest capital — a trove that is vital to China’s efforts to entice investment in the government’s bonds.”

      Continued on next post:

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  18. Unsk Member
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    Bloomberg and his effect on Chinese Press: From Spectator.US

    “For a media mogul like Bloomberg, what is disconcerting is that his media enterprise in China may collude with Beijing as part of the regime’s external propaganda apparatus. EnodoGlobal, a Fairfax, Virginia-based social risk advisory firm, recently examined Hong Kong’s information landscape to uncover the CCP’s propaganda machine in order to expose their attempts to shape citizen’s perceptions. Beijing’s information warfare campaign is highly sophisticated, simultaneously targeting individuals and large segments of the population. The CCP is weaponizing propaganda using fake accounts to infiltrate a continuously evolving social movement, saturate online discussions, and shape public perceptions in its war against Hong Kong protestors. Fake accounts, bots, and trolls dominate online discussion. The result is fear and confusion among Hong Kong citizens. According to EnodoGlobal’s big data analysis, the CPP uses news outlets and key influencers from mainland China to influence perceptions. The primary influencers are opinion columnists and journalists who are embedding in Chinese major media outlets. The top influencers include Bloomberg China, in addition to the usual suspects: China Daily, Xinhua News, and Southern Daily.”

    “Bloomberg’s strategic myopia causes him to miss what is in front of our nose. Xi’s China is a fundamental threat to the US and its allies, first, due to his objective of supplanting the US and the liberal international order it created — the order which allowed China to rise and incidentally made possible much of Bloomberg’s wealth. Second, because the West has not awakened to the threat, it allowed and continues to permit China access to its institutions, markets, finance, technology, universities, and even militaries. Third, China is building the infrastructure of the information age, shamelessly created in part due to its IP theft. If it succeeds, it will fetter and weaken the US. Through Huawei, ZTE, and other firms, China is creating a system, for which it will be the gatekeeper, that will allow it to exploit information. All of this occurred without balancing from the US and its allies. Indeed, until recently, scant cognizance even of the threat.”

    Continued on next post

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  19. Unsk Member
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    Bloomberg huge involvement to help finance the ChiCom economy: ( From WaPo)

    To help the Chinese effort to sell Chinese government bonds,Bloomberg’s company in March 2018 announced that it would add 333 Chinese government bonds to its Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index. That opened the way for tens of billions of dollars to flow from investment funds in the United States and elsewhere to four Chinese institutions that issue bonds, including the Chinese government and the China Development Bank.”

    “It was a breakthrough achievement for Bloomberg LP — and China. Bloomberg’s company earns a licensing fee when investment firms use the index as the basis for their financial products. A Bloomberg spokesman declined to say how much revenue the company expects to collect in such fees.

    By some estimates, investors are expected to pour some $150 billion into the Chinese bonds in the next couple of years. As a result, while Trump’s tariffs are taking effect, Bloomberg’s company is helping the Chinese economy, analysts said.

    “Companies that control financial capital — pension funds and other asset managers — are the investors who have Bloomberg terminals and represent trillions of dollars of savings looking for high returns,” Khanna said. “Those are the investors that China is courting as it further opens its capital account to foreigners.”

    David Tabaka, who analyzes global indexes for Burton-Taylor International Consulting, said the money flowing into China as a result of the index “is very important” to the country’s leaders. “It’s a net positive for them,” he said.”

    “But the inclusion of Chinese bonds in the index has been criticized by those who object to the use of funds that may originate in the United States to support the communist country.”

    Bloomberg personally trumpeted the inclusion of Chinese bonds in the index, saying in a 2018 news release that it would “enhance access to the world’s third-largest bond market” and is “a testament to China’s firm commitment to financial reforms.”

    Similarly, Bloomberg has devoted himself to making it easier for U.S. companies to do business in Chinese currency, chairing the Working Group on U.S. RMB Trading and Clearing, which includes many of the largest banks in the United States and China. He has cited the group’s work as evidence that China is opening its markets.

    Bloomberg Strongly Opposes Trump on Tariffs

    “Bloomberg’s effort to influence U.S.-China policy has been particularly evident on trade issues, making him one of the most vocal U.S. business leaders opposing tariffs on China’s exports. Bloomberg came to Washington in 2018 to announce that he would lead an effort against trade policies that he said would hurt the U.S. economy as well as “strain ties with nations around the world, including China, and we can’t let that happen.””

      

     

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  20. TBA Coolidge
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    Gumby Mark (R-Meth Lab of Demo… (View Comment):

    Two alternative scenarios if Bloomberg does not get the Democratic nomination:

    He runs a third party “independent” candidacy.

    He supports Sanders or whomever else is nominated and throws a billion into advertising blanketing the airwaves (as he has done here in AZ) in support of that candidate. In fact, he’s said that’s what he’ll do.

    Maybe he’ll accept a vp slot on the assumption that Bernie will blow a gasket. 

    But I think you’re right on the third party – there might be a large enough coalition of NTs and quasi-sane Dems to carry him through. 

    That would suck. 

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  21. Full Size Tabby Member
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    I don’t see Bloomberg getting any voters who are turned off by Trump’s behavior. Bloomberg is just as crass as Trump, and condescending to boot. 

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  22. Skyler Coolidge
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    JesseMcVay: I guess I’m one of those pragmatic Libertarians.

    I don’t think you’re very libertarian at all, card carrying or not.

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  23. MichaelKennedy Inactive
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    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    JesseMcVay: Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

    I’ve pretty much given up betting against Donald Trump. Every time I said something like that, he proved me wrong.

    So I’ve stopped.

    This reminds of a Twitter joke I saw today.

    A guy goes into a bar in Louisiana where there is a robot bartender.
    Bartender says, “What will you have?”
    Guy says, “Whiskey.”
    Bartender brings the drink and asked “What is your IQ?”
    Guy says, “168.”
    Bartender talks about space travel, Physics and Medical technology.

    Guy leaves but begins thinking about it and goes back
    Bartender says, “What will you have?”
    Guy says, “Whiskey.”
    Bartender brings the drink and asked “What is your IQ?”
    Guy says, “100.”
    Bartender talks about Budweiser, NASCAR and LSU football.

    Guy finishes his drink and leaves but decides to see another experiment. He goes back one more time.

    Bartender says, “What will you have?”
    Guy says, “Whiskey.”
    Bartender brings the drink and asked “What is your IQ?”
    Guy says, “35.”
    Bartender leans over close and says, “So, do you folks think you are really going to impeach Trump?”

    Bloomberg is a nasty little twit.  The TDS team always thinks they are smarter than Trump.

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  24. Fake John/Jane Galt Coolidge
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    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    Bloomberg is a nasty little twit. The TDS team always thinks they are smarter than Trump.

    They know they are smarter than everybody else.

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  25. CACrabtree Coolidge
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    Bloomberg is a nasty little twit. The TDS team always thinks they are smarter than Trump.

    They know they are smarter than everybody else.

    ESPECIALLY farmers and factory workers!  

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  26. Skyler Coolidge
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    Bloomberg is a nasty little twit. The TDS team always thinks they are smarter than Trump.

    They know they are smarter than everybody else.

    From what I can tell, Bloomie has had one goal in his political life and that is to disarm everyone in the country except his body guards.

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  27. JesseMcVay Inactive
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    Skyler (View Comment):

    JesseMcVay: I guess I’m one of those pragmatic Libertarians.

    I don’t think you’re very libertarian at all, card carrying or not.

    Yeah.  I get that a lot.  Turns out Libertarians are pretty good at the whole thought police thing.

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  28. Percival Thatcher
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    Fake John/Jane Galt (View Comment):

    MichaelKennedy (View Comment):
    Bloomberg is a nasty little twit. The TDS team always thinks they are smarter than Trump.

    They know they are smarter than everybody else.

    From the New York Post:

    “I could teach anybody, even people in this room, no offense intended, to be a farmer,” Bloomberg told the audience at the Distinguished Speakers Series at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School. “It’s a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn.”

    I can just imagine the Bloomberg spread: two sick cows, eight dead chickens, 160 acres of weeds, and a tractor that won’t start — sitting in a leaky barn.

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  29. I Walton Member
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    I love the idea of a Bloomberg Romney third party.  If they get more votes than left wing Democrats, they’d still lose but they’d help destroy the insane left before  more kids from nonsense schools  help them destroy the country.  Then maybe a conservative Republican would win in 4 years as well.  

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  30. The Reticulator Member
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    Dr. Bastiat (View Comment):

    JesseMcVay: Bloomberg may not be the showman Trump is, but does anybody really doubt that Bloomberg is probably a lot smarter and way more capable than Donald Trump?

    I’ve pretty much given up betting against Donald Trump. Every time I said something like that, he proved me wrong.

    So I’ve stopped.

    Capable? Capable of what?

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