Official Michael Bloomberg Thread

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Anonymous wrote:He's going to buy the nomination, folks. Just accept it.

Whether he can win or not, I can't say for sure. But he IS going to be the nominee. And the sooner everyone just accepts it and gets over their hurt feelings, the better.

Ha! Did you see his 78 year old butt get stomped on the debate stage? This guy has no clue about how to win votes outside of NYC. He is awful. Based on the first couple of states I look at this as a Bernie vs. Buttigieg race. Why? Because they are the two that seem capable of getting voters to vote for them. Bloomberg was certainly known to NH voters and he got all of 1.6% via write ins.

Do either of them have billions of dollars of their own money to spend?

"No", you say?

Well then I guess tells us who's going to win, then.

You realize that no one wants Bloomberg in right? He’s going to lose if he’s the nominee (he won’t be though based off Wednesday’s terrible performance)

Lol. Grow up.

Who is “no one”? The DNC? Cause that is what it’s looking like to an independent voter like me. And I voted for Hillary last term. The DNC and RNC are both screwy, but when Bernie is slaughtered because Hilary “did her time” and it’s “her turn”, politicians aren’t listening to the people, they’re just using them as pawns to progress their individual agendas. Some of those are great for American people. Some are horrible. Some do nothing but add stripes to their chest.

Someone said Bloomberg doesn’t want to pay a billionaire tax. Haven’t heard his official stance on that. I’ll bet the money he puts into this election would have been the equivalent of any tax changes that may:may not occur after November 2020.

We also need Amazon to pay taxes. Every single one of us support that business. There are ads here on DCUm, prime shipping, Whole Foods, it’s intermingled with all of life. We grow Amazon’s wealth, and they won’t give back to the public resources to improve it?

I trust someone like Bloomberg setting the record straight more than I trust Trump. Not because he stands on a higher moral ground. But because he isn’t a traitor. And the fact that the DNC is so against him is making me like him even more. Both sides are just prompting an urging for a new Independent candidate in 2024. The country is begging for it - the moderates have the power. Because the left and right have gone off the freakin tracks. GOP is corrupt as all hell and selling us out to the highest bidder. Dems are narrow minded in their approach and cast out anyone that doesn’t hold their beliefs, so they unintentionally lose support where they could gain defectors. It’s a mess. A mess!

At a minimum, I know Bloomberg believes in climate change, he will pick up some moderate Republicans, large corporate support, and public servant support too. That is a start. TRUMP DENIES CLIMATE CHANGE IS REAL. We have TWO TERMS TO REVERSE DAMAGE THAT WILL DESTROY OUR PLANET OTHERWISE. Why are we wasting time here?

I also know Bloomberg can talk shit back to Trump’s bullying. Trump is threatened by him, and that is because MB can back up what he is saying. MB is everything Trump tries and fails to be.

Also the rich 1%ers will support Bloomberg over other Dem candidates and it will be easier for Bloomberg to get shit done across the aisle with the GOP than any other candidate. He is the moderate solution, to me. Personally, I’m open to arguments otherwise that address these specific issues of concern. But I have yet to see a strong one.

We do not have to choose between Trump and Bloomberg. There are much better candidates than Bloomberg.

How is the DNC against Bloomberg when they took his money and changed the rules in his favor?

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Anonymous wrote:It IS unfair and rigged. And Bernie knows that better than anyone, because he's been shafted by the DNC once already?

You think there's not some hard feelings there with his supporters? Ha! If they shaft him out of the nomination AGAIN this time, I will NEVER vote for another Democrat the rest of my life, no matter what the office.

2016 primary:

Popular vote:
Clinton: 16,914,722
Sanders: 13,206,428[a][1]

Percentage:
Clinton: 55.2%
Sanders: 43.1%

Contests won:
Clinton: 34
Sanders: 23

Total pledged delegates:
Clinton: 2205
Sanders: 1846

Can you show me where Sanders didn't get his ass kicked by Clinton? What was his path to victory?

I wonder what the race would have looked like if Hillary didn't have the debate questions given to her ahead of time. And lord knows how many other hidden advantages.

Very few people honestly care about and watch the primary debates. It’s really a non-factor.

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Anonymous wrote:It IS unfair and rigged. And Bernie knows that better than anyone, because he's been shafted by the DNC once already?

You think there's not some hard feelings there with his supporters? Ha! If they shaft him out of the nomination AGAIN this time, I will NEVER vote for another Democrat the rest of my life, no matter what the office.

2016 primary:

Popular vote:
Clinton: 16,914,722
Sanders: 13,206,428[a][1]

Percentage:
Clinton: 55.2%
Sanders: 43.1%

Contests won:
Clinton: 34
Sanders: 23

Total pledged delegates:
Clinton: 2205
Sanders: 1846

Can you show me where Sanders didn't get his ass kicked by Clinton? What was his path to victory?

I wonder what the race would have looked like if Hillary didn't have the debate questions given to her ahead of time. And lord knows how many other hidden advantages.

Very few people honestly care about and watch the primary debates. It’s really a non-factor.

Enough of a factor that Donna Brazile felt the need to give Hillary the questions ahead of time.

One might argue that the reason 2016 didn't devolve into the same "Bernie vs. everybody" battle we have in 2020 is that Hillary cleared the decks so that it was just a two person race. Well there was Martin O'Malley in there for a while until the Baltimore riots sunk his candidacy. One might also argue...nah, I'll leave that alone.

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Anonymous wrote:Superdelegates. That's where. Because a superdelegate has essentially hundreds or even thousands of "votes"... and

Superdelegates essentially negate individual voters. Until we get rid of them and use a more egalitarian system, it's a rigged and unfair process.

The unpledged delegates, aka super delegates are Democratic Members of the U.S. House and Senate, Governors, and DNC Members elected by their state parties. All are currently in office, having been elected in their states to represent the Democratic Party in some capacity. In the old days these people ran the whole thing. Electing delegates who are pledged to candidates according to primary and caucus results is a very recent practice.

If the Democratic holders of major federal, state, and party offices were not slotted as unpledged delegates to the national convention, most of them would seek to be pledged delegates through the primary and caucus processes. That would change the dynamic of the primaries in many states, as it would force them to become much more involved in the Presidential race at earlier stages, endorsing candidates and organizing their own supporters to support the candidates they have endorsed. That would not necessarily be better.

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He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

Here is my question......

This is 3 out of how many?
So, he cherry picks a few that may not be so bad. What is in the other ones?

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

And this is yet another reason why I would vote for him today. Mea culpas have power; humility grants passage to wisdom, and we need those qualities for a President facing the toughest problems that no one else has solved. Much better to address the concerns of people than digging yourself heels in and backing a traitor. And — he respected his position to respect the NDA during the debate. He didn’t get ruffled by everyone shouting. I really do trust Bloom more than Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

And this is yet another reason why I would vote for him today. Mea culpas have power; humility grants passage to wisdom, and we need those qualities for a President facing the toughest problems that no one else has solved. Much better to address the concerns of people than digging yourself heels in and backing a traitor. And — he respected his position to respect the NDA during the debate. He didn’t get ruffled by everyone shouting. I really do trust Bloom more than Trump.

How many NDAs have been signed by Bloomberg employees? This is likely a drop in the bucket just so he will get a response such as yours.

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

Wow, Warren gets results.

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I’m voting for him on March 3rd

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

And this is yet another reason why I would vote for him today. Mea culpas have power; humility grants passage to wisdom, and we need those qualities for a President facing the toughest problems that no one else has solved. Much better to address the concerns of people than digging yourself heels in and backing a traitor. And — he respected his position to respect the NDA during the debate. He didn’t get ruffled by everyone shouting. I really do trust Bloom more than Trump.

How many NDAs have been signed by Bloomberg employees? This is likely a drop in the bucket just so he will get a response such as yours.

Perhaps. But addressing public concern has power. It’s a much stronger response - and much more timely - than ignoring it, or denying it, or lying about it, or avoiding any call of response for Trump or the GOP.

Again, I work with what I have instead of crying about what isn’t here. You make lemons out of lemonade.

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

And this is yet another reason why I would vote for him today. Mea culpas have power; humility grants passage to wisdom, and we need those qualities for a President facing the toughest problems that no one else has solved. Much better to address the concerns of people than digging yourself heels in and backing a traitor. And — he respected his position to respect the NDA during the debate. He didn’t get ruffled by everyone shouting. I really do trust Bloom more than Trump.

This just shows that he must have a lot to hide in the other NDAs he is not releasing. Of course he is better than Trump. Any random person off the street would be more honest than Trump. But Bloomberg has done nothing to earn the Democratic Presidential nomination. He's a rich guy. That doesn't make him Presidential material.

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Anonymous wrote:He called Warren's bluff on the NDAs: https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/21/politics/michael-bloomberg-nondisclosure-release/index.html

Maybe she'll shut up about it now.

And this is yet another reason why I would vote for him today. Mea culpas have power; humility grants passage to wisdom, and we need those qualities for a President facing the toughest problems that no one else has solved. Much better to address the concerns of people than digging yourself heels in and backing a traitor. And — he respected his position to respect the NDA during the debate. He didn’t get ruffled by everyone shouting. I really do trust Bloom more than Trump.

How many NDAs have been signed by Bloomberg employees? This is likely a drop in the bucket just so he will get a response such as yours.

Perhaps. But addressing public concern has power. It’s a much stronger response - and much more timely - than ignoring it, or denying it, or lying about it, or avoiding any call of response for Trump or the GOP.

Again, I work with what I have instead of crying about what isn’t here. You make lemons out of lemonade.

I doubt your response would be the same if this were a candidate you were not willing to support.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m voting for him on March 3rd

If you think releasing some women from NDAs is the right thing to do, then you should vote for Warren. She made it happen.