Bloomberg for Prez

Centrist in the USA is solid Centre Right elsewhere in the west.

His advisers told him not to run and he wisely listened to them. A rarity these days.

[quote]PLEASE Michael, run...run...run...

It's far too late now and it would be gross to run without having attended a single debate. Also, I'm fed up with billionaires being expected to save the little man. We have enough talent among our own, thanks.

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I thought she was a Trumpster. That's interesting. She may be kind of cunty but at least she's not delusional enough to push for another Trump term.

[quote]And he was a great mayor of the city of New York for 12 years.

I thought the New Yorkers hated him.

A Judge Judy endorsement is the kiss of death.

"He'd make me look like a spring chicken"

--J. Biden

Too late and too old to run in 2024.

I try to ignore her support for Trump. I thought she was smarter than that. I have no idea how she rationalizes it. She’s always been a fan of Bloomberg, so her endorsement of him isn’t surprising.

He should throw his hat in the Democratic ring. They need a real centrist.

Ugh, America doesn't have a far left, not even a center-left. Trump is the latest in the line of lying hypocritical Republican politicians, whose main aim is to enrich themselves, brutalise the poor and dismantle any possible obstacle to the getting even more rich.

Most people in the political class of any country are filled with sociopaths and narcissists, the richer the country, the worse they are. Without the US Constitution, things would be far worse, for all of US.

[quote]I thought she was a Trumpster. That's interesting. She may be kind of cunty but at least she's not delusional enough to push for another Trump term

She was a trumpster. But he's a lunatic. There's a certain group of rich New Yorkers who stick together. Barbara Walters was one of them, Judge Judy is. Trump is, Joan Rivers was. They're the type who are of the opinion, "I've made my fortune, I want to keep all of it and everyone else can fuck off"

She may not push for him to get a second term, but when trump leaves office, you can damn well expect Judge Judy to be friends with him and go to his resorts

He’s 77.

[quote]He’s 77.

GREAT!

A Bloomberg run as an independent would likely lead to a Trump victory in 2020. But the OP already knew that and just wanted to stir shit. This is another example of OP's work:

[quote]Trinitarios to NYC: Fuck You and Thanks for Nothing

[quote]The taxpayers of NYC have been paying for the public housing and Section 8 apartments these hard core pieces of shit have lived in for the past several years, not to mention free health care and food stamps. Why not evict all of the scum relatives from their apartments for allowing such parasites to infest these poor NYC neighborhoods. Lock up the scum and evict the families and send them all back to Santo Domingo. They arrive in NYC not wanting to work or do anything and expect local govt to provide them with everything while they bring nothing but misery to the table. True low life infestation.

[quote]He’s 77.

What is it with very old people wanting to be President in the USA?

There should be a rule. No one over 60.

Another fucking New Yorker? Are you kidding?

Who cares where he's from - he's at death's door.

[quote] I am a NYC social service administrator and having worked with Giuliani, Bloomberg and now De Blasio, I can say without a doubt the city was in the best hands with Bloomberg.

Well, that's setting the bar pretty low.

R16 The age requirements in the Constitution were intentional, and surprisingly were intended to prevent crude, uniformed jacaksses without education and experience from being elected to public office, especially the Senate.

The age limit for President was also intended to prevent political dynasties.

We weren’t successful at preventing ignorant jacakasses from getting into office. We largely succeeded preventing political dynasties, though.

Wendy Williams with Jussie for VP, that is the way to go!!!

Her son is a crooked Republican.

Bloomberg fucking rigged it for a third term. He put cameras on every ducking block like his British bro Tony Blair. And his fucking townhouse on East 72nd, to this day, blocks traffic because his security triple parks. Asshole.

[quote]The far left is a turn off to many and even if one wins the election, NOTHING will get done in Congress after.

Republicans wouldn't cooperate with Michael Bloomberg any more than they would cooperate with Democrats. They'd call him Mr. Soda Tax and he'd be a goner.

As for Judge Judy, she and Trump are birds of a feather. She has nothing but contempt for the ignorant deplorables who appear on her show and who watch it, but she's made a fortune off them. And she knows perfectly well that, as a fellow gazillionnaire, Bloomberg would never take her money away from her.

I would prefer Bloomberg over Warren. At least his gritty New Yorker persona has some appeal among Middle Americans. We don’t need a Massachusetts professor as nominee

There is just one (not so) little problem.

[quote] I would prefer Bloomberg over Warren. At least his gritty New Yorker persona has some appeal among Middle Americans. We don’t need a Massachusetts professor as nominee

Warren is from Oklahoma and sounds like she's from Oklahoma. But by all means, let's float another rich guy from New York since it worked out so well the last time we did it.

Who's more appealing to purple state voters, Pence or Bloomberg?

r25 Is right - great professor/PTA board-member, meh presidential nominee.

r23 cameras on every corner sounds like a smart safety measure. If a crime happens video evidence is preferred. If you want privacy, go into the privacy of your home or backyard.

We've seen what happens when we turn the reins over to a "billionaire" president: America, Inc.

Selling it all to the highest bidder.

Bloomberg: NO thank you.

[quote]cameras on every corner sounds like a smart safety measure.

Are you joking? Have you heard of an authoritarian country called China, where the government spies on its citizens? Maybe you've heard of a little book called 1984?

Too damn old, he would turn 79 about a month after taking office, if he lives that long.

Bloomberg is *NOT* a centrist. He's a rich dictator. He wants to ban your soda, he wants to ban poor people. He hated middle class and poor people and tried to rid NYC of them all. He's an attention whore that needs to go away!

Bloomberg was the best mayor we had in decades.

Oh please!

Born and raised in NYC and while Bloomberg was a breath of fresh air after Rudy G., he began to show his true colors soon enough.

We're talking about another height challenged politician with a heavy dose of megalomania complex again. His "do as I say, not as I do", or "I am a self made billionaire and thus know best" as he began banning all sorts of things got old fast.

MB won't run for POTUS now for same reasons he didn't after (finally) being term limited out of mayor of NYC. Besides "I'm in charge, don't question me" attitude the man is insanely protective of his privacy. There were all those trips out of NYC on his private plane, the hiring of several former officials of his administration to Bloomberg LLC. One of his final acts as mayor was to hire the entire NYPD security detail he had been assigned. But first they all had to put in their retirement papers with city, and then sign legal documents promising never to divulge details of what they saw or whatever during their time while on that NYPD mayoral security detail.

It is one thing to keep employees from talking about things they see or hear after being hired; but to go back and retroactively cover twelve years?

In the run up to his first mayoral run Mike Bloomberg bought up every single possible internet address with his name. Things like "Bloomberg sucks" are all held by his LLC.

Meanwhile in various watering holes of the UES (MB's home turf) such as J.G. Melon tongues wagged that Mike Bloomberg was a "freak" in his private life or maybe just gay.

His push to over turn term limits harmed MB politically more than he thought, and likely is another reason why he's never truly attempted a WH run. That surely would be a club other democrats and certainly republicans would beat him about with; it certainly harmed and doomed Christine Quinn's (his co-conspirator ) mayoral bid and future chances at NY elected office. In fact you could say we got BdeB because people really didn't want Christine Quinn.

I wish. While I didn’t care for the soda nonsense, I think he did a great job as mayor. I’d vote for him again in a heartbeat.

As DT is finding out being POTUS is not same as running your own private company, and or even being mayor of a large US city.

Yes, a POTUS has considerable power, but so do the courts and Congress

Bloomberg's "centrism" is right-wing to most Americans: economic policies friendly to Wall Street that screw over everyone's savings. He's insulated enough to think that Warren is some kind of radical leftist who can never win, when her programs are basically regulated capitalism with safety nets à la the postwar years, and also polls 8-10 points above Trump (roughly the same as Biden or Sanders).

None of you is incorrect regarding your personality perceptions.

There’s an older work called “The Mask of Sanity” by Dr. Hervey Cleckley, which is a primary reference on sociopaths - including the frequency of them in senior leadership positions.

Do you want Mike Bloomberg to enter the race for President in 2020?

46% = Yes

17% = Maybe

31% = No

6% = No opinion

Based on 1,376 responses.

"judge" Judy is a bain on our democracy. She is a total racist too. CBS needs to cancel her.

MB is too old and set in his ways to make a WH run, it just won't happen.

First and foremost the man is not going to tolerate media poking around his private personal and business affairs. You think DT is anal about his tax returns? Well Bloomberg is an LLC, so there are bound to be plenty of interesting tidbits in those documents. In fact IIRC MB went to war with NYC election/campaign finance officials about releasing his tax returns while mayor. Reasons given were pretty much as have stated, it would give insight into his personal company.

Then there would be the question of how or if MB would step away from or divest his business due to possible conflicts of interest if he became POTUS. Again you think DT had kittens over that request, MB would likely go into hard labor.

There is a likely good reason Bloomberg is still a LP and not even a closely held corporation. MB is the boss and calls all the shots. That is how he "ran" NYC as mayor, not nearly a public bully as Rudy G. but never the less there was plenty of "all ways around here are mine".

Local news station (NY1) televised a debate between MB and his opponents for third term mayoral run. Question was asked about term limits and their recently having been overturned (by MB). Fernando Ferrer easily answered that the voters wish should have been respected and two terms was enough. MB shot back (under his breath) that two terms was *NOT* enough.

Publicly during run up to and after succeding having term limits overturned (and the legal challenges that followed) MB gloated in media that he was "good at the job" and basically should be allowed to stay on long as he wished.

After narrowly winning his much sought third term, MB realized how his populartiy was decreasing and had to join with Quinn in reversing much of the new term limit changes they had rammed through. But things just kept going badly over next three years.

The bankruptcy and closing of Saint Vincent's hospital in Greenwich Village (along with Cabrini before it, and North General in Harlem after), didn't do MB's popularity any good. While there probably wasn't a whole lot the city could have done to save St. V; image and perception matter.

Bloomberg did a good job as mayor. (except the soda thing). I wish he would run.

Ugh. More MIGA.

Yes! Just what we need - another old billionaire!

The highest paid woman on television can’t be wrong.

[quote]"judge" Judy is a bain on our democracy.

I can't exactly agree with you.

To all you people going off about a soda tax and how it will hurt him... 11 states have had a soda tax since 2011 and many of those states that don't have a soda tax have cities that have enacted one. It won't hurt him in the least.

The only way he could be competitive is as an independent, i.e. a spoiler. Democratic voters are in no mood for a pro-bank, pro-police-power billionaire candidate, even a little eldergay one that's for gun control.

Well he’s better than Trump. And I don’t think anyone currently running can beat Trump

Actually, the reality is that they're all better than Trump and all of them can beat Trump. Trump is in a historically bad position for an incumbent President seeking reelection, with atrocious numbers, new mistakes every week, and getting increasingly unhinged.

If you think “they all can beat Trump” you’re living in a fantasy world/echo chamber.

Another geriatric billionaire white man. Groundbreaking.

Deblasio was elected as a progressive because NYers were sick of Bloomberg’s kissing the asses of the rich and pushing the poor out of their neighborhoods so the rich could gentrify.

Bloomberg barely won his last election.

No more billionaire presidents!

Mayors don’t become presidents.

Pete B won’t win either

It's called reality, R52. You should join us here someday.

[quote]Deblasio was elected as a progressive because NYers were sick of Bloomberg’s kissing the asses of the rich and pushing the poor out of their neighborhoods so the rich could gentrify.

De blasio is just as bad, if not worse.

The deplorables will lose their minds at him over 1. Guns. 2. Soda tax 3. Judaism. If you think Rs will work with him, you're insane.

Also, he could never get the Dem nomination. He's Mr. Stop and Frisk and I don't think black voters will come out to vote for him.

Crime is lower now and at least the current major is taking steps to reduce inequity.

Bloomberg did none of that

R58, and deblasio is no longer running for President

R60 the current mayor is working to dismantle the city, and his wife misplaced $800 million.

What he’s doing to the specialized high school system is disgusting. Don’t get me started.

However, his Universal Pre-K is a triumph. As much as I despise the man, I’ll praise that. That was good.

R61, and what does that have to do with de Blasio as mayor? The comment I was responding to specifically addressed de Blasio as mayor, not a candidate.

[quote]Crime is lower now and at least the current major is taking steps to reduce inequity.

Crime has been trending lower in NYC and across the country for decades. And inequality has gotten much worse under "the current major".

[quote] Deblasio was elected as a progressive because NYers were sick of Bloomberg’s kissing the asses of the rich and pushing the poor out of their neighborhoods so the rich could gentrify

Deblasio is a fake progressive who got elected by pumping out his half black son With a huge Afro in a tv ad

He actually is more in bed with big donors (eg real estate, taxi cab owners) vs Bloomberg who had so much money he wasn’t beholden to anyone.

But keep buying the bullshit and lies if Deblasio aka Warren Wilhelm (yeah he changed his name too)

[quote] [R25] Is right - great professor/PTA board-member, meh presidential nominee.

And there it is. Because she's a woman, she's not good enough to run for president.

… and a fish will swim forward claiming he groped/fondled/kissed/raped her in 5-4-3-

As a mild correction, Bloomberg is an actual billionaire. That other individual is not.

[quote] I would prefer Bloomberg over Warren. At least his gritty New Yorker persona has some appeal among Middle Americans.

Gritty New Yorker persona? That is so fucking hilarious. SO FUCKING HILARIOUS

[quote] The only way he could be competitive is as an independent, i.e. a spoiler. Democratic voters are in no mood for a pro-bank, pro-police-power billionaire candidate, even a little eldergay one that's for gun control.

I have a feeling if he were elected he might not be so big on gun control.

Ugh, a Warren lecture again. This one about abortion.

His hands are very soft, he loves and supports the arts and he hates guns. I’d vote for him.

I like Bloomberg a lot, but his girlthang is Queen of the Witchypoos. She hates Democrat’s, so maybe they could send her deep into deplorable territory to badmouth us?

* Democrats

[quote] Gritty New Yorker persona? That is so fucking hilarious. SO FUCKING HILARIOUS

I know, but look at the people you're talking to. They think Pete Buttigieg is the epitome of masculinity.

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It ain't over until it's over.

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