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Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« on: November 07, 2019, 10:45:32 pm »
Mike Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York, is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary, according to NBC News, which cited a Bloomberg advisor.

The move didn’t necessarily mean Bloomberg was announcing a campaign, a source close to Bloomberg told NBC News. Rather, this source said, he’s doing this to keep his options open. Bloomberg is “troubled” by what he has seen in the Democratic primary, the source added.

“He’s still not sure,” a source told CNBC. This source also said these are “unprecedented times” and that Bloomberg is concerned about what he’s seeing both from Democrats and President Donald Trump.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/07/mike-bloomberg-prepares-to-enter-at-least-one-democratic-primary-report.html
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2019, 10:46:36 pm »
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2019, 10:49:43 pm »
The clown car was getting less crowded.   *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2019, 12:01:51 am »
@Gefn

I didn't know much about Bloomberg, so read about him just now.  I think he could be the Democrat candidate.  He doesn't need money, has plenty to pay for it on his own.
He is considered a moderate/in the middle candidate - was a Republican, then an Independent, then a Democrat.  That tells me he is an independent thinker.

"The New York Times first reported about Bloomberg's intention to get on the southern state's (Alabama) ballot. The Times reported that Bloomberg, 77, may also try to get his name on others states' ballots."

"The Massachusetts-born billionaire has "has dispatched staffers to Alabama to gather signatures to qualify for the primary there," according to the newspaper. Alabama does not hold an early primary, but it has an early deadline of Friday."  That Friday is tomorrow, November 8.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2019, 01:02:08 am »
He is not going to win the Dem nomination.  His motions to do so are to set up a third party run.  He needs to position himself between Trump and a socialist as a centrist candidate of pragmatism and reconciliation.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2019, 01:04:12 am »
A side effect may to keep Hillary from jumping in.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2019, 01:29:35 am »
Great another crazy NY liberal billionaire....

On the other hand he does have better hair... :shrug:
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2019, 01:31:51 am »
So he's going to skip Iowa, NH and SC and go straight for the knockout blow in Alabama? Sounds like a brilliant strategy to me...
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2019, 01:39:13 am »
He'll be skewered by Warren, Crazy Bernie and Buttplug for not being "left enough".

That seems to be what the democrat-communist primary campaign is all about, this time 'round...
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2019, 02:06:43 am »
Quote from: Fishrrman on November 08, 2019, 01:39:13 am
He'll be skewered by Warren, Crazy Bernie and Buttplug for not being "left enough".

That seems to be what the democrat-communist primary campaign is all about, this time 'round...

It could be interesting - he may not be on the medicaid-for-all bandwagon (yet) but he could instantly stand out as the only grownup in the room, and that could shake things up.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #11 on: November 08, 2019, 07:58:57 am »
Finally,
another person who isn't Trump.
It really slowed to a trickle after rat #27.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #12 on: November 08, 2019, 08:36:25 am »
Quote from: Victoria33 on November 08, 2019, 12:01:51 am
@Gefn

I didn't know much about Bloomberg, so read about him just now.  I think he could be the Democrat candidate.  He doesn't need money, has plenty to pay for it on his own.
He is considered a moderate/in the middle candidate - was a Republican, then an Independent, then a Democrat.  That tells me he is an independent thinker.

"The New York Times first reported about Bloomberg's intention to get on the southern state's (Alabama) ballot. The Times reported that Bloomberg, 77, may also try to get his name on others states' ballots."

"The Massachusetts-born billionaire has "has dispatched staffers to Alabama to gather signatures to qualify for the primary there," according to the newspaper. Alabama does not hold an early primary, but it has an early deadline of Friday."  That Friday is tomorrow, November 8.
Moderate????

Isn't this the guy who has been dumping millions into anti gun candidates and campaigns all over the country?

That isn't a moderate, it's a totalitarian in sheep's clothing.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #13 on: November 08, 2019, 11:09:41 am »
He'll take your guns and your large soda pop, cuz that's what pragmatic moderates do.  *****rollingeyes*****
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #14 on: November 08, 2019, 11:30:06 am »
Imagine this guy, this Thurston-Howard-III entering the race for president? With Lovey at his side, the professor running his campaign, Gilligan as communication director and the skipper plotting his national listening tour—and all with the same ending: him and crew stranded on a desert island.  wink777
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #15 on: November 08, 2019, 12:16:42 pm »
Trying to figure out just what Bloomberg has to offer. -- what would he do if he became president  Gun control?  Well, that didn't work so well for Betty O'Rourke.  I expect he will take up the government-controlled health care fight, climate change BS and everything else the other candidates are yapping about.   Nothing new and exciting to distinguish Bloomberg from the rest of the pack.

Honestly, I can't see people warming up to Bloomberg.  Maybe there is some backlash against "New York values."  DiBlasio couldn't get any traction in his campaign.  I doubt anyone is going to like Bloomberg either. 

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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #16 on: November 08, 2019, 12:43:51 pm »
Here's a sampling of Michael Bloomberg:

*Bloomberg is anti-gun --- poured millions into the pro-gun control lobby in Virginia during this election
 
*he is pro-tax, on record saying even on the poor. 

*He believes in the nanny state. (He *is* Mayor Big Gulp)

*he believes in climate change and our need to take drastic steps to address it, even promising to donate $500 million to close the coal industry and proclaiming the Chinese President is not a dictator because of his efforts on climate control
 
*our greatness begins with immigration, not a wall




https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/climate/bloomberg-climate-pledge-coal.html
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/06/mike-bloombergs-gun-control-outspends-nra-helps-democrats-win-virginia.html
https://www.atr.org/left-wing-billionaire-michael-bloomberg-raising-taxes-poor-people-good-thing
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2019/09/28/michael-bloomberg-chinese-president-is-not-a-dictator-because-of-climate-change/



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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #17 on: November 08, 2019, 12:54:58 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on November 08, 2019, 12:16:42 pm
Trying to figure out just what Bloomberg has to offer. -- what would he do if he became president  Gun control?  Well, that didn't work so well for Betty O'Rourke.  I expect he will take up the government-controlled health care fight, climate change BS and everything else the other candidates are yapping about.   Nothing new and exciting to distinguish Bloomberg from the rest of the pack.

Honestly, I can't see people warming up to Bloomberg.  Maybe there is some backlash against "New York values."  DiBlasio couldn't get any traction in his campaign.  I doubt anyone is going to like Bloomberg either.

I'm skeptical too but with this group the bar is so low that anything could happen. He might just be positioning himself to step in as a backup if Biden doesn't survive the early states? He's just as extreme as the others on social issues but maybe not so much on economics. A 3rd party run is probably too much to hope for...
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #18 on: November 08, 2019, 01:09:46 pm »
Quote from: Smokin Joe on November 08, 2019, 08:36:25 am
Moderate????

Isn't this the guy who has been dumping millions into anti gun candidates and campaigns all over the country?

That isn't a moderate, it's a totalitarian in sheep's clothing.

"Moderate" in this context refers to someone who is, broadly speaking of course, conservative on economic matters and liberal on social matters.   Bloomberg may take away your gun,  but he won't crash your 401k.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #19 on: November 08, 2019, 01:11:06 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on November 08, 2019, 01:09:46 pm
"Moderate" in this context refers to someone who is conservative on economic matters and liberal on social matters.   Bloomberg may take away your gun,  but he won't crash your 401k.

He'll do both.  Bloomberg is a BIG believer in high taxation to support his dream nanny state.  He's also promised to kill the coal industry and usher in a new era in energy that is climate friendly.



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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #20 on: November 08, 2019, 01:12:36 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on November 08, 2019, 01:07:56 pm
And let's not forget Bloomberg is Mayor Big Gulp.

DIBlasio is about the same and like I said, his campaign went nowhere.  What would make Bloomberg think he would win over voters any more than DiBlasio did?
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2019, 01:15:48 pm »
Quote from: Right_in_Virginia on November 08, 2019, 01:11:06 pm
He'll do both.  Bloomberg is a BIG believer in high taxation to support his dream nanny state.  He's also promised to kill the coal industry and usher in a new era in energy that is climate friendly.

I don't disagree if he's been huffing the climate change glue. 
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #22 on: November 08, 2019, 01:21:24 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on November 08, 2019, 01:15:48 pm
I don't disagree if he's been huffing the climate change glue.

He's been huffing it, drinking it and injecting it.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #23 on: November 08, 2019, 01:32:02 pm »
Quote from: Jazzhead on November 08, 2019, 01:09:46 pm
"Moderate" in this context refers to someone who is, broadly speaking of course, conservative on economic matters and liberal on social matters.   Bloomberg may take away your gun,  but he won't crash your 401k.

Whatever Bloomberg or any other Democrat proposes -- Medicare for All, draconian climate change regulations, increasing illegal immigration, etc. -- all have the potential to cripple the economy  Should any of these bums win the White House and the Democrats take control of both houses of congress, those measures will pass.  Then watch as your 401(k) goes down the drain.
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Re: Mike Bloomberg is preparing to enter the Democratic presidential primary
« Reply #24 on: November 08, 2019, 01:51:00 pm »
Quote from: Applewood on November 08, 2019, 01:32:02 pm
Whatever Bloomberg or any other Democrat proposes -- Medicare for All, draconian climate change regulations, increasing illegal immigration, etc. -- all have the potential to cripple the economy  Should any of these bums win the White House and the Democrats take control of both houses of congress, those measures will pass.  Then watch as your 401(k) goes down the drain.

I share that concern.  And that's why I worry with Trump as the GOP nominee.   I like his policies,  but folks won't be voting against him because of his policies.   He is a most useful distraction for the progs to achieve their goal of complete Dem control of the government.     
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