Michael Bloomberg for President 2020

[F250 28,809]

1 hour ago, EMAWesome said:

So while this Coronavirus outbreak is going on you don't want any rules about who can enter the country legally?    And if there was anyone controlling who can say negative things about the president this site would be as dead as the last one is.  If you want control freaks, take a look at Bernie Sanders platform, take a look at the Green New Deal.  Watch how Democrats are told when to stand, when to sit, when to clap, and every other reaction during a SOTU address.  Trump is one man.  Today's conformist, authoritarian, oppressive, Democrat Party is legion and is a thousand times more of a threat to individual liberty and personal freedom than Trump will ever be.  Your party should change it's name to the Politburo.  It would be more accurate.

How I imagine you writing this post.

[bad_teammate 13,222]

If you think this man will be a better president than Donald Trump, you're lying to yourself.

 

[Homercles 10,206]

9 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

So while this Coronavirus outbreak is going on you don't want any rules about who can enter the country legally?    And if there was anyone controlling who can say negative things about the president this site would be as dead as the last one is.  If you want control freaks, take a look at Bernie Sanders platform, take a look at the Green New Deal.  Watch how Democrats are told when to stand, when to sit, when to clap, and every other reaction during a SOTU address.  Trump is one man.  Today's conformist, authoritarian, oppressive, Democrat Party is legion and is a thousand times more of a threat to individual liberty and personal freedom than Trump will ever be.  Your party should change it's name to the Politburo.  It would be more accurate.

Wait a second so the GOP actually predicted the coronavirus years ago when they adopted travel bans that were struck down in the courts + started separating families at the border who were legally attempting asylum?   They’re genius.  

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,517]

8 hours ago, Chuckie Finster said:

Fox News is on at the gym. 15 minutes in and every single Laura Ingraham story has had a Bloomberg angle. No mention of other candidates so far. Something has them spooked.

Well, trump seems spooked by Bloomberg so the message comes down to all to go after Bloomberg.

 

[bad_teammate 13,222]

All major media is all-Bloomberg right now. He's the hot story. Stop 5D-chessing everything.

[tantric superman 4,667]

I've probably said, or sent tweets, about 15 times in the last week about how I "hate that sumbitch" when my friends ask me what I think about the Bloom.

I was listening to the assholes on the Commentary Podcast yesterday, and I did think they were pretty persuasive with the idea that if Bloomberg gets the nomination, any thin veneer or democracy that remains is pretty much whipped away.

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12 hours ago, Biff Tannen said:

It is always interesting when EMAW posts so we can see what's going on on Fox News and Infowars.

You asshats are just so close minded to anything that doesn't parrot your beliefs.  For the record I have never once even clicked onto a link for Infowars, never mind visited the site, ever.   The only show on Fox I watch more than once a week is Kennedy on Fox Business.  (And yes, that means I do not watch Hannity since both are on at the same time.)  I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio than tune into Fox.  You know less about what makes me tick and what makes me think than Bloomberg knows about agriculture.

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3 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

If you think this man will be a better president than Donald Trump, you're lying to yourself.

 

 

I think I'm breaking out in hives just by agreeing with you but I'll give you credit, when you're right you're right.

[Biff Tannen 45,697]

3 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio than tune into Fox.

This doesn't help your argument.  But you do you man.

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4 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

You asshats are just so close minded to anything that doesn't parrot your beliefs.  For the record I have never once even clicked onto a link for Infowars, never mind visited the site, ever.   The only show on Fox I watch more than once a week is Kennedy on Fox Business.  (And yes, that means I do not watch Hannity since both are on at the same time.)  I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio than tune into Fox.  You know less about what makes me tick and what makes me think than Bloomberg knows about agriculture.

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21 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

You asshats are just so close minded to anything that doesn't parrot your beliefs.  For the record I have never once even clicked onto a link for Infowars, never mind visited the site, ever.   The only show on Fox I watch more than once a week is Kennedy on Fox Business.  (And yes, that means I do not watch Hannity since both are on at the same time.)  I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio than tune into Fox.  You know less about what makes me tick and what makes me think than Bloomberg knows about agriculture.

So you only consume media that parrots your beliefs.

Got it.

[jimmyjazz 46,039]

I'd really like to see EMAW expound on travel bans that have been place nearly since Trump took office and how they're related to the coronavirus.  Please, educate us, EMAW.

[wildcat09 29,364]

43 minutes ago, EMAWesome said:

You asshats are just so close minded to anything that doesn't parrot your beliefs.  For the record I have never once even clicked onto a link for Infowars, never mind visited the site, ever.   The only show on Fox I watch more than once a week is Kennedy on Fox Business.  (And yes, that means I do not watch Hannity since both are on at the same time.)  I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio than tune into Fox.  You know less about what makes me tick and what makes me think than Bloomberg knows about agriculture.

Did 12 Rules for Life blow your mind? Are you on the all meat diet now and supplementing with brain pills sold to you by Ben Shapiro?

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10 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

If you think this man will be a better president than Donald Trump, you're lying to yourself.

 

 

I don’t see problem with this.   ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

[bad_teammate 13,222]

1 minute ago, LABEVO said:

I don’t see problem with this.

You don't see the problem with a testy little man with a furious ego who makes everyone around him so instantly awkward that they try to defuse him with jokes immediately? Like dealing with a dad who will beat the unholy shit out of your mom the second something irks him so you try to wave things around him to distract him?

Cool.

[wildcat09 29,364]

Something tells me Bloomberg may not actually give a fuck about the things he's suddenly pretending to give a fuck about. I can't quite put my finger on why though...

Oh, that might be it.

[washparkhorn 9,939]

I hope Bloomberg continues with his plan to spend $2 Billion to defeat Trump after his candidacy is rejected by the good people of this nation.

We deserve better. 

 

[David Dennison 18,944]

1 minute ago, washparkhorn said:

I hope Bloomberg continues with his plan to spend $2 Billion to defeat Trump after his candidacy is rejected by the good people of this nation.

We deserve better. 

 

Just hope the party doesn't reject the will of the people. 

 

[MaybeACoordinator 8,349]

4 hours ago, washparkhorn said:

Died of medical malpractice.

Modern doctors think that Harrison was the first of several presidents to die or come close to it because of feces-contaminated drinking water at the White House, which was then located downhill from and open-air shit-heap where the entire District dumped its wastes. Harrison died ("liver congestion" was also listed on his death certificate), Polk suffered a near-fatal digestive ailment, and Taylor also croaked it -- some docs believe the ice in that bowl of frozen cherries that did him in was frozen sewage water. John Tyler was the only prez from that era to survive his term unscathed and he rarely stayed overnight at the White House. In 1850 DC brought in a modern sewage system -- drained the swamp, for real -- and presidents stopped dying of natural causes in office until Warren G Harding, whose death came on the West Coast.   

Edited February 20, 2020 by MaybeACoordinator

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13 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

If you think this man will be a better president than Donald Trump, you're lying to yourself.

 

 

Because putting kids in cages and being upset about a person randomly playing music during a press conference are completely the same thing. 
 

By the way, what does the wheelchair even have to do with it?

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[F250 28,809]

1 minute ago, Xian said:

Because putting kids in cages and being a jackass about a cellphone going off in a press conference are completely the same thing...

 

Well, there was that time in '04 at the Republican convention when minors were randomly rounded up and stored in an impromptu prison. Lawsuit settlement was about $18 million.

Then there was his heavy handedness with the Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Let's not forget the Stop and Frisk policy.

He also believes the ACLU is an extremist organization.

 

[wildcat09 29,364]

20 minutes ago, Xian said:

Because putting kids in cages and being upset about a person randomly playing music during a press conference are completely the same thing. 
 

By the way, what does the wheelchair even have to do with it?

Kids in cages isn't really happening anymore. We just immediately deport them to Guatemala and then they're tortured and killed there. The public doesn't seem to care, so I don't see any reason to think Bloomberg would do shit to change it.

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59 minutes ago, F250 said:

Well, there was that time in '04 at the Republican convention when minors were randomly rounded up and stored in an impromptu prison. Lawsuit settlement was about $18 million.

 

Thanks.  I wasn’t aware of that. This is a much better negative to bring up than the music playing in a press conference Bit. 

[bad_teammate 13,222]

He's just Donald Trump without the funny.

 

[Pancho 44,935]

He types this...

11 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

You asshats are just so close minded to anything that doesn't parrot your beliefs. 

 

Then he types this...

 

11 hours ago, EMAWesome said:

I'm far more likely to watch or listen to podcasts of Ben Shapiro, Dave Ruben, Dan Bongino, or Redeye Radio 

 

[TwiceHorn 31,519]

On 2/17/2020 at 7:19 AM, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Death panels basically already exist to some extent. And we should be more upfront with dying patients that while treatment might be able to keep their body alive, they need to question the quality of life.

Healthcare.  Will. Be.  Rationed.

It already is.

It's going to get more blatant.

Get used to it.

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Welp, that was basically a NowThis link visualization.

[Hugo Stiglitz 23,367]

Lol

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3 hours ago, bad_teammate said:

He's just Donald Trump without the funny.

 

fake news.  I can report after copious internet research that neither of his daughters are blonde. 

Edited February 20, 2020 by Anastasis

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[Napoleon 8,694]

2 hours ago, Anastasis said:

fake news.  I can report after copious internet research that neither of his daughters are is (currently?) blonde. 

So neither daughter is currently blonde, but what about buxom?

And was either daughter blonde when she was 16?

Did that come up in the search?

PS- How old are his daughters currently? Was the camera developed yet when either daughter was 16?

[Goredho 17,413]

On 2/18/2020 at 1:17 PM, Dnaguy said:

Ask a man that’s getting raped In the pooper if they’d trade being punched in the face multiple times or just continue with the raping.

I'm pretty sure he’d pick the punches. Even if an extra # of punches get thrown in, he’s likely to take it and be happy the raping had stopped.

Somewhere NowThis is like...

[RPM 26,336]

Mayor Pete with the slam dunk.

 

[bad_teammate 13,222]

Donald would absolutely annihilate Bloomberg.

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

7 hours ago, Anastasis said:

fake news.  I can report after copious internet research that neither of his daughters are blonde. 

Real news: a LOT of blondes aren't blonde.

[Nice Guy Eddie 13,517]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

Mayor Pete with the slam dunk.

 

This is more of a slam against Bernie than Bloomberg. Bloomberg has an advantage of the others that he can hang onto this race into the nomination. As others drop off, bloomberg will most likely gain percentages especially if this race continues to devolve into hardened camps.

Will a Pete supporter jump to Bernie after their fundamental differences spelled out by each? If the pete supporter just drops out too, Bloomberg rises without gaining someone.

The race would be better if it soon drops down to Bernie, Bloomberg and either Pete or Biden. Then voters and viewers can better contrast differences and electability against trump.

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On 2/18/2020 at 5:25 PM, Homercles said:

Yeah that’s it.  Control freaks about reproductive rights, what bills will be voted on in the senate, who is allowed to vote, who can legally enter the country, who can say negative things about the president, who can testify in impeachment trials...wait who were we talking about again?

There it is. Somewhere along the line back during the Cold War, we became fighters for capitalism more than for freedom. We conflated (or were helped to confuse? I really don't know.) market economy with liberty. Nobody is threatening the market economy. Some people want to contain the power and greed of capitalists. Just favoring a market economy does not make you a capitalist. Hit the link.

The meatheads at the MAGA rallies would all claim to be capitalists. They're not. They are cheerleaders for the capitalists who rob them.

I've never used the word capitalist as I have in this post. OMG! It sounds Marxist! Burn him!

One can distrust the GOP capitalists without being a communist. It would be hilarious watching the peons worship and defend the wealthy elite at the cost of the republic if it weren't so fucking tragic. Still funny if you can detach yourself, but it's hard to detach yourself from the decline of your republic which actually did stand for some good things much of the time. Now, not so much.

The flesh and blood supporters of this disaster are traitors to our stated values even if they're too stupid or partisan to see it. Getting rid of Trump won't be nearly enough to stop this malign plague.

[406W30th 1,111]

Any notion that this doofus would fare well against Trump in the general was obliterated tonight. That was honestly the worst debate performance I've ever seen in my life; when he wasn't being disemboweled for his racist policing policies or for the sexual harassment, he was smugly looking into the camera and bragging about how much money he has. How can anyone honestly say he's anything but a more polished Donald Trump? 

Trump will likely refuse to debate any of the candidates, except Mike Bloomberg, who he will absolutely skin alive as he rolls to reelection.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

Lays it out there for all to see:

She is not wrong. Trading one oligarch for another to keep the machine running until it crashes into the wall is not a good long term future for the majority of the citizens.

[jimmyjazz 46,039]

What's the betting line on Bloomberg not opening his wallet to help the Dem nominee should it not be him?

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7 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

What's the betting line on Bloomberg not opening his wallet to help the Dem nominee should it not be him?

I'm going to need to be convinced that he's not a Trump plant. That performance last night felt Trumpian.

[bad_teammate 13,222]

14 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

What's the betting line on Bloomberg not opening his wallet to help the Dem nominee should it not be him?

If Bernie wins, Bloomberg will run attack ads against him.

[Biff Tannen 45,697]

1 hour ago, bad_teammate said:

Donald would absolutely annihilate Bloomberg.
 

It's all a reality TV show for him.

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2 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

It's all a reality TV show for him.

“Not So Easy To Do What I Did” was a really telling statement to me. It’s like a smug, comeuppance you give to your frenemy down at the Club whom you sometimes play tennis with, when he’s trying to copy cat something you did and not giving the proper credit and respect your way.

Edited February 20, 2020 by Rougarou

[bad_teammate 13,222]

3 minutes ago, Rougarou said:

“Not So Easy To Do What I Did” was a really telling statement to me. It’s like a smug, comeuppance you give to your frenemy down at the Club whom you sometimes play tennis with, when he’s trying to copy cat something you did and not giving the proper credit and respect your way.

Yep.

If Bloomberg gets the Democratic nomination our entire democracy is nothing but another bauble to be traded among the elites. It's already that in many ways, but this would just make it permanent and open.

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39 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

What's the betting line on Bloomberg not opening his wallet to help the Dem nominee should it not be him?

Do you know how much he's already spent to help Dems?

A lot.

[Aqua Buddha 14,600]

All of Bloomberg's staff have contracts dating to the election regardless of the nominee.

[Biff Tannen 45,697]

So I didn't get anything out of his debate performance other than he should be president because he wants to be.

[GSU&UT 1,798]

You know you're running a great political campaign with people who truly believe in your ideology when someone leaks your talking points not even 24 hours after the debate.

 

[Mrs Whiggins 13,050]

2 minutes ago, GSU&UT said:

You know you're running a great political campaign with people who truly believe in your ideology when someone leaks your talking points not even 24 hours after the debate.

 

I thought the Bloomberg people had NDAs? Saw somewhere it's like 9 pages long.