1. Welcome! Please take a few seconds to create your free account to post threads, make some friends, remove a few ads while surfing and much more. ClutchFans has been bringing fans together to talk Houston Sports since 1996. Join us!

[OFFICIAL] Michael Bloomberg for President 2020

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Ubiquitin, Nov 7, 2019.

  1. Sanctity

    Sanctity Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2019
    Messages:
    2,391
    Likes Received:
    1,737
    He is the king of stop & frisk and is a modern slave owner and trader for the prison industry.
     
    glynch and dachuda86 like this.
  2. AleksandarN

    AleksandarN Member

    Joined:
    Aug 10, 2001
    Messages:
    5,080
    Likes Received:
    6,759
    Come again
     
  3. dachuda86

    dachuda86 Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2008
    Messages:
    16,325
    Likes Received:
    3,586
    Just gonna leave this right here.... I know people change in time but it's still nice to have a laugh. Also I imagine Bloomberg's laugh at the thought of him running at the end peeved the Donald a bit.
     
  4. Buck Turgidson

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2002
    Messages:
    100,714
    Likes Received:
    102,933
    Where are these jobs that pay $6500 a month to go door-to-door and talk about politics?
     
    dachuda86 likes this.
  5. Nook

    Nook Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2008
    Messages:
    59,886
    Likes Received:
    132,790
    They are made up... and put out by Sanders operatives, but Bernie knows nothing about it and he should in no manner be held accountable for leaking the stories.....I’m kidding... sort of.
     
  6. Buck Turgidson

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2002
    Messages:
    100,714
    Likes Received:
    102,933
    I was just curious, because I know some people who would be incredibly interested.

    $200/day to hang fliers? Sheiiiiittttttt.

    That beats the **** out of cutting ceders cedros.
     
    #646 Buck Turgidson, Mar 1, 2020
    Last edited: Mar 1, 2020
  7. dachuda86

    dachuda86 Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2008
    Messages:
    16,325
    Likes Received:
    3,586
    Everyone on CFs is ready to go.

    Where is all that sweet sweet Bloomberg cash?
     
  8. dachuda86

    dachuda86 Member

    Joined:
    May 3, 2008
    Messages:
    16,325
    Likes Received:
    3,586
    Meanwhile Bernie's workers are complaining about the money they make for their communist revolution.lol

    Wouldn't shock me if they made it up in order to pressure Bernie into matching their dream salaries. Then it just backfired. Communists positioning for free **** and handouts would not surprise me.
     
  9. Commodore

    Commodore Member

    Joined:
    Dec 15, 2007
    Messages:
    33,567
    Likes Received:
    17,546
  10. Corrosion

    Corrosion Member

    Joined:
    Jan 24, 2011
    Messages:
    10,038
    Likes Received:
    13,265

    You know why ?

    It's because they have no fear of losing their control on the entire process. They - The D's and R's - control the entire process from making up the rules of the process to the agenda after election.

    The only real difference between the two parties is the beneficiaries - who they sell legislation to. The middle class is just their finance department.
     
    FrontRunner and dachuda86 like this.
  11. glynch

    glynch Member

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2000
    Messages:
    18,072
    Likes Received:
    3,601
    You have to have some experience in working on a campaign or canvassing.
     
  12. glynch

    glynch Member

    Joined:
    Dec 1, 2000
    Messages:
    18,072
    Likes Received:
    3,601
    You are mistaken, Nook. I know folks who have been approached for these jobs.
     
    Nook likes this.
  13. Nook

    Nook Member

    Joined:
    Jun 27, 2008
    Messages:
    59,886
    Likes Received:
    132,790
    It was tongue in cheek.
     
  14. Os Trigonum

    Os Trigonum Member
    Supporting Member

    Joined:
    May 2, 2014
    Messages:
    81,439
    Likes Received:
    121,815
    "A Tale of Two Mayors":

    https://thebulwark.com/a-tale-of-two-mayors/

    excerpt:

    Last night, Mayor Pete made a painstaking and selfless decision to step away from the Democratic primary, despite having won the Iowa Caucus, despite his unfathomably groundbreaking campaign as the first credible openly gay presidential candidate, despite the fact that a number of contenders who had performed far worse than him at the ballot box are stubbornly pressing forward.

    And meanwhile, across the country Mayor Mike Bloomberg was spending another $1.5 million on a prime time infomercial in his vainglorious attempt to salvage some Super Tuesday delegates, despite having not yet having earned a single vote, despite face-planting in the debates, and despite running a campaign that was only groundbreaking in the sense of the spending levels from an individual candidate.

    The contrast between the probity of these two men’s actions and the political ramifications for each couldn’t be more stark.

    I want to end on the best of times, so let’s start with the worst. By which I mean Mike Bloomberg’s campaign.

    Two weeks ago I argued that, among other things, Bloomberg would “bristle and falter on the debate stage,” be a “poor political performer,” and was holding the race hostage to the detriment of viable candidates, such as Buttigieg and Joe Biden.

    Scoreboard.

    Yet, upon rereading it, my bearish assessment of the Bloomberg campaign actually doesn’t hold up as well as I’d hoped. Because even my sour assessment was exceedingly generous to an unequivocal disaster of a campaign that has become an active threat to the very objectives it claimed to have been premised on.

    The plummet began when Bloomberg’s campaign team—which up to that point had been executing a shrewd and unconventional strategy—made the most disastrous error of the cycle. They let people hear Mike Bloomberg speak.

    At the debate in Las Vegas, Mayor Mike failed every conceivable metric of candidate performance and proved utterly incapable of defending either (a) his career as a centrist plutocrat or (b) his personal foibles. Democratic voters noticed: South Carolina exit polls indicated only 26 percent of voters had a favorable opinion of him with 66 percent having an unfavorable opinion. Which means these Democrats now have a dimmer view of Mike Bloomberg they do George Walker Bush.

    But it’s worse than that.

    If Mayor Mike was just pulling a Tom Steyer and spending hundreds of millions of dollars to back his azz up into being a total non-factor, his campaign would only be a farce. Instead, it’s managing the rare double-dip of being a tragedy and a farce.

    Remember: The Bloomberg campaign initially was pitched as a sort of plan B security blanket to protect the Democrats from Bernie Sanders, should Joe Biden implode. In reality, it has become a significant asset for Sanders.

    Let’s look at the numbers.

    Bloomberg has spent $650 million of his own money but not ONE RED CENT has gone to targeting Sanders with a contrast message on the airwaves. For perspective, he could’ve dedicated just 10 percent of his budget to Sanders contrast ads and he would have outspent the entire Sanders campaign on TV.

    Meanwhile a poll out of Texas shows that his presence in the race single-handedly gives Sanders the opportunity to play spoiler in the biggest Super Tuesday state where Biden has a legitimate chance to win. Meanwhile, in California Bloomberg could keep Biden from hitting the 15 percent vote share in each congressional district that he needs to reach the delegate threshold—the RealClearPolitics polling average has Biden teetering on the brink of the 15 percent Mendoza line. This is exacerbated by the fact that Politico California reporter Carla Marinucci told me last week that Bloomberg’s team has been dedicating resources to “banking” votes early in California in order to blunt the bounce other candidates might get coming out of the early states.

    So Bloomberg is actively trying to baffle Biden’s momentum.
    more at the link
     
  15. NewRoxFan

    NewRoxFan Member

    Joined:
    Feb 22, 2002
    Messages:
    55,794
    Likes Received:
    55,868
  16. justtxyank

    justtxyank Member

    Joined:
    Jul 7, 2005
    Messages:
    42,899
    Likes Received:
    39,880
    Bloomberg is set to drop out today.
     
    KingCheetah likes this.
  17. Amiga

    Amiga Member

    Joined:
    Sep 18, 2008
    Messages:
    25,092
    Likes Received:
    23,369
    Thx Warren.
     
    Corrosion and Nook like this.
  18. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

    Joined:
    Jun 26, 2008
    Messages:
    47,504
    Likes Received:
    19,629
    If I were a billionaire I'd spend $300 mil just to say I won presidential delegates too.

    That's more clout than owning an MLS team
     
    Nook and FranchiseBlade like this.
  19. pirc1

    pirc1 Member

    Joined:
    Dec 9, 2002
    Messages:
    14,137
    Likes Received:
    1,882
    Well the moderate lane is all clear for Biden, plus Bloomberg money. This is as good as it gets against Trump, I sure hope it all works out.
     
    AleksandarN and Nook like this.
  20. baller4life315

    Joined:
    Sep 2, 2003
    Messages:
    12,692
    Likes Received:
    3,029
    Credit where credit is due: he tried and is bailing out now before his presence becomes detrimental to the eventual nominee.
     
    RayRay10, pirc1, Nook and 1 other person like this.

Share This Page

  • About ClutchFans

    Since 1996, ClutchFans has been loud and proud covering the Houston Rockets, helping set an industry standard for team fan sites. The forums have been a home for Houston sports fans as well as basketball fanatics around the globe.

  • Support ClutchFans!

    If you find that ClutchFans is a valuable resource for you, please consider becoming a Supporting Member. Supporting Members can upload photos and attachments directly to their posts, customize their user title and more. Gold Supporters see zero ads!


    Upgrade Now