While I have no interest in Bloomberg as a potential nominee, I'm glad he made it to the stage for tomorrow night's debate. The man is trying to buy his way into the presidency and I don't think we should be supporting plutocrats.
But I'm curious to hear what his policies are just for the hell of it.
0
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
4 comments
Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.
There are many other good candidates in the Democratic field except Bloomberg and Bernie. Both are not good.
But to tell you the truth, don't sweat. Let us just prepare for 2024. We Democrats, especially the old and worn out Democratic leadership in Congress has already decided the outcome of the 2020 election. It has offered the re-election of Donald J Trump in 2020 on a silver platter.
With candidates like Biden, Bernie, who needs opposition? We can just implode every four years.
St-Sinner
Level 9
Feb 19, 2020
0
I'm a bit annoyed they change rules for him. We have a diverse field of competent cantidates.
MsAl
Level 8
Feb 19, 2020
0
Bloomberg's campaign is a cynical ploy to buy the presidency with his limitless resources but the fact the DNC signed om and rigged the rules just to support him is proof itself that he's the wrong guy. The DNC is a hugely corrupt organization that supports whatever candidate's sensibilities are most closely aligned with its own. Invariably that candidate will be the most secretive and corrupt. People who support Bloomberg are walking around with their heads firmly up their asses.
I find it the height of irony that the DNC is so determined to stop Bernie that they are openly trying to force a Repub, who is not that different from Trump, on us as the nominee. It shows how unbelievably corrupt the party has become. I blame both the DNC and Bloomberg himself, as he is trying to buy both the nomination and the presidency. If he succeeds, we will, in the long run, be just as fucked as we are with Trump...
TomMcGiverin
Level 8
Feb 19, 2020
0
Are they really "determined to stop Bernie"? If they really wanted to stop him they could have just said "Sorry, you're an independent". Okay, you could argue that would have been suicide and they are forced to take him as part of the party or risk the spoiler vote (another insanity of the two-party American rigged political duopoly).
You have to admit the whole debate qualification rules thing is kinda bogus just as the "debates" are themselves (and please why are there so damned many of them?) . What if Bernie or any candidate for that matter was polling at 20% with almost zero donors because he didn't need any money because he wasn't spending any money and just shows up said his thing and wins over voter's hearts with the message?
So to me just as Bloomberg's pouring gasoline on the problem of getting votes is obscene, so is any system that says you have to have donors at all. I come from a country where candidates don't spend most of their time begging for money from donors and it works just fine. Candidates get free air time in publicly funded elections - TV channels have to give that air time as part of their license grant - which is a privilege the government offers them in fair exchange for $ and public server broadcasting time.
@prometheus Oh, do I wish the US had publicly funded election campaigns with free TV air time and also a limit on the length of campaigns, but it will never happen here. So instead we have the legalized bribery of campaign contributions from the rich and corporations. That is the root of our political problems, we are a plutocracy, not a democracy...
I don't support Bloomberg's campaign because the presidency shouldn't be for sale but he's managed to buy his way into second place so even if he somehow becomes the nominee I'll vote for him because as little as I want him, even he's an improvement over the Cheetoh from Hell.
He offers the smallest margin of improvement than any of the other candidates but if that's all we get, I'll still take it.,
Enjoy being online again!
Welcome to the community of good people who base their values on evidence and appreciate civil discourse - the social network you will enjoy.Create your free account
Share this post
Categories
Agnostic does not evaluate or guarantee the accuracy of any content. Read full disclaimer.