Bloomberg

[JackSpratts]

i think he'd hurt the dems more than the reps - at least the polarised conservatives. if you're a gun totin bible thumpin anti abortion pro school prayer republican, bloomberg isn't on your radar and never will be (in your crosshairs maybe) :0

he doesn't need to worry about finances either.

we'll have to see who wins the primaries but right now it doesn't seem to be the answer to a democrat's wish, from a strategic angle anyway.

- js.

[theknife]

Originally Posted by JackSpratts

i think he'd hurt the dems more than the reps - at least the polarised conservatives. if you're a gun totin bible thumpin anti abortion pro school prayer republican, bloomberg isn't on your radar and never will be (in your crosshairs maybe) :0

he doesn't need to worry about finances either.

we'll have to see who wins the primaries but right now it doesn't seem to be the answer to a democrat's wish, from a strategic angle anyway.

- js.

actually, i'd like to see a candidate like Bloomberg marginalize that gun totin bible thump anti abortion pro school prayer republican faction right into political left field. come in from the middle and siphon enough moderate votes off of each side to leave both left and right wingnuts out on their own limbs. nobody is particularly inspiring on the Dem side and the GOP lineup is the usual crop of weenies...and a self-financing candidate is particularly attractive because nobody owns him and he owes noone.

edit: the one thing that would really concern me about a Bloomberg presidency is his close ties to the pro-Israel lobby and AIPAC - a little fresh thinking on our Middle East policy is clearly overdue.

double edit: hi dawn i wish health care was the main issue - it should be - but because the current Prez has suckered the country into an unwinnable permanent foreign occupation, there's not going to be a lot of available resources in this country for anything else. unfortunately, Iraq is the main issue - i'll vote for anybody who will end it.

[multi]

edit: the one thing that would really concern me about a Bloomberg presidency is his close ties to the pro-Israel lobby and AIPAC - a little fresh thinking on our Middle East policy is clearly overdue.

I hope you are being sarcastic....

[daddydirt]

he'$ a democrat......no wait.....he'$ a republican.....no wait......he'$ independent.....no wait......he'$ a rich untru$tworthy opportuni$t.

he never get my vote......unle$$ he throw$ some buck$ my way.

[theknife]

Originally Posted by daddydirt

he'$ a democrat......no wait.....he'$ a republican.....no wait......he'$ independent.....no wait......he'$ a rich untru$tworthy opportuni$t.

he never get my vote......unle$$ he throw$ some buck$ my way.

i've got no problem with his megabucks - as far as i know, he made his money the old fashioned way. the Presidency gets bought anyway you look at it - it's just a question of who's paying. party affiliation doesn't seem to have much relationship to competence either. plain old competence and common sense in an elected official would be fucking thrilling at this point - i have no idea whether Bloomberg has either but he seems to know how to run NYC.

[ittybitty]

Unfortunetly, we have Dems ,Repubs,all the religs in a America.. why can't we just be 1 and all.. that's my dream...slap .. wake up ! As much as we want (all) to resolve it takes too many of us that can't cross those stones..!

[Nicobie]

Originally Posted by multi

I hope you are being sarcastic....

I can never tell if you are either.

I am clear enough how I feel:

The mega bucks given to Israel should have been stopped 10 or more years ago. Maybe then all those people (people just like you & me) would not have DIED for nothing.

U got that dillweed......?

Now it seems that the west is going to take out Iran because they copied what Israel did 10 years ago.

I say bomb Israel first if they do not get rid of their nukes.


Can't wait to see responses to this. And for doG's sake, keep religion out of it.