I think many people aren’t immediately fans because all he has done since announcing was buy a bunch of ads and do one interview with Good Morning CBS where they basically asked him what his favorite colors were.
It’s pretty unusual. I assumed since he couldn’t get in the debates he’d be all over the place doing other media.
NYC is one city in the whole country and most people don’t care or know about the politics of their mayor and would like to hear a lot more from him besides these corny ads.
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I guess I had a front row seat for over a decade my views might be a little different than those that know little about him. We have a super progressive mayor for the last 6 years and I can tell you that this city was absolutely better under Bloomberg than De Blasio, imo.
He's a smart guy, he knows what he is doing. At some juncture, he knows he is going to have to get out there and speak, and I am sure he will.
Don't presume to know what me or my motivations are. Yours is a supremely dooshy and condescending post.
I'm totally on board with some of Bloomberg's policies. But if Trump has shown me anything, it's the disaster that can result in overlooking fatal flaws because "I like his policies."
Bloomberg is literally in the midst of buying an election. Something even Trump isn't willing to do (if only because he's too greedy and doesn't have Bloomberg's resources). He's showing a blueprint for what one incredibly wealthy and smart guy can do if he decides there is no limit to what he's willing to spend to do it. If he wins the nomination, he'll be willing to wallow in the muck with Trump, which I also find disgusting. If he wins the presidency, it's not like hes going to stop buying things if expense is not a concern. A guy like this could literally buy bipartisan support. It's not like any of the members of Congress are going to stop him. They'll line up with their hands out.
These things are non-starters for me. I won't compromise what I feel is right just because I can't stand Trump.
If you noticed lately, Bernie's tune on millionaires has shifted a little (now that he is one) and has taken a focus on billionaires instead... I've noticed. I see some hypocrisy there, and I consider that a huge fatal flaw, and that is before I even dive into his policies. We're all human, you'll find flaws in all.
He isn't buying an election, he is buying his way into consideration, he'll need to win the election. I honestly feel there is a part of him running bc Trump is so awful and someone needs to do something about it. He looks himself in the mirror, thinks to himself that someone has to stop this #######, and I have the means so it will be me. He sat back in 2016 bc he thought Hillary was going to win... This time around, he waited it out, wanted to see if anyone would actually be a formidable foe for Trump, and when he concluded they weren't, then he officially began his campaign.
Wallow in the muck with Trump? What do you mean, battle the guy? Well of course he'll have to, how is that disgusting? The point of the election is to win, and since Trump is defending the WH, he needs to beat him... I don't think Trump just packs up his bags and leaves on his own.
IDK about buying bipartisan support, but your thought process behind that is disheartening to me. Things should have bipartisan support, we should come to agreements about what is best, and if it is best, we should all agree. Are those on the outer fringes of the left and right so far from the middle that actually agreeing on things is bad? There is room in the middle, and usually it makes sense here because this is the rational place to be.