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Would you Bloom for Michael?

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  • RaceBannon
    RaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 115,545 Founders Club

    Broken windows had/has potential, but it wasn't the reason the homicide rate has been dropping since the early 90s, and at the expense of thousands of people's civil rights. It certainly isn't the liberal policy.

    I know. It works *chuckle*
  • PurpleJ
    PurpleJ Member Posts: 37,773
    Who is liberal and who is conservative any more? What do those terms even mean these days? Is a liberal someone who wants to liberate people or are they just for spending liberally and expanding government control? Is a conservative someone who is shrewd with spending, or is it more about the "conservative" old school values? Someone tell me what the fuck is going on here. I need answers people.
  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club

    2001400ex said:
    I like to pretend all presidential executive orders are the same, that's what I like to do.
    You mean like interning an entire race of people, even if they are American citizens?
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  • HFNY
    HFNY Member Posts: 5,512
    IMHO, Bloomberg is the 2nd most qualified candidate after Kasich.

    The country needs a smart, moderate president who can work with Congress and yet the brain-dead can't stop looking at Trump / Sanders

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  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    HFNY said:

    IMHO, Bloomberg is the 2nd most qualified candidate after Kasich.

    The country needs a smart, moderate president who can work with Congress and yet the brain-dead can't stop looking at Trump / Sanders

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    Bloomberg certainly has the executive experience the lawmakers in the field lack. I do think, though, it will take the realistic prospect of a Trump v Sanders general election for him to get into the race, and I still don't see that happening. IMO, Hillary will win the democrat party nomination, and most likely, Cruz will win the republican nomination.
  • dhdawg
    dhdawg Member Posts: 13,326

    HFNY said:

    IMHO, Bloomberg is the 2nd most qualified candidate after Kasich.

    The country needs a smart, moderate president who can work with Congress and yet the brain-dead can't stop looking at Trump / Sanders

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    Bloomberg certainly has the executive experience the lawmakers in the field lack. I do think, though, it will take the realistic prospect of a Trump v Sanders general election for him to get into the race, and I still don't see that happening. IMO, Hillary will win the democrat party nomination, and most likely, Cruz will win the republican nomination.
    I used to think it would be hillary. but as she loses momentum and the idea of an indictment becomes more of a possibility I'm having more trouble seeing it.
    Trump is gonna be the GOP nominee unless he drops out, it's sad but the reality
  • allpurpleallgold
    allpurpleallgold Member Posts: 8,771
    HFNY said:

    IMHO, Bloomberg is the 2nd most qualified candidate after Kasich.

    The country needs a smart, moderate president who can work with Congress and yet the brain-dead can't stop looking at Trump / Sanders

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    Work with congress to do what? Anything that you work with congress on is going to be bullshit. The last thing this country needs is donor owned congress making a bunch of donor approved decisions. Shove shit down congresses throat. Trump/Sanders 2016.
  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    dhdawg said:

    HFNY said:

    IMHO, Bloomberg is the 2nd most qualified candidate after Kasich.

    The country needs a smart, moderate president who can work with Congress and yet the brain-dead can't stop looking at Trump / Sanders

    image

    Bloomberg certainly has the executive experience the lawmakers in the field lack. I do think, though, it will take the realistic prospect of a Trump v Sanders general election for him to get into the race, and I still don't see that happening. IMO, Hillary will win the democrat party nomination, and most likely, Cruz will win the republican nomination.
    I used to think it would be hillary. but as she loses momentum and the idea of an indictment becomes more of a possibility I'm having more trouble seeing it.
    Trump is gonna be the GOP nominee unless he drops out, it's sad but the reality
    Trump is a "populist" who has brought some important issues to the forefront and he delivers his "message" in an anti-PC way that appeals to those who are sick and tired of PC bullying. But IMHO, his bombastic arrogance and persona will eventually wear thin. In fact prominent conservatives have been against him from the beginning, a number of them going so far as to skewer him in a recent issue of National Review. His polling numbers have the establishment running scared, that is for sure, they do fear he could win the nomination, but this show has run it's course before, with the populist candidate eventually being overrun by someone in the field who is more traditional, more presidential. We'll see.

    Sanders is a left wing loon playing the "populist" card as well. Red meat for those easily manipulated by class warfare and interested in a massive paternalistic form of federal government full of "free stuff". He is a self described socialist who would normally have no chance, but Hillary is a terrible candidate, essentially running on a Bern light platform. She still has a substantial lead over the Bern in nearly all national polls, but as you point out, she also has an indictment hanging over her head. Bernie wins the nomination if she is indicted, otherwise, IMO, Hillary will carry enough of the primary vote outside the far left regions to win the nomination.

    We'll see how this plays out. Bloomberg is no fan of Sanders, in fact a Sanders nomination might be enough to get him in the race. If both Trump and Sanders are the nominees, I'd say it's a near certainty that Bloomberg throws his hat in the ring. He'd have a damn good chance at winning in a general election under those circumstances and I'm sure he finds that appealing.
  • Swaye
    Swaye Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 41,741 Founders Club
    A vote for Bloomberg is a vote for the nanny state and more gun control. Pass.
  • Southerndawg
    Southerndawg Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 8,354 Founders Club
    edited January 2016
    Swaye said:

    A vote for Bloomberg is a vote for the nanny state and more gun control. Pass.

    Add to that his tax policies as Mayor and I'd say pass too. The reality is that for now grid lock would keep him from implementing policies that are too far left, and the thought of Trump/Sanders has a lot of people shaking and about to vomit. I believe he'd siphon votes from both sides and make things interesting.