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DanTex

(20,709 posts)
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 05:38 PM Jul 2016

Michael Bloomberg to endorse Hillary at prime time during convention.

Michael R. Bloomberg, who bypassed his own run for the presidency this election cycle, will endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address at the Democratic convention and make the case for Mrs. Clinton as the best choice for moderate voters in 2016, an adviser to Mr. Bloomberg said.

The news is an unexpected move from Mr. Bloomberg, who has not been a member of the Democratic Party since 2000; was elected the mayor of New York City as a Republican; and later became an independent.

But it reflects Mr. Bloomberg’s increasing dismay about the rise of Donald J. Trump and a determination to see that the Republican nominee is defeated.


http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-hillary-clinton-dnc.html

Good news. This could be really valuable to Hillary with swing voters and moderates. He's got a lot of credibility with independents, and unlike Trump, he is actually a very good businessman.
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Michael Bloomberg to endorse Hillary at prime time during convention. (Original Post) DanTex Jul 2016 OP
Great news! BlueMTexpat Jul 2016 #1
He's awful, she should disavow his endorsement. JRLeft Jul 2016 #2
He's not "awful", he's moderate. We need swing voters. DanTex Jul 2016 #3
He's a corporate tool, an oligarch who wanted a nanny state in NYC. JRLeft Jul 2016 #4
"Nanny state" is a right-wing talking point. DanTex Jul 2016 #7
Attempting to limit soda size is over governance. JRLeft Jul 2016 #9
Can't stand him, but I was and am in full support of NYC Liberal Jul 2016 #13
That's horrible gopiscrap Jul 2016 #27
He didn't attempt to limit it, he wanted to tax large sugary sodas because DanTex Jul 2016 #14
He also wants Wall Street regulating itself. And his police force was racist as fuck. JRLeft Jul 2016 #17
Does he? I don't know about that. DanTex Jul 2016 #18
Don't like stop and frisk but if he helps us beat racist Trump I'm for it. DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #24
I loved how you ignored his problems with people who look like me. JRLeft Jul 2016 #5
I said I didn't agree with him on everything. DanTex Jul 2016 #8
He's bad on most issues he's a Republican who ran as independent. JRLeft Jul 2016 #10
He's actually a Democrat who ran as a Republican and then became an independent. DanTex Jul 2016 #16
Dunno Cal Carpenter Jul 2016 #6
Something odd is happening... fun n serious Jul 2016 #11
Really? bluestateguy Jul 2016 #15
Fox News earlier fun n serious Jul 2016 #20
We need all the help we can get. fun n serious Jul 2016 #12
I'll take it! K&R! writes3000 Jul 2016 #19
This doesn't surprise me at all,for the last few years he has done some great work on climate change karynnj Jul 2016 #21
Oh Goodie... coco77 Jul 2016 #22
Bloomberg does more harm than good. Yavin4 Jul 2016 #23
Moderates and swing voters like him. DanTex Jul 2016 #25
Gun nuts aren't going to vote for us any way and compared to Trump Bloomberg is John Brown !!! DemocratSinceBirth Jul 2016 #26
I welcome Bloomberg's endorsement even though I don't care for him.. he's still Cha Jul 2016 #28

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
3. He's not "awful", he's moderate. We need swing voters.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 05:54 PM
Jul 2016

I don't agree with him on everything, but he's solidly liberal on social issues. He's personally spent a lot of money funding gun violence related causes. And he was a good mayor of NYC.

On economic issues, he's to the right of me, but he's not some crazy right-winger.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
4. He's a corporate tool, an oligarch who wanted a nanny state in NYC.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 05:59 PM
Jul 2016

He wants more deregulation of the banking industry.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
7. "Nanny state" is a right-wing talking point.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:11 PM
Jul 2016

And "corporate tool" is pushing it, though like I said he is to the right of me on economic issues without a doubt. Though I guess to some people everyone to the right of Bernie is a "corporate tool".

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
9. Attempting to limit soda size is over governance.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:14 PM
Jul 2016

The fact you like Bloomberg is amazing. Most black New Yorkers hated the man.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
14. He didn't attempt to limit it, he wanted to tax large sugary sodas because
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:20 PM
Jul 2016

they are about the least healthy food that you can put in your body. There's precedent for this: cigarettes are taxed. The people who this annoyed most are right-wingers like Sarah Palin.

And even though he gets a lot of grief for the soda tax, that's only one of the many public health measures he pushed for. NYC was one of if not the first major city to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. When that was happening, people yelled "Nanny State" too. Now that's the law almost everywhere, and it's a good thing.

He banned trans-fats in restaurants. He pushed for more calorie posting on menus.

Whatever you think of the soda tax, his public health efforts overall were a good thing.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
24. Don't like stop and frisk but if he helps us beat racist Trump I'm for it.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:24 PM
Jul 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/opinion/sunday/is-donald-trump-a-racist.html?_r=0

Trump

-didn't want to rent to black folk even black veterans. That's rich coming from somebody with a deferment.

- wanted the death penalty for the five black teenagers falsely accused of raping a jogger in Central Park

- wanted Jewish accountants and not blacks ones because he said Jews are naturally better with money. that was a twofer. he insulted Jews and blacks.

-said blacks are inherently lazy.

-said Barack Obama is an illegal alien.


We need to beat this guy, any way, any how...

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
8. I said I didn't agree with him on everything.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:13 PM
Jul 2016

He also wants to cut social security and/or medicare, which I also don't agree with. But I do agree with him on guns, abortion, the environment, lgbt issues, immigration and more.

Like I said, he's a moderate.

 

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)
10. He's bad on most issues he's a Republican who ran as independent.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:15 PM
Jul 2016

Moderate usually means pro deregulation.

DanTex

(20,709 posts)
16. He's actually a Democrat who ran as a Republican and then became an independent.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:22 PM
Jul 2016

I don't know if he's actually more pro-deregulation. He's definitely in favor of more environmental regulation.

He does have conservative views on some issues, like Social Security. And stop and frisk like you mentioned. And he gave Goldman Sachs a tax break.

He's a moderate, left on some issues, right on others. Either way, it's good to have his endorsement. He's not actually going to be president, so his more conservative views don't matter.

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
11. Something odd is happening...
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:17 PM
Jul 2016

CNN keeps pandering to Trump so I was curious on what FOX was saying.. Well, Fox is reporting positive on Hillary. I wonder if it has something to do with Ailes aligning himself with Trump?

 

fun n serious

(4,451 posts)
20. Fox News earlier
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 06:47 PM
Jul 2016

The commentator that was on was exchanging pleasantries about Hillary with his guest. They were talking about Bloom berg endorsing Clinton and the appeal moderates would have toward her. I don't know the name of who I was watching since I rarely watch. I might have to start watching. It may be changing.

karynnj

(59,475 posts)
21. This doesn't surprise me at all,for the last few years he has done some great work on climate change
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:13 PM
Jul 2016

He worked with the State Department to head a group of city officials to help each other making their cities greener and was a UN special envoy on the issue.

Link to explanation of the SD/Bloomberg Philanthropies effort - "our cities, our climate". Link to speeches at the event mentioned in that source: http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/10/248043.htm Joint Kerry/Bloomberg op-ed on climate change - http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/10/248037.htm

Bloomberg also spoke in Paris before the talks that resulted in the Paris Climate Accord. https://www.mikebloomberg.com/news/the-importance-of-city-action-in-combating-climate-change-during-cop21-in-paris/ This was a very big deal.

More recently, he is heading a Bloomberg group that is bringing together business and finance people to focus on energy challenges:
Here was an announcement of Kerry delivering a keynote speech to them:

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver the global policy keynote at Bloomberg New Energy and Finance (BNEF)’s Future of Energy Summit at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City at 10:30 a.m. on April 5, 2016.

Secretary Kerry’s remarks will focus on the inexorable link between energy choices and climate change, the path forward in the wake of the historic Paris Agreement, and the transition toward a global, low-carbon economy.

Since 2008, BNEF’s global Future of Energy Summit has convened key decision-makers from the business, finance and policy communities to focus intently on critical energy challenges ranging from power, transportation, and regulation, to energy finance and energy security.

http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2015/10/index.htm


Given that Trump thinks the Paris Climate Accord a "bad deal" that he will rip up, I am shocked that anyone following Bloomberg is the least surprised.
 

coco77

(1,327 posts)
22. Oh Goodie...
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:16 PM
Jul 2016

We will get our marching orders,as though we don't know what to do. Do we need him to tell us how to vote.

Yavin4

(35,357 posts)
23. Bloomberg does more harm than good.
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:18 PM
Jul 2016

No one likes him. From African Americans to gun owners. No one. Universally hated.

DemocratSinceBirth

(99,705 posts)
26. Gun nuts aren't going to vote for us any way and compared to Trump Bloomberg is John Brown !!!
Sun Jul 24, 2016, 07:28 PM
Jul 2016
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/24/opinion/sunday/is-donald-trump-a-racist.html?_r=0

Trump

-didn't want to rent to black folk even black veterans. That's rich coming from somebody with a deferment.

- wanted the death penalty for the five black teenagers falsely accused of raping a jogger in Central Park

- wanted Jewish accountants and not blacks ones because he said Jews are naturally better with money. that was a twofer. He insulted Jews and blacks.

-said blacks are inherently lazy.

-said Barack Obama is an illegal alien.

Cha

(295,929 posts)
28. I welcome Bloomberg's endorsement even though I don't care for him.. he's still
Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:05 AM
Jul 2016

has some positivity like on common sense gun laws and the environment.

trumpence has none.

Thank you, Dan

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