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tulipsandroses

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23. Who is afraid, for example, that Bloomberg would try to reimpose unduly punitive policies like that

Sun Feb 16, 2020, 12:19 AM

Feb 2020

I am. I have seen him flip flop on issues. Even if he is not enacting those policies, what is he willing to do dismantle policies that disenfranchise minorities and the poor? I mean he is newly reformed on these issues since he decided to run for president.
And again, its not just stop and frisk.

I may not agree with all the candidates on some of their issues, but I do not doubt for one second, that they ware willing to work their damndest for working class folks. I trust Biden, Bernie, Warren, Klobuchar, Pete in that regards wholeheartedly. I have no confidence in Bloomberg that he will not govern as he did in NY. Poor and working class folks did not fare well. What makes me think it would be different as president? These are institutional policies that are recent, not in the remote past. I am not so confident he will be a different president than he was mayor. Just cuz he's giving a lot of money and running ads to get under Trump's skin.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided

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Bloomberg Flunks the Wokeness Test [View all] Amimnoch Feb 2020 OP

I support Bloomberg 'casue I think he has the best chance and the means to defeat Trump Kaleva Feb 2020 #1

"As for Sanders, I'll vote for him in the fall if he is our nominee." Talitha Feb 2020 #6

I like John McWhorter's writing. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #2

K&R. n/t rzemanfl Feb 2020 #3

Bloomberg attacks Trump left-of-center2012 Feb 2020 #4

He has a bad track record PatSeg Feb 2020 #43

They want to win jimfields33 Feb 2020 #44

"I think we disproportionately stop whites too much, and minorities too little" phleshdef Feb 2020 #5

Crime bill 1994. Very similar results, but on a national level from both Biden and Bernie. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #10

A majority of the members of the Congressional Black Caucus voted for the 1994 Crime Bill. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #17

Massive false equivalency. Bloomberg specifically said black people should be targeted by policy. phleshdef Feb 2020 #22

deary. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #25

Winning without morals isn't really winning Bendim Feb 2020 #39

So true based on Democratic principles youd think we all share;its not even arguable yet here we are InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #18

Not surprising that a conservative who supported George W Bush would support Bloomberg. DanTex Feb 2020 #7

HMMM DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #8

Thanks! I was putting together a reply saying the same thing. Kaleva Feb 2020 #9

I've seen him on tv many times. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #11

Yea, real interesting. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #12

Hmm... DanTex Feb 2020 #14

Primary Source DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #16

LOL. He said George Bush is the best thing to happen to Black America in 35 years! DanTex Feb 2020 #20

I would draw the line if McWhorter said he was "nauseated by John Kennedy" DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #24

Not sure what that has to do with McWhorter being a Bush-supporting conservative. DanTex Feb 2020 #26

How should we weigh the opinion of candidates who said they were "nauseated by John Kennedy" ? DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #28

Oh, so it's a total change of subject. I see. DanTex Feb 2020 #33

I was merely pointing out the inadequacy of selective outrage DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #35

I'm not outraged, I'm just pointing out that McWhorter is a conservative, so it makes sense that DanTex Feb 2020 #36

He said he says he's not a conservative. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #37

Right, that's part of his game. Write conservative articles for the National Review DanTex Feb 2020 #38

Write conservative... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #41

Umm, did you read the next paragraph? DanTex Feb 2020 #45

Wait Dan, I thought Mayor Mike HIMSELF promoted Shrub for President... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #19

He defended the policy up until he decided to run. He also mounted a rogue counter-terrorism emmaverybo Feb 2020 #13

Yes, the timing seems a bit suspect. InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #21

That is biased.. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #15

Who is afraid, for example, that Bloomberg would try to reimpose unduly punitive policies like that tulipsandroses Feb 2020 #23

I'm not. He wouldn't be getting the endorsements he's getting if that were so. Amimnoch Feb 2020 #29

That's impressive. DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #30

+1000 aeromanKC Feb 2020 #47

I believe he would because he has a bigoted world-view and he believes as he has said that to emmaverybo Feb 2020 #34

He spent $100 million helping to elect Dems in 2018! Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2020 #27

At the same time he was bankrolling republicans and holding fundraisers for the likes of Peter King tulipsandroses Feb 2020 #32

He is running because he doesn't want Warren or Sanders- not because he wants to beat Trump MoonlitKnight Feb 2020 #31

If other candidates don't stop sniping at each other Warpy Feb 2020 #40

Bloomberg aeromanKC Feb 2020 #42

He's not on the ballot in SC on Feb 29 SCantiGOP Feb 2020 #46