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In reply to the discussion: Would a President Bloomberg use his wealth to seek a third term if he wanted it? [View all]Squinch
(51,099 posts)55. Well good for you. ETA: Where does Sanders's support of
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a crime bill that resulted in the unwarranted incarceration of thousands of young black men sit in your moral code?
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Would a President Bloomberg use his wealth to seek a third term if he wanted it? [View all]
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
OP
Bloomburg bullied the City Council until they changed the Bylaws to allow him
no_hypocrisy
Feb 2020
#1
New Yorkers are well aware of that fact. The talking point that Bloomberg "bullied"
lapucelle
Feb 2020
#56
The Charter was restored to limiting Mayors to two terms after Bloomberg left office. n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#63
He's not spending as much, and he can't promote a record of political accomplishments, and
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#28
I generally think Bloomberg is an honorable man and I've said so here before
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#64
He DID manipulate his way into what should have been an unlawful third term as Mayor.
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#17
Bloomberg also reduced the numbers of murders of young black men in the neighborhoods by
Squinch
Feb 2020
#89
No, actually, I did nothing of the sort. But I doubt you can be convinced of that.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#92
Ahh! The old favorite bro answer that economic policies solve all minority issues. Kay.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#96
Oh, god. Not this shit again. Bernie in college marching with Martin Luther King. Got it.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#99
If voters coalesce around another candidate other than BS very soon, I will vote for that candidate.
Squinch
Feb 2020
#101
I'm more concerned about billionaires in the Whitehouse than ones under my bed
Devil Child
Feb 2020
#62
I especially like the spin that Sanders' supporters are criticizing Bloomberg's stop and frisk.
floppyboo
Feb 2020
#50
You've seen Sanders on the floor re. his vote on that, right? If not, let me know
floppyboo
Feb 2020
#95
Do those reasons justify the unwarranted incarceration of thousands of young black men?
Squinch
Feb 2020
#109
That 50% drop was after he discontinued the program at the very end of his 3rd term.
floppyboo
Feb 2020
#111
The 50% drop was occurring throughout his administration and, by all accounts had nothing to do
Squinch
Feb 2020
#112
The people of NYC were still deprived of a different alternative to Thompson... moreover...
thesquanderer
Feb 2020
#26
With essentially token opposition his margin of victory shrank dramatically for his third victory
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#27
Which is exactly the tactic Bernie Sanders uses in Vermont. He runs in the Democratic primary so
catbyte
Feb 2020
#60
No, he would be above 90 then...and it would be impossible to get through congress...however,
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#10
And that's different? Such nonsense...we have an amendment you couldn't just enact a law...all this
Demsrule86
Feb 2020
#115
Is it conspiracy theory or political speculation that the Big Foot Caucus in New Hampshire are ...
Botany
Feb 2020
#32
I disparage the power of concentrated super wealth over our American Democracy
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#67
True. It would probably take one of the world's richest individuals to finance an effort like that
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#73
Understood. I used this to make a point which I explain more in post #69 above n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#76
The fact that Buttigieg would likely benefit by a decline in Bloomberg's fortunes
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#79
Hypothetically, yes. But only if he was a popular President during troubled times
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#85
Really, the attacks against other dems aren't working. Bloomberg is gaining because he attacks
33taw
Feb 2020
#84
Honestly I am not so much attacking Bloomberg as the role of money in politics
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#86
I don't support him but I doubt it. If he got the Constitution amended and ran for a third
totodeinhere
Feb 2020
#93
Even if he ran in 1988, it wouldn't have been any worse than under Poppy Bush
Polybius
Feb 2020
#121
Bloomberg has said in times of necessity we might have to "change our laws or our interpretation
emmaverybo
Feb 2020
#110
This really wasn't a trick question. Most responders blew right past the obvious answer.
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#114
Actually 86. But that misses the point again. See the post above yours n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#120
Read post 114, for example, to see evidence supporting the validity of the literal question I posed
Tom Rinaldo
Feb 2020
#124