Trump supporter Rich Lowry hypocritically bashes Bloomberg spending.

[RandySF]

The rich are different from you and me—they can buy themselves instant presidential campaigns.

Former New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg has elbowed himself into the Democratic nomination race solely on the basis of his personal fortune.

His campaign is high-handed as only a billionaire many times over could even contemplate. He entered late, is skipping the early contests and hasn’t participated in any of the debates to date (although that will change soon thanks to the Democratic National Committee adjusting its rules to retrofit them for Bloomberg).

Without more than $50 billion to his name, Bloomberg would almost certainly be running a campaign like another late-entrant, former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, who hasn’t been heard from since filing for the New Hampshire primary a couple of months ago.

Bloomberg’s political strategy has always been built on the belief that nothing succeeds like excess. If he wants it, he can buy it, and money is no object.

It’s a free country, and Bloomberg can spend as much money as he likes on whatever suits his fancy. No one should try to stop him from doing it through campaign-finance laws or other rules. In the scheme of things, lavishing tens of millions on your own presidential campaign is probably worthier than lavishing it on private islands, antique car collections, or yachts.

But Bloomberg 2020 is still an affront to small-d democratic sensibilities, a tribute not to his superior political skills or messaging compared with the other candidates, but his access to a personal bank account that the rest of them lack.



https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/02/05/the-offensive-bloomberg-campaign-111182

[spooky3]

1. Our money fueled system is the problem. But the solution

is not to tell Democrats with money that they can’t use it. We’re in a metaphorical gunfight, and knives alone won’t suffice.

Criticize the system, not those struggling to win within it.

Lowry’s comments just say to me that they are starting to fear Bloomberg. Good.

[RandySF]

2. +1

[Vivienne235729]

5. +2

[YOHABLO]

3. Then perhaps Lowry would agree to stringent campaign finance reform

and repeal of 'Citizens United'.

[squirecam]

4. At least Bloomberg

Is using his own money. As opposed to Trump who promised to, but of course didn’t.