Wow. DU is really freaking out over Bloomberg

[stopbush]

He must be doing something right.

[bluestarone]

1. Seems like!

Russia is taking our candidates down one at a time!!

[cwydro]

2. It's pretty funny, gotta agree.

Also obvious who is most upset.

[Butterflylady]

10. I agree

I've read a lot of them and all I could do is roll my eyes and realize that arguing with them is futile.

[zackymilly]

47. Who is the most upset? I see supporters of Warren, Biden, Pete, and undecideds in this thread n/t

[brokephibroke]

3. He is right on all the policies

And can beat trump.

[Merlot]

26. If you like redlining, charter schools, and stop-and-frisk he's your guy!

[MoonlitKnight]

40. Yes, he is to the right

Not sure he can beat Trump. He is running in the wrong primary. If he really wants to beat Trump he would be doing 1,000 other things before even considering running. And if he did come down to running, he would have been smarter to do it in the Republican primary and assure a second shot at him by going independent if that didn’t work.

Bloomberg is an opportunist at best. I am highly suspicious of his intentions.

Can you name any candidate who changed party, but kept supporting and contributing to the old party, and he beat the candidate of the party he left?

[Recursion]

54. Can I keep my Big Gulp, though? (nt)

[jmg257]

4. Yep - spending a shit load of money and apologizing left and right for being such an ass.

[stopbush]

5. I notice you wrote that in English.

Amy would be proud...well, maybe not now, but in the past. 😱

[jmg257]

9. Of course! I'm old and white too!

[stopbush]

11. Me too! 65. White. And male, too!

Shit.

[jmg257]

12. Lol - its all good! Have a few posts myself defending Mike too.

[delisen]

21. Bloomberg making being white male and 50+ ok

He is also pro choice and funds Planned Parenthood and has support of a number of African Ameriican politicans
A well rounded candidate ? Possibly unifying.

[calguy]

30. This almost 70 guy agrees with you

Not quite ready to pull the plug on Joe just yet. But if he doesn't get it going and fast, Mike gets my vote on Super Tuesday.
The is season upon us, we don't have time for under achievers.

[MoonlitKnight]

41. It's the apocalypse

Cats and dogs living together....

Never thought I would see the day that someone with a name like “stopbush” would be supporting a candidate who contributed a lot to get Bush elected and re-elected. Politics does indeed make strange bedfellows.

Please don’t take it personally. You should support who ever you wish. I’m more commenting on the strange political world we now live in.

[LeftTurn3623]

6. He is a republican in Democratic cloths

[Butterflylady]

14. He was a Democrat before he ran for mayor.

What part of that do people not understand. It's been posted here quite a few times.

[LeftTurn3623]

20. I'm talking about his actions

I don’t care what his label is

[PoliticAverse]

29. Yes, he was a Democrat before he came out of the closet as a Republican.

Most of us here do understand what he really is. Just like we understand what Trump is.

[MoonlitKnight]

42. I can confidently state I have never contributed to a Republican

Mike can’t say the same. And it’s not years ago either.

[stopbush]

49. But have you contributed to a former Republican (Warren)?

[left-of-center2012]

7. You know who's happy?

Mayor Pete.

A week or so ago all the attacks were headed his way.
Now it's Mike's turn.

Bloomberg seems to be the only one not diving into the mud wrestling.

Bloomberg attacks Trump, and the other Dems attack Bloomberg.

What's wrong with this picture?

[stopbush]

13. I'm really put off by Pete's religious bs. He also lacks gravitas, IMO.

Strange that he and Mike share problems with minorities that stem from their time as a mayor.

[Squinch]

28. I like him a lot but he'd be too easy to Dukakis.

[Amimnoch]

46. And Mike's doing exactly what Joe and Pete should have done..

Ignore the crap being flung at them by BS, his Stein supported staff, and his social media machine, and just gone hard and vicious at Trump.

Biden was doing a great job of doing just that earlier on, and his polls were GREAT! Then he started going defensive from Bernie, and less aggressive on trump and he's been dropping ever since. Don't get me wrong, I still ADORE Uncle Joe, but at a critical time he went the wrong direction.

Focus hard and vicious on Trump, not each other.. that's the ticket to winning. Bloombergs got it.

[stopbush]

50. Had Biden stayed on the attack on tRump, I doubt Mike would have gotten in the race.

He would have run anti-tRump ads, but not in support of his own candidacy.

[True Blue American]

52. Not a thing is

Wrong with your picture. I am so enjoying watching the bully get it back I can almost laugh at those attacking other Democrats!

Keep your eye on the ball, guys! That is to knock Trump and his flunkies right out of the ball park!

Carry on, Mike!

[PETRUS]

8. Ummm...

I don't accept that logic. DU has been freaking out over Trump, therefore... what?

[mr_lebowski]

18. I'd say that the inherent ambiguity of the phrase 'freaking out' makes the comparison you're

trying to make ... logically invalid.

[PETRUS]

22. Touche!

I still don't accept the OP's logic, though.

[mr_lebowski]

24. I'd need OP's definition of 'freaking out' in this context before I proclaim my approval

or lack thereof afa the 'logic' goes ...

I think, without elaboration, s/he might as well have posted "Bloomberg's got everyone flabligitating on DU! Must be doing something right!"

If you see what I'm getting at

[PETRUS]

33. I do see what you're getting at.

There are also layers to "doing something right." For example, I don't think it would be "right" for someone to burglarize my home, but if they cleaned me out and got away with it, one could say they "did it right."

Thanks for screwing up my one liner and walk away plan...

[mr_lebowski]

34. I'm just a pedantic pain in the ass ... don't mind me ...

[PETRUS]

36. I actually enjoy that kind of semantic scrutiny.

Have a pleasant evening!

[Cuthbert Allgood]

15. "He must be doing something RIGHT" (emphasis mine)

Well, you nailed it, there.

[bluedye33139]

16. I think people are concerned because his values are

not really representative of the Democratic party. He would not be the worst candidate we've ever fielded, however.

[redstateblues]

32. The values of bringing bean bags to a knife fight?

Bloomberg hasn’t attacked any Dems. He has only helped us win the House. Yeah what a jerk

[Kurt V.]

17. its not just DU. Every reliable dem pundit i follow is too. That's doing something wrong.

[4now]

19. It is good to see him doing so well

[UniteFightBack]

23. Black folks and your every day Democrats will have the final word on this and we will fall in line.

I said ya got that right! I sure...got that right.

[mr_lebowski]

35. Ya got a bloody right to say ... (nt)

[elleng]

25. That sort of thing does tend to happen here.

[Sympthsical]

27. Destroying young black mens' lives isn't "something right"

That the idea of not being a galloping racist is now considered a purity test is appalling in 2020. What party am I in?

[Hoyt]

43. When the time comes I'll consider what Representatives McBath, Rush, Meeks,

etc., think.

[Sympthsical]

57. I don't surrender moral authority to politicians.

I’ll listen to what my eyes, ears, brain, and heart tell me. I’ll listen to what my friends of color tell me.

Politicians have their motivations. They’re welcome to them.

Endorsements are not a shield against wrong.

Wrong is always wrong, politicians eliding over it or no.

[aeromanKC]

31. Bloomberg was RE-ELECTED twice

New York City is larger than most states and is more diverse than any of them. Is his shit odorless? Of course not. Whose is?

[Vivienne235729]

48. "Is his shit odorless?"

[Zolorp]

37. He scares the shit out of the competition

And then he refuses to even mention them or belittle himself on their attacks.

I LOVE IT!!!

[lynintenn]

38. With all the dirt spewed out about the candidates on here

I can see why we lose. It happened with Hillary. Everything she ever said or did was dissected on these forums. I see it this cycle. This time blame it on too many candidates running and it has divided us. If we can't come together can you. say Trump 46?

[Codeine]

39. He would still be 45.

It’s a second term, not a second presidency.

[jcgoldie]

44. Well he isn't a democrat

But he has a lot of money. And I guess thats the only argument I have seen anyone give in support of him. He has a lot of money. Well that counts for something I suppose...

[stopbush]

51. If anyone isn't a D it's Sanders, who sticks a D next to his name only to run for POTUS

and only for the minimum time necessary. Hell, he’s running as an I for his Senate seat.

[RhodeIslandOne]

59. Bernie Sanders caucuses with Democrats in the Senate and is in line with the party vote

Mike Bloomberg's record as mayor quite frankly shows him to be total Rorschach test of whatever it takes to curry favor at the moment.

"YOU WANT ME TO BE LIKE RUDY??? I CAN BE LIKE RUDY!!!!"

His weird bid for a third term was a Cheney/Trump like moment.

[phleshdef]

45. "I think we disproportionately stop whites too much, and minorities too little"

^^^ Mike Bloomberg's idea of governing wisdom.

[treestar]

53. That's because the media is doing it in the quest of the horse race

Too many times DU lets the media drive what is talked about.

[kentuck]

55. His money is fooling a lot of people....

...in my humble opinion.

[MFM008]

56. Ive said

I vote for the nominee
No matter who
But i wont be bullied or bought
Along the way.

[uponit7771]

58. ... to lower turnout during the general. There, fixed it for you