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Lurks Often

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16. Not a chance, both parties hate Bloomberg

Reply to jaysunb (Original post)

Fri Oct 16, 2015, 06:21 PM

Oct 2015

so he would have to run as an independent and while he may have money to burn on an independent campaign, he also lacks the charisma to do well. He comes across as far too arrogant and condescending as well as far too authoritarian for most of the country to vote for him.

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Mike Bloomberg will run for president and win in 2016 [View all] jaysunb Oct 2015 OP

... CaliforniaPeggy Oct 2015 #1

He'll have to pry the ballot from my dead, cold hands... Human101948 Oct 2015 #2

And my Big Gulp, too! Lizzie Poppet Oct 2015 #19

Seems like a poor bet to me BootinUp Oct 2015 #3

Well, he's got Presidential stature.... MADem Oct 2015 #4

Oh, Mr. Ackman gratuitous Oct 2015 #5

Nope. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2015 #6

He'd be another candidate who represents the billionaire class. JRLeft Oct 2015 #7

yes Angry Dragon Oct 2015 #8

The oligarchs want total control. JRLeft Oct 2015 #12

Things that make you go zzzzzzz..... brooklynite Oct 2015 #9

Or as a friend of Mom's called him, "the tiny fascist". KamaAina Oct 2015 #10

Yeah let's hear from ackman, a trader who loves to drive companies into the ground still_one Oct 2015 #11

On whose ticket? Warren DeMontague Oct 2015 #13

He's also strongly anti-gun frazzled Oct 2015 #15

TOO Late. Kokonoe Oct 2015 #14

Not a chance, both parties hate Bloomberg Lurks Often Oct 2015 #16

Thanks that make you go... trumad Oct 2015 #17

This New Yorker hates him almost as much as Giuliani AndreaCG Oct 2015 #18