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CTyankee

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64. Please read this article and tell me what you think...
Mon Feb 3, 2020, 10:28 AM
Feb 2020
https://www.businessinsider.com/michael-bloombergs-comments-about-women-and-rape-will-haunt-him-2019-11

You are an avowed supporter of this man. After reading this article, have your views on him changed and do you still support him?
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
Here ? Or nationally ? CentralMass Feb 2020 #1
Here. Kentonio Feb 2020 #2
I think that the Bernie haters are just stirring the pot. CentralMass Feb 2020 #4
Yep. nt Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #83
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #48
Just shows you Bernie is surging and Joe is faltering... Feelin the Bern baby!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #127
I don't get it either. No billionaires Amishman Feb 2020 #3
Yep. Literally For Sale. JudyM Feb 2020 #63
Yep This exactly Apple Fritter Feb 2020 #181
There is a likely theory that he entered to SPEND $$$$ alittlelark Feb 2020 #5
I thought that too initially, and it might still be the case Kentonio Feb 2020 #11
The answer is simple, he guarantees we defeat Trump I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #75
So if I'm understanding you he's in the race to take out Bernie? Autumn Feb 2020 #81
He has already taken votes from Biden. nt Doremus Feb 2020 #121
Yes he has. If people are happy Bloom is in it to take votes from Bernie they will be disappointed. Autumn Feb 2020 #122
if he just wants to spend $$$ to ... Trueblue Texan Feb 2020 #49
Trump is terrified of Bloomberg $$$$$$$$ alittlelark Feb 2020 #54
what? you want him to spend to divide the party? getagrip_already Feb 2020 #55
You don't see him dividing the party the way he's doing it... JudyM Feb 2020 #65
absolutely not - he is merely running a campaign focussing on trump..... getagrip_already Feb 2020 #71
There are plenty of people that see Bernie as dividing the party. TexasTowelie Feb 2020 #179
Bloomberg bdamomma Feb 2020 #187
So what happens after the convention when he is no longer a candidate? MichMan Feb 2020 #191
Dunno, but he will focus keeping his $$$$ alittlelark Feb 2020 #193
Yes because whistler162 Feb 2020 #6
+1 -K&R onetexan Feb 2020 #15
Really? woundedkarma Feb 2020 #38
Thanks for the Great Post McKim Feb 2020 #47
I wish people who need the Government voted for the Government I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #80
So many people have given up. Checked out. redqueen Feb 2020 #96
This message was self-deleted by its author JudyM Feb 2020 #67
⬆️ THIS JudyM Feb 2020 #69
Ah! I love it when Sanders supporters tell us how ignorant Squinch Feb 2020 #141
I said nothing of the sort, but it seems you just did. JudyM Feb 2020 #145
Yep. You did. Squinch Feb 2020 #146
Lol ok whatever you say, dear. JudyM Feb 2020 #148
I KNOW it makes ME angry. dchill Feb 2020 #102
Why hasnt bernie done anything about all that? He's had 30 years. Squinch Feb 2020 #143
Taking your argument just a step further Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #184
In my circle of lifelong NY area Democrats, I don't know one Bernie supporter and... Mars and Minerva Feb 2020 #46
I have no love for Bloomberg. denem Feb 2020 #7
Well said...although you have to appreciate the help with guns and the mid terms. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #160
This message was self-deleted by its author tirebiter Feb 2020 #8
I WOULD love to see a debate between Bloomberg & Trump though oldsoftie Feb 2020 #9
To be honest, as long as its not a candidates debate I'd love to see that too. Kentonio Feb 2020 #20
And the best comeback is whistler162 Feb 2020 #24
Yes I heard this rumor elsewhere and signed in to see for myself! m-lekktor Feb 2020 #10
No, Sanders is on the wrong side of history. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #74
Bloomberg can beat tRump, easily. Sanders would lose in a landslide. stopbush Feb 2020 #12
Your username is more than a little ironic, considering who you now support. Kentonio Feb 2020 #14
Not ironic. I've just been around DU since pretty much Day One. stopbush Feb 2020 #19
So you don't even have that as an excuse for why you're now supporting a guy who endorsed Bush in 04 Kentonio Feb 2020 #21
I will never support a guy who deigns to call himself a Democrat for only 8 months out of every four stopbush Feb 2020 #23
A 'lifelong Dem' who endorsed Bush in 2004. Kentonio Feb 2020 #28
Get over it. No one cares but you. stopbush Feb 2020 #165
Great points Rorey Feb 2020 #86
The only important thing is Bloomberg is guaranteed to beat Trump I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #84
So uh, Anaxamander Feb 2020 #176
+1 -K&R the one w the positive message onetexan Feb 2020 #16
I'm with Bernie. James48 Feb 2020 #13
We have one job in this election. Beat trump. Nothing else matters. Bloomberg can, BS can't. Squinch Feb 2020 #17
Every Democratic frontrunner beats Trump in the latest CNN head to head poll Kentonio Feb 2020 #18
No, dear. I won't stop with it. BS couldn't beat Hillary (cue the violins and the Squinch Feb 2020 #22
I seem to remember getting endless lectures about how Bernie couldn't win last time Kentonio Feb 2020 #29
And she lost. And BS couldn't even beat her. Squinch Feb 2020 #134
Trump is just starting to use the Bernie is a communist/socialist crap This will really wind up his Oppaloopa Feb 2020 #30
Republicans spent 8 years throwing that stuff at Obama every day. Kentonio Feb 2020 #32
Joe McCarthy Died a Long Time Ago McKim Feb 2020 #50
Too many falsehoods to unpack them all. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #78
Yeah, throwing lies is one thing, throwing the truth is another. Zolorp Feb 2020 #62
That statement about Sanders was not necessary I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #97
+1 nt Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #44
A traffic cone might beat Trump. That doesn't mean it should be President. RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #114
And yet, one of our best and brightest DID NOT beat the fucker. nt Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #153
lol Bernie people are having a sad NYMinute Feb 2020 #25
Exactly. Many Dems would prefer Bloomberg if Biden Kahuna7 Feb 2020 #45
Why do we have to get a Republican to do it? RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #115
Why do we have to get an Independent to do it (Sanders)? stopbush Feb 2020 #167
I'm curious what your issue is with the other candidates not named Sanders. n/m RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #185
Overall, I don't feel they have the gravitas necessary to excite the electorate stopbush Feb 2020 #188
He's an ally Skidmore Feb 2020 #26
I think people like him because he's spending to mock Traitortrump amuse bouche Feb 2020 #27
"Don't vote for the guy I don't like." Loki Liesmith Feb 2020 #31
Anyone in our primary except Bernie! Everything helpisontheway Feb 2020 #33
Many of us share your views on Bernie. comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #87
Indeed, those poll results are shocking when you see them. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #34
Why? Kentonio Feb 2020 #36
Your third paragraph is very strong. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #37
I understand that fear, I really do. Kentonio Feb 2020 #42
I appreciate your response. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #43
Hillary was establishment at a time people wanted to shake up the establishment I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #106
P.S. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #39
Why I'm Supporting Bloomberg.... reACTIONary Feb 2020 #35
Your friends who are scared of Liz and Bernie really ought to do some reading to see what this JudyM Feb 2020 #72
Bernie is no FDR by any stretch of the imagination. comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #89
Same basic orientation, sorry you can't see it. JudyM Feb 2020 #90
Yeah I do realize Bernie wants to take us back to the 30s again. comradebillyboy Feb 2020 #123
Lol, nope. It's called progressivism for a reason. JudyM Feb 2020 #125
You do know FDR was from the wealthy upper class? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #92
Who cares if he was upper class? It's policies that matter. JudyM Feb 2020 #95
Guess you don't get what I'm saying Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #161
Oh yeah, not me. It's not the money, it's the policies and the underlying values. JudyM Feb 2020 #164
FDR was not a socialist.... reACTIONary Feb 2020 #109
Sanders follows the FDR model, regardless of nomenclature. Very simple and clear. JudyM Feb 2020 #110
Then Sanders should stop calling himself a socialist... reACTIONary Feb 2020 #111
I agree with you, I wish he called himself a social democrat. JudyM Feb 2020 #113
Baloney. Sanders is NOTHING like FDR. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #124
Is. JudyM Feb 2020 #126
Really? Sanders is a pro-capitalist, pro-trade, anti-protectionist, internationalist-interventionist OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #128
Res ipsa loquitur JudyM Feb 2020 #130
LOL. The things do speak for themselves. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #135
Sanders follows the examples of FDR and Dr. King. A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. JudyM Feb 2020 #139
LOL. OneMoreCupOfCoffee Feb 2020 #149
Am I? Hm, curious that you'd ask if I'm for real. JudyM Feb 2020 #150
Eisenhower was more radical than the modern day Democrat RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #118
Ditto. SWBTATTReg Feb 2020 #156
But what about stop & frisk??? reACTIONary Feb 2020 #40
Primary voters tend to be more politically engaged Kentonio Feb 2020 #41
The title of this OP says a lot... brooklynite Feb 2020 #51
Exactly. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #59
you... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #52
It could be because Sanders berned a lot of bridges over the past five years. Zolorp Feb 2020 #53
People like the next new thing Recursion Feb 2020 #56
I am a big Warren fan, but Bloomberg can win. AJT Feb 2020 #57
blank... myohmy2 Feb 2020 #60
Please read this article and tell me what you think... CTyankee Feb 2020 #64
Did you watch Michael Bloomberg's full DNC speech I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #116
No. Do you have a link to it? CTyankee Feb 2020 #157
Link is at bottom of article; I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #159
He is an outspoken billionaire, that's all. nt doc03 Feb 2020 #58
"BUT HES NOT EVEN A DEMOCRAT" Act_of_Reparation Feb 2020 #61
Because he is the only one people are seeing in most of the country.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #66
I don't know if sarisataka Feb 2020 #68
There are those of us who do not want to take any kind of chance I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #120
Do you think a Democrat cannot defeat Trump? sarisataka Feb 2020 #133
No I think Biden can beat Trump and I hope he is the nominee...but Sander no...he Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #173
I don't like that Bloomberg endorsed Bush, but I like that Bernie called for Obama to be primaried LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #70
Oh, the horror. JudyM Feb 2020 #98
No double standard; I stated a preference. LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #99
Your preference is that Obama shouldn't have been vetted? JudyM Feb 2020 #100
He was a sitting Democratic President; are you serious? LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #101
Plenty of Dems were upset at the administration's proposals to cut social security and leave shrub's JudyM Feb 2020 #107
This message was self-deleted by its author LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #117
Almost nobody here is actually supporting Bloomberg. MineralMan Feb 2020 #73
Probably not supported by DU Dems ecstatic Feb 2020 #76
I am new here, what is stop and frisk? I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #132
If he's the nominee JustAnotherGen Feb 2020 #77
I don't get it either. Autumn Feb 2020 #79
I am not convinced people here really like him. Bloomberg is one of the least popular Quixote1818 Feb 2020 #82
In my case, at least, you are completely wrong. I didn't vote to "stick it to Sanders even though LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #94
Aligning with greens is an alliance that could save the election if he's the candidate. We ignore JudyM Feb 2020 #108
No, aligning with the Greens is political suicide. It's time to stop catering to the petulant and LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #129
You don't think it would help us if the greens opposed us less? If they were able to make less JudyM Feb 2020 #136
They demonstrated unequivocally last time that they cannot be relied upon for support; pandering to LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #137
There was huge opposition last time, and a migration to them. That's what we need to learn from JudyM Feb 2020 #142
There are only 2 parties with any chance of winning the election for President I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #151
Exactly. JudyM Feb 2020 #154
I know nothing about them I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #158
If we can't form an alliance, we can still have major climate action in our platform so that their JudyM Feb 2020 #162
Really? You are thinking the greens will save the day for us? They won't. Squinch Feb 2020 #131
Right. Because its all about Bernie. People couldn't possibly be Squinch Feb 2020 #147
Why is it a bad thing that Bloomberg is attacking Trump every day using his own money? dalton99a Feb 2020 #85
Yes. I prefer him to the candidate who is spreading lies Squinch Feb 2020 #105
He would be an infinitely better president than Trump and would largely govern.... DemocratSinceBirth Feb 2020 #88
He might even be able to get his program thru Congress N/T I_M_Blue_2 Feb 2020 #144
It isn't "Bloomberg love" so much as skepticism about Sanders, as I explained in a reply in that highplainsdem Feb 2020 #91
It's an all new Democratic party! redqueen Feb 2020 #93
for me it Nikki28 Feb 2020 #103
If the choice is between sanders who would be killed by trump and Bloomberg, I go with Bloomberg Gothmog Feb 2020 #104
All Trump has to do is mention Bloomberg's record booley Feb 2020 #166
You are wrong yet again Gothmog Feb 2020 #168
No good centrist candidates booley Feb 2020 #169
I fear that a very weak candidate like sanders would kill down ballot candidates Gothmog Feb 2020 #175
I'm confused as well RhodeIslandOne Feb 2020 #112
It's possible Bloomberg got in the race not to try to buy the election, Enoki33 Feb 2020 #119
Vote your heart in the primary, vote the party in the general. As a Bernie supporter, will you chia Feb 2020 #138
This message was self-deleted by its author RandiFan1290 Feb 2020 #140
In my lowly opinion, it's more than one thing Ferrets are Cool Feb 2020 #152
Bloomberg Progress_Dem Feb 2020 #155
Bloomberg doesn't have the baggage Awsi Dooger Feb 2020 #163
While I think Biden will do better than you estimate, your analysis is excellent LongtimeAZDem Feb 2020 #170
I don't love him, but I love... Mike Nelson Feb 2020 #171
Sanders has had 5+ years to explain how he would pay for his programs, stopbush Feb 2020 #172
I like Mike. JohnnyRingo Feb 2020 #174
I LOVE DEMOCRATIC PARTY CANDIDATE MICHAEL BLOOMBERG!!! Amimnoch Feb 2020 #177
Support the candidate dbinfla Feb 2020 #178
I like mike Bloomberg and I appreciate what he's doing to underthematrix Feb 2020 #180
Former Biden advisor: Socialism 'has no chance of beating Trump in 2020' Gothmog Feb 2020 #182
I don't support MB, but here is (I think) the theory Algernon Moncrieff Feb 2020 #183
I think it's an experiment The Mouth Feb 2020 #186
He's a member of the plutocracy with a conservative news outlet Warpy Feb 2020 #189
Steve Schmidt warns that the sociopath will beat the socialist. Gothmog Feb 2020 #190
Well... Tweedy Feb 2020 #192
Sounds like you're mad bro. UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #194
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Feb 2020 #195
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