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BlueMTexpat

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5. I am inherently skeptical of ANY candidate
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 08:36 AM
Feb 2020

who only runs for one office as a Democrat and that is for the Presidency.

To me, that indicates a Democrat "of convenience" who wants to piggyback on Democratic Party resources, rather than one who truly espouses the principles of the Democratic Party. Bloomberg is in some ways an anomaly because he is self-funded and hasn't so far had to rely on Democratic Party resources such as debates, etc. But he still raises WAY too many red flags for me.

I am sorry to see that several here at DU, of all places, so readily jump into the column of ANYONE ELSE when we still have some exceptional candidates in the running who have either run for office ONLY as Democrats or who have been life-long Democrats.

But that's JMO. And a sad one. IMO.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
"It's our Duty to vote for Bloomberg" is not exactly a galvanizing or inspirational message Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #1
Defeating Trump and other Repubs is pretty good motivation for me. Kaleva Feb 2020 #2
I'm wondering about the college students jimfields33 Feb 2020 #3
I don't see many college students supporting Bloomberg after his racist rants came to light. n/t zackymilly Feb 2020 #7
Valid and excellent point jimfields33 Feb 2020 #8
I imagine there are college students who are fine with another 4 years of Trump Kaleva Feb 2020 #18
OK cherryinpa Feb 2020 #35
Hillary won about 3 million more votes then Trump Kaleva Feb 2020 #36
If the first two primaries are any indication, they don't vote. Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #29
Sad cherryinpa Feb 2020 #4
It sounds like we BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #6
Its makes me angry cherryinpa Feb 2020 #15
It is surprising ... and BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #16
Bloomberg may please with his VP pick pandr32 Feb 2020 #26
I am inherently skeptical of ANY candidate BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #5
and so will evertonfc Feb 2020 #9
Count me in among those who hope he is not the nominee. CentralMass Feb 2020 #10
If you don't want Bloomberg IT'S TIME to rally around Biden then. nt UniteFightBack Feb 2020 #11
That theory didn't work in 2016. DanTex Feb 2020 #12
The base turns out in every election Kaleva Feb 2020 #13
Exactly right ForEverGlades Feb 2020 #14
I am even more stumped that he still has supporters jimfields33 Feb 2020 #19
It's uhhh..." remarkable " ForEverGlades Feb 2020 #20
Very true. jimfields33 Feb 2020 #22
2016 was all about an email server. StevieM Feb 2020 #30
And it'll be suppressed if he still supports racial profiling uponit7771 Feb 2020 #17
That didn't work out so well in 2016 democrattotheend Feb 2020 #21
Those people are not the base. Kaleva Feb 2020 #23
I will vote for the Democratic nominee in November. If it's Bernie, Bloomberg, Mayor Pete, TeamPooka Feb 2020 #24
Many will not. And we would lose badly. Garrett78 Feb 2020 #25
I would hope if you're a true blue democrat you wouldn't have to be blueinredohio Feb 2020 #27
Good luck customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #28
He could have real problems in CA, OR, WA, CO Baclava Feb 2020 #31
While I'm fairly certain customerserviceguy Feb 2020 #32
Sorry, I was talking about the primaries, people getting ahead of themselves, primary races first Baclava Feb 2020 #33
The party base will turn out and vote for a bowl of tapioca if it is the nominee! N/T flotsam Feb 2020 #34
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