Dismayed by Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg Will Endorse Hillary Clinton

[Cryptoad]

Source: nyt

Michael R. Bloomberg, who bypassed his own run for the presidency this election cycle, will endorse Hillary Clinton in a prime-time address at the Democratic convention and make the case for Mrs. Clinton as the best choice for moderate voters in 2016, an adviser to Mr. Bloomberg said.

The news is an unexpected move from Mr. Bloomberg, who has not been a member of the Democratic Party since 2000; was elected the mayor of New York City as a Republican; and later became an independent.

But it reflects Mr. Bloomberg’s increasing dismay about the rise of Donald J. Trump and a determination to see that the Republican nominee is defeated.

Mrs. Clinton is seeking to reach out to middle-of-the-road swing voters and even moderate Republicans uneasy about Mr. Trump. Polls show that significant numbers of Republicans remain wary of Mr. Trump, and question his fitness for the presidency

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/25/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-hillary-clinton-dnc.html?smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur

[onehandle]

1. Sanity wins. nt

[Vinca]

2. Republicans must recognize the state of Trump's mental health as easily as anyone else.

The man acts as if he's batshit crazy. IMO, any semi-sane Republican who votes party over country is guilty of treason.

[Tal Vez]

35. There is something a bit tweaky about both Trump and his son Don.

[book_worm]

3. Good.

[Me.]

4. This Is

HUGE

[OKNancy]

5. how long before Trump tweets some nastygram to Bloomberg?

Trump is so childish

[DinahMoeHum]

9. Hope he's dumb enough to do it.

Unlike TrumpleThinSkin, Bloomberg is a genuine billionaire. And he built his own business after paying his dues on Wall Street and in business.

[Ellipsis]

6. wow

[safeinOhio]

7. I'm guessing that those Republicans

that are now against Trump, will be the future leaders of what is left of their party.

[Maven]

8. Oh wow

This is kind of a BFD.

[DonViejo]

10. NYT's peddling the usual cow dung...

Bloomberg announced back in March, he would not run for President and the reasons why not:

In a three-way race, it’s unlikely any candidate would win a majority of electoral votes, and then the power to choose the president would be taken out of the hands of the American people and thrown to Congress. The fact is, even if I were to receive the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, victory would be highly unlikely, because most members of Congress would vote for their party’s nominee. Party loyalists in Congress -- not the American people or the Electoral College -- would determine the next president.

As the race stands now, with Republicans in charge of both Houses, there is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump or Senator Ted Cruz. That is not a risk I can take in good conscience.

(emphasis added by me)

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-03-07/the-2016-election-risk-that-michael-bloomberg-won-t-take

[WhiteHat]

11. A Devastating emdorsement

Wall St. ALWAYS has the GOP's back.

Not this time.

Trump is left without the money guys, leaving only uneducated/stupid/poor angry white males. A tiny minority no matter how you slice it.

[forest444]

14. That's why we must make sure everyone on our side actually votes.

The above demographic - plus a sizable number of similarly misguided white women - may be small; but they are motivated.

The voter ID/restriction laws imposed in many states - including most swing states - are specifically tailored to facilitate their access to the ballot box, moreover, while impeding those least likely to vote Republican.

It's going to be close.

[bucolic_frolic]

13. Not just endorse, but endorse in a speech at the DNC

This is big news, like Lieberman with Bush in 2004

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. Makes sense. Trump is pro-second-amendment, Clinton pro-gun-control.

Bloomberg's favorite issue would drive him to support Clinton.

[harrose]

16. Feh. Do we need the endorsement of a Rethug?

If he wants to vote for Hillary privately, perhaps it might expunge a small percentage of the sins he accumulated while Mayor of New York, but we don't need his public endorsement.

[The Second Stone]

17. We need all the help we can get. And will accept it. Trump gets David Duke

and the KKK, and we get Mayor Bloomberg.

We have the upper hand in this election, but we must not rest on our laurels or asses. The risk of a Trump presidency to us and the world it far too great.

Had we somehow nominated Joe Lieberman, I'd support him over Trump, and heartily. And I despise Joe Lieberman.

It's time to wake the fuck up and see that we must do everything we can to defeat Donald J. Trump. He is a huge danger. More so than Ted Cruz (and Cruz is a zealot, but a law abiding one.)

[harrose]

18. Trump gets David Duke and the KKK, and we get Mayor Bloomberg.

Because Trump sinks to allying himself with the KKK, we have to do the same with Bloomberg?

Feh.

[The Second Stone]

19. Dude, (or Dudette), Bloomberg is hardly

a David Duke. He is mainstream, and not a KKK official.

[harrose]

20. He ran (and won) as a Rethug for major political office!

In my book, that's the same thing.

[The Second Stone]

21. I'd advise a refresher course in basic critical thinking skills

and mean that in the nicest way.

[harrose]

23. What critical skills?

He ran for the office of mayor of New York as a Rethug. Do you deny that that happened?

[The Second Stone]

24. The critical skills that you can't tell the difference between Donald Trump

and moderate Republican.

Donald Trump is an extreme danger to our republic. Mayor Bloomberg's endorsement, while not of large value, is of small value, and I welcome it. Mature people do not lump "the other" into the category of evil. They face the world as it is.

[harrose]

42. Moderate Rethuglican?

There is no such thing. If you're a Rethug, then you stand for the disenfranchisement of women, the return to slavery of people of color and the hegemony of the rich white man. Anything else a "moderate" Rethug tells you is a lie designed for public consumption.

[PJMcK]

40. Are you a New Yorker?

I am.

Michael Bloomberg was a breath of fresh air after 8 years of 9/11 Giuliani. Many NY Democtats supported Mr. Bloomberg, who was exceedingly moderate.

[harrose]

43. Yes, I am a New Yorker.

He continued the vast majority of Guiliani's policies. And he ran as a Rethug.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. K&R

[Rex]

25. Another nail in the coffin. Trump is toast.

[merrily]

27. Cruz, too.

All in all, not a bad Republican convention for Democrats.

[Rex]

28. Not at all, they barely kept from burning down the buildings.

I read at one point things were so bad, they had to escort Ms. Cruz out of the building. They are a bunch of radicals that showed the nation how off center they are and how dangerous Trump is.

[merrily]

29. Why she even was there is beyond me. Surely, she knew her husband was about to take revenge.

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Oh, well, maybe his Dad can give him a job in evangelism, like Billy and Franklin Graham.

[Rex]

31. Yeah she was in danger of being mobbed, I cannot believe Ted is that clueless.

She will go back to work for Wall Street and I bet he ends up running his dads ministry.

[merrily]

33. Whatever happens, he'll be just fine.

I cannot recall reading a single story about a homeless former US Senator.

Meanwhile, we no longer have to worry about whether or not he is a "natural born" US citizen.

He now has Lieberman stench. Good riddance to both of them, as far as I am concerned.

[Rex]

34. IKR? His family is set, they will never know what it is like to be hungry.

Did we ever see his mom?

[merrily]

36. After the you tube videos? Dunno.

http://theslot.jezebel.com/we-are-all-ted-cruzs-tortured-mother-1745694502

I'm heading to bed for a bit. See you soon (if I don't get banned first, of course).

[Rex]

37. NN!

Oh I wouldn't worry about that, people just talk out of frustration. TOS nannies are all over DU.

[merrily]

38. I was kidding, not the least bit worried.

If i want to worry, I can find lots of real life topics.

See you another day.

[Rex]

39. Cya later merrily!

[Iliyah]

30. Remember when CNN and Tweety from MSNBC said that T-rump and Cruz had it

set up like a reality show (WWF)?

I guess they were wrong.

[Rex]

32. Yeah that media and their spectating, almost as bad as the internet.

Maybe it was another Montreal Screwjob, I would love to hear Cruz and Trump shoot on youtube about each other!

[merrily]

26. It took him this long to be totally dismayed by Trump?

This long to figure out Trump is not a moderate?

Yikes, Mike.

[greymattermom]

41. Michael Bloomberg

probably knows a lot about how Trump is financing his real estate deals, right?