Bloomberg in Missouri, "... I didn't understand the consequences (of S&F)..." BULLSHIT!!

[uponit7771]

This is the tell tale to me that Bloomberg has not learned a damn thing !!

Bloomberg is *** NOT *** apologizing for racial profiling he's apologizing for S&F which is legal, if the police see something suspcious then please say something but my skin color should not be part of that assessment and Bloomberg said my skin color ... WAS ... part of the assessment out loud and in front of cameras.

My issue with his statement in MO is that he was told racial profiling in his implementation of S&F was illegal and immoral and hurting communities where it was implemented MULTIPLE times ... ***IN COURT*** !!!


Now he's saying he's too stupid to understand the court filings and multitude of protest against the racial profiling aspects of S&F !?

REALLY ?!


Jus damn

[AZ8theist]

1. So, if he's the nominee you're going to vote for Trump? Seriously??

[Devil Child]

3. Nice deflection from the topic

Where in the OP was it stated there was intention to vote for Trump?

So any concern or criticism for Bloomberg’s many problems is to be shut down with “well then you gonna vote Trump!?!?”

[AZ8theist]

10. Where's YOUR criticism for Tulsi appearing on Fox News propaganda all the time?

Yeah, thought so............<crickets>

[Devil Child]

16. Still deflecting, but to answer your question

I have no criticism to giver regarding Rep. Gabbard's choice of media venues.

I do have plenty of criticism to offer towards Bloomberg on a wide range of issues, including the concerns brought up by the OP.

[AZ8theist]

17. Oh, yeah, there's NO CONCERN about Tulsi AT ALL....

sheesh....

And it will be soon FORMER Rep Gabbard since she doesn't have the courage to run for re-election in fucking Hawaii FFS...

Since she has ZERO.....

ZERO. POINT. ZERO.. chance of getting the Democratic nomination for President, I will bet you ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS she ends up on the Fake Reich Wing Propaganda channel BASHING REAL DEMOCRATS for a living come January 2021.

Mark. It. Down.

[BeckyDem]

4. This is primary season, why keep presuming he will win nomination?

The entire point of a primary is to support the best candidate.

[AZ8theist]

20. Agreed. I recently donated $500 to EW's campaign.

I love her.
But Mike's tenacity in triggering Doturd just might be the winning strategy.

(ANYTHING that pisses off Doturd and brings him closer to a stroke is fine in my book...)

Isn't anybody curious that as Bloomberg rises in the poles, the OP's here start bashing the shit out of him?

I am thoroughly "VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO" but if Tulsi ends up on the ticket as VP, I will be sitting out. And I have voted DEMOCRATIC in EVERY FUCKING ELECTION since 1970.

Bloomberg/Warren

Bloomberg/Klobuchar

[BeckyDem]

21. I believe it is a mistake to think Trump will falter with his base because Bloomberg

throws barbs at him. Where in the past several years is there any evidence that Trump can be embarrassed and will change his behavior? How does that translate to winning?

We need to excite our base and Bloomberg is not that guy.

[AZ8theist]

24. You make a good point.

In 2016, here in Arizona Hillary was pushing anti-Trump ads right up until election day. You may have seen them. The one's with "The children are watching". Very powerful stuff. Yet she still lost the state.

However, this cycle, the dynamics have changed. OF COURSE you aren't going to change the minds of the Trumpanzees. They are too racist and too fucking stupid to change their opinion of anything. That being said, the rest of the country with an IQ above 30 has experienced this fucking clown for the last 3 years. There can be inroads made with Independents based on how vile a human piece of dog shit Doturd is......

And maybe, just maybe, an attack dog billionaire like Bloomberg just might be the ticket. I believe our base will be VERY excited when they see the damage to Doturd that an ACTUAL billionaire can do........

Is he my "ideal" candidate? No, he is not. But getting the traitor out of the WH is far too important to stand in the way of party purity.

[BeckyDem]

31. Bloomberg's record is appalling to me and I think any of our other candidates can

defeat Trump. Being only anti-Trump will not do it.

I agree about the Trumpanzees. A label I am totally stealing from you. lol I have zero patience for them.

[Skya Rhen]

25. Bloomberg is dividing us - yet people think he can win? How? I see many people staying home if he is

the nominee. As they say, Democrats know how to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[BeckyDem]

29. Yes. I agree. How does a guy who has his track record, if not for his billions, be where he is

today? I don't get the hype he can win, he worries me on many levels.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

37. 100% RIGHT!!: "We need to excite our base and Bloomberg is not that guy"

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[uponit7771]

5. Deflection noted, we don't need lower turnout with someone slightly less racist than Trump

[Devil Child]

7. That's gonna make a great bumper sticker or purchased meme

“Slightly better than Trump!”

[AZ8theist]

8. As opposed to Gabbard, a Russian stooge and future star on Fox News.

[Devil Child]

11. Oh yeah, I'll take the so-called "Russian stooge" who has honorably served her nation

Over Bloomberg 100% of the time!

[AZ8theist]

27. She served her country honorably in the military, and I respect that..

But appearing on SEAN FUCKING HANNITY'S Reich Wing propaganda show, as a Democratic member of the House of Representatives, and BASHING her parties nominee for President, a woman who ALSO served her nation honorably as a Senator and Secretary of State.....

Well, that to me is NOT SERVING your country honorably. It's being a cheap opportunist. UNACCEPTABLE. Deal with it.

[kcr]

35. You can identify the problem with Gabbard, but not Bloomberg?

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Not excusing Gabbard and her many faults. She's certainly on my no-way-in-hell-thank-god-she-has-no-chance list. But Bloomberg actually ran and served as a Republican and regularly donates to and supports other Republicans.

[AZ8theist]

55. And now...

He will spend perhaps hundreds of millions laser focused on one thing: Getting rid of the fucking TRAITOR in the WH.
I'm not part of the purity wing of Democrats, but our 2 frontrunners are UNELECTABLE.
4 more years of this fascist pig are NOT AN OPTION. I believe Bloomberg has a real shot, despite his baggage.

[emmaverybo]

9. There is no reason to make him the nominee. Democrats do better to refuse to vote for him

and rally around a candidate who shares our values.

A racist for a racist is not a good solution to our Trump problem. We should proclaim our principles by rejecting Bloomberg. He is a false Messiah who corrupts with money.

[kcr]

36. Not only that

I think it weakens the argument against Trump in supporting him. We nominate a known racist who has supported and enacted racist policies? How strong is our argument against Trump then? It makes no sense.

Not to mention his known support of some awful Republicans, like Rick Snyder. I don't see how we win. I think he's tricking people with his anti-Trump ads, using their desperation against them. He wants the office of POTUS and will do anything to get it. I hope we aren't foolish enough to fall for it.

[emmaverybo]

45. +10000 such good points! It will be said no difference between the parties.

[kcr]

46. Yeah. It's just bad news all the way around.

Though, really I think his chances are mostly hype by the media. I think when the field narrows, the uncertainty will fade and Bloomberg's appeal will fade with it. Primary season is the worst, and the Trump factor makes it a billion times worse.

[emmaverybo]

48. OK I sure hope so. His chances of beating Trump been way over estimated, I think.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

38. You'll get no argument from me!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[BeckyDem]

2. Unfit.

[Devil Child]

6. Agreed uponit7771!!!

[honest.abe]

12. From the way things are going there is a good chance Bloomberg is going to be our nominee.

You will need to walk back these types of comments if you care about defeating Trump in Nov.

[bluewater]

13. Honestly, not really.

Stop and Frisk and Bloomberg's role with it is just starting to make the national news.

Bloomberg simply has too much baggage on racial issues to end up being the nominee in the long haul.

[honest.abe]

15. I predict none of that will stick.

Most Democrats are laser focused on defeating Trump and Bloomberg is demonstrating he can do that better than anyone else in the field.

[Kaleva]

19. Bloomberg is gathering endorsements from black leaders.

Here is a new one:

"Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said Mike Bloomberg’s apology for 'stop and frisk' was key to endorsement"

https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/2020/02/13/houston-mayor-turner-bloombergs-apology-key-endorsement/4756541002/

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

39. There you go AGAIN bluewater...makin too much damn sense! When you gonna cut that crap out! hahaha!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[bluewater]

49. ....

[oasis]

14. Dems can do way better, but if we do get stuck with this guy,

his presidency would at least begin a slow return to sanity.

[pamela]

18. Honestly, that's almost worse.

It was his job to understand the consequences of his policies. Makes him sound clueless and inept.

[AZ8theist]

22. If you recall, Barack Obama was AGAINST gay marriage before he was for it....

Peoples opinions and viewpoints can evolve over time. Bloomberg has said the policy was a mistake.
Why is he allowed no quarter?

Joe Biden excoriated Anita Hill during the Thomas hearings. Why is he allowed a free pass?

Look, Doturd needs to be removed at ALL COSTS.....ANY COSTS. If it means electing a flawed candidate then I'm all in....

The failure to do so means we fall into DICTATORSHIP.

[cwydro]

28. Look at his record in NYC.

This is not an “inept” man.

[pamela]

32. That's kind of my point.

This "golly, I just didn't understand..." doesn't jive with the data-driven policy guy we know him to be.

I'm not anti-Bloomberg. I just think he needs to work on his answer. He's too smart to be playing stupid.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

40. DING! DING! DING! WE HAVE A WINNER!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

23. I find many Democrats' rush to rationalize and excuse Bloomberg as a Dem candidate even

more disheartening than Trump getting elected in the first place tbh.

[Skya Rhen]

26. Seeing such rationalization makes me understand that the human mind is weak and we can easily

morph into the likeness of the very people we have long detested. And the root of it is always money and power.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

42. That's heavy... I see some truth in what you're sayin'. Respect!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[loyalsister]

33. Agreed

I was hoping we had evolved more. The compromises some are willing to make on the backs of already oppressed people is exactly consistent with the cultural degradation that is Trumpism.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

41. You got me thinkin' WG...can't decide which is more disheartening. Have to get back to you on that.

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[njhoneybadger]

30. I don't mind being searched if it might save somebody's life

what I don't like to see are senators who support the NRA

[uponit7771]

34. You understand that's not the issue here, it's basing the search off skin color

... that's what Michael Bloomberg has not apologized for and was doing in NYC

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

43. I hear ya!!

Bernie/Elizabeth or Elizabeth/Bernie 2020!!
Either way, they're stronger together & can't be bought!!
Jump on the Bernie Bandwagon & join The Revolution!!

[jmg257]

50. You should read Charles Blow twitter feed - maybe you wouldn't voluteer your rights so quickly.

[BootinUp]

44. Bloomberg's politics do not impress me at all.

he’s a sleazy arrogant guy with a lot of money. Period. And all the admiration for him spending money on this makes me want to puke. This is a personal investment for him and he expects it to pay off. The sheep will follow him he figures.

[lunasun]

47. More recent bullshit

Link to tweet

?s=21
He claims there was a lot of evidence

None of the suspects' DNA matched the DNA collected from the crime scene (two semen samples that both belonged to one unidentified man)
No substantive physical evidence connected any of the five teenagers to the crime and years later a person serving a life sentence for rape matched the DNA and confessed he did it alone was my understanding . The biggest evidence was forced confessions

Bloomberg was mayor of New York City when they were exonerated. From the beginning, he vehemently argued that the City and NYPD had acted with probable cause in charging, prosecuting, and incarcerating them then his administration spent nearly $6 million over a decade to fight the Exonerated Five’s lawsuit against the city. Plus his administration continued to defend the City’s and NYPD’s actions in that case too
After he left office the suit was settled for $41 million
This feigned vagueness so recent when questioned is caca imo

[whathehell]

51. Along with 40 Sexual Harassement & Discrimination lawsuits against him

NOT a good candidate.

[Baclava]

52. He once said "women walked past construction sites because they liked being whistled at"

and "if women wanted to be respected for their brains they'd go to the library not Bloomingdales"

Oh yeah, he's a real great guy

[whathehell]

54. He pressured an employee to abort her child in the crudest terms possible

and was sued for it...He's a scumbag, imo.

[Blue_true]

53. Doesn't former Philly Mayor Nutter support Bloomberg, as well as Congressman Meeks?

Nutter had to lead a big city and deal with gun violence. Meeks is from NYC. I will defer to their judgement on Bloomberg.