Do you believe that Americans should get over themselves. get behind Trump and make it work?

[Skya Rhen]

Source: Salon

Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York City and owner of several media outlets, thinks it’s time that Americans “get behind” President Donald Trump and “make it work.”

Democratic opponents of Trump need to get over themselves, Bloomberg argued during an interview on ABC’s “The View.” “The public has spoken, whether you like the results or not,” he said.

Read more: http://www.salon.com/2017/06/23/michael-bloomberg-says-democrats-should-get-behind-president-trump/



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1. The article was from 2017 and it's been taken a little out of context. He was criticizing mcconnell

for saying immediately after Obama's inauguration that his #1 goal was to make him a 1-term president and that didn't work out too well for the republicans in 2012 or the country as a whole during those years. He said in the article that the main thing was good governance and in early 2017 nobody saw the magnitude of the clusterfuck that was to come.

I've got a lot of problems with Bloomberg, but this seems a little unfair.

[Skya Rhen]

4. Out of 96 DU responses in June 2017, yours is the first defense of his remark. Take a look. Wow!

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6. So what are you going to do if he becomes the nominee? Sit home? I'm not going to trash one of

our candidates and yes, I guess I did read it differently than 97 others in 2017. So sue me.

WOW!

[Bendim]

5. And the rationalisations keep coming...

Yet another rationalisation for Bloomberg that if a certain other candidate had said it, would bring relentless accusations that his secret goal of his candidacy is to help trump get re-elected

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7. Seriously?

[Bendim]

8. Yes seriously.

All I’ve seen the last week is rationalisation after rationalisation for Bloomberg from the same people that have previously and even still continue to this very moment to criticise absolutely anything they can about said candidate even if pales in comparison to the stuff that Bloomberg has said and done.

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9. So why are you "undecided" then?

And how dare you assume to know what I think about Bloomberg or any other candidate. And you certainly are vocal for being here for only one day.

[Bendim]

10. ....

I’ve been here years as a reader and supportive of Bernie/Warren and even most things on this site, but the last week of reading certain posters rationalising away absolutely anything and everything that comes out about Bloomberg’s history of racism or misogynist behaviour finally forced me to make an account to point this.

I’ve read in silence the back and forth between supporters of candidates, and stayed silent even when I read attacks on progressives, but the straw that broke the camels back was watching people, who in one breath attack someone like Bernie then rationalise away much more egregious behaviour from Bloomberg that they have previously and still would in a heart beat attack Bernie over.

And I am still undecided because I am a progressive and either Bernie or Warren would get my vote, depending on which one stays in the race.

[LeftTurn3623]

2. Seems pretty fair to me

[Dunnjen]

3. Make what work?

>increased pollution, environmental degradation
>cruel and unjust immigration policy
>more medical bankruptcies
>abuse of power in every aspect of gov't
>expanded political corruption
>extreme tax benefits for the wealthy
>working class oppression thru wage repression
>gov't intrusion on family planning options
...