https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/...0371171330

KING’S RANSOM

Buying Elections: An American tradition.

(01-12-2020 11:44 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Buying Elections: An American tradition.

Pissin money away, another American tradition.

Quote:Every cent he has is going toward ousting President Trump, billionaire Michael Bloomberg (D) said Saturday in Texas.

“Number one priority is to get rid of Donald Trump. I’m spending all my money to get rid of Trump. Do you want me to spend more or less? End of story,” the 2020 presidential hopeful told Reuters during an interview on his campaign bus.

Bloomberg said he believes he can win the presidency in 2020 by getting moderate Republicans on board with him because they would not vote for progressive candidates such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).

He continued:

One of the reasons I’m reasonably confident I could beat Trump is I would be acceptable to the moderate Republicans you have to have. Whether you like it or not, you can’t win the election unless you get moderate Republicans to cross the line. The others are much too liberal for them and they would certainly vote for Donald Trump.

Even though he entered the race late, the Democrat has focused his efforts on campaigning all over the nation, especially in places such as Texas, which would be the second-largest win among the 14 Super Tuesday states.

In 2019, he spent more than $155 million on political advertising, according to Breitbart News. Bloomberg said he also planned to air an ad during the Super Bowl that will take place February 2 in Miami, Florida.

“You can’t get to 330 million people by shaking hands. Television is still the magic medium,” he noted, adding, “If the Super Bowl wasn’t a place to get to an awful lot of people they wouldn’t be charging a lot, or nobody would be paying it. This is capitalism at work.”

Prior to entering the race, Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed in March that he was “clear-eyed” about how hard it would be to win the Democrat nomination in an already crowded field.

He stated:

It’s essential that we nominate a Democrat who will be in the strongest position to defeat Donald Trump and bring our country back together. We cannot allow the primary process to drag the party to an extreme that would diminish our chances in the general election and translate into “Four More Years.”

“I know we can do better as a country. And I believe I would defeat Donald Trump in a general election,” he concluded.

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Talking about being owned by a donor, but I'm sure dems are okay with this.

Bloomberg is not a moderate. Anybody who wants to regulate the size of soft drinks and eliminate private firearms is not a moderate.

(01-12-2020 06:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 11:44 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Buying Elections: An American tradition.

Pissin money away, another American tradition.

true dat.

(01-12-2020 04:45 AM)green Wrote:  

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/...0371171330

KING’S RANSOM

And that's all anyone need know of Michael Bloomberg's morality, his disdain for our way of life, and his corporate fascist way of looking at our lives. There's the real threat in this election. Right now he's paving the way for attack adds on Trump. Boycott his News service and anything else he pushes. That will hit his pocketbook. He is the face of George Soros in New York City, the face of those who backed Obama, and a Hillary supporter in the past.

(01-13-2020 12:58 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 06:03 PM)shere khan Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 11:44 AM)TigerBlue4Ever Wrote:  Buying Elections: An American tradition.

Pissin money away, another American tradition.

true dat.

The only good billionaire is the one spending all of his money. Trickledown....

Meanwhile, not a word from the left about what he’s gonna get out of this. Because we all know, according to the MSM, billionaires are only in it for what they can get out of it. AmIright?

Bloomberg is a big fan of China and how they do things

(01-12-2020 07:29 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Talking about being owned by a donor, but I'm sure dems are okay with this.

This **** is bipartisan. If you think otherwise you're a fool. Campaign finance reform should be on every American's wishlist, along with overturning things like Citizens United.

-edit- obligatory Steyer and Bloomberg buying their votes in this manner grosses me out -edit-

(01-13-2020 11:10 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 07:29 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Talking about being owned by a donor, but I'm sure dems are okay with this.

This **** is bipartisan. If you think otherwise you're a fool. Campaign finance reform should be on every American's wishlist, along with overturning things like Citizens United.
-edit- obligatory Steyer and Bloomberg buying their votes in this manner grosses me out -edit-

Why does overturning Citizens United spark such passion from the left? All it really does is put republicans on an even footing with democrats for raising money. Oh, OK, wait a minute, now that makes sense.

What I would do is:
1) Only individuals can make political contributions--no unions, corporations, PACs, non-profits, or bundlers.
2) A candidates can only SPEND $X on a race, where X is some multiple of how many voters voted in the last election last time. Any amount raised over $X must be turned over to the government at the end of the campaign.

(01-13-2020 11:31 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 11:10 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 07:29 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Talking about being owned by a donor, but I'm sure dems are okay with this.

This **** is bipartisan. If you think otherwise you're a fool. Campaign finance reform should be on every American's wishlist, along with overturning things like Citizens United.
-edit- obligatory Steyer and Bloomberg buying their votes in this manner grosses me out -edit-

Why does overturning Citizens United spark such passion from the left? All it really does is put republicans on an even footing with democrats for raising money.

What I would do is:
1) Only individuals can make political contributions--no unions, corporations, PACs, non-profits, or bundlers.
2) A candidates can only SPEND $X on a race, where X is some multiple of how many voters voted in the last election last time. Any amount raised over $X must be turned over to the government at the end of the campaign.

I believe this is similar to how Canada does things? They also have a much shortened election campaign period. These are common sense reforms which sadly won't see the light of day unless we picket for them.

(01-13-2020 11:34 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 11:31 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(01-13-2020 11:10 AM)JDTulane Wrote:  

(01-12-2020 07:29 PM)THE NC Herd Fan Wrote:  Talking about being owned by a donor, but I'm sure dems are okay with this.

This **** is bipartisan. If you think otherwise you're a fool. Campaign finance reform should be on every American's wishlist, along with overturning things like Citizens United.
-edit- obligatory Steyer and Bloomberg buying their votes in this manner grosses me out -edit-

Why does overturning Citizens United spark such passion from the left? All it really does is put republicans on an even footing with democrats for raising money.
What I would do is:
1) Only individuals can make political contributions--no unions, corporations, PACs, non-profits, or bundlers.
2) A candidates can only SPEND $X on a race, where X is some multiple of how many voters voted in the last election last time. Any amount raised over $X must be turned over to the government at the end of the campaign.

I believe this is similar to how Canada does things? They also have a much shortened election campaign period. These are common sense reforms which sadly won't see the light of day unless we picket for them.

Westminster-style parliamentary systems inherently have shorter campaign periods. The occurrence of snap elections ensures that.

Repealing the 17th amendment would help