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Town Hall with Michael Bloomberg

Linc said:
Peace and Understanding. Seriously. Please see my post #48. It’s time for the Civil War to end. NOW. You won’t hear another word out of me against anyone on our side. PROMISE.

I’ll be too ****ing busy and pissed off going after the CLOT going through the Heart of America. Corrupt—mob—boss Liar—congenital Obstructionist—coverup Traitor—trump
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Fruity, puffy language like this is real sweet and all, but until Bernie Sanders is the nominee I will continue to kick and scream because that is what primaries are about.
 
swing_voter said:
I agree. He'd be my first choice. I'd even vote for Buttigieg over Trump, but I won't vote for Bernie or Warren, they are too extreme.
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I don't think you'll have to choose between any of them. A little while ago I heard James Clyburn give an emotional and moving endorsement of Biden. He'll win big time in South Carolina now and from then on he'll have 80 to 90% of the black vote.

Blacks are the single largest group of voters in the Democratic Party, if you don't have their support you won't be the nominee. Historically blacks have been much more reliable voters than the younger more inspirational types who support someone like Sanders. But given the dire circumstances we face if Numnuts is re-elected, I hope they're a little more motivated this time...
 
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Leftists are $elling their $ouls for ANYONE but Trump.
 
CMPancake said:
Fruity, puffy language like this is real sweet and all, but until Bernie Sanders is the nominee I will continue to kick and scream because that is what primaries are about.
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You’ll grow up some day.
 
VanceMack said:
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Leftists are $elling their $ouls for ANYONE but Trump.
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trump has sold his soul and sold out the USA to ruthless, genocidal dictators around the Planet.
 
Linc said:
You’ll grow up some day.
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Now that isn't very civil and of you, and quite frankly that divisive rhetoric should make you ashamed of yourself.
 
Linc said:
trump has sold his soul and sold out the USA to ruthless, genocidal dictators around the Planet.
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:lamo Just another example of the silly **** they feed you and you eagerly, willingly swallow. Explains your rush to swallow Bloomberg.
 
VanceMack said:
:lamo Just another example of the silly **** they feed you and you eagerly, willingly swallow. Explains your rush to swallow Bloomberg.
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I guess you didn’t see my signature. The current nixon dirty tricks in South Carolina tell you who the GOPutins are afraid of. Democratic Socialists to the left of me, trumputinazis to the right, stuck in the middle with a seemingly impossible task selling Sanders in the neighboring states of Iowa and Wisconsin.
 
CMPancake said:
Giving over $10 billion dollars in your life when you make $10 billion a year is like bragging that I've donated $100 over my life working for $30,000 a year. Bloomberg is an abhorrant monster that should not be given any sense of respect. Especially so from people who hate Donald Trump.
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Not very good with math, are you?

Giving $10 billion when you make $10 billion income per year is like giving $100 when you make $100 income per year. Have you give a year's worth of your income for the same type causes?
 
Linc said:
I guess you didn’t see my signature. The current nixon dirty tricks in South Carolina tell you who the GOPutins are afraid of. Democratic Socialists to the left of me, trumputinazis to the right, stuck in the middle with a seemingly impossible task selling Sanders in the neighboring states of Iowa and Wisconsin.
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You will swallow whatever you are told. And you will like it. When the DNC ****s over Bernie you will 'Like Mike'.
 
VanceMack said:
You will swallow whatever you are told. And you will like it. When the DNC ****s over Bernie you will 'Like Mike'.
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I prefer the new face in my signature. No sub-tent left behind. 70 of those 100 EC votes trump flipped are in five Midwest states. Sherrod and Amy together are the only combination that can compete in the Midwest, imho.

And, Midwest states are losing population and CDs to ... southern swing states — AZ, FL, NC. DEMs have other states they’re looking at, just as Parscale does. He briefed GOP Senators today.

Warren is in it to make sure Sanders wins it. She’s there to jump on Bloomberg. If Biden does well on ST, she’ll go after him. The biggest thing she does is prevent other candidates from reaching 15%. This makes Sanders the ultimate electoral college plurality candidate. Time to go.
 
CMPancake said:
Giving over $10 billion dollars in your life when you make $10 billion a year is like bragging that I've donated $100 over my life working for $30,000 a year. Bloomberg is an abhorrant monster that should not be given any sense of respect. Especially so from people who hate Donald Trump.
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By the way, here is an article that addresses exactly the topic you are addressing, as far as Bloomberg doing this for tax purposes. Nonetheless, the bottom line is that his philanthropy has been "extremely" helpful to causes Bloomberg believes in and that people need, so does it matter what his reasons for giving are?

Bloomberg is currently worth an estimated $62 billion, making him the ninth richest person in the world. He’s said he wants to give away his fortune while he’s still alive, and so far he’s handed out about $10 billion. Bloomberg Philanthropies, founded in 2006, devotes its resources to issues including climate change, gun violence, the opioid crisis, public health, the arts and improving cities.

Bloomberg’s biggest donation of 2019 was a $1.8 billion gift to his alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, for financial aid for low- and middle-income students.
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After all, how much has Trump given to good causes? Don't the tax benefits apply to him also?

Isn't it preferable to have someone that gives to having someone that doesn't?
 
SouthernDemocrat said:
In that scenario, that is the only advantage to having Bernie as our nominee. Reason being is that his supporters are even more rabid than Trump supporters, they would take to the streets and shut this country down.
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I'm pretty sure that Putin has thought this all out. "There's no such thing as a former KGB man". Imagine how delighted it would make Putin if Americans engaged in violence against each other?

Bernie Sanders just cannot be the democratic nominee, if he is, we're in more trouble than we could know.
 
CMPancake said:
Bernie has the largest support among POC than any other candidate in the race. Your racist attempt at whitewashing Bernie's voting base is disgusting.
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I don't know how you could dare suggest that I'm racist in any way, I haven't said one word about people of color. I am the furthest thing from a racist you could ever meet. In no way did I interject race into my comment. So you better just back off and don't dare to project what may be your own racism onto me.
 
HumblePi said:
I'm pretty sure that Putin has thought this all out. "There's no such thing as a former KGB man". Imagine how delighted it would make Putin if Americans engaged in violence against each other?

Bernie Sanders just cannot be the democratic nominee, if he is, we're in more trouble than we could know.
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More trouble than we are in now? I don't think so.

I will say one thing about Bernie. A lot more people will be happier with him as president as there are now. Income inequality will begin to change in the opposite direction and if income inequality continues as the rate it presently is at for the rich, there won't be a country for anyone.

Bernie is not the candidate I want, but in many ways things will be better (not worse).

Business with big corporations will suffer but is that such a bad thing? and if so, tell me why.
 
Luckyone said:
More trouble than we are in now? I don't think so.

I will say one thing about Bernie. A lot more people will be happier with him as president as there are now. Income inequality will begin to change in the opposite direction and if income inequality continues as the rate it presently is at for the rich, there won't be a country for anyone.

Bernie is not the candidate I want, but in many ways things will be better (not worse).

Business with big corporations will suffer but is that such a bad thing? and if so, tell me why.
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I didn't say 'more trouble than we are in now', I said 'more trouble than we could know'.
 
HumblePi said:
I didn't say 'more trouble than we are in now', I said 'more trouble than we could know'.
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In that respect, you are certainly correct. We have no idea what Bernie will bring to the table, at least as far as what he could actually do.
 
Luckyone said:
By the way, here is an article that addresses exactly the topic you are addressing, as far as Bloomberg doing this for tax purposes. Nonetheless, the bottom line is that his philanthropy has been "extremely" helpful to causes Bloomberg believes in and that people need, so does it matter what his reasons for giving are?



After all, how much has Trump given to good causes? Don't the tax benefits apply to him also?

Isn't it preferable to have someone that gives to having someone that doesn't?
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If Bloomberg donated 99% of his net worth, we would end homelessness, starvation, and the opoid epidemic and Bloomberg would still be a billionaire. Billionaires are not good, benovlent people, and they more importantly should stop be treating as such because they dropped a few bucks in to get hefty tax write-offs.
 
CMPancake said:
If Bloomberg donated 99% of his net worth, we would end homelessness, starvation, and the opoid epidemic and Bloomberg would still be a billionaire. Billionaires are not good, benovlent people, and they more importantly should stop be treating as such because they dropped a few bucks in to get hefty tax write-offs.
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So what are you saying? Keep Trump and throw Bloomberg into the trash can?
 
Luckyone said:
So what are you saying? Keep Trump and throw Bloomberg into the trash can?
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Throw both into the wood chipper. Idolizing one is idolizing the other.
 
Luckyone said:
In listening to Michael Bloomberg at the CNN town hall that is happening as I write this, I am 100% convinced that not only would he be a good President but is the most capable of beating Donald Trump.

Everything that Trump is good at, Bloomberg is better and everything that Michael Bloomberg is accused of having done, Trump has been accused of doing worse.

I don't see anyone at this time that would be better than Bloomberg to be president other than perhaps Steyer but even then, in some respects Bloomberg would probably be better. That is not to say he is the best possible person but of what is available, there is no one better. There is no doubt in my mind that if nominated, he would beat Trump.

1) better businessman
2) better manager
3) better for the economy
4) better to address gender and color injustice
5) more philanthropic
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Ummmmmmmmmmm, better businessman, better manager are just your opinions. Trump's economy is going along so well that even Democrats acknowledge it. Many democrats would disagree that Bloomberg would be the one to better address gender and color injustice. More philanthropic? Who gives a ****. We don't vote for a president depending on how much he gives to charity. That's ridiculous.
 
CMPancake said:
Throw both into the wood chipper. Idolizing one is idolizing the other.
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So then what? Sanders the socialist? Biden the old man that is starting to forget things? Buttigieg the young man that probably is not up to the task? Warren, the female copy of Sanders? Klobuchar, the lady that repeats herself over and over again?

What choice is better than Bloomberg among the remaining candidates. We do need to elect a president, or had you forgotten?
 
Bloomberg has reversed himself on just about everything he once supported, save a few things, simply in order to fit in with the radical fringe running the Democrat party. Biden has done likewise. It's pathetic to see these people sell their souls in the quest for power. Rather than run from his record on crime in NYC, he should be proud of it because it continued what Giuliani had done and made NYC a dramatically safer place. Now, all that is BAADDD. Even conservatives like Hannity who are attacking Bloomberg on stop and frisk and successful crime fighting policies, are showing themselves to be opportunists.
 
Luckyone said:
So then what? Sanders the socialist? Biden the old man that is starting to forget things? Buttigieg the young man that probably is not up to the task? Warren, the female copy of Sanders? Klobuchar, the lady that repeats herself over and over again?

What choice is better than Bloomberg among the remaining candidates. We do need to elect a president, or had you forgotten?
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Face it, you have no choice and Trump will win easily. It's what comes of dragging the party off the left most precipice. That you have to hope a billionaire former Republican can save you, says it all.
 
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