Discussion: Bloomberg Rules Out Run For President

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“We cannot ‘make America great again’ by turning our
backs on the values that made us the world’s greatest nation in the
first place,” Bloomberg wrote. “I love our country too much to play a
role in electing a candidate who would weaken our unity and darken our
future – and so I will not enter the race for president of the United
States.”

Was that written by committee?

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This concludes the every four year ego exercise for Mr. Bloomberg.

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Bloomberg: “I will not enter the race for president of the United States.”

An incredible relief.

He stood a good chance of syphoning off voters who had no idea who he was, what they were doing, where they were, what year it was, whether or not they were wearing pants, or who they, themselves, were.

We all dodged a bullet today.

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And a tear drops slowly…

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Well, I won’t sleep easy until I hear Jim Webb say he won’t run as an independent. He could siphon off tens of votes from…somebody I guess.

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Thank goodness. He would chiefly have siphoned off the Democratic nominee. He’s no progressive, but he’s not insane enough for the GOP’s prime electorate.

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The Old Man just heard the news on TV, called over to me and said “Rosenberg’s not running.” That’s how much he matters around here.

@Rich_in_NJ
But then he’d have to leave his estate in the Bahamas where he’s surrounded by other like minded billionaires and go to cold, unwelcoming D.C.

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Bloomberg would make a great treasury secretary for Hillary.

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What does Frank Underwood have on him?

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Mostly from his family. That is all. :wink:

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Yeah, we do deserve better, even Republicans do, but that ain’t you, Michael.

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Pretty obvious that he was only going to run if it looked like Sanders had a serious chance of clinching the nomination.

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I protest! I sometimes get halfway down the driveway to check the mailbox when I stop and wonder if I am, in fact, wearing pants, but I would never have voted for Bloomberg.

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HA! No kidding! I just find this all so hard to believe. Why, I remember liberals gnashing teeth and rending garments because surely this time was going to be different and Bloomberg was in. And it was going to be awful and Trump was going to win and no one at all was being a drama queen in the slightest. Nope.

That said, what are we gonna flip out about and get into our collective defensive crouch about next?

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Bloomberg railed against the Republican presidential campaigns of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Donald Trump in his column and wrote that the possibility of electing one of them to the presidency by launching his own bid for the White House was “not a risk I can take in good conscience.”

Oh, come now. Just say it. You support Hillary.

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After all, a slogan about “fixing it” worked out great for Jeb?!, right? :wink:

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You ain’t kiddin’
He scared me to death.
No way to know hungry his ego was.

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It’s comforting to know that we have a billionaire standing by, ready to save us when we need him.

Commissioner Gordon just needs to signal.

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The pundits saying he “didn’t have a constituency” fail to remember the SCOTUS-created constituency of speech equivalent money that gilds Trump’s small, limp lily…

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