I concur, kinda. I’m too tall/big to be president. I’ve got friends who tell me I should run for elective office. I just laugh. I’m too old, and I don’t have the patience any more. However, if THE WORLD-WIDE ASSHOLE isn’t removed from office, then I would love the next elected POTUS to get sworn in, take the podium, and start his speech with the following:
(1) Verbally direct the marshals and secret service to remove THE WORLD-WIDE ASSHOLE from the vicinity immediately.
(2) Verbally state to the world that with the removal of the miscreant, there shall be a return to normalcy.
(3) Give a speech that proves the return to normalcy and humanity.
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The taller candidate is 9-5-1 in the era of televised debates, and 2-3 this century. It’s a fun (or not so fun) anecdote, but it’s not a very robust sample.
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Lincoln was extremely tall, but we had no TV then.
TV has changed everything about politics.
@erik_t - perhaps not, I don’t know if it is robust or not. I do know that someone as small as Bloomberg is doesn’t have much of a chance but perhaps he could prove me wrong. I guess we may see
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Free advice for Bloomberg on how to not light $100,000,000 on fire:
Don’t run.
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Lincoln, as truly great a POTUS as he was, was tall for his time, but I make him a dwarf. My size is something I’ve dealt with my entire life. Strangers stare from a distance and are intimidated by my size. There is more fear reaction to my size than there is to “normally tall” people. It’s a perfectly natural response. I understand it. But from a debate standpoint, it takes too much time to put people at ease because biases are formed very quickly and then you have to spend time erasing the bias. That’s one reason why I was so comfortable playing basketball with other relatively tall people; Exceptionally tall people are accepted as normal in that activity.
Can you imagine how Trump would react shaking a hand that was about twice the size of his? He wouldn’t want to, simply because of the optics. He wouldn’t like being near someone that made him feel tiny.
I imagine winning a political debate, but I also imagine the first thing the audience comes away with: “Jeez, he’s got good ideas but he’s humongous.” They can relate to the ideas, but the size? Not so much.
I really appreciate that he’s gone all in behind gun policy reform candidates, so I won’t trash him, but I do think running would be a huge mistake. He’s not at all where the party is ideologically and it would be a colossal waste of money that would be better served electing many more Democrats who share his views on guns and the environment.
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As a NY’er, I know he’d he would lose his home State in the Primary. Why? His complete and total disdain for anyone who was NOT a billionaire was evident in all his actions. Pass up on this mistake we made 3 times. Ugh.
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A constituency of one. What a waste of a $100 million dollars. But hey, I guess tooting your own horn when no one else will, costs a lot of money these days. Good luck with that, Bloomberg.
It would be better if he used that money to put the final nail in the coffin of the NRA if you ask me. Now that would be a real public service. No one would forget that, and his legacy would all but be assured in that regard, since he’s already gotten a head-start on that stuff.
President, though? Not happening. Personally, I want no more politicians out of NY or NYC for awhile. Something is perversely bent there as it pertains to business, politics and the whole megillah. Seems like a mess that needs sorting out first before foisting another self-interested pol onto the national stage out of there. They couldn’t get tRump or Rudy figured out and Bloomberg changes his party affiliation seemingly as often as he changes his tie.
The name John Connolly comes to mind. In 1980 the former Democratic governor of Texas and man with Oswald shrapnel in him blew a roughly equivalent amount in the Republican primary and ended up with a whopping one delegate.
That would include most kindergarten classes in the continental USA…
Put your $100 million to better use, Mr. Bloomberg and support DEM candidates.
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[sigh] If only I had Bloomberg’s money…but money has never been much of a motivator for me. However, if properly utilized, it can do a LOT of good.
As long as he ends up losing catastrophically in the primary, I’m fine with his plan to redistribute the wealth.
Gawd. Having lived through his 3 terms as Mayor, where he turned Manhattan into the rich enclave people have feared it might become since the 70s, and where he subjected the Boroughs outside of Manhattan to neglect prior to, during and for weeks after one of the largest (announced) snowstorms ever (23 inches), I certainly hope the Democrats nominate someone else.
Hint to Mayor Mike- Stick to funding anti NRA candidates. And avoid speaking Spanish at Press Conferences. PLEASE.
Whatever is required is the amount of money I’d like to have to spend the rest of my life wandering around the world taking photos of beautiful places and enjoying food & culture.
Sure as hell wouldn’t waste it on landing the most stressful job ever.
As long as he releases his tax returns…
Not sure I even want another goddamned billionaire in the White House.
He’s running as a Democrat, per the article.
If Bloomberg contributes that much to his own campaign, he will have one of the largest 2020 war chests and a stark advantage over the other Democratic presidential candidates…Earlier this year, Bloomberg switched his party affiliation from independent to Democrat. He had been a Republican during his first two terms as mayor.
My point is that he is a Republican running as a Democrat. His self-appointed label does not obscure his true overall beliefs.
If he wanted to stretch that dollar, he’d primary Trump and force the RNC to spend their reserve.