By Moon Of Alabama
February 15, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" - Mike
Bloomberg is the world's ninth richest person. An
oligarch known for
strong
racism and
insulting
sexism who once was the Republican mayor of New
York City. He since decided that he wants to become
president.
As he saw no chance to run for a Republican party
that is happy with Trump he filed to run as a
Democratic candidate. Bloomberg has since
bought the Democratic Party in every state as
well
as the DNC:
The DNC told Mike Gravel they wouldn't change
the debate rules for any candidate. "That's our
#1 rule - we can't change the rules for
anybody."
A few months later, they changed the debate
rules to let oligarch Bloomberg into the
debates... after he gave the DNC $300K.
His
political tactic
is very simple. He does not talk about issues,
as people would not like what he has to say, but
simply
spends tons of money:
He’s dropping huge sums of money: on
staff and resources, on
TV advertisements, and on
Facebook ads, where Trump has long
dominated. And he’s attempting to overcome his
stodgy public image with the help of a
meme army and through well-catered campaign
events seemingly designed to convince voters
that life under a wealthy technocrat might not
be so bad. “I think it’s classy,” one supporter
told the Times at a Philadelphia
campaign rally complete drink station and a
selection of cheesesteaks, hoagies, and
brie-and-fig appetizers. “I feel like it’s a
nightclub in here. This is what he needs to get
people going.”
To this date Bloomberg has spent more than $350
million for his campaign. He is willing and can
afford to put several billions into it.
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Over the years Bloomberg has given
more than $10 billion to build a political and
philanthropical empire. He used that money
to suppress voices critical of him:
In 2015, Center for American Progress
researchers wrote a report on U.S. Islamophobia,
w/a 4300-word chapter on the Bloomberg-era NYPD.
When the report was published, the chapter
was gone.
By then, Bloomberg had given CAP ~$1.5mm.
That number has grown.
The really bad thing is that
it works:
3 months ago, polls found Mike Bloomberg “widely
disliked” with the highest negatives in the
race. Now he’s a top 3 contender for the
Democratic nomination. One of the richest humans
ever is trying to upend every part of the
process. And this is just the stuff we know
about.
The Democratic Party and lots of its bought off
functionaries seem to be happy with this. They do
not mind that it makes the U.S. look worse than the
Ukraine. Yes, U.S. politics are always corrupt. But
outright buying one's way into office is exceeding
the usual stench.
But would Bloomberg, with Hillary Clinton
as running mate, really be able to bring out the
votes that are needed to beat Trump? I for one doubt
it.
Atrios is
appalled by the whole scheme but still falls for
it:
Bloomberg is bad for lots of reasons, and one of
them is PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE SO WILLING TO
EMBRACE A BILLIONAIRE WHO IS BUYING (not just
ads, but people) THE ELECTION WITH HIS ABSURD
FORTUNE. I mean, ok, sure, if it's BLOOMBERG OR
TRUMP I'll choose Bloomberg, but why are people
establishing this as the choice? It's absurd.
The only person who can beat an asshole (fake, I
know) billionaire is another asshole
billionaire? Broken brains everywhere.
"[I]f it's BLOOMBERG OR TRUMP I'll choose
Bloomberg" is, in my view, exactly the wrong
response to this hijacking of a party and election.
It is this behavior that makes Bloomberg's move
possible in the first place.
Any good response to billionaires hijacking
elections must demonstrate that campaigns by rich
people have a high risk to fail. To vote for a third
party or to abstain is the only responsible reaction
to it.
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