Bloomberg, In Freudian Slip, Brags He “Bought” Democratic Majority In The House In 2018
A Freudian slip by billionaire Mike Bloomberg is what seems to be getting most attention following last night's South Carolina debate, even attracting Washington Post commentary and the rare attention of the mainstream in a moment underscoring how the elites view their role in America's two-party system. While he was touting his $100 million in donations to House Democrats,…
Bloomberg Continues Stumbling Over Constitution And Rights
February 25, 2020 6:04 PM ET By Larry Keane Michael Bloomberg’s disdain for gun owners is well documented, but that didn’t stop him from reminding voters how he loathes the idea of Americans exercising freedom. Bloomberg, the billionaire presidential candidate for the Democratic nomination, denounced the notion that free men and women would choose to…
How Huffington Post Campaigns for Elizabeth Warren
Eric Zuesse On Thursday, February 20th, the top headline on the Home Page of the Huffington Post website — a mouthpiece for the Democratic National Committee to reach and persuade a largely young and female progressive Democratic electorate — was “Finally, The Real Elizabeth Warren Steps Up: The gloves came off at the Democratic primary…
Bloomberg Lied at the Nevada Debate About His Racist-Classist Record
Eric Zuesse Whereas the news-media have been concentrating heavily on one item of evidence that Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg is a racist (his policy as NYC Mayor, to “Stop and Frisk,” and to jail, Blacks and Hispanics but not Whites) the media have been almost ignoring another important item of evidence that’s just as…
Mike Bloomberg: Trojan Horse For Clintonista Revival
Authored by Tom Luongo via Gold, Goats, 'n Guns blog, It’s been obvious to me since he declared that Mike Bloomberg is not a serious candidate for the Democratic nomination. He is everything the Democratic base doesn’t want — white, billionaire, oligarch, Wall St. 0.000001%’er. Oh, and until just a couple of years ago, he…
Bloomberg Frames Farmers As Primitive Idiots In Demeaning Diatribe
Michael Bloomberg isn't making any friends in the agriculture industry, after video of the former NYC Mayor surfaced of him describing farmers as having simple jobs that don't require much intelligence, according to the Washington Times. "I could teach anybody, even the people in this room" to be a farmer, said Bloomberg during a 2016…
Bloomberg Considers Hillary For Running Mate
In another classic Drudge Report scoop that is bound to dominate the Democratic Primary news cycle from now until South Carolina and Nevada, the conservative-leaning aggregator reports that Mike Bloomberg is considering Hillary Clinton as a potential running mate. EXCLUSIVE: BLOOMBERG CONSIDERS HILLARY RUNNING MATE DRUDGE: Bloomberg himself would go as far as to change…
Bloomberg Using Fortune To “Fundamentally Alter & Manipulate US Politics”
With Joe Biden's 2020 aspirations melting like a Nazi who just opened the Ark, moderate Democrats who won't vote for a socialist or are perhaps uncomfortable with 'non-binary' cabinet appointees are left with two choices; Pete Buttigieg or Michael Bloomberg. And based on the most recent odds from PredictIt, it looks like the former New…
The Top Issue for Democratic Voters Is …
Eric Zuesse Is it health care? Is it jobs? Is it national security? Is it global warming? Or is it none of those but instead much deeper? I shall here argue the latter. — To win is not merely to defeat “the enemy.” America now has lots of experience with winning battles, only to lose…
Bloomberg Echoes Harry Reid ‘No Negro Dialect’ Gaffe In Tone-Deaf Comment About Cory Booker
Mike Bloomberg took heat on Friday after saying in a CBS interview that fellow 2020 presidential candidate Cory Booker is "very well-spoken." When asked about a recent jab by Booker - who said "there's more billionaires in the 2020 race than there are black people," Bloomberg replied "Cory Booker endorsed me a number of times,…
