Mike Bloomberg spent 500 million dollars for this?

[Guest MormonGator]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-bloomberg-wins-american-samoa

Made it Ma! Top of the world! 

Seriously, what a joke.  I think if he entered earlier he might have had a chance. 

[Midwest LDS]

13 minutes ago, MormonGator said:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mike-bloomberg-wins-american-samoa

Made it Ma! Top of the world! 

Seriously, what a joke.  I think if he entered earlier he might have had a chance. 

I agree. While money can get you far in politics, you've got to get in the trenches too. "It's all about the mighty Mo!!" As Bush Sr. said (meaning momentum).

[anatess2]

A President who can do this to his long-time rivals at a public speech is just awesome.

 

[Guest MormonGator]

12 minutes ago, Midwest LDS said:

I agree. While money can get you far in politics, you've got to get in the trenches too. "It's all about the mighty Mo!!" As Bush Sr. said (meaning momentum).

@mirkwood spent all night crying over this. Mike Bloomberg is his idol. 

[Just_A_Guy]

Yowza.  

[Guest Godless]

He probably think he owns American Samoa now.

[NeuroTypical]

Heh.  All I need to know about Bloomberg:

 

[Vort]

14 minutes ago, NeuroTypical said:

Heh.  All I need to know about Bloomberg:

 

Typical political non-answer:

Question: X
Non-answer: Let me tell you about Y. Blah blah blah blah Y blah blah blah, and Y blah blah blah, so we see that Y blah blah blah blah.
Question: But what about X?
Non-answer: We have already addressed that. Let's move on.

[NeuroTypical]

I thought he answered 1 of 2 questions very well.

Q1: “How do you justify pushing for more gun control when you have an armed security detail that’s likely equipped with the same firearms and magazines that you seek to ban the common citizen from owning?”

A: “Look. I probably get 40 or 50 threats every week, okay, and some of them are real. That just happens when you are the mayor of New York City or you are very wealthy, and if you are campaigning for the president of the United States, you get a lot of threats. So I have a security detail and I pay for it all myself. They are all retired police officers who are very well trained in firearms.”

Translation: Rich people who get threats, and can afford to pay for retired police officers to protect them, should be able to use the banned guns/magazines.  For you common fools, no dice.

 

Q2: Does your life matter more than mine or my families or these peoples?”

That's the one he did not explicitly answer.  He only implicitly answered.

[Colirio]

1 minute ago, NeuroTypical said:

 

Q2: Does your life matter more than mine or my families or these peoples?”

That's the one he did not explicitly answer.  He only implicitly answered.

Oh... He answered it. 

[mirkwood]

 

Joe Biden Drops Out of Race, Endorses Biden

 

http://scrappleface.com/blog/2020/03/02/joe-biden-drops-out-of-race-endorses-biden/?fbclid=IwAR1saGGHhuhQzA-qptQW--cIfK4kkhafKW8fE-uIx2sNa0Ux8XzW3csF_7s

[askandanswer]

On 3/5/2020 at 3:50 AM, NeuroTypical said:

I thought he answered 1 of 2 questions very well.

Q1: “How do you justify pushing for more gun control when you have an armed security detail that’s likely equipped with the same firearms and magazines that you seek to ban the common citizen from owning?”

A: “Look. I probably get 40 or 50 threats every week, okay, and some of them are real. That just happens when you are the mayor of New York City or you are very wealthy, and if you are campaigning for the president of the United States, you get a lot of threats. So I have a security detail and I pay for it all myself. They are all retired police officers who are very well trained in firearms.”

Translation: Rich people who get threats, and can afford to pay for retired police officers to protect them, should be able to use the banned guns/magazines.  For you common fools, no dice.

 

Perhaps he was trying to suggest that the response to a threat should be proportional to the threat and the risk - high threat and high risk leads to a higher level of preparation, and low threat, low risk only needs a lesser level of preparation. 

[Vort]

2 minutes ago, askandanswer said:

Perhaps he was trying to suggest that the response to a threat should be proportional to the threat and the risk - high threat and high risk leads to a higher level of preparation, and low threat, low risk only needs a lesser level of preparation. 

You are probably right. But if so, that's on Bloomberg to make that distinction. Because it sure as heck sounded like he was saying that he's important, privileged, and rich, so therefore he can afford something that the hoi polloi should not be trusted to use.

[NeuroTypical]

1 hour ago, askandanswer said:

Perhaps he was trying to suggest that the response to a threat should be proportional to the threat and the risk - high threat and high risk leads to a higher level of preparation, and low threat, low risk only needs a lesser level of preparation. 

Yes indeed, that notion is enshrined in his platform.  Only people who "need" extra protection should be able to have it (assuming they can afford private credentialed security.  Poor women with restraining orders against violent predators are out of luck.)

It's not a right, it's based on need and ability to afford.  The "need" part is implicit in his statements/platform/actions.  The "afford" part is the big evil glaring hole in his stupid opinion, and he should be metaphorically clubbed over the head with that hole every chance people get, until he abandons it.

(I'm not passionate about this topic or anything, why do you ask? )

Edited March 13, 2020 by NeuroTypical

[Colirio]

You know, with 332 million people in the US, having given every man, woman, and child each a million dollars would have probably gotten him a lot further in the race. 
 

Mini Mike - “Here’s a million dollars if you vote for me.” 
 

Me - “We can weather 4 years... right guys?” 

Edited March 14, 2020 by Colirio