Michael Bloomberg 2020 campaign megathread

[tmthforu94]

Bloomberg should aim to do well on Wednesday, then not do any more unless the race narrows down to 2. He’s going to get hammered at each one because it’ll be their only way to respond to the onslaught of ads that will continue.

[Morning in Atlas]

It really says a lot that even the Twitter donuts think Bloomberg's ad was over the line.

[Brittain33]

Even though I'm not the D-MA on the poster I will accept my accolades

[GeneralMacArthur]

Is that supposed to be the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party?  Ironic how nobody on the right side has a red avatar.

[Adam Griffin]

Is that supposed to be the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party?  Ironic how nobody on the right side has a red avatar.

Yes, it really says something when the people without D avatars have a more cohesive understanding of what constitutes a 200-year-old party than the people wearing the badge. Or in terms some will understand: electable!/independents/swing voters.

[Tekken_Guy]

Even if you aren’t opposed to the idea of a Bloomberg presidency, last week should raise alarm bells about his viability in a general.

[Crumpets]

Via The Onion

Bloomberg Hires Thousands Of Canvassers To Stop Black Men On Street And Force Them To Hear Campaign Pitch

NEW YORK—Citing polling data that suggested the former mayor was tracking poorly among 18- to 25-year-old African Americans, Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign hired thousands of canvassers Friday to stop black men on the street and force them to hear his campaign pitch. “We want to make sure black voters can’t walk down the street without hearing Mike’s message loud and clear,” said campaign spokesperson Julie Wood, clarifying that canvassers have received training on the proper tactics for stopping black men and throwing them onto the ground while delivering Bloomberg’s talking points.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Given that I was on Team Captain America, thanks .

[Progressive Pessimist]

Disappointed i'm not featured here. Time to step up my posting game!

Me too, I love it though.

But I've been pretty ambivalent about this entire primary. So I'm probably more like Thor off doing my thing in this instance.

[Warren 4 Secretary of Everything]

Disappointed i'm not featured here. Time to step up my posting game!

Me too, I love it though.

But I've been pretty ambivalent about this entire primary. So I'm probably more like Thor off doing my thing in this instance.

Kinda hurt you didn’t throw a D-GA avatar on the pro-Bernie/anti-Bloomberg side

[Progressive Pessimist]

Disappointed i'm not featured here. Time to step up my posting game!

Me too, I love it though.

But I've been pretty ambivalent about this entire primary. So I'm probably more like Thor off doing my thing in this instance.

Kinda hurt you didn’t throw a D-GA avatar on the pro-Bernie/anti-Bloomberg side

Well John Dule did it, not me. I have no Photoshop skills, or any other artistic skills whatsoever.

You could be Spider-man!

[Morning in Atlas]

Is that supposed to be the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party?  Ironic how nobody on the right side has a red avatar.

Because the color of an avatar on an over-the-hill Web 1.0 forum matters more than ideology or IRL party affiliation.

[Former Dean Phillips Supporters for Haley (I guess???!?) 👁️]

Golf buddies. Aren't they cute together? They make a great couple.

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1229526201619951617

[KaiserDave]

Do others agree Bloomberg is crazy unelectable?

He's everything Republicans love running against, media, coastal, liberal, "gun-grabbing", elitist (aka Jewish :/ )

They'll have a field day. If anyone thinks Bloomberg is taking back MI/PA/WI. Nope.

[John Dule]

Is that supposed to be the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party?  Ironic how nobody on the right side has a red avatar.

No joke: I did that specifically to see if you'd be petty enough to bring it up.

[GeneralMacArthur]

Is that supposed to be the battle for the soul of the Democratic Party?  Ironic how nobody on the right side has a red avatar.

No joke: I did that specifically to see if you'd be petty enough to bring it up.

Congratulations champ, you win again

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Do others agree Bloomberg is crazy unelectable?

He's everything Republicans love running against, media, coastal, liberal, "gun-grabbing", elitist (aka Jewish :/ )

They'll have a field day. If anyone thinks Bloomberg is taking back MI/PA/WI. Nope.

After the quote about the farmers, I came to the same conclusion though the Hillary VP thing also points to the same conclusion as well.

[JGibson]

With Bloomberg now qualifying for tomorrow's debate, I pray he gets taken down several pegs by the other candidates for his awfulness on several issues, especially Sanders and Warren.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/Mike2020/status/1229751973685100546?s=20

[Pheurton Skeurto]

I absolutely cannot wait for Bloomberg to get torn to shreds by every candidate on stage.

[Skye]

God he's going to become a punching bag.

[RI]

This is a make-or-break moment for Bloomberg. The good news for him is that the expectations for his debate performance are not very high, which means if he simply holds his own, then he wins the debate.

[jaichind]

https://news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-report/bloomberg-to-propose-tougher-wall-street-rules-transaction-tax

From Bloomberg's own media outlet.  Bad idea.  Makes him look desperate to out socialist Sanders when he cannot win that game.

[Adam Griffin]

Will Bloomberg get to bring his own box to stand on, or will one be provided for him?

[Badger]

Bloomberg, awful as he is, is not even remotely as bad as Trump nor are the two particularly similar.  I get that the Bernie camp is gonna be pushing this narrative as hard as they can and that makes sense from a strategic perspective, but it's also a load of BS.

The complacency of the center-left in this country never fails to astound me. Why do people keep trying to revive the "At least our guy is better than the other guy" argument? It has never worked; it failed miserably in 2016 and it will fail again because turnout among your base can only be increased by putting forth a positive argument for your candidate. If you hate Trump and everything he stands for, the way to excite the base and present a credible case against him is to contrast with him, not to capitulate to the style of politics he's created and to compromise all of your morals in exactly the same way Republicans have.

Jesus effing Christ, isn't this common sense?

Yeah, this is the primary argument I'm still open to the Bernie Bus. Still not convinced the positives outweigh the negatives, but not convinced to the contrary.