What’s the matter, Bunky? You say you’re down about the extremist state of affairs in politics? Ted Cruz is pulling the Teflon Don ever more to the right? Bernie Sanders is pulling Slppery Slope…errr, ahhh, I meant Hill…ever more leftward? Good, centrist Ratpublicans and DemocRats are feeling ever so left out? Fear a U.S.S.A.? The United States of Socialist America? Or maybe a Trump redo of the White House in Mussolini’s image? The Trump Tower of his onanistic dreams?
Well…
LIFT YOUR HEAD UP!!! DON’T GET MUDDLED!!! STAY FOCUSED ON THE SAFETY OF THE MIDDLE MIDDLE MIDDLE!!!
We won’t allow any change whatsoever!!! Father Bloomberg is here to straighten this whole mess out. Watch.
Wall Street Journal:
Michael Bloomberg Mulling Run for President as an Independent
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is seriously considering a run for president, and is asking aides to explore a potential bid.
Mr. Bloomberg, 73, has long contemplated a run at the White House. But the unlikely rise and continued strength of Donald Trump, along with polls suggesting Hillary Clinton’s campaign may be flagging, have driven the billionaire businessman closer than ever before to entering the race, a close adviser said Saturday.
His potential run was reported earlier Saturday by the New York Times.
Eyeing a potential opening for the first time, Mr. Bloomberg has retained a consultant to help him run on the independent ballot in state primaries. He has commissioned polls to test his path to victory. And he has directed the close circle of advisers who worked for him as mayor and have remained by his side over the past two years since he left office to begin mapping out a blueprint for a run, one adviser said.That adviser said the former mayor has been upset by what he sees as extremist rhetoric from Republicans in the race, as well as a leftward turn from Ms. Clinton, who is fending off an unexpectedly strong challenge in the Democratic primary from the more liberal Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders.
—snip—
He is likely to make a decision on the presidential bid sometime in March.
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March.
Riiiiiight…
Of course!
Wall Street’s centrist Daddy makes sure that all his “Ts” are crossed, his “is” dotted and minds his ps and qs as well before he makes a move.
March. When the results of this bloody primary season are really beginning to solidify. If the DemRat candidate is too leftiness and the RatPub candidate is just too goddamned batshit nuts, Big Poppy will step in to save the (Wall Street-owned PermaGov’s) country.
Watch.
Further blatherings from the centrist media about this move?
Sure.
Read on.
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg – a onetime moderate Republican who has crusaded on gun control — is considering throwing $1 billion of his vast fortune into an independent, stop-Donald Trump bid for president, according to a person familiar with his plans.
He has set March as a deadline, according to the source, and his decision will likely be contingent on the results of early primaries, and he’s more likely to take the leap if the “extremes” — meaning Trump, Ted Cruz or Democrat Bernie Sanders prevail
“If you have a Democratic frontrunner who is opposed to capitalism, and a Republican frontrunner who wants to deport 10 million immigrants, yeah, that’ll make a difference,” said the person, who has direct knowledge of his preparation, which includes polling and message-testing.
Bloomberg would be less interested in running if Hillary Clinton or a more moderate GOP candidate emerges from the early contest, two sources in Bloomberg’s circle told POLITICO.
There y’have it, in the last paragraph. Plain as day. Anyone without the imprimatur of the Permanent Government is going to have to deal with the hero of the shootout at Zuccotti Park, Sherriff Mike.
More?
Delighted.
Michael Bloomberg mulls 2016 White House bid
The 2016 presidential field could get a little more crowded.
Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is considering launching a third-party bid for the White House, NBC News confirmed Saturday. Bloomberg would likely only run if either Donald Trump or Ted Cruz was the Republican nominee and Bernie Sanders the Democratic nominee, according to a source familiar with Bloomberg’s thinking.
The New York Times first reported news of Bloomberg’s potential campaign. Bloomberg, who amassed great wealth from his eponymous financial services company, is willing to spend a whopping $1 billion on a campaign, according to the report. He has reportedly set a deadline to decide on a campaign for March, making the results of the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses important for the former mayor. A Hillary Clinton win in Iowa would stymie Sanders’ prospects for the nomination..
A run up the centrist flagpole would of course not be complete without hearing from the Good Grey Whore of Wall Street, would it? The NY Times:
Bloomberg, Sensing an Opening, Revisits a Potential White House Run
Michael R. Bloomberg has instructed advisers to draw up plans for a potential independent campaign in this year’s presidential race. His advisers and associates said he was galled by Donald J. Trump’s dominance of the Republican field, and troubled by Hillary Clinton’s stumbles and the rise of Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on the Democratic side.
Mr. Bloomberg, the billionaire former mayor of New York City, has in the past contemplated running for the White House on a third-party ticket, but always concluded he could not win. A confluence of unlikely events in the 2016 election, however, has given new impetus to his presidential aspirations.
Mr. Bloomberg, 73, has already taken concrete steps toward a possible campaign, and has indicated to friends and allies that he would be willing to spend at least $1 billion of his fortune on it, according to people briefed on his deliberations who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss his plans. He has set a deadline for making a final decision in early March, the latest point at which advisers believe Mr. Bloomberg could enter the race and still qualify to appear as an independent candidate on the ballot in all 50 states.
I could go on, but why? Do it yourself. Google will be glad for your business. More money to support Bloomberg.
Watch.
Later…
AG
Stock market tips for the Bloomberg years?
Here are my tips.
Buy glitz.
Buy gentrification.
Buy branding.
Buy Big Real Estate.
Why?
‘Cuz that’s what he does.
Really well.
Look at NYC.
All glitz now…except for the Bronx, select parts of Queens and Brooklyn that are still beyond the Glitz lIne and Staten island, which is really New Jersey.
Brooklyn then:
And Brooklyn now:
I’ll take the one with the human beings in it, myself. “Gentrification” is just social zombification as far as I’m concerned. Bloomberg would “gentrify” the entire country.
That’s his job.
Bet on it.
Later…
AG
But Bloomberg can’t win. No way. The American public is not in the mood for a billionaire President with zero charisma.
It’s just a trial balloon, intended to scare Hillary, Bernie and Democrats to move to the right on economic issues. That’s why his people gave all these very specific quotes for the Times story. Even if he began a vanity campaign and funded the hell out of it, he doesn’t have the necessary support from the voters to run a national race.
Arthur could choose to chill about this, but it just ain’t his style. Every day is Apocalypse Day in Arthurworld.
Every day is PermaGov Day in the U.S., centerfielddj. And Bloomberg doesn’t need to win in order to do his job. He just needs to skew his canpaign in whatever direction will suck the most votes from the PermaGov’s designated loser in the
fix…errr, ahhh…I mean the (s)election.What? You don’t believe that Bloomberg represents a cabal of One Percenters? That they asked him to do this as they watched the primaries get stranger and stranger?
WTFU, centerfielddj.
Please.
From whatever level of hell in which he now resides, Blinky Palermo is undoubtedly nodding his head in admiration regarding this move.
Bet on it.
AG
Oh, I agree that’s what they’re trying to do. I just don’t think they’ll be successful. Bloomberg would be getting in too late and he doesn’t come in with a national constituency. He tried to use his money to create one with his support of candidates who passed gun control laws, and it didn’t work out.
It’s their only backup shot….just in case Hillary tanks.
Benghazi, Bill’s sex problem(s), Huma and her Wiener problem, the private emails problem, HRC’s own, genetically-driven lack of campaigning magic (She jes’ cain’t he’p herse’f!!!), her age, her health…she’s got a lot of problems. She also sits atop a very wealthy and powerful campaign system. Will it be enough? The PermaGov can’t be sure, so they’re preparing a backup fix. It may not work…they’ve been borne into interesting times of their own making…but what else can they do? Martial law? In extremis, yes, but that gambit has its own potential pitfalls as well.
Stay tuned.
It’s gonna be an interesting ride, these next ten months.
Watch.
AG
Doesn’t need to win. Ross Perot Redux.
Perot had a charisma and a small set of issues which resonated with many Americans. Big Gulp Mike has no charisma, and the main issue Bloomberg would be running on which is popular with the public, gun control, is one which the Democratic Party POTUS candidates are already running on.
Bloomberg’s platform would essentially be the No Labels platform, and that has utterly failed to gain traction with the public or the press. And it’ll be easy for liberal/progressive voters to see the main reason Bloomberg would be running for President is so he and his business buddies can avoid taxation. Oh, and maybe he’d have a problem gaining support from non-white voters with his record of oversight of the NYC police and schools.
In 1992, the Democratic Party POTUS candidates had lost three straight elections, and five out of the previous six. In 2016, the Dem POTUS candidate have won four out of the last six elections, and won the popular vote in the fifth. And the Republican POTUS candidate is going to be too far to the right to be electable. A Bloomberg candidacy would take more votes from the GOP candidate.
It’s hard to believe Hillary and Bernie would be moved to the right by this; there would be great risk and no clear benefit to them doing so.
Then again, he could be backup if by some miracle Sanders is the nominee. “Vote for trump Vote for Bloomberg just don’t vote for that Socialist he;ll send you to a gulag!”
Billmon on “sensible alternative” for Democrats and Republicans, Big Gulp Mike. (Because the people are stuck at the emotional and cognitive development stage of five year olds and really just need a billionaire nanny.) Plus he’s the billionaire New York City slickers heart.
Unfortunately, there is a lot of truth to that.
Apropos of not much…not much except the ongoing workings of the many-headed Permanent Government Hydra…here is Plato on the subject:
Sound familiar?
You bet it does!!!
There is nothing “new” under the sun. It’s just as it’s always been.
Only bigger.
I have been talking about the ongoing PermaGov fix system since Butch II slimed to power. This potential Bloomberg gambit is just one more piece of evidence for those who are aware of the scam.
To those who are not?
All I’ve got to say is…
WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!
Please.
Later…
AG
○ Thank You Lord Jesus for President Trump
A multi-billionaire vanity project. The man must be bored to death to start such a superficial piece of contrived theater like this. At his age you might think he’d know better. Sanders (bit older) is in it for real. Trump too (a bit younger), evidently. We won’t waste our time by mentioning anymore names. But this greaser is shameless. Right, Arthur, he has turned NYC into a completerly colorless, lifeless shithole of fabulous wealth and total bourgeoise boredom, the bane of respectability.
I don’t believe in the “vanity”angle, Quentin. I didn’t believe it way back in June when that was the dominant anti-Trump lick, and I believe it even less about Bloomberg. They said it about him when he first started going after the NYC mayor’s office and he not only took it lock, stock and barrel, he actually bought a third term so he could finish his gentrification job!!! He essentially bought a revision of the existing two-term law.
Now…he may not think that is going to win, but he damned sure knows that he can throw the (
s)election to whichever candidate the permanent Government prefers, and if it approves of neither the massive media support that he would get in that case would give him a very good chance of winning. He’s not some quirky Ross Perot or Ron Paul type; he’s slick as ice, just as cold-hearted plus he is extremely intelligent and equally hard-working.Trump gets off on himself, but Bloomberg gets off on winning.
Watch him work.
AG
I guess if Sanders keeps nudging towards the nomination he won’t run. He would only siphon off votes for Trump. If HRC looks a sure thing he would try to siphon off votes from Trump. Is that reasoning? I think he’s just saying ‘Look I’m still kicking’. I have no doubt that he thinks he deserves the presidency.
Yes, I think that’s just about it, Quentin. Whatever draws towards the middle, Bloomberg’s up for it. If Sanders actually gets the nomination, however, Bloomberg will probably run as the anti-Trump/anti-Sanders/pro-PermaGov candidate.
The fixers most certainly do not want that to happen…too many gambles, too many chances, too many opportunities for a slip-up. What they really want is the same game that they have played for a long, long time…DemRat and RatPub candidates who are equally harmless to the PermaGov’s preferred state of near-stasis. Clearly Rubio/HRC now. Win/win for the controllers, no matter what happens.
Their motto?
Sure.
AG