Posted on 07/17/2006 1:36:13 PM PDT by Frank T
Democrats and Republicans here are taking seriously talk that Mayor Michael Bloomberg will run as an independent for president in 2008. One source close to Mr. Bloomberg predicts he will dispose of his multibillion-dollar business holdings next year, give much of it away to charity, and use some of the remainder for a high-stakes presidential campaign. At a dinner party I attended last month, much of the talk was about whether the mayor might run. Sen. Chuck Schumer, a Democrat, noted that the people around Mr. Bloomberg were clearly making noises about the possibility.
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You're talking about statists ( Giuliani, Bloomberg ) that have ruled a socialist city with Communist style iron fists . The rest of the country, minus a few states and large cities, will not go for this kind of totalitiarian rule .
Rudy got rid of them, but yes, they're back and they make me very nervous, when they spit on my windshield and yell at me, when I'm stopped for a red light.
He's halfway there, now, if you could just get the other damnyankees to move to Quebec (they'll fit in just fine, they all talk funny and bitch a lot)...
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