Posted on 02/16/2020 10:39:42 AM PST by Kaslin
By mid-morning on Saturday my phone was blowing up with the text messages and voicemails, some claiming credit for predicting it, others incredulous at the news.
Some just forwarded the screengrab of the DRUDGE REPORT: Exclusive: Bloomberg Considers Hillary Running Mate.
Drudge went so far as to claim sources placed so close to the former NYC mayor he stated Bloomberg was admitting he was willing to move his residence to Florida or Colorado to escape the electoral college dilemma of the president and veep being from the same state.
The New York Post reporting breathlessly on the same story literally broke the internet with the amount of celebrity retweet/reactions it garnered. Actor James Woods parroting a well-timed (if not grossly overused) meme of Death Wish... (A not so subtle reminder that people die mysteriously around the Clintonsespecially when standing between them and the ascension to power).
Curiously by mid-eveningafter literally being the viral story of the weekendstories appeared in Politico, the Associated Press, and elsewhere claiming the days events had overblown the case. Note: none of the stories outright disputed the basic facts.
My theory holds the entire sequence was a trial balloon to garner reaction before the Nevada debate and caucus to insert Bloombergs campaign into the equation. He is still not on the ballot for two more contests. Odds are also shaping up for increasing momentum to be garnered by Sanders ahead of Super Tuesday, where his lead in California and now Texas have expanded big time.
Reminder: Bernie has won the most votes (by close to 10,000 votes) but somehow still finds himself being robbed of delegates. In fact, he trails Pete Buttigieg who has yet to corner an outright win to date. That trend will be demolished with big Sanders wins in the next three primary contests.
If the bad punch lines Bloomberg continues to ham-handedly deliver (like the ones in Texas this week parroting Texan expressions that no ones heard of) it's pretty obvious hell need more than his own (lack of) personality to assist his rise.
And while he has the resources to literally spend billions of dollars, if he emerges on Super Tuesday winless, and Sanders has big nights in California and Texas (along with a long list of states he easily won in 2016), Bloombergs finished.
As the news broke on Saturday the narrative seemed to indicate the Bloomberg campaign intimated that the ticket had scored extremely high in the internal polling they had taken on the suggestion.
None of the stories that I saw indicated results of such polling and I question the idea to begin with.
But I dare Bloomberg to follow through with this fatalistic and elitist idea. For a few reasons:
To date, Bloomberg has spent more money just trying to get into the presidential race than Trump did for the entire cycle and the eventual win in 2020.
Rightfully Sanders has jetted (in first-class no less) to the top of the polling of not only the next three important primary dates but to a beyond the margin of error lead in the national polling amongst Democratic voters.
The Hillary trial balloon is a dumb idea that traditional party leaders are desperately yearning for because of the steadiness of Sanders support, and the now no-longer-able-to-hide-it factor that the Democratic base is fully behind socialism.
And while the Democratic Party may be on such a misguided pursuit, America is not.
Democrats are just unable to lie about it to their own voters any longer.
Which means...
Trump wins. He wins Big!
deliberate leak by mini mike Doomberg to gain credibility and legitimize his candidacy to dumb Democrat primary moderates...
Like any whore, she can be bought.
If Hillary becomes VP, there is no telling how much the Clinton foundation will rake in.
So is it true?
The answer is no. Neither the Constitution nor the Electoral College prevents Bush from picking a fellow Floridian or any candidate from choosing a running mate from the same state.
The first question - even before she asks him to visit Ft. Marcy Park - is what is hillary’s asking price?
Does Bloomberg in all of his self acclaimed genius realize if he were to choose Hillary and was victorious in 2020 he would be one Arkencide candidate for her becoming president
Bloom Hilda
Hillary! Would still NOT be the first ELECTED female president should she ascend. She would still be an also-ran.
“...Trump tapped into an existing message. He gave voice to a group of people who were disenfranchised and lied to.”
Money quote! Rush Limbaugh became popular for exactly the same reason; he wasn’t saying anything radically new and different, but tapped into what the silent majority was thinking.
What was radically different with both Rush and Trump was their expressing the majority’s sentiments over the background noise and disapproval of the MSM. Rush did it with AM radio (thought to have been obsolete) and PDJT does it with his much-maligned tweets, and his very successful rallies.
He won’t for two reasons, one she’s a 3 time loser and doesn’t deserve a 4th attempt. Secondly, with her being 2nd in line, Lil’ Mike would have watch his back and he knows it. /h
How tall is she? He has to get someone shorter than himself.
Hillary Clinton is 5’4” to 5’5” compared to Bloomberg’s 5’4”.
This is nothing more than Bloomberg making a grab for free publicity to keep his name in front of people. Worked didn’t it? He won’t go near Hillary.
Maybe Hillary doesn’t realize it (she probably has some scheme in progress), but accepting the Veep nomination would be another humiliation in a career characterized by stunning humiliations. (uh, your husband was sticking cigars in interns in the Oval office behind your back...). I mean, no, not good enough to be president, but good enough to be vice president.
That’s one of the most vomit inducing gif’s I’ve ever seen. Literally.
Does McCullough, or any other rational person, honestly think that Bloomberg is considering Clinton as a running mate? She proved herself to be wildly unpopular in 2016 and besides, Has nobody read the 12th Amendment?
I don't know why you are bringing Florida up. Jeb is not running for president, I think you are somewhat confused
And if he doesn’t resign she’ll arrange that someone else would do do away with him and he wouldn’t be the first one, if you know what I am getting at. She is evil
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