Posted on 02/17/2020 2:58:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg has insisted he is a “champion for women in the workplace”, after the republication of a 30-year-old booklet purporting to contain his “Wit and Wisdom” cast an uncomfortable spotlight on the billionaire former New York mayor.
The Washington Post made the 1990 booklet available online as it published an investigation of how Bloomberg has “for years battled women’s allegations of profane, sexist comments”. The booklet was presented as a gift to Bloomberg on his 48th birthday party and contains a catalogue of sexist remarks attributed to the billionaire during his time at the company he founded.
The renewed attention on Bloomberg – who has for years been the subject of allegations that his company fostered a hostile and sexist environment towards women – comes as he has surged in the race for the Democratic nomination to face Donald Trump in November.
With the leftwinger Bernie Sanders climbing in national polls and former vice-president Joe Biden falling away, Bloomberg’s self-financed candidacy has begun to attract support from moderates seeking what they believe will be an electable alternative to Donald Trump.
On Saturday the rightwing Drudge Report website caused a stir when it said “sources close to the Bloomberg campaign” said he was considering Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate beaten by Trump in 2016, as his running mate this year.
But with such increasing prominence, fuelled in part by a massive TV and Facebook advertising effort, has come increasing scrutiny of the former Republican’s record in office and his comments and views.
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In one comment printed in the 1990 booklet, the businessman turned politician is said to have said of Britain’s royal family: “What a bunch of misfits – a gay, an architect, that horsey faced lesbian, and a kid who gave up Koo Stark for some fat broad.”
Of the Bloomberg Terminal, the computer system on which a fortune estimated at $60bn was built, Bloomberg is quoted as saying: “It will do everything, including give you a blowjob. I guess that puts a lot of you girls out of business.”
He is also quoted as comparing “a good salesperson” to “the guy who goes into a bar, and walks up to every gorgeous girl there, and says, ‘Do you want to f___?’ He gets turned down a lot – but he also gets f___ a lot, too!”
"Former REPUBLICAN" label. Kiss of death for a DEMOCRAT candidate.
Creepy
Just one sweet guy.
“Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain”
Supposedly, about the salesman line, that is basically how PUA work; with a little more attention to tone of voice & body language. It’s a numbers game, where even the best of the best succeed on average, they themselves admit, about 3% of the time.
Not sure how this strategy is supposed to take him out since Trump survived the Access Hollywood tape.
#NeverMike-Dems to Mike Bloomberg: “We will, We will ROCK YOU!!
Democrats, especially womyn, supposedly care about such things.
Of course the “stop and frisk” quotes should alienate most black voters.
Time will tell....
I doubt that will excuse him in the eyes of the Dem base, which acts as dumb as a box of rocks.
Despite his earlier sexual immorality, his later mayoralty built-up the big Apple, while that of the present occupant is rapidly tearing it down. Sexually correct socialists like Sanders and Obama have a way of fooling low information voters. They know how to stay married, but they’ll deindustrialize, and de-genderize, America.
It’s called plethoric and superabundance of behavior, even without the corrupt, corporate media obsessing with it...
..HIS VIEW . OUR VIEW
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Oh wait, I picked up the height figures. BRB
It always amazes me how freepers react just like the libs when some dirt is dug up on an opponent.
I mean I understand the feeling of schadenfreude, and to want to use whatever dirt you can find against your opponent, but to start acting holier than thou is truly hypocritical, especially for us Trump supporters.
Almost ALL of us, on this side of the political spectrum didn't give a damn about the stupid Hollywood Access crap and saw it for what it REALLY was! besides which...who else were we going to vote for ...Jeb, Hitlary ?
Is the Bloom off the Rose? Methinks St Michael is being defrocked. Hannity was going on about this today
He’s not Trump.
The Schadenfreude part is that Mikey made a very public break with the Republicans to join the Democrats, apparently not understanding that is the party of the #meetoo PC police, right down to their pussy ear hats. This is all in a bound book - he didn't think it would come out??
I’m not sure how Bernie’s rape fantasy fiction fits with the sexually correct socialist label.
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