Why do you think?
Posted on 02/23/2020 9:51:36 AM PST by DOC44
Think how much good could have been done with all the money Bloomberg and the democrats have wasted in all these Bloomberg ads. Of course the networks continue to back him to keep the goose alive in the race that lays the golden eggs. I don't know who the democrat party wants to be the nominee but it is not any of the ones on the debate stage now. Socialism, higher taxes, medicare for all, green new deal and the only one that can beat Trump are not things that many Americans like or will vote for.
Why do you think?
[Why are the Networks are Backing Bloomberg and All his Ads? Of course the networks continue to back him to keep the goose alive in the race that lays the golden eggs.]
Journalists at the networks think Sanders is too right-wing. They don’t like Bloomberg and never miss an opportunity to hammer away at him.
I guess that Steyer’s ad buys (which I’m pretty sure equal the REST of the field aside from Bloomberg) don’t count? Both are pouring in money at a time when usually the airwaves would be flooded with discounted Census 2020 ads.
I think a lot of stations & networks are happy as a clam with the current situation and am slightly surprised that they’re not pushing Steyer more to keep up the gravy train.
“Why are the Networks are Backing Bloomberg and All his Ads?”
Your Answer: Despite being as Fascist as Bernie’s supporters are, the networks know that Bernie will be clobbered, if he’s the nominee. They also know that the entire Democrat Party will be clobbered, if Bernie gets removed by the party, if Bernie gets the most votes and/or delegates.
So the only choice to prevent a disaster is to have Bernie lose, but leave his supporters thinking that it wasn’t rigged against him - hence their support of Bloomberg (because everyone else is circular firing squad). But the clock has pretty much run out on that option, with Bernie pulling away...so it’s all terrible news for them.
I see them everywhere. Here in the Florida Panhandle they may have been counter productive to start with as he was pushing gun control.
They have gotten slicker recently. Probably will make a difference with some people unless they are countered with the truth.
Michael Bloomberg has helped me in an odd way. Large numbers are typically beyond my imagination, so it’s hard for me to picture what half a billion dollars actually is. Now I can see that five-hundred million dollars equates to two or three fifteen second adds on every YopuTube video and twenty such adds every day on most cable channels for about a month.
“Why are the Networks are Backing Bloomberg and All his Ads?”
your headline pretty much answers its own question ...
btw, the bernie train is now unstoppable and there will be no knight (white, black, or otherwise) riding to the rescue ... their one great hope to stop bernie, namely mini-mike, has fully revealed himself to the whole world as an empty suit devoid of personality and pretty much every other quality possessed by most actual human beings ...
the DNC will be forced to accept bernie’s mandate whether he arrives at the convention with a majority or even just a sizeable plurality, because to steal the nomination from him at this point permanently blows up the Dem party forever, whereas with bernie as the nominee they’ll lose only by 47 states, but have a small chance afterwards to try to squash the ultra-leftist revolt in the party power structure and attempt to re-establish a broader base ... it’s best to lose a battle and live to still try to fight the war than lose the war outright in a single battle ..
Bloomberg first has to convince Democrats he is one of them.
But notice occasionally he lets out something that most Democrats don’t agree with, he knows he has to throw bones to the Center. Is he really all that liberal, or is he just saying those things to get the Nomination?
All I know is, once he gets the nomination, he will focus on getting Centrists and Never Trumper Republicans, and that’s what makes him dangerous.
This is exactly how I’m seeing it.
But you think time has run out on the RATs now that NV went to Bernie? They might have a little more time to give Bernie a better offer he can’t refuse...?
In Nevada Steyer’s $15M ad campaign got him sixth place.
The _only_ demographic in the state where he had _some_ success (about 15% of the vote) was black voters.
Conclusion—billionaire ads work on the bottom seventh of the lowest information black voters, and not much of anyone else.
Second conclusion: Bloomberg ads will probably get him into double digits in Super Tuesday southern states, but it is unlikely he will actually win any of those states.
His ads are putting channels like METV, H&I, TVLand in the black for the year and it’s only February.
Because he’s spending $1 billion on advertising. And also he is media. He’s one of them.
“I don’t know who the democrat party wants to be the nominee”
Neither do they. Their old guard is barely running on fumes, and the “coalition of the ascendant” isn’t really for prime time. It’s going to be fun watching them take it away from Bernie.
The Democrats are “Blowing up the Team”.
They are thinking long-term, they won’t beat Trump in 2020, but they think by the end of his second term, people will be so tired of him and the Republicans, that the Democrats will cruise in 2024.
Why are the networks are? They just are because they are because they are :-)
While I agree with the rest of your post, not so sure I buy that statement. While I don't watch any news other than OAN, I get the impression that even those at MSNBC & CNN are critical of Sanders, because they do not believe he will be President Trump.
https://www.fcc.gov/media/policy/statutes-and-rules-candidate-appearances-advertising
It’s a given that Trump will win. Therefore, the Dems are probably looking for the best lemonade here, and despite their squawking, I think Sanders is their best choice and they know it. Running a complete socialist for president lends respectability to the socialist movement. It’ll now be taken seriously as it never was before. Sanders will do what Norman Thomas failed to do, because he’s doing it on the major party ticket.
After all, the electorate is increasingly composed of people indoctrinated into left wing ideology. Sanders is going to normalize it for the first time, but after he loses, there will be more of them.
A generation ago, who’d have imagined so many muslims in government? Two generations ago...so many homosexuals. Now the socialists are stepping up. The so-called moderates in the Dem party are afraid to disagree — witness their stands on health care for illegals and numerous other outrageous positions.
Brace yourselves. Sanders is just the camel’s nose. The Dems are only unhappy about Trump winning, and probably taking the House and Senate along with him.
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