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‘I’d Do Her’: Mike Bloomberg and the Underbelly of #MeToo
theatlantic.com ^ | SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 | Megan Garber

Posted on 11/07/2019 6:25:35 PM PST by bitt

Disparaging comments. Demeaning jokes. As the mogul reportedly considers a 2020 presidential run, it remains an open question whether his long-alleged history of undermining women will affect his chances.

If you find yourself seeking, in these turbulent times, evidence of steadiness among the chaos—proof that even as the seas rise and the winds whip and the world that was gives way to the world that will be, some things will remain the same—here is a fact that seems always to be true: Mike Bloomberg is considering a run for president.

The newest version of the old truth comes from an article published this week in The New York Times: The billionaire former mayor, the paper announces, validating the rumors, is again considering a presidential run—this time, however, as a Democrat. It would not be an easy candidacy. “Mr. Bloomberg,” the Times points out, “is plainly an uncomfortable match for a progressive coalition passionately animated by concern for economic inequality and the civil rights of women and minorities.” Indeed: In an interview with the paper, Bloomberg defends stop-and-frisk. And, voicing “doubt” about some of the revelations that have been made in the course of #MeToo, Bloomberg mentions as an example Charlie Rose, who had broadcast his show from a space in Bloomberg’s corporate offices. He declined to say, specifically, whether he believed the many allegations against Rose. “Let the court system decide,” the former mayor said.

What is not fully addressed in the Times article, however—and what is not fully explored in the many similar pieces that consider the current iteration of Mike Bloomberg’s presidential ambitions—is a series of stories about him, accumulated over decades, that suggests in the aggregate a distinct pattern when it comes to his treatment of women:

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To: Zhang Fei

Very interesting tidbits. I plan to disseminate this list to every female Dem I know just to see their expressions...


21 posted on 11/07/2019 7:21:42 PM PST by FormerFRLurker (Keep calm and vote your conscience.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom; All

My wife worked in a regional grocery chain for some time. I would visit her at lunch sometimes, and the women there had the most vile language I had ever heard. I don’t remember it as being particularly offensive; at least to me, because that’s how men talked about women at the time. I just thought, “Hey, I guess it works both ways”, and got lots of laughs out of listening to those women.
That said, that was over twenty years ago, and things have changed since then. I’ve since had a co-worker I considered a very close friend get right in my face about a perfectly innocuous comment I made about her appearance. It was a compliment!
Then, I had our plant hygienist explode on me when I brought up a perfectly legitimate safety concern. And I do mean EXPLODE! I was shocked! She had already filed two groundless complaints against other men, and I thought I was next.
SO, I went to my union steward, explained the situation, and told him I wasn’t going to HR, I was going to Corporate Ethics. Union steward told me immediately they were behind me 100%. I made sure that word got back to the hygienist, let her sweat for a few days, then dropped the matter. One of the biggest regrets of my life.
I agonize daily how many other men that b***h had gotten into trouble.


22 posted on 11/07/2019 7:34:46 PM PST by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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To: bitt

Mikie is in trouble! He’s got the Epstein tattoo!


24 posted on 11/07/2019 7:41:22 PM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: canuck_conservative

They probably have a hit piece ready to publish for every Republican who dares challenge Democrats.


26 posted on 11/07/2019 8:12:33 PM PST by yesthatjallen
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To: malach

[I don’t think that makes him an ordinary guy. I think that makes him a probably insecure and adolescent guy who needs equipment (like high heels) to get him off. Who has to make women into arm candy in order for them to work with him. This is indeed a cheap power play. Contrast him with the actor Keanu Reeves, who is admired and lusted after by many female fans, who has money, maybe not a billionaire but certainly a multimillionaire, and he actually does not serially date actress Barbie dolls but is now involved with a friend of longstanding who sometimes wears—oh Heavens!!—flats—and does not dye her gray hair.

Lots of people forgave Trump his adolescent side because he had a good platform and a connection with them, but what does Bloomberg have?]


You get all kinds of wealthy men - skirt chasers and Spock-like eunuchs alike. The one thing they have in common isn’t their love of or imperviousness towards the fairer sex - it’s their raw ability and drive in pursuing activities that generate lots of money that go directly into their pockets.

Bloomberg has an excellent platform that would galvanize independents and moderates. He would be a sane, law-and-order Democrat who isn’t going to take down all the statues of Confederate generals, Jefferson and Columbus. He’d nationalize stop-and-frisk and (under his breath) target black males for illegal gun possession. In other words, the shtick in NYC that got him three mayoral terms in NYC despite the fact that New Yorkers were used to giving Democrats 2/3 of the vote. Is there a strong constituency nationwide for putting black felons in prison for gun possession? You betcha.


27 posted on 11/07/2019 8:40:07 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: malach

It’s much better to have one great woman ! No doubt !


29 posted on 11/07/2019 8:51:59 PM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: malach

[Most people vote for a president on economics, not on incarcerating criminals.]


On economics, the guy who put together the indispensable data platform for financial professionals while amassing a $50b personal fortune is gonna have a pretty compelling story. The very fact that he’s not urging an 8% wealth tax or Medicare for all makes him a very compelling candidate for independents and moderates. Bill Clinton started the plutocrats’ move towards the Democrats. If the Democrats want plutocrat money to keep flowing into the party coffers, they will need a guy like Bloomberg at the top of the ticket.

This is why I hope he doesn’t run. He’s a sharp operator who has plenty of money, knows just how to deploy it to maximum effect and has three NYC mayoral terms to show for it. That’s a rare combo. Meg Whitman spent on her gubernatorial campaign the amount Bloomberg did on 2 mayoral terms (~$150m) and had nothing to show for it.


30 posted on 11/07/2019 9:08:35 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: malach
You know it is really offensive for powerful people to make others consistently uneasy or demeaned, and it can be done with straight men, blacks, Jews, short people, people with some prominent unusual physical feature etc as Lyndon Johnson is alleged to have done.

After having read the story and looked at the woman who filed the lawsuit alleging that he called her ugly, I have concluded she is a litigious harpy. He was obviously cracking a joke re her pregnancy. This is a photo of her:

Not homely by any stretch of the imagination.

31 posted on 11/07/2019 9:16:17 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: Zhang Fei

I’d do her.

And I’m not even related to Laz.


32 posted on 11/07/2019 9:21:18 PM PST by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

The media tried to bury the story on rich white men using their power over women in the Epstein thing. It wouldn’t surprise me if some of those young women/ girls ended up dead. Until they get concerned about that, I’m not going to worry about some locker room talk.


33 posted on 11/07/2019 9:24:29 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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To: malach; ProtectOurFreedom

> Steve, I am surprised that you resort to this Alpha Male definition for Bloomberg, and then have to diss this writer on being a female and a journalist.

Yes, I admit to briefly falling for a caricature of a journalist. Generalisms are made to yield exceptions. However I do think that generalisms are in reality the basis of effective communication. I’m reasonably certain that most readers are at least familiar with the concept of journalism majors being at the low end of the collegiate intelligence bell curve— an understatement imho. There are exceptions, and yet today’s notably attenuated standard of journalism probably constitutes its own affirmation that there is some truth to the generalism that i voiced. Are some journalism majors out there butt hurt? Oh well. Are there some journalism majors out there who know they are good? I hope they have sufficient inner confidence in their talent and contributions that they will not take too much undue offense.


35 posted on 11/07/2019 9:37:01 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: Zhang Fei

Ehhh borderline (NSFW adjective redacted). Does she have hairy armpits and hang out sipping lattes at marin county cafes all day long? IMHO she writes as if she might. LOL.


36 posted on 11/07/2019 9:39:57 PM PST by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: SteveH

Megan Garber appears to have a pretty face, slender body and no tits.
She’s a Atlantic staff writer so she’s probably making big bucks.


39 posted on 11/07/2019 10:10:49 PM PST by namvolunteer (Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.9we)
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To: rbg81

He’s a flaming hypocrite, THE biggest gun grabber in America, an obnoxious authoritarian and in general a wart on the ass of society, a malignant dwarf. The sooner he shuffles off his mortal coil, the better.


40 posted on 11/07/2019 11:33:39 PM PST by FLT-bird
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