Michael Bloomberg rocked by re-emergence of sexist remarks

The Guardian ^ | 02/15/2020 | Martin Pengelly

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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.

[nopardons]

I'm not being "mean", but your reading comprehension stinks!

Nobody, certainly not I, "supported" John V. in any way in my posts! And FYI...he was NOT "a nice guy", which I never claimed him to have been! As a matter of fact, he was a real POS who lost ALL of his supporters, friends, and associates when he became the mayor and then descended into abject lefty lunacy! All I said is that I knew him, which I did, and that, UNLIKE BLOOMY, he NEVER switched political parties in order to run for mayor.

La Guardia was a bit like Trump...a POPULIST and he was an extremely good mayor; one of the very best!

[TBP]

Lefties” “We don’t want a racist, sexist New York billionaire as president. That’s why we must support Michael Bloomberg.”

[Zhang Fei]

[Despite his earlier sexual immorality,]

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I don’t get the impression that Bloomberg was particularly into skirt-chasing. Just look at the women he’s had on his arm over the decades. Not exactly arm candy. It’s just that there’s a peculiar Wall Street institution of locker room talk among a bunch of people whose all-consuming interest both at and away from work is chasing profits, not women.