Posted on 11/27/2015 9:34:42 AM PST by Isara
...Michael Bloomberg...trashed two top-tier Republican presidential candidates in a CNN interview airing Friday.
After dismissing "right-wing crazies" who reject mainstream climate science, Bloomberg was asked by CNN's Christiane Amanpour what he made of the GOP field.
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"There's one of them who was a surgeon, unfortunately at Johns Hopkins, who doesn't believe in science," Bloomberg said. "Somebody said that's like a business executive that doesn't believe in profits."
Bloomberg then said that Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas had said some of the "stupidest" things about climate change despite his intellect. He noted that Cruz's intelligence had been praised by Alan Dershowitz, a prominent US attorney who was once Cruz's Harvard professor.
"You've got a guy like Ted Cruz - who I think Dershowitz said was the smartest law student he ever had - and he says some of the stupidest things I've ever heard," Bloomberg said. "The only explanation - the only explanation - is he doesn't believe it; he's just saying it."
He added: "Ted Cruz is a smart guy, and you can't say what he says in an intelligent way."
Cruz, who has surged in recent primary polls, has not shied away from criticizing mainstream climate science.
"If you look at satellite data for the last 18 years, there's been zero recorded warming," Cruz said in August, according to Time magazine. "The satellite says it ain't happening ... I'm saying that data and facts don't support it."
Reached for comment on Bloomberg's criticism, Cruz campaign spokesman Rick Tyler dismissed the former mayor as a "myopic" elitist.
"The myopic Mr. Bloomberg should look past his armed guards and beyond his cloistered circumstances and take in a big gulp of reality," Tyler told Business Insider. "Most of what Ted Cruz says is simple common sense. Most of what Mr. Bloomberg says defies logic."
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Millionaire blowhard egomaniac can’t stay out of the news for a single day, so he runs his mouth to generate headlines.
He never really has anything worthwhile to contribute.
Why can’t Nanny B. just stay in Bermuda?
Yes, I believe it is.
Does Bloomberg know what X and Y Chromosomes are and what they do?
“has not shied away from criticizing mainstream climate science.”
Pure bovine excrement. No need to read the article any further.
Bloomberg needs to go buy himself an island where he can build a gilded throne, on which he can play anti-soft drink, anti-gun, global warming nutjob dictator to his heart’s content.
The cheese slid off this eccentric old fart’s cracker many years ago.
Which millionaire are you talking about? :)
Bloomberg some of the stupidest things I’VE ever heard.
Cruz used hard facts to dispute climate change. Bloomie didn’t like it and got his panties in a wad because Cruz is messing up his chance to trade carbon credits and make a lot of chump change off the other rich suckers who are ready to play Climate Change Monopoly.
Ok. That was funny.
Well, since the Donald is a BILLIONAIRE who could buy and sell Bloomy Boy with spare change, I’m guessing Jack was referring to Bloomy Boy...
I’d like to see Bloomy’s grade transcripts..
what an a-hole.
How much $$$$ does Bloomy stand to make off the scam known as “climate change”? He sees his bounty drying up as more and more see this bogus ruse for what it really is.
Bloomberg stands to profit from the GW myth being rammed down our throats.
GO CRUZ!!!
Want a Cruz/Trump ticket — don’t care which order.
Next choice is a Trump/who cares ticket with Cruz appointed to the Supreme Court. Wow, would leftist heads explode on that one!!!
With people like Bloomburg attacking is a very good reason to vote for Cruz.
Bloomberg is a traitor to the Constitution and needs to hang next to Obama.
Thank you, Mr. Bloomberg. All patriotic Americans knows that criticisms of Senator Cruz from you mean Cruz is absolutely correct.
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