Bloomberg Bankrolls a Social-Media Army to Push Message. Campaign is hiring workers for $2,500 per month to promote Bloomberg to all their contacts

Wall Street Journal ^ | February 19, 2020 | Jeff Horwitz and Georgia Wells

[karpov]

I think campaign contribution limits should be raised to reduce the advantages of self-funding candidates with net worths in the tens of billions. It does not make sense to forbid individual donations exceeding $2800.

[chris37]

Look, Mother, I can buy all the friends I need.

[BenLurkin]

Paid internet trolls

[Red Badger]

There should be no limits at all..............

[ctdonath2]

I think campaign contribution limits should be eliminated as violating the 1st Amendment. Large-scale speech costs money.

[Nuke From Orbit]

what happened to the impacting or influencing an election complaints from the left? Oh I see... you give them a fist full of cash and they just turn and look the other way.

[John S Mosby]

If they are being PAID to do this-— it becomes the interest of the Internal Revenue Service. And the Elections Commission.

He can’t be allowed to do this and as even the tradleftie dems know he is— “buying” a Presidency. Fight... every step.

[rktman]

Sign me up. My 2 contacts probably won’t be persuaded though. Butt I’ll try. I’ll really really try.

[TigerClaws]

Astro Turf.

Fake polls, paid off MSM, bought off candidate and activist group endorsements.

Mike is showing how to buy a nomination.

Just don’t think voters will actually vote for the guy. Dems lost the Great Meme War of 2016 because they have no sense of humor and are easy to ridicule. Trump’s already calling him MiniMike and that’ll stick.

[Buckeye McFrog]

But some schmuck in Russia posts a few Trump memes and everyone and their uncle gets investigated out the wazoo for four freaking years.

[FlipWilson]

I will not be bought (vote Bloomberg) by this effing mini weasel (a great guy) and refuse to succumb to his message (guns suck, give yours up). We should all resist the urge to be bought (it’s a big check) by daring to promote this guy (who will get IT done)

I urge all of you to reject the easy money (it’s a lot and Mike is a neat guy with a message). Now get out there and resist the urge.

[Fai Mao]

I.d take the job and my friends all about him. He wouldn’t’ like what I told them but I have no issues taking his money

[ctdonath2]

Yup. Don’t for a minute believe Democrats actually support democracy - just observe how they behave when they lose, or face little/no chance of winning.

[John S Mosby]

Well, you have just shown the foolish weakness of this tactic-— false positive “nodes”. But Bloomie can require they use his networks (that are ALL supervised as to content) and have control measures for what they “cyberturf” to “friends”. No tickee.... no payee. Bloomberg is a disgusting little shite.

You make an excellent point. So— we tag it all and turn it back publicly. And the dem party- what is not bought or actually has some self-worth left-— WILL leak this content of this a@@clown that reminds me of Defense Secretary McNamara.— mr. “auto plant automation” automaton... gone Techie.

[irishjuggler]

In an opinion piece a day or two ago, Damon Linker speculated about the possibility of Bloomie buying off the Democrat convention. What if Bloomie showed up at a brokered convention offering $1,000,000 to every delegate who throws their support to him after the first ballot? He could easily afford to do it. Crazy thought, right? It’s one of those things that you think could never ever possibly happen... until it happens.

[irishjuggler]

In an opinion piece a day or two ago, Damon Linker speculated about the possibility of Bloomie buying off the Democrat convention. What if Bloomie showed up at a brokered convention offering $1,000,000 to every delegate who throws their support to him after the first ballot? He could easily afford to do it. Crazy thought, right? It’s one of those things that you think could never ever possibly happen... until it happens.

[dp0622]

God bless America where in 2020 you can buy a primary win :-)

The founding fathers would not have liked this.

Oligarchy comes to mind

[Zhang Fei]

Once again, Bloomberg thinks out of the box. It’s not so much that he has cash and people, that he knows how to use them to maximum effect. That’s not something we’re seeing from Steyer the fund manager, who has spent as much money as Sanders, Biden and Buttigieg combined.

It’s also why, barring some implosion we’re not likely to see from someone as formidable as Bloomberg, it’s now a race between him and Sanders. He will buy off all the also-rans, pick one of them as his VP and crush Sanders at the convention. After all, what’s Biden going to do with his consolation prize of being an almost, but not-quite Democratic nominee? Why not get a standing lifetime invitation to use Bloomberg’s private jets anytime he wants to?

[freefdny]

Bloomberg has hired these guys to make his commercials.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja6VlFkEoWQ&list=PL9D758FE9BF7E54DD&index=8

[a little elbow grease]

But some schmuck in Russia posts a few Trump memes and everyone and their uncle gets investigated out the wazoo for four freaking years.

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Exactamundo.

"A Panicked Democrat Establishment Turns To Bloomberg" --- Even if he can buy the Democratic nomination, he's not what their base voters want.

(snip) --- Bloomberg lacks charisma, has no base of support, and his campaign message is “Mike Will Get It Done,” a narcissistic claim that says nothing of substance. In fact, it is evocative of Hillary Clinton’s similarly self-focused “I’m With Her” slogan.

---- Mollie Hemmingway