Posted on 02/19/2020 12:14:43 PM PST by Hojczyk
Von Drehle has taken the trouble to watch Bloomberg’s performances in debates held in 2001, 2005, and 2009 when he was running for mayor of New York City.
Perhaps Bloomberg has lost a step or two in the more than 10 years since his last encounter. . .Based on the record, though, expect to see a disciplined, efficient debater. Bloomberg doesn’t swing for the fences. To borrow from another sport, he’d rather jab than throw haymakers. He never looks as though he’s shuffling through a mental file marked “zingers,” but he’s deadly with the subtle eyeroll.
Bloomberg’s style projects the brusque self-confidence and worldly competence of a self-made mega-billionaire. He’s not a pleaser — he has that in common with both Sanders and Trump. A typical Bloomberg moment came in 2001 when he was asked the perennial question posed to all would-be New York mayors: What are you going to do for those neglected stepsisters, the Bronx and Queens? Rather than kiss up to Corona, the plutocrat basically said that Manhattan will always be where the action is, get over it. However, he added, he could move some government jobs to the outer boroughs. This practical measure would shorten commutes for city workers while freeing up space for more big corporations in the heart of the city.
Von Drehle goes on to report that all three of the Bloomberg debates he watched “produced more policy detail in an hour than the presidential Democrats have tackled in a year.”
If Bloomberg projects this sort of competence, expertise, and authenticity tonight, it may negate attacks on his wealth and campaign spending, and partially deflect attention from his past utterances — some of which are genuinely offensive and some of which run contrary to Democratic orthodoxy.
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A ladder.
His mantra will be, “I’m the only one of this stage who can beat Donald Trump.” He will repeated that over and over ad infinitum.
Oh yeah. What the USA needs is a president that is good at “a subtle eye-roll.” That’s sure to impress Putin and Xi.
No, a box, along with a LOT of questions like, “Who’s the little guy with the whiney voice?”
He’ll of course have the questions ahead of time.
I predict that he’ll be boring, and the others will ferret him out for his past.
He’ll apologize...
Trump says the man is a terrible debater.
Jokes written by Hollywood punsters...................
Wishful thinking. Posturing on the stage doesn’t erase the hours of video tape of Bloomberg being a clown. The Fake News still has not gotten it.
They are no longer the gate keepers. People will pay more attention to the raw videos of Blommie then they will to any scripted stage “debate”
Don’t forget “I worked well with Obama”.
yawn...
He will show Slow Joe how to plant corn
I think the soda Nazi thing is enough to derail him among a majority of American voters.
A extremely rich control freak with a napoleon complex. This punk will make our life miserable if he gets real power
Couldn’t Care less. I’ll be watching Trump.
NO big gulps, NO guns, NO personality, should do him in!!!!
To fall short of expectations?
A tall box. :)
I can’t watch.
There’s a REASON other Dims don’t want Bloomberg on the debate stage with them.
And it’s got nothing to do with fairness.
They know he will eviscerate their commie delusions and expose their social hypocrisy.
Believe it or not, he cuts with a sharp knife.
And he’ll be the ONLY person on that stage who is not a complete freak of nature.
I can’t wait to see Lizzy and Bernie go after this guy. But I predict they will not do so DIRECTLY.
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