February 19th Democratic Debate

[GodLovesCats]

You mean when he's back to running campaign ads again? That's all he's had so far to get him the rating that he had before the debate. He might want to stick with that. However, it runs counter to the democrat message against "millionaires and billionaires" running the country, so the voters may not be swayed in his direction in November.

It also is one reason I doubt he is a Democrat. He does what Trump does.

 

[Hank77]

You just told me the opposite of what I told you. If there were agreements, the female employees did not come out. They did. So Bloomberg can't be believed. He did not back down on his claim that they agreed to be silent (despite the proof they didn't by speaking publicly) while being attacked repeatedly.

If there aren't any NDAs as Warren claims then Bloomberg would have just said 'you're wrong there aren't any NDAs' and he would have been off the hook. Why in the world would he admit to something like that if they don't exist?
You can't believe everything you read.

 

[Hank77]

You mean when he's back to running campaign ads again? That's all he's had so far to get him the rating that he had before the debate. He might want to stick with that. However, it runs counter to the democrat message against "millionaires and billionaires" running the country, so the voters may not be swayed in his direction in November.

Nonsense there are several Democratic millionaires in Congress. Here's a list of the 40 wealthiest Congressional members in 2018 and 15 of them are Democrats. Most Dems. are capitalist and don't have any problem with people being wealthy as long as they made their money honestly.

List of current members of the United States Congress by wealth - Wikipedia

 

[wing2000]

It also is one reason I doubt he is a Democrat. He does what Trump does.

I think voters are smart enough to understand that he is a former Republican running as a Democrat because that Republican party no longer exist.

He does what?
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[Hank77]

I think voters are smart enough to understand that he is a former Republican running as a Democrat because that Republican party no longer exist.

He does what?
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He was a Democrat all his life until he registered as a Republican when he ran for the Mayor of NYC in 2001, in 2007 he registered as an independent, then back to registered Democrat in 2018 in order to run on the Dem. ticket.
He's fiscally conservative and socially liberal. He was a Dem. for 59 years, was a Republican for 6 years.
He's a Democratic capitalist.

 

[GodLovesCats]

If there aren't any NDAs as Warren claims then Bloomberg would have just said 'you're wrong there aren't any NDAs' and he would have been off the hook. Why in the world would he admit to something like that if they don't exist?
You can't believe everything you read.

I have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[GodLovesCats]

He was a Democrat all his life until he registered as a Republican when he ran for the Mayor of NYC in 2001. In 2007 he registered as an independent, then back to registered Democrat in 2018 in order to run on the Democratic ticket.

He's fiscally conservative and socially liberal. He was a Democrat for 59 years, was a Republican for 6 years

He's a Democratic capitalist.

So why wasn't Bloomberg a Democrat from 2001-2018?

Someone who changes his party just to run for a specific elected office belongs to the party in name only. He should stick with calling himself a Libertarian or independent.

 

[Hank77]

So why wasn't Bloomberg a Democrat from 2001-2018?

Someone who changes his party just to run for a specific elected office belongs to the party in name only. He should stick with calling himself a Libertarian or independent.

He was never a Libertarian.
If you want to be elected President you have to run on one of the major tickets.

Bernie was an Independent until he wanted to run for President when he switched to a registered Democrat.
In the 70s he was registered with the Liberty Union party.

 

[GodLovesCats]

I know. Bernie Sanders actually is a very liberal progressive on both economic and social issues though. I can't say the same thing about Michael Bloomberg.

 

[Hank77]

I know. Bernie Sanders actually is a very liberal progressive on both economic and social issues though. I can't say the same thing about Michael Bloomberg.

Many Democrats are not very liberal progressives.

 

[GodLovesCats]

Many Democrats are not very liberal progressives.

You missed the point.

Because Mike Bloomberg is economically conservative I don't think just being registered as a Democrat is proof he really is one. He is a centrist. Bernie Sanders OTOH is very much like the progressive liberals and only refused to join the Democratic Party several times because of his hatred of "the establishment."

 

[Hank77]

You missed the point.

Because Mike Bloomberg is economically conservative I don't think just being registered as a Democrat is proof he really is one. He is a centrist. Bernie Sanders OTOH is very much like the progressive liberals and only refused to join the Democratic Party several times because of his hatred of "the establishment."

Do you actually know that Bloomberg is fiscally conservative? Here's the link to his website maybe you would take a look and find a couple of issues that are important to you and see if he agrees with Democrats.
https://www.mikebloomberg.com/getting-it-done

 

[mark46]

So why wasn't Bloomberg a Democrat from 2001-2018?

Someone who changes his party just to run for a specific elected office belongs to the party in name only. He should stick with calling himself a Libertarian or independent.

Please post in caps when you have been a Democrat for 50 years more than you've been a Republican

Let's put in another way. Have you been a Democrat for more than 20 years? If not, I trust Bloomberg as a Democrat much more than I do you. Why is that unreasonable?

 

[mark46]

I know. Bernie Sanders actually is a very liberal progressive on both economic and social issues though. I can't say the same thing about Michael Bloomberg.

I certainly hope not, or Bloomberg would be as unelectable as Sanders.

 

[GodLovesCats]

Please post in caps when you have been a Democrat for 50 years more than you've been a Republican

Let's put in another way. Have you been a Democrat for more than 20 years? If not, I trust Bloomberg as a Democrat much more than I do you. Why is that unreasonable?

I turned 18 in 1995, which would make me a Democrat for 25 years. However, in Ohio there are no party registrations. Voters just tell poll workers they are Democrat or Republican. So I have been a registered Democrat for 8 years, since I got my first Florida state ID card.

 

[GodLovesCats]

I certainly hope not, or Bloomberg would be as unelectable as Sanders.

Sanders is beating everyone else head to head against Trump. I would say he is certainly electable.

 

[mark46]

I turned 18 in 1995, which would make me a Democrat for 25 years. However, in Ohio there are no party registrations. Voters just tell poll workers they are Democrat or Republican. So I have been a registered Democrat for 8 years, since I got my first Florida state ID card.

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[wing2000]

He was a Democrat all his life until he registered as a Republican when he ran for the Mayor of NYC in 2001, in 2007 he registered as an independent, then back to registered Democrat in 2018 in order to run on the Dem. ticket.
He's fiscally conservative and socially liberal. He was a Dem. for 59 years, was a Republican for 6 years.
He's a Democratic capitalist.

Thank you for the background.

 

[mark46]

Sanders is beating everyone else head to head against Trump. I would say he is certainly electable.

I thought that you didn't believe polls were useful so early.

In any case, I checked a few states (PA, MI, WI and FL) comparing Sanders and Biden. All the polls were done over the last week. They are about the same against Trump, although Biden would win PA by 8 and with Sanders it is only 4. Sanders does 1 point better than Biden in MI. Biden does 1 point better than Sanders in FL.

 

[GodLovesCats]

Democratic candidate polls can be useful. The problem is when you look at several different polls with the same questions, no two produce identical results or have the same error margin. Only the actual votes on Election Day are objective. However, if all polls rank candidates in the same order, it is safe to predict the winner of the next election, given that nobody is within any poll's error margin.