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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-20-07 06:30 AM
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94. Almost all of said 'talk' has sprung....
... suspiciously, in my opinion.... from the metropolitan section of the NY Times. Complete with the perfunctory "denials".

I've yet to encounter a single New York citizen who has offered the opinion that Bloomberg should run for , or serve as, president.
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  -Bloomberg Leaving GOP Newsjock  Jun-19-07 05:15 PM   #0 
  - Well, I don't give a shit.  HawkeyeX   Jun-19-07 05:16 PM   #1 
  - I do.  Bleachers7   Jun-19-07 05:20 PM   #4 
  - Holy shit. Here we go. I saw this coming. Unity '08's poster boy.  wienerdoggie   Jun-19-07 05:17 PM   #2 
  - The guy is either a chameleon or the Bishop of Bray.  no_hypocrisy   Jun-19-07 05:18 PM   #3 
  - Ladies and Gentlemen, meet the Repuke's answer to Ross Perot  youngdem   Jun-19-07 05:22 PM   #5 
  - "They" aren't doing anything.  Bleachers7   Jun-19-07 05:39 PM   #9 
  - HEAR HEAR  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:34 PM   #20 
  - Wrong on all counts  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:30 PM   #17 
  - nah  JoFerret   Jun-19-07 06:40 PM   #22 
  - Then perhaps the Dems need to run a candidate that won't lose votes to Bloomberg  Mike Daniels   Jun-20-07 07:04 AM   #95 
  - And if Hagel runs with him....hello, President Fucking ROMNEY??  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:20 PM   #105 
  - My take is the "republicon" party  zidzi   Jun-19-07 05:26 PM   #6 
  - I agree. Anytime someone in the GOP  monkeyhq   Jun-19-07 05:38 PM   #8 
  - Bloomie WAS a Democrat  Chovexani   Jun-19-07 09:27 PM   #76 
  - But But I don't live in Arizona, so local politics don't interest me  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 10:28 PM   #87 
  - So he'll split those voters with the Dems, and we'll end up with President Romney. NT  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:25 PM   #106 
  - Thank you for using one of my favorite words.  tabasco   Jun-19-07 05:40 PM   #11 
     - Congratulations to us..  zidzi   Jun-19-07 05:56 PM   #12 
        - A skeezer is a person, male or female, who is scuzzy and  tabasco   Jun-19-07 06:04 PM   #13 
           - I'll bet they'll sell their  zidzi   Jun-19-07 06:57 PM   #26 
  - Hallelujah.  Drum   Jun-19-07 05:33 PM   #7 
  - No. Think Bloomberg/Hagel.  monkeyhq   Jun-19-07 05:40 PM   #10 
  - I agree with you. I think it's a done deal. Remember Hagel's non-announcement?  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:27 PM   #107 
  - Possibly...but I think Lieberman would only consider running if Clinton was not the candidate  rpannier   Jun-19-07 06:21 PM   #15 
  - Lieberman/Bloomberg not a chance.  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:31 PM   #18 
     - I agree with you for a number of reasons.  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:34 PM   #110 
  - Holy shiet!  grytpype   Jun-19-07 06:13 PM   #14 
  - This could help them, the same way Ross Perot helped Clinton.  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:30 PM   #108 
  - You can take the man out of the GOP................. nt  Greeby   Jun-19-07 06:29 PM   #16 
  - I guess you didn't know he was a life-long Democrat, did you?  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:32 PM   #19 
  - Why did he, anyway? (nt)  Posteritatis   Jun-20-07 02:09 AM   #90 
     - To avoid the NYC DEM mayoral primary.  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 07:14 AM   #98 
  - He's a Democrat. n/t  MadAnne   Jun-19-07 08:30 PM   #67 
     - Not really. He is an authoritarian who calls himself whatever he thinks  tblue37   Jun-19-07 09:16 PM   #74 
  - MSNBC just said  Catchawave   Jun-19-07 06:38 PM   #21 
  - Nanananah, Nanananah, hey hey hey, goodbye  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:46 PM   #25 
  - If the choice is between Hillary and Rudy,  MindMatter   Jun-19-07 08:58 PM   #71 
     - What if it were between Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney? Who would you vote for then?  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:38 PM   #111 
        - I refuse to accept the blame  MindMatter   Jun-20-07 04:23 PM   #115 
           - You didn't answer my question. The nominees are HRC and Mitt the Shitt.  MADem   Jun-20-07 05:16 PM   #116 
  - He will not want to be/ settle for bottom of ANYONE's ticket  JoFerret   Jun-19-07 06:42 PM   #23 
  - Bloomberg/Hagel  Singular73   Jun-19-07 06:44 PM   #24 
     - Yup  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 06:59 PM   #27 
  - Mayor Bloomberg leaving Republican Party  fujiyama   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #28 
  - All of us in NY/Metro KNEW he wasn't a Rethug  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #29 
  - "back to being a Democrat instead" - maybe he doesn't recognize the  davidwparker   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #31 
  - He switched to make it easier to become Mayor in 2002  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #33 
  - He switched because the Dems didn't offer him the nomination. He said so.  aquart   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #42 
  - "It was ambition. Vanity. Pique." Isn't that what politics is about??  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #44 
  - He'll take independent and Democratic votes.  aquart   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #48 
  - I don't think so I have no intention of voting for him  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #52 
  - Sane republicans would. (to the extent there are any still lurking)  JoFerret   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #58 
     - I am POSITIVE they are  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #59 
  - You don't think Spitzer has ego and ambition?  soleft   Jun-20-07 08:27 AM   #100 
  - He pulled a Lieberman, in essence. Lose the opportunity to run under one party's flag, so shop  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:43 PM   #112 
  - I still don't see what so appealing about Hillary.  ScreamingWhisper   Jun-19-07 09:57 PM   #80 
  - FAR better than Rudy could even imagine being  JoFerret   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #57 
  - Let's call him "Wac-A-Mike"  DURHAM D   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #30 
  - Do you live in NYC or near it? Speak up.  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #34 
     - Yep -- we've been discussing lately how Bloomberg seems unleashed now that Spitzer is Gov.  quiet.american   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #35 
     - MB is a self-made billionaire, think he's slow?  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #39 
        - We'll see how he does. n/t  quiet.american   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #60 
     - What's wrong with you?  DURHAM D   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #36 
        - What's with your comment about Bloomberg?  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #38 
           - I guess you don't get the reference to Wac-A-Mole.  DURHAM D   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #47 
              - He was a LIFE-LONG DEMOCRAT before he ran for Mayor  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #53 
                 - But he was sure in bed with the Rethugs during their '04 convention! (eom)  tblue37   Jun-19-07 09:21 PM   #75 
                    - Really, were you there, or was it for the income for NYC?  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 10:18 PM   #82 
                       - People's rights were widely violated on his orders.  tblue37   Jun-19-07 10:21 PM   #83 
                          - You have proof? I remember well, and I was sure the Police Commissioner gave the orders  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 10:23 PM   #84 
                             - What??? You're suggesting that the city's MAYOR didn't have positive control over his own police?  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:51 PM   #113 
  - Is he gearing up for an "independent" presidential run?  Blue-Jay   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #32 
  - With some renegade Republican from the upper west?  alfredo   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #40 
  - Takes the steam out of any Republican press right now  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #55 
  - There has been a lot of talk about an indy run by Bloomberg, who has very deep pockets  IndianaGreen   Jun-19-07 08:43 PM   #70 
     - Almost all of said 'talk' has sprung....  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 06:30 AM   #94 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #37 
  - Right sure, you must have loved that phrase during Kerry's run  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #41 
     - give_me_a_break  dweller   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #43 
        - Who gives a shit? Not me, why you?  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #45 
           - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #51 
  - A tiger can't change its stripes...  Squatch   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #46 
  - He's not a tiger, he's a billionaire.  aquart   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #49 
  - Then he's still a life-long Democrat  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:14 PM   #50 
  - Look, for all of you nay-sayers, until Al Gore says he is running  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #54 
  - After his speech on the west coast I got such a strong feeling he was going to bail nt  Javaman   Jun-19-07 07:15 PM   #56 
  - He seems to spend his life switching parties!  LeftishBrit   Jun-19-07 07:18 PM   #61 
     - He's just another enemy of the working class - n/t  entanglement   Jun-20-07 05:47 PM   #117 
  - Next year's bestseller: Buying the Presidency  mcscajun   Jun-19-07 07:25 PM   #62 
  - Isn't it bought and paid for anyway???  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 07:38 PM   #65 
  - Yeah, but that's in the aggregate. For Bloomberg, it would be  mcscajun   Jun-19-07 07:50 PM   #66 
     - An expensive stereo at that!  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 10:26 PM   #85 
  - I would just as soon Bloomberg pay for it  MadAnne   Jun-19-07 08:38 PM   #69 
  - And the Winner Is ...Mike and Chuck  earthside   Jun-19-07 07:32 PM   #63 
  - 1912 or 1992?  tinrobot   Jun-19-07 10:38 PM   #89 
     - 1912, too!  BestCenter   Jun-20-07 03:06 AM   #91 
  - Bloomberg-Wes Clark and Hillary could finish third.  FreeStateDemocrat   Jun-19-07 07:33 PM   #64 
  - He had a big meeting yesterday here in LA with our mayor (D). lots of  robinlynne   Jun-19-07 08:36 PM   #68 
  - What exactly are his qualifications to serve as president?  FVZA_Colonel   Jun-19-07 09:02 PM   #72 
  - What were Shrub's???  DainBramaged   Jun-19-07 10:31 PM   #88 
  - He has none. nt  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 07:05 AM   #96 
  - He's the founder of Bloomberg L.P. which sells financial information  mcscajun   Jun-20-07 08:01 AM   #99 
  - He used authoritarian police methods to protect the Republicans from  tblue37   Jun-19-07 09:14 PM   #73 
  - Lawsuits related to which have cost NYC taxpayers...  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 06:25 AM   #93 
  - Maybe big business will formally have their own party now.  ryanmuegge   Jun-19-07 09:34 PM   #77 
  - They don't already? nt  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 07:07 AM   #97 
     - They already have two parties, don't need another(n/t)  harun   Jun-20-07 09:19 AM   #101 
  - I've never denied that I'm a former  ScreamingWhisper   Jun-19-07 09:48 PM   #78 
  - no longer able to edit...'92 not '94  ScreamingWhisper   Jun-20-07 09:35 AM   #102 
  - Well I ain't voting for him or any other Billionaire DemRethuglickIndepenlickcan.  Up2Late   Jun-19-07 09:53 PM   #79 
  - Whatever you think of Bloomberg, he recently endorsed the idea of a Gore Presidency  dave29   Jun-19-07 09:58 PM   #81 
  - Gore / Bloomberg?  tinrobot   Jun-19-07 10:27 PM   #86 
  - A Gore "presidency", or a Gore *candidacy*?  PaulHo   Jun-20-07 06:21 AM   #92 
  - don't believe that ..it just like Joe they change coats like a wolf in sheep's clothing  april   Jun-20-07 10:43 AM   #103 
  - NPR - He Can Wait Until Mid-2008 to Decide to Run  JPZenger   Jun-20-07 11:04 AM   #104 
  - They nailed it, NPR did. It's a cogent analysis. NT  MADem   Jun-20-07 12:52 PM   #114 
  - Electoral College Considerations  LVZ   Jun-20-07 07:19 PM   #118 
  - wow  WindRavenX   Jun-20-07 12:32 PM   #109 
 

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