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In reply to the discussion: Is Chris Christie going to run for President as a Democrat in 2016? [View all]graham4anything
(11,464 posts)56. it was next than impossible for downtown manhattan to vote also
there was some question as to what about the voters who already had voted in the morning of 9-11 as polls were already open 9/11.
But if you put Rudy and Bloomberg against each other, it is clear one is many times better than the other in every single cause and belief
(not to mention it was Rudy's inane idea to put the NYC base in the WTC complex to start off with, where Rudy happened to be that morning. Rudy himself could have been killed there, which gave him gravitas after 9-11 that others did not have. He had the WTC dust all over him that morning.)
Had there been an election in 2002, it is quite possible Rudy could have won on that iconic photo moment alone. But the elections weren't til 2004 for President.
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Is Chris Christie going to run for President as a Democrat in 2016? [View all]
graham4anything
Jan 2013
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Bloomberg is a liberal democrat from Mass. Always was. No matter what letter after his name.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#10
Why would you want Elizabeth Warren to leave the position of power she has now?
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#14
Elizabeth Warren is the same age as Hillary. And Obama won Mass. larger than she did.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#35
Golda Meir, the best female world leader ever, was alot older when she made history
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#44
and Hillary's mother lived to her 90s. Mike Bloomberg's mother lived to 102.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#46
In 2001 Bloomberg won because so many people stayed home, not beause his win was inevitable.
libinnyandia
Jan 2013
#55
My goal would be to stop the thought of his switching from ever happening.
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#15
Nah, that would imply he's in the wrong party now and his ego is too big to acknowledge that.
NoGOPZone
Jan 2013
#13
Well. Get used to dealing with republican turncoats. I hope you use judgment
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#30
After that RIDICULOUS speech he gave at the RNC convention I don't want him. They can keep him.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#22
Speaking of lousy choices...3rd Way Dem Hillary vs 3rd Way Dem(?) Chrisitie.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jan 2013
#23
No, and I think the "Hillary is a shoe in for president" idea is premature
Puzzledtraveller
Jan 2013
#25
Even if he did, he sure as hell wouldn't get my vote. And I don't believe Hillary will run.
Autumn
Jan 2013
#31
No. I appreciate that he is willing to call Repubs out for being asses even though it is obviously
Jennicut
Jan 2013
#42
A NY/NJ ticket will never happen, even if we are a country for a thousand years.
Stinky The Clown
Jan 2013
#54