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In reply to the discussion: Let this sink in for a minute... [View all]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)84. You're right, you can't change the truth: Bloomberg is a crypto-fascist, not a rational progressive.
All your shouting and handwaving aside, there's one turd you can't polish:
Michael Bloomberg is simply a more refined version of Frank Rizzo- Boss Hague writ large. Were it not for his anti-NRA stance, he would be righteously excoriated here. Instead, he gets a free ride from our version of the Clivenden Set.
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There's no draft to take flesh and blood in payment to the overlords, so we have to give them $$$.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#19
The "we" you're rooting for - and claim to be part of - isn't the Democratic Party.
baldguy
Apr 2012
#28
Your revisionism regarding this "rational progressive" would be amusing if it wasn't so blatant:
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#50
Hypocrisy *and* revisionism: Claiming a supporter of the Iraq war is a progressive
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#54
I've never claimed to be a defender of Bloomberg on every policy he supports. He's not a Democrat.
baldguy
Apr 2012
#57
*Ahem*..."I can't speak for GSC, but I'm certainly voting Obama in November."
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#67
"My" NRA? Is your search function somehow broken? You seem to have missed this post of mine:
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#83
It's taken you 4 days to reply to my post, and all you've got is lame one-liners.
baldguy
Apr 2012
#61
As long as you support the NRA and it's goals you undermine the Democratic Party.
baldguy
Apr 2012
#64
You're the one that claimed "we're winning". I only exposed just who your "we" is.
baldguy
Apr 2012
#72
You can ignore it all you want, pretend it's the opposite, tell lies to yourself
baldguy
Apr 2012
#81
You're right, you can't change the truth: Bloomberg is a crypto-fascist, not a rational progressive.
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#84
When it comes to using the possessive pronoun "my" to describe his relationship to the police...
tk2kewl
Apr 2012
#33
But he's against guns in the hands of the rabble, and makes the trains run safely (and on time).
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2012
#49
Combining this as advised by the Group Host --- thanks for the lock Krispos.
Tuesday Afternoon
Apr 2012
#41
AKA Putting the fascism on full-blown display with no attempt to disguise it - n/t
coalition_unwilling
Apr 2012
#44