If Mike Bloomberg is the Democratic nominee, will you vote for him in November?

bloomberg’s links to jeffrey epstein were bad enough but now mr hands too? nagl imo

I had to go out of town, but here's the situation I described upthread as of Friday afternoon. Will report back on Monday to see if there's been any changes.

https://i.imgur.com/7u9MVNL.jpg

God that logo is awful

I (was paid to) LIKE MIKE

might be a good time to see if this person still subscribes to the broken window theory

Twitter suspended about 70 accounts on Friday that were part of a coordinated, paid effort to push out positive messages about Michael R. Bloomberg on the grounds that the accounts violated the social media platform’s rules.

The suspensions, confirmed by Twitter on Friday and first reported by The Los Angeles Times, came just days after The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr. Bloomberg’s campaign had been hiring workers to frequently post supportive messages about the former mayor of New York on their personal social-media accounts.

Clint Eastwood Ditches Donald Trump for Mike Bloomberg in 2020 Election https://t.co/rCgYzwK66K

— Variety (@Variety) February 22, 2020

i believe the penalty for ever supporting donald trump once, in your entire life, is being forced to admonish an empty chair named donald trump on live tv

https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/bloomberg-is-a-climate-change-con-man/

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ERfgygBWsAA87So?format=jpg&name=medium

UPDATE: signs are still up, unmolested.

omg shut up colleen

for sure a troll account

Colleen Gibson Wilted flower
@ColleenGib_NYC
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Feb 21
Boom! There it is! Bloomberg released 3 women from their NDAs. Case closed, issue settled, show over, move along folks, nothing more to see here!

As for the dozens of other NDAs he’s going to keep in effect, let’s just all agree to forget about those.
#MeToo #Bloomberg2020

The Bloomberg 2020 operation is hiring more than 500 people at a rate of $2,500 a month to text friends and post on social media in support of the former New York mayor and billionaire media mogul. These “deputy field organizers,” as the campaign calls them, are focusing their efforts on California and its 415 delegates up for grabs. It has not been picky in choosing messengers.

A look inside the strategy — based on documents reviewed by The Times, interviews with five of these organizers and an examination of the operation’s social media output — shows that many have been using accounts created within the last month for their Twitter posts. At least two had openly posted in support of other candidates. And unlike the high-profile influencers the campaign recently hired to create viral memes, the vast majority of these organizers have modest personal audiences. On Twitter, many have fewer than 20 followers.

Rather than create their own content, organizers often use the exact text, images and links provided to them by the campaign. The result has been a stiff outpouring of tweets, Facebook and Instagram posts with little to no engagement and sometimes half-hearted text messages. Some organizers were so robotic in their tweeting, Twitter suspended their accounts Friday evening after The Times inquired about whether their behavior complied with the platform’s rules on spam and manipulation.

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-23/mike-bloomberg-paid-twitter-social-media

I would consider getting back on twitter for some of that sweet payola tbh

1: a bloombot may not injure an oligarch or, through inaction, allow an oligarch etc

don't think this was posted

Michael Bloomberg in 2010 on government: He begins with, "I'm not suggesting we shouldn't have democracy, BUT...," lamenting the lack of qualifications required to seek public office. Then he says progress depends on executives having "far and away" more power than legislatures. pic.twitter.com/1HlPsmtMuz

— Walker Bragman (@WalkerBragman) February 17, 2020

Have we discussed the recordings of Bloomberg calling progressives scary and saying his buddies are th bankers?
https://www.yahoo.com/news/audio-bloomberg-slammed-warren-scary-023635538.html

can we change thread title to "If Mike Bloomberg catches on fire, will you piss on him?"

That might be the one time I wouldn't.

I endorse Shakey's title change because it also makes the results funnier. Bunch of ILX softies saving the billionaire vampire.

Wouldn't piss on Bloomberg if he was on fire, would still vote for any Democratic nominee over Trump.

huge if true

https://66.media.tumblr.com/f28343fdc7f0634d8c77519d60fd4a6e/e6ddf81fc3f710d8-39/s1280x1920/92c79285b675d35d12758814ec82820ae13c0789.jpg

that's a typo, should read "Moist"

Bloomberg could've just skipped all the ad buys and instead sent $1M checks to every American, and he would've been dictator for life.

something off with your math there

He could give everyone about 163 bucks. Tomayto, tomahto

Heheh, brain not working today

No need to bribe everyone. Only about 150 million vote, and he'd only need 50% of the voters in enough states to win the electoral college. Bloomberg's a data-savvy guy, so he'd figure that out, I'm sure.

So you're saying, if he were to buy votes, that I could maximize my payment by minimizing the number of voters? Hmm ...

the more you hate him, the more he has to pay you in order to buy your votes. it's simple political economy

I just want a big check, dammit

Just buy off 3-4 swing states, bargain with both parties to make yourself VP with a quick resignation by the elected President.

lol, this side-convo is pretty funny given what bloomberg said in the debate a few minutes ago about buying elections

Are they using Humans of Late Capitalism as a guidebook or something?

We’ve got something in the shop for our #CAPitalist friends.

Order now: https://t.co/7oigKwgldK pic.twitter.com/xyOPtoLZx2

— Team Bloomberg (@Mike2020) February 26, 2020

why not make em red and ship to Trump rallies?

New Bloomberg rally music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftSWk-mg_Vc

Still yes for me, though it looks less like I might have to and I'm fine with that.

Having watched portions of the past two debates, my wife and I both agree that Bloomberg is definitely the worst of the remaining candidates, closely followed by Biden. They even make Buttigeig and Klobuchar look good by comparison. We are boomers, btw.

fun thought exercise with klobuchar: what does she actually believe in? if elected, what would be the big difference with her in charge?

mandated leg shavings

Seriously? Aggressive prosecution of drug users, deporting immigrants, against free speech.

to be fair that would currently not be a big difference

The Wall Street Journal reports:

Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has made overtures to Democrat Andrew Yang, courting the former candidate’s endorsement and floating the possibility of Mr. Yang becoming his running mate, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

The turning point

The Billionaire and the Millionaire!

giving everyone $1000 of Bloomberg's money every month I can get behind

A text exchange:

'Hi, it's Jen with Mike Bloomberg 2020. Election day is around the corner and we deserve a Democratic nominee that will beat Donald Trump. Can I count on you to vote for Mike?'

'Hi, Jen! Please tell Mike to cram it with walnuts. And that if he absolutely needs to buy something, a pony is way cheaper than an election.'

His volunteers must just be completely exhausted at this point and wondering if it's worth all of the artisanal hoagies.