Posted on 04/15/2014 7:48:01 PM PDT by re_tail20
Michael R. Bloomberg, making his first major political investment since leaving office, plans to spend $50 million this year building a nationwide grass-roots network to motivate voters who feel strongly about curbing gun violence, an organization he hopes can eventually outmuscle the National Rifle Association.
Mr. Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, said gun control advocates need to learn from the N.R.A. and punish those politicians who fail to support their agenda — even Democrats whose positions otherwise align with his own.
“They say, ‘We don’t care. We’re going to go after you,’ ” he said of the N.R.A. “ ‘If you don’t vote with us we’re going to go after your kids and your grandkids and your great-grandkids. And we’re never going to stop.’ ”
He added: “We’ve got to make them afraid of us.”
The considerable advantages that gun rights advocates enjoy — in intensity, organization and political clout — will not be easy to overcome. Indeed, Mr. Bloomberg has already spent millions of dollars trying to persuade members of Congress to support enhanced background check laws with virtually nothing to show for it.
What is more, for many gun owners, the issue is a deeply personal one that energizes them politically, said Larry Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, who dismissed the mayor’s plans.
“He’s got the money to waste,” Mr. Pratt said. “So I guess he’s free to do so. But frankly, I think he’s going to find out why his side keeps losing.”
The N.R.A. had no comment.
Mr. Bloomberg’s blueprint reimagines the way gun control advocates have traditionally confronted the issue. Rather than relying so heavily on television ad campaigns, Mr. Bloomberg will put a large portion of his resources into the often-unseen field operations that have been effective for groups...
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he said of the N.R.A. “ ‘If you don’t vote with us we’re going to go after your kids and your grandkids and your great-grandkids. And we’re never going to stop.’ ”
I defy Mr. Bloomberg to prove and document that statement.
We must not let them get away with slander and lies
any more.
Bloomberg’s wealth comes mostly from Bloomberg terminals subscribed by Wall St type traders at $20,000 per year per terminal. That’s about six billion in revenue annually.
Find a way to lure his subscribers away and Bloomberg crashes and burns.
The end will come as a surprise but the determination will come as a shock.
Bloomberg is a Nazi.
A grabasstic egomaniacal control addict. He will lose!
Just ask Nancy Pelosi.
“A fool and his money’. Yes Bloomberg is a failure. I hope he would spend
$2Billion and bankrupt the clown.
Koch brother. Koch brothers. Koch brothers.....
Keep big moneyboutbof politics, right Hairy?
Effe the gun grabber Nanny Shroomberg.
“Smart? Well heck, even a dummy knows that being ‘smart’ is subjective”
Don’t underestimate the opposition. At the state level, we’re already dealing with this guy and his money. There are plenty of gun grabbers out there who are being re-invigorated.
Let it be so.
yep - Axelrod and astrotufing….with Bloomberg cash.
“Don’t underestimate the opposition.”
Well, I don’t necessarily underestimate the opposition, but certainly do know that we are dealing with someone who is demonically influenced, not “smart”.
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