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Bloomberg’s White Whale
nationalreview.com ^ | 8/13/2014 | Charles C. W. Cooke

Posted on 08/14/2014 8:52:42 AM PDT by rktman

There is something of Captain Ahab about Michael Bloomberg these days — the former mayor of New York having adopted the profile of a neurotic and fevered old man whose long and checkered career has not yet managed to sate him, and whose ambition will be truly realized only when, finally, he captures his whale and avenges his bruised ego. Alas, yesterday evening, in Milwaukee, Wis., satisfaction eluded him once again, that Milwaukee County’s Sheriff David Clarke — an outspoken apostle of the right to keep and bear arms, and opponent of all that Bloomberg holds dear — winning his primary and overcoming a concerted and expensive attempt to unseat him. This one, Bloomberg had said through an intermediary, was “personal.” One suspects that the loss will be taken hard.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2a; banglist; davidclarke; ericholder; guncontrol; michaelbloomberg; milwaukee; milwaukeecounty
More on moron nannie bloomers assault on a black sheriff. How come nobody is callin' him a racis'? He even said "this one is personal." Sounds "hateful" to me.
1 posted on 08/14/2014 8:52:42 AM PDT by rktman
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I’d be interested to know if he’s leaning on anybody in Detroit over the pro 2nd amendment police chief. Chief Craig was appointed not elected.


2 posted on 08/14/2014 8:59:00 AM PDT by cripplecreek ("Moderates" are lying manipulative bottom feeding scum.)
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To: rktman

There's an old Sheriff in town....

3 posted on 08/14/2014 9:02:13 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: rktman

4 posted on 08/14/2014 9:08:29 AM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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To: rktman

Great article. Thanks for posting.


5 posted on 08/14/2014 9:21:43 AM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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6 Weeks
50%
FReepers??????

Support It Or Lose It

6 posted on 08/14/2014 9:25:32 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: rktman

When a White Whale turns into a White Elephant.


7 posted on 08/14/2014 9:48:02 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: rktman

Well written.

Bloomberg is a sad & deluded, but dangerous, man.


8 posted on 08/14/2014 10:01:47 AM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: rktman

Obviously Bloomberg loves when a black teen is murdered and the blacks get the police to let them loot gun shops.


9 posted on 08/14/2014 11:58:38 AM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: Paladin2

Now that is a sheriff and Detroit’s Chief Craig are the future of civil rights in this century.

Having all these white guys attacking them just might result in an epiphany amongst black voters.


10 posted on 08/14/2014 12:49:54 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
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