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Bloomberg Leaves Republican Party (Breaking)
WCBS-TV | 06/19/07 | WCBS-TV New york

Posted on 06/19/2007 3:13:48 PM PDT by StatenIsland

Mayor Michael Bloonberg has announced that he is leaving the Republican Party, and will continue his Mayoralty as an Independent.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bloomberg; goodriddance; nycmayor; rino; surprisesurprise; unity08; whodathunkit
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To: StatenIsland

Looks like the blowhard is running for prez.


61 posted on 06/19/2007 3:23:18 PM PDT by GiveEmDubya (Just say no to shamnesty)
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To: So Cal Rocket
He’s going to be the Ross Perot of 2008, giving us a Clinton Presidency.

Ross Perot didn't 'give' us anything. President Bush didn't run a strong enough campaign to convince some to vote for him. Contrary to 'conservative' thought, it's not the responsibility of the citizenry to blindly vote for anyone with the right letter by their name. It is the responsbility of the candidate to represent his constituency and win their vote

62 posted on 06/19/2007 3:23:18 PM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: StatenIsland

5 gets ya 8 says I.


63 posted on 06/19/2007 3:23:52 PM PDT by Danae (Anail nathrach, orth' bhais's bethad, do chel denmha (Smoke clears and Fred Thompson is President))
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To: zeugma
It's the only way the PTB can get Hillary in. I've been waiting for this one. It was as predictable as the sunrise.

This isn't 1992. Trust me, the only 3rd party candidates who are going to run are the liberal/moderate squishy types who are going to hurt the Dim more than the GOP. I don't think there'll be a conservative 3rd-party candidate unless the base is stupid enough to vote for Rudy McRomney in the primaries.

64 posted on 06/19/2007 3:24:05 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: livius

“Rich people in the US all immediately turn into Socialists if not downright Marxists. I’ve never understood why this is the case. But look at people like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, etc., and you’ll see that they support leftist causes straight down the line.”

It’s because leftists are more apt to kiss their(Gates,etc) asses and worship them than do people on the right.


65 posted on 06/19/2007 3:24:24 PM PDT by Rb ver. 2.0 (The Republican party of today is the Whig party of 1856.)
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To: r9etb
“He’d siphon more votes from Hillary than from the Republican candidate.”

That depends on what topics he campaigns on. If he hits the correct Republican notes, he can siphon votes. That’s just what Perot did- a careful triangulation of several hot buttons for Republicans and poison pills for Democrats, and Billy Jeff won with 48% (or something) of the vote.

It requires MSM complicity, but that should be no problem.

66 posted on 06/19/2007 3:24:38 PM PDT by DBrow
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To: StatenIsland

This guy was on the West Coast yesterday trying to enlist the Mayors of SF and LA in his gun confiscation schemes.


67 posted on 06/19/2007 3:24:58 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
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To: samadams2000

“Hilary just dropped her left nut.”

She got rid of Bill...?


68 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:03 PM PDT by StatenIsland
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To: GiveEmDubya

This is going to be HUGE news tomorrow in the NYSlimes, NewsWeak,on CNN, Larry King, Softball,er,,,,nevermind. Pin drop.


69 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:18 PM PDT by samadams2000 (Someone important make......The Call!)
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To: StatenIsland

He left it long ago.


70 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:22 PM PDT by HoosierHawk
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To: livius

I guess.

Perhaps people who earn their money in petroleum are different. (Then again, there is Arman Hammer — but he got rich by being a communist.)


71 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:37 PM PDT by MeanWestTexan (Kol Hakavod Fred Thompson)
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To: StatenIsland
News travels fast these days.

This idiot left the GOP back before there was a GOP.

72 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:55 PM PDT by Radix (Claim 10 dependents on your W-2 and have the Gov't struggle to make ends meet.)
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To: StatenIsland

There is no longterm political news that is worse for the Republican Party than this.


73 posted on 06/19/2007 3:25:57 PM PDT by Mister Politics (www.misterpolitics.com)
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To: So Cal Rocket
He’s going to be the Ross Perot of 2008, giving us a Clinton Presidency.

Won't people have to actually vote for him?
74 posted on 06/19/2007 3:26:04 PM PDT by elizabetty (Perpetual Candidate using campaign donations for your salary - Its a good gig if you can get it.)
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To: StatenIsland

Uh, he only joined the Party so he could stand out from the crowded dem field.

the GOP only let him do it because they care more about an “R” being elected then principles.

Guess Bloomberg now wants to pretend to be above both parties becaus no one like either of them. If he had guts, he would run as the liberal Democrat he is.


75 posted on 06/19/2007 3:26:11 PM PDT by Soul Seeker (Kobach: Amnesty is going from an illegal to a legal position, without imposing the original penalty.)
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To: So Cal Rocket
He’s going to be the Ross Perot of 2008, giving us a Clinton Presidency.

You give him way too much credit.

76 posted on 06/19/2007 3:26:11 PM PDT by wysiwyg (What parts of "right of the people" and "shall not be infringed" do you not understand?)
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To: StatenIsland

He had to do it. He got too tired of waiting for the party to ask him to leave.


77 posted on 06/19/2007 3:26:47 PM PDT by SmithL (si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: StatenIsland
Run, Bloomberg, Run!

Hitlery must be pissed. Another liberal, like Nader, to siphon off votes from her loon liberal base.

78 posted on 06/19/2007 3:26:57 PM PDT by MCH
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To: StatenIsland

New York media level republicans are every single one of them a little bit weird. It must be something in the water.


79 posted on 06/19/2007 3:27:05 PM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain And Proud of It! Those who support the troops will pray for them to WIN!)
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To: DBrow

He won’t hit the correct Republican notes. He’s at least as liberal as Her Heinous, and not shy about it. Pop some popcorn and enjoy. The Dems chances in ‘08 just got a lot worse.


80 posted on 06/19/2007 3:27:14 PM PDT by LadyNavyVet
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