Posted on 02/16/2020 4:33:19 PM PST by Libloather
RENO, Nev. - With the Nevada caucuses less than a week away, Democratic presidential candidates campaigning Sunday were fixated on a rival who wasn't contesting the state.
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden and Amy Klobuchar all targeted billionaire Mike Bloomberg, accusing him of buying his way into the election and making clear they were eager to take him on in a debate.
“He thinks he can buy this election,” Sanders said of the former New York mayor at a rally in Reno. “Well, I’ve got news for Mr. Bloomberg - the American people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections!”
Their attacks are a sign of how seriously the field is starting to take Bloomberg as he gains traction in the race and is on the cusp of qualifying for Wednesday's Democratic debate in Las Vegas. Bloomberg has bypassed the traditional early voting states including Nevada, focusing instead on the 14 states that vote in the Super Tuesday primary on March 3. He has spent more than $417 million of his own multibillion-dollar fortune on advertising nationwide, an unprecedented sum for any candidate in a primary.
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Sounds like you believe in personal responsibility and paying one’s own way in life instead of relying on the government.
Me, too.
Bloomberg’s ads are being saturation bombed on TV and the internet. Suspect a lot of rat voters are getting tired of seeing them every time they try to veg out with their mindless entertainment. I’m guessing it’s gaining him support now but there will be a saturation point where it starts costing him.
Well....they’re right. He is trying to buy the election. Its not like he has some base of popular support.
I saw an article someplace today that he’s dropped $400M already.
Let’s see. Democrats, like most politicians, spend lots and lots of time holding their hands out for donations, but they don’t like that Bloomberg is spending his own money because he has his own money.
Yup. Anyone who doesn’t have a genuine serious disability can be self- sufficient. Especially in this good economy with Help Wanted signs all over. Temporary setbacks can occasion a little temporary help I acknowledge but welfare should not be a Way of Life for anybody who has the ability to work. It’s demeaning and basically destroys a person
Which candidate will get the coveted Biden endorsement when he goes?
I wanna see Bloomers book a stadium for a rally.
Rich RATs are supposed to pay big bucks to put some other RAT into office.
Serious tagline potential.
As with Trump, beholden to no one.
They insult our intelligence. "Mike will get it done?"
We're supposed to ignore the last three years?
Yet, he didn't.
Why should the Democraps have a problem with Bloominidiot buying the election?
The only difference between the Democraps that are already in office and running is that Bloominidiot is using his own money, the democraps that are running use TAXPAYER MONEY.
Bloominidiot = Here’s a thousand bucks, vote for me.
Democraps = Vote for me and I will get you free (taxpayer paid) stuff.
“He thinks he can buy this election,” Sanders said of the former New York mayor at a rally in Reno. “Well, I’ve got news for Mr. Bloomberg - the American people are sick and tired of billionaires buying elections!”
I don’t them complain when Soros pushes his money around
If I had a dime for every time that I saw Bloomberg’s ad featuring John Mellencamp’s “Small Town”, I would be almost as wealthy as Bloomberg. I never want to hear that song again.
I’m kind of surprised that Mellencamp is endorsing Bloomberg. Since Mellencamp’s from Indiana, I figured he would be a Buttigieg supporter.
Unless he’s just doing it for the money, which is very possible. The problem is that Mellencamp is almost as unlikeable as Bloomberg, which is saying something.
I wish that Bloomie’s rallies would be televised.
I suffer from insomnia and hearing him speak would really help me sleep.
You are so right. Bloomin’ will be buying endorsements too
Bernie was bought off in 2016 by the Clinton Crime syndicate so it wouldn’t surprise me if he is bought off again...or at least tone down his anti-Bloomin’ rhetoric.
For once they speak the truth. He IS trying to buy it.
Considering that the Dem voter base is basically anti-millionaire and anti-capitalist, this is shaping up as one helluva fight.
welfare as a way of life....
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When the late Paul Harvey had his daily show he said people used to hide the fact they had a setback and had to accept government money for a time. They didn’t want the shame of having people hear about it.
Later people changed from calling it an embarrassing handout to calling it an “entitlement.” They defiantly and boldly demand their entitlements and want them for as long as they feel like it.
Now they’ll say “you owe me college education tuition” and “you owe me full medical and surgical coverage free to me.”
And “because you didn’t pay early enough now you owe me the payoff of my college loan, too.”
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