Justin Raimondo

The Bloomberg Is Off the Rose

Posted by Justin Raimondo on December 31, 2007

Over at Salon.com, the heroic Glenn Greenwald has the goods on the Bloomberg-for-President hot air balloon, which is now being pumped up by all kinds of “centrist” (i.e. unprincipled) politicians and the bloviating David Broder. Aside from detailing and documenting Bloomie’s pro-war pronouncements, Greenwald has this to say:

“Clearly, this is just exactly what our country desperately needs, what it is missing most—a neoconservative, combat-avoiding, Bush-supporting, Middle-East-warmonger who sees U.S. and Israeli interests as indistinguishable and inextricably linked, with a fetish for ever-increasing government control and surveillance, and a background as a Wall St. billionaire. We just haven’t had enough of those in our political culture. Our political system, more than anything, is missing the influence of people like that. That’s why it’s broken: not enough of those.”

C’mon, Glenn, why don’t you tell us what you really think?


Comments

You have it Justy, Obama just isn’t trustworthy enough for the Israel first crowd,heaven forbid Ron Paul.Bloomie is just what we need a 4ft.11 inch New York neocon.

Posted by jack on Dec 31, 2007.

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I thought we already had a neocon NY mayor in the race.  No one yet asked him if he will run as a 3rd party.

Posted by tz on Dec 31, 2007.

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The more the merrier.  If he wishes to spend his billions in an attempt to purchase a job that pays $569,000/year ( including expenses and travel and entertaining ) let him.  I am beyond certain that we will find many ways to help him spend his money, that income will be a help during the depression we are facing in 2008. 
He has supposedly said in private that he will run if Obama or Edwards or Huckabee are nominated.  Don’t know if he has acknowledged the possibility of Dr. Paul being nominated and thus forcing Mr. Bloomberg to run also. 
I could envision a situation where it is Guiliani, Clinton and Bloomberg all having received their parties nomination.
At that point Dr. Paul announces as the candidate for the other 49 states.
But then Ron has said he has no intention of running as an independent --- I will take him at his word.

Posted by CK on Dec 31, 2007.

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More proof that the GOP no longer exists.
The neo-cons have totally destroyed the party of
Lincoln...thank God.
The establishment has written off the Republican
party (which is why so many jokers are running on
its nonexistant platform.)
Let’s redefine the GOP as the “Party of Paul.”
Why start a new party from scratch when we can
start with a fixer upper?

Posted by willb on Dec 31, 2007.

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Because it’s a fixer-upper in a bad neighbourhood with an atrocious reputation for housing deviants, killers, thugs, con-men, drug abusers, fraudsters, snake-oil salesmen, hypocrites and generally rotten people for 150 years.

Posted by CK on Dec 31, 2007.

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I’ve thought about that, a new third party with a big tent message to bring in Southern conservatives, paleos of both the libertarian and conservative type.  Problem is, third parties have never worked unless a previously ‘main’ party is in the process of dying (Federalists in the 1810s, Whigs in 1850s)..and it has been tried before..Disaffected southern Democrats, with no real home left, tried starting a new party. The American Independent Party, which George Wallace run under in 68.  While it may still exist, it is tiny now.

Greenwald is right.  Unless Ron Paul wins it looks like it’s the Israeli lobby that will win November’s election.  The American taxpayer better be prepared to hand over tens of billions more dollars to the Israeli government.

Posted by Bob on Dec 31, 2007.

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It’s the political void of the post-Bush era. Now everyone sees it, and is looking into the void, lusting for the power it promises.

They are unaware; the void is staring back at them.

Posted by Yehya on Dec 31, 2007.

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If the GOP hacks and Faux News keep Dr. Paul out of the New Hampshire debates I wish he would bolt now to the Constitution Party.Let McCain and Lieberman have the GOP.Thats the neocon dream ticket.

Posted by jack on Dec 31, 2007.

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Vote tabulation for the Iowa caucuses in 2004 outsourced to the american subsidiary of an Israeli defense firm.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/19098
I wonder if the 2008 count will be done the same way.  Voxeo to Elron to the MSM.
I think they call it democracy.

Posted by CK on Jan 01, 2008.

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CK,

It is for all those reasons that you mentioned that this party is going cheap.  Dr. Paul may not run as a third party candidate but he will get many votes regardless.  Can you see Ron Paul voters accepting any of the cadavers the MSM is touting ?

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