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I'm looking forward to the debate tonite, hopefully Bloomberg will get to show everyone what kind of candidate he really is. I still think his entire campaign

I'm looking forward to the debate tonite, hopefully Bloomberg will get to show everyone what kind of candidate he really is. I still think his entire campaign is just a twisted way to get around campaign contribution limits and possibly a bulwark to keep the wacko socialist candidates from winning the nomination. Hopefully he proves me wrong and is a real candidate that will be able to stand toe to toe with President Trump and we will see a good old fashioned dust up between the two of them this summer!!

inferiorhuman 7y ago
Were you paid to post that?
octonion 7y ago
Improving society is "wacko"?
- rudedogg 7y ago
  I don't think the OP meant it in the way you think. My guess is they're speaking of the riskiness of Bernie winning the nomination, where as someone more centrist seems like a safer bet. But who knows, the experts said Hillary would win too. Edit: Nevermind, the OP meant what you thought :D
  - sigmaprimus 7y ago
    Actually I do agree with your statement, your statement is a much more nuanced PC way of getting to the point of my original comment. I tend to far more blunt with my comments probably because I just get a kick out working up the zealots on both sides.
    - hnaccount141 7y ago
      > I tend to far more blunt with my comments probably because I just get a kick out working up the zealots on both sides. HN is not the place for that sort of thing.
      - sigmaprimus 7y ago
        I don't want to turn this into some kind of a flame war, but who are you to tell me or anyone else how to comment? If you have a problem with my comment click the down arrow infront of it, oh wait nevermind you can't do that. Im sorry my comment upset you or actually the better way of saying that would be, Im sorry your upset with my comment.
- sigmaprimus 7y ago
  What is Wako is buying the snake oil these guys are selling you that socialism is an improvement to society. It took almost 100 years after the last US revolution before it fell into a civil war, It won't take more than a year for the next one if a socialist wins the presidency and thinks they they can re-allocate hard working Americans wealth to all the lazy socialist deadbeats.
cvwright 7y ago
Love them or hate them, the one nice thing about Bloomberg and Trump is that, finally the billionaires are stepping out of the shadows. Instead of just bankrolling some frontman who looks good for the cameras, they are running as candidates themselves now. Back in 2015 or 2016, The Atlantic had a great article that highlighted the billionaire donors behind each of the (traditional) Republican candidates in the presidential primary. It wasn't hard to see how the candidate's platform aligned with the donor's agenda in each case. If some billionaire is going to be driving a political campaign, I'd much rather they were upfront about the whole thing and put their own name on it.
- notaharvardmba 7y ago
  And perhaps in this case, rather than some adjunct media agency (i.e. Fox News), the candidate has his own networks already...
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inferiorhuman 7y ago

Were you paid to post that?

octonion 7y ago

Improving society is "wacko"?

rudedogg 7y ago
I don't think the OP meant it in the way you think. My guess is they're speaking of the riskiness of Bernie winning the nomination, where as someone more centrist seems like a safer bet. But who knows, the experts said Hillary would win too. Edit: Nevermind, the OP meant what you thought :D
- sigmaprimus 7y ago
  Actually I do agree with your statement, your statement is a much more nuanced PC way of getting to the point of my original comment. I tend to far more blunt with my comments probably because I just get a kick out working up the zealots on both sides.
  - hnaccount141 7y ago
    > I tend to far more blunt with my comments probably because I just get a kick out working up the zealots on both sides. HN is not the place for that sort of thing.
    - sigmaprimus 7y ago
      I don't want to turn this into some kind of a flame war, but who are you to tell me or anyone else how to comment? If you have a problem with my comment click the down arrow infront of it, oh wait nevermind you can't do that. Im sorry my comment upset you or actually the better way of saying that would be, Im sorry your upset with my comment.
sigmaprimus 7y ago
What is Wako is buying the snake oil these guys are selling you that socialism is an improvement to society. It took almost 100 years after the last US revolution before it fell into a civil war, It won't take more than a year for the next one if a socialist wins the presidency and thinks they they can re-allocate hard working Americans wealth to all the lazy socialist deadbeats.

cvwright 7y ago

Love them or hate them, the one nice thing about Bloomberg and Trump is that, finally the billionaires are stepping out of the shadows. Instead of just bankrolling some frontman who looks good for the cameras, they are running as candidates themselves now. Back in 2015 or 2016, The Atlantic had a great article that highlighted the billionaire donors behind each of the (traditional) Republican candidates in the presidential primary. It wasn't hard to see how the candidate's platform aligned with the donor's agenda in each case. If some billionaire is going to be driving a political campaign, I'd much rather they were upfront about the whole thing and put their own name on it.

notaharvardmba 7y ago
And perhaps in this case, rather than some adjunct media agency (i.e. Fox News), the candidate has his own networks already...

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