Michael Bloomberg has enough money and personal clout to not give a damn about
what he says about Mitt Romney, or anyone else.And it would appear that Bloomberg, via this article, is letting the public know that he thinks that voting for Romney would be a bad idea. Ouch. A lot of Wall Street reads Bloomberg, just as they read Forbes and the Wall Street Journal. All three have published "I don't think so" articles in the last week. A coincidence, a conspiracy or a warning? I suspect that it is in part a reaction to Romney's major fund-raising success last month, a way of saying to the business community, "Uh guys? Before you throw too much more money that way, you might want to read this, okay?"
That's an interesting thing for those particular folks to have done. One almost needs to ask, "What do they know that the press and the public don't know yet?" My best guess on that is that Romney's web of offshore investments and holdings are significantly larger than he has listed on his financial disclosure forms. How much larger? Well, how about two, three or four times larger? Would that be a problem? If Mitt has listed himself as worth $250 Million and it turned out he was worth closer to a Billion? Ooopsy, another one of those typos one presumes, certainly NOT something that the voters should concern themselves with, but definitely something that the President should apologize for mentioning. Such bad taste, to discuss another man's fortune! How tacky...
Arthur
P.S. "Wimp" Romney. Has a nice ring to it. Might be why he avoids using his real first name "Willard", since that could be seen as a wussy kind of name. And remember, GOP Mogul Michael Bloomberg owns Businessweek now. Him does not seem to like little Mittsy, does he?
Bloomberg gained some recent fame for reading a speech filled with bad puns, only to stop halfway through and ask, "Who wrote this shit?". That seems to be his question about Romney's campaign also.
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"And it would appear that Bloomberg, via this article, is letting the public know that he thinks that voting for Romney would be a bad idea."
"GOP Mogul Michael Bloomberg"
Well Big Guy you asked for it and here I am against my better judgement, but I just couldn't let this one slide. Has the Bad Hat editorial staff been in a coma lately?
OK here goes: Michael Bloomberg was a lifelong democrat until 2001 until he ran for mayor where he became a republican. He won re-election as a republican in 2005 then became an independent in 2007 conveniently to win a third term by extending the term limits law, great political decision. He was a social liberal an a fiscal conservative all along.
OK so who does he endorse in the 2008 presidential election, Obama or McCain? Neither one.
Who does he endorse for the 2012 Presidential election? Arthur says not Romney based on some Bloomberg news agency article by a guy named Anthony Luzzatto Gardner. Huh?
Here's actually what Mayor Bloomberg has said about that: June 18, 2012
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/at-party-bloomberg-tips-hand-on-endorsement/
Mr. Bloomberg said that he believed Mr. Romney would probably be better at running the country than Mr. Obama, according to two guests.
But Mr. Bloomberg said he could not support Mr. Romney because he disagreed with him on so many social issues, these two people said. The mayor mentioned two such issues: abortion rights and gun control.
As a result, Mr. Bloomberg said, he intended to remain neutral, said one guest.
The mayor’s office declined to comment on the conversation.
Both candidates covet the Bloomberg endorsement but he is coy and savvy enough enough to play them both against each other like a fiddle. Face time with Romney and headlines as well as golf with Obama and more headlines.
In answer to your question of us being in a coma lately, no. There are times we appear to be in a coma, but we're usually just waiting for our daily medication to take effect. Thanks for asking.
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