Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Politics -Democrats

Yep. its June....

It's hot outside and the TV season is over... America's longest running soap opera and faux news events continue to roil on. Propelled by their own steam the candidates are huffing and puffing to keep themselves and their campaigns inflated as they struggle towards the January and February 2008 primaries... After the primaries, there will be just NINE short months until anyone can actually vote.... Beginning February 6, 2008 there will be only 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 months with little new to learn that we did not learn in 2007... NINE months of watching those voted "most likely-like able-liked" by the EXTREMISTS of their party will try to convince the large bloc of unregistered, unaffiliated, turned-off, apathetic INDEPENDENT voters that they really didn't mean all those extreme things they said...



HILLARY UPDATE

The continuing weird news is that Hillary is lagging in Iowa and so she has pulled Bill out to campaign for her during the month of July... Disingenuously, the press release says that this will be his first appearance on her behalf... What was the visit and march in Selma? What was the visit in South Carolina? Rumors abound that he has his own airplane and own campaign staff. he is making calls on her behalf to raise money and garner support.... When will this end? When will SHE run on her own two left feet?.... Will she call him to help-save-her when she is President?... Everytime HE appears she diminishes in stature... "Sisters are doing it for themselves?"... Sure doesn't look that way..



Mayor Mikey = President Mikey

It sure looks like he is heading in that direction... The dots to be connected... Tonight's news says he has left the Republican Party... Shock-! Who else can we get him to take along? He was a Republican In Name Only (RINO) and only swept in behind Giuliani because the Democrats were so feeble and untrustworthy....

Mr. Bloomberg sent out a statement at 6:05 p.m. declaring that he is leaving the Republican Party and has filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to register as an "unaffiliated voter."

"Although my plans for the future haven't changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our City," the statement said.

Mr. Bloomberg, a life-long Democrat who became a Republican to run for mayor in 2001, is a billionaire who would not have to hold a single fund-raiser if he decides to throw his hat in the ring.

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"We have achiever real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests about the common good. As a political independent I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face."

"Any successful elected executive knows that real results are more important than the partisan battles and that good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology."

BULL GARBAGE... we have a system that gridlocks by design. IT stops fanatics and visionaries from running roughshod over the opposition. Achieving things that are REALLY IMPORTANT gets done when the people (the ones who decide whats important) finally change the faces until they get the right combination for agreement. His speech from Los Angeles, California earlier in the day...

Bloomberg's office in New York issued his statement today while the mayor was in California appearing at a number of events, including a conference in Los Angeles called "Ceasefire! Bridging the Political Divide."

He said in his speech that partisanship was stopping the federal government from taking on big goals.

"When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air -- the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest. This is paralyzing our government -- and it's leading our elected officials to push all the big, long-term problems onto future generations: health care, Social Security, budget deficits, global warming, immigration, you name it. Their inaction and partisan gridlock are destroying our relationships and reputation around the world. "

I think that has the smell of mendacity.... A self-made billionaire does not make consensus. He commands and people obey. Being a politician is a very different world from being a businessman... Being a mayor, even of a large city is very different from being in control of one-third of the government of a nation. Every good marketing professional understands the importance of knowing your market, knowing the limitations and knowing the game.. Billionares are unique people, most especially, one whose name is on the company and every one of its products... Neither business or politics are a game for small egos, but Mayor Mikey may find that while others may lack his wealth few in Washington lack in comparison of appreciation of the self...

The Mayor aparently sees an opportunity to swoop in and take the Presidency away from Hillary...She was slow walking towards her coronation until Obama rose in the national psyche. Offering good look, charm and a way to assuage racial guilt, Obama has changed the dynamic of the race.

In a recent LA Times-BLOOMBERG poll:

When registered voters were asked which party they would like to win the White House, they preferred a Democrat over a Republican by 8%. But in a race pitting Mrs. Clinton against Mayor Giuliani, a Republican, the former New York mayor was favored by 10%.

Conversations with a dozen Times-Bloomberg poll respondents exposed a sour aftertaste from controversies of her White House years with President Clinton. Mark Penn, Mrs. Clinton's chief campaign strategist, said his reading of the electorate is that few voters hold such views.

If Hillary wins the Democrat Candidacy and Guilani wins the Republican Candidacy and Bloomberg runs as an independent...
The nation will see three faces from New York...
Who will Bloomberg take votes from?

Does America LOVE New Yorkers THAT much?
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New Yorkers seemingly think so...




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