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Getbig Main Boards => Politics and Political Issues Board => Topic started by: 240 is Back on May 20, 2007, 08:24:18 AM
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wow... this might be an interesting one to follow. Bloomberg has put aside a BILLION dollars to run.
Hagel has said very good things about Bloomberg.
Polls show people are dissatisfied with who they have running in both parties.
Perot got 20% of the popular vote, even tho many believed he was crazy.
Perot was ahead of Bush AND Clinton at one point.
Bloomberg is a very stable guy with strong corporate connections - way stronger candidate than Perot.
Can you imagine a bipartisan, anti-war presidential ticket with more money than anyone else?
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wow... this might be an interesting one to follow. Bloomberg has put aside a BILLION dollars to run.
Hagel has said very good things about Bloomberg.
Polls show people are dissatisfied with who they have running in both parties.
Perot got 20% of the popular vote, even tho many believed he was crazy.
Perot was ahead of Bush AND Clinton at one point.
Bloomberg is a very stable guy with strong corporate connections - way stronger candidate than Perot.
Can you imagine a bipartisan, anti-war presidential ticket with more money than anyone else?
Nothing like trying to buy the white house!
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Nothing like trying to buy the white house!
If you understood the 2004 Diebold (e-voting) contract, given to the firm after the Diebold CEO promised a republican victory in a memo to his staff, the ensuing debacle in Ohio in which Bush won despite every statistical piece of data saying he did not and the repubs suing to prevent the paper backups from being verified to ensure accuracy...
Well, then you'd see the irony in your statement.
But ya don't. So you won't.
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If you understood the 2004 Diebold (e-voting) contract, given to the firm after the Diebold CEO promised a republican victory in a memo to his staff, the ensuing debacle in Ohio in which Bush won despite every statistical piece of data saying he did not and the repubs suing to prevent the paper backups from being verified to ensure accuracy...
Well, then you'd see the irony in your statement.
But ya don't. So you won't.
Where did you say that memo was again?
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Where did you say that memo was again?
In August 2003, Walden O'Dell, chief executive of Diebold, announced that he had been a top fund-raiser for President George W. Bush and had sent a get-out-the-funds letter to Ohio Republicans. In the letters he says he is "committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year." Critics of Diebold interpreted this as implying that he might rig the company's electronic voting machines to give an unfair advantage to Bush. The letter also was seen as an indication of a perceived conflict of interest by critics. He has responded to the critics by pointing out that the company's election machines division is run out of Texas by a registered Democrat. He also claims the statement about delivering Ohio's electoral votes to Bush was simply a poor choice of words. Nonetheless, he vowed to lower his political profile lest his personal actions harm the company. O'Dell resigned his post of chairman and chief executive of Diebold on December 12, 2005 following reports that the company was facing securities fraud litigation surrounding charges of insider trading.
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Nothing like trying to buy the white house!
This is America, bitch.
I think Bloomberg would be great, even though he might stay the course in Iraq... he is a businessman and I think he'd think at the margin and make better decisions than Bush.
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i would just like to see the chaos ensue with 3 guys running.
who cares who wins, they're all gonna do the same thing anyway.
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Here's the original Bloomberg thread that 240 copied..
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=148703.0
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the Hagel connection was explored this morning on Meet the Press, and was therefore the true inspiration for my post. The other thread is nifty too tho!
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This is America, bitch.
I think Bloomberg would be great, even though he might stay the course in Iraq... he is a businessman and I think he'd think at the margin and make better decisions than Bush.
Don't be an idiot, you can by damn near everyother office in the country, but the White House? Lets just say all he needs to do is screw up one time then you'll really have some conspiracy theories!!
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Don't be an idiot, you can by damn near everyother office in the country, but the White House? Lets just say all he needs to do is screw up one time then you'll really have some conspiracy theories!!
I don't see him having a Howard Dean moment...
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Nothing like trying to buy the white house!
Unfortunately, that's pretty much how you get into office. Have and spend more money than most of your opponents. :-\
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Unfortunately, that's pretty much how you get into office. Have and spend more money than most of your opponents. :-\
tha'ts half of it.
the other half is coming from a group which *understands* longterm US policy goals. A guy with ten billion bucks won't get into office if his first action in office will be to pull all mid east bases or disarm nukes. The system is in place to make sure no 4-year tempolrary guy can fck up longterm US strategic interests.
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i would just like to see the chaos ensue with 3 guys running.
who cares who wins, they're all gonna do the same thing anyway.
Bingo