Comments on: Bloomberg Leaves GOP http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:02:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: SovereignMN http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218414 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 15:06:29 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218414 I don't think there would be anything illegal or unconstitutional either. However; I would think/hope that Congress would immediately vote to impeach a President and VP who openly bought their seats on the open market. President Pelosi? *Shudder* I don’t think there would be anything illegal or unconstitutional either. However; I would think/hope that Congress would immediately vote to impeach a President and VP who openly bought their seats on the open market. President Pelosi? Shudder

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218376 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:43:25 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218376 SMN: Yeah, that would be a better idea than my $65 per. Also, despite the obvious immorality of it, I don't think there would be anything illegal with what you're proposing -- at least nothing that could stop it. Several states have toothless laws about how the electors have to vote, but there are probably 270-electoral-votes worth that don't. SMN: Yeah, that would be a better idea than my $65 per. Also, despite the obvious immorality of it, I don’t think there would be anything illegal with what you’re proposing—at least nothing that could stop it. Several states have toothless laws about how the electors have to vote, but there are probably 270-electoral-votes worth that don’t.

]]> by: SovereignMN http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218351 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:06:36 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218351 "Hell, he could just give $65 to each of the SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION non-voters to get them off their asses to vote." Here's something that I've always thought. What if he promised each elector in the electoral college $10MM for their vote, regardless of how the state voted? If all 538 electors agreed that would cost him $5.38 BILLION. If only 270 electors agreed that would cost him $2.7 BILLION. I'm not suggesting it would happen but if such a thing were to occur how many electors would accept? “Hell, he could just give $65 to each of the SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION non-voters to get them off their asses to vote.”

Here’s something that I’ve always thought. What if he promised each elector in the electoral college $10MM for their vote, regardless of how the state voted? If all 538 electors agreed that would cost him $5.38 BILLION. If only 270 electors agreed that would cost him $2.7 BILLION.

I’m not suggesting it would happen but if such a thing were to occur how many electors would accept?

]]> by: matt http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218267 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 11:50:41 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-218267 I mean the mass of people, duh. We're all people, but we're all only one person. Ross Perot had, shall we say, cultural advantages that Bloomberg does not. He was an old, crusty texan that could poke fun at himself. That alone counts for a lot. I mean the mass of people, duh. We’re all people, but we’re all only one person. Ross Perot had, shall we say, cultural advantages that Bloomberg does not. He was an old, crusty texan that could poke fun at himself. That alone counts for a lot.

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217896 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 04:32:17 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217896 What about Ross Perot? Who are "the People"? Are people on Wall Street not people too? Are business owners and capitalists and investors throughout the country not "people" too? What about Ross Perot? Who are “the People”? Are people on Wall Street not people too? Are business owners and capitalists and investors throughout the country not “people” too?

]]> by: matt http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217791 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:57:43 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217791 GE, To paraphrase Tolstoy, all skinny guys look more or less the same, but each of us fat people are fat in our own way. The presence of a 5 billion dollar man with no political party connection will inspire an amazingly negative grassroots response on both sides, and I think people are too cynical for the "virtuous billionaire running for president" character. GE,
To paraphrase Tolstoy, all skinny guys look more or less the same, but each of us fat people are fat in our own way.

The presence of a 5 billion dollar man with no political party connection will inspire an amazingly negative grassroots response on both sides, and I think people are too cynical for the “virtuous billionaire running for president” character.

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217766 Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:26:12 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217766 In non-political terms (for context), $5 billion would produce $13.5 million in after-tax interest... PER MONTH. Bloomberg is 65. If he put all of his money in cash, he could spend $16,307 PER HOUR and he would reach 100 years of age before he ran out of dough. Let's say Wayne Allyn Root has $10 million (haha, yeah, right!). Bloomberg has that much... 500 times. That's 5,000 stacks of $1 million. There's no way his campaign is going to be "ignored" unless he wants it to be ignored. Hell, he could just give $65 to each of the SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION non-voters to get them off their asses to vote. In non-political terms (for context), $5 billion would produce $13.5 million in after-tax interest… PER MONTH.

Bloomberg is 65. If he put all of his money in cash, he could spend $16,307 PER HOUR and he would reach 100 years of age before he ran out of dough.

Let’s say Wayne Allyn Root has $10 million (haha, yeah, right!). Bloomberg has that much… 500 times. That’s 5,000 stacks of $1 million.

There’s no way his campaign is going to be “ignored” unless he wants it to be ignored.

Hell, he could just give $65 to each of the SEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION non-voters to get them off their asses to vote.

]]> by: Chris Moore http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217599 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 22:46:31 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217599 <blockquote>And I think you guys are underestimating how much $5 billion is and what it can buy.</blockquote> Just to give you an idea of how much money $5 billion is: Bloomberg could spend ~$30 million PER MONTH on the campaign next year, and in the end he would still have $5 billion dollars. He could easily spend $100 million PER MONTH, and still be a billionaire many times over by the end of the campaign. He could buy 30 minutes of primetime on network television every week from January to November and still be a billionaire after the election. He could produce 10 high-budget action films starring himself as the dashing hero who saves the world from global terrorists, and he would still be a billionaire many times over when the election was over.
And I think you guys are underestimating how much $5 billion is and what it can buy.

Just to give you an idea of how much money $5 billion is:

Bloomberg could spend ~$30 million PER MONTH on the campaign next year, and in the end he would still have $5 billion dollars.

He could easily spend $100 million PER MONTH, and still be a billionaire many times over by the end of the campaign.

He could buy 30 minutes of primetime on network television every week from January to November and still be a billionaire after the election.

He could produce 10 high-budget action films starring himself as the dashing hero who saves the world from global terrorists, and he would still be a billionaire many times over when the election was over.

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217539 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:43:11 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217539 His "competitors" in the corporate media are... THE CORPORATE MEDIA! Operative word being "corporate." Two anti-corporate campaigns by the majors will, if anything, cause the corporate media to be biased in Bloomberg's favor. And I think you guys are underestimating how much $5 billion is and what it can buy. His “competitors” in the corporate media are… THE CORPORATE MEDIA! Operative word being “corporate.” Two anti-corporate campaigns by the majors will, if anything, cause the corporate media to be biased in Bloomberg’s favor. And I think you guys are underestimating how much $5 billion is and what it can buy.

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217525 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:25:30 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217525 SNM: That picture is of me, but unless you worked at Hantz Financial in Bay City, MI and we had a conversation I don't recall, I'm not your man. Fat people all look alike. SNM: That picture is of me, but unless you worked at Hantz Financial in Bay City, MI and we had a conversation I don’t recall, I’m not your man. Fat people all look alike.

]]> by: matt http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217440 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:52:35 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217440 GE, I'm more of a conspiracy-theory agnostic these days. Bloomberg does have certain advantages due to his position, connections, and financial status, but his competitors can't be expected to cover him without bias, and you can bet his own network will be watched VERY closely. Also, many people will be prejudiced against him because of the things I mentioned and many more that I won't mention because to do so would be racist/conspiratorial. GE,
I’m more of a conspiracy-theory agnostic these days.

Bloomberg does have certain advantages due to his position, connections, and financial status, but his competitors can’t be expected to cover him without bias, and you can bet his own network will be watched VERY closely.

Also, many people will be prejudiced against him because of the things I mentioned and many more that I won’t mention because to do so would be racist/conspiratorial.

]]> by: Bill Wood http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217335 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:37:47 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217335 LOL! LOL!

]]> by: SovereignMN http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217284 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:24:59 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217284 "This is why I think we should be rooting for Bloomberg regardless of what we think of him as a candidate." GE is right on this. Any candidate that poses a threat to the current 2 party system is to be encouraged. This isn't saying that one has to approve of Bloomberg. It's just realizing the fact that the collapse of either of the 2 parties is good news for all of the 3rd party movement. It will open the door for a realignment that could allow us greater access. "Is that a photo of you ?" I've been wondering that myself. I used to work with a guy who sounds just like you read regarding business and trade. The resemblence of this guy to the picture is uncanny...it would be a perfect match if it were you. “This is why I think we should be rooting for Bloomberg regardless of what we think of him as a candidate.”

GE is right on this. Any candidate that poses a threat to the current 2 party system is to be encouraged. This isn’t saying that one has to approve of Bloomberg. It’s just realizing the fact that the collapse of either of the 2 parties is good news for all of the 3rd party movement. It will open the door for a realignment that could allow us greater access.

“Is that a photo of you ?”

I’ve been wondering that myself. I used to work with a guy who sounds just like you read regarding business and trade. The resemblence of this guy to the picture is uncanny…it would be a perfect match if it were you.

]]> by: G.E. Smith aka globalist_elitist http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217276 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:18:12 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217276 Matt - Bloomberg OWNS the media. Besides, what kind of conspriacy-theory anarchist are you if you think that a media-owning, rich, New York, "Jewish" banker can't get media coverage? Bill Wood - If that weren't a picture of me, do you think I'd use it? It's not like I posted a pic of Brad Pitt. Matt – Bloomberg OWNS the media. Besides, what kind of conspriacy-theory anarchist are you if you think that a media-owning, rich, New York, “Jewish” banker can’t get media coverage?

Bill Wood – If that weren’t a picture of me, do you think I’d use it? It’s not like I posted a pic of Brad Pitt.

]]> by: Bill Wood http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217179 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:00:57 +0000 http://thirdpartywatch.com/2007/06/19/bloomberg-leaves-gop/#comment-217179 G.E I like your Campaign website. This may have been asked somewhere else, but I'll ask it here anyway. Is that a photo of you ? G.E I like your Campaign website. This may have been asked somewhere else, but I’ll ask it here anyway. Is that a photo of you ?

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