Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York endorsed President Obama for reelection in a surprise announcement. This wasn't a sure thing: Bloomberg endorsed neither candidate in 2008, and he seriously considered Romney this time around:
At the same time, Mr. Bloomberg said he might have endorsed Mr. Romney, a former Massachusetts governor, except for the fact that the Republican had abandoned positions he once publicly held.The main impetus for Bloomberg's endorsement was Hurricane Sandy. The hurricane made clear the difference between Obama and Romney: Obama's stance on climate change and the size and role of the federal government makes it clear that Obama and the Democrats will do a better job running the government.
“In the past he has taken sensible positions on immigration, illegal guns, abortion rights and health care – but he has reversed course on all of them, and is even running against the very health care model he signed into law in Massachusetts,” the mayor said of Mr. Romney.
Bloomberg's critics will call him a RINO and a closet Democrat. But the truth is, the Republican Party has been hijacked by socially conservative demagogues like Richard Mourock and Todd Akin, wealthy casino magnates and oil barons like Sheldon Adelson and the Koch brothers, who don't think they owe anyone in this country a damned thing, and emotionally stunted political operatives like Karl Rove and Grover Norquist.
I, and probably a quarter to a half of the Democratic Party, would probably still be Republicans and independents to this day had the Republican Party not abandoned science, logic and reason. The Republican Party has forgotten that individual liberty consists of more than the right to shoot anyone you feel afraid of.
Thirty years ago Republicans pasted the label "conservative" on their party, and then constantly redefined rightward the meaning of the word. They have forced their candidates to adopt more and more radical positions or face execution by Tea Party death squads in Republican primaries, as Dick Lugar (Dick Lugar!) did. Republicans have in effect made their form of "conservatism" a matter of religious duty, and defined themselves the arbiters of the orthodoxy.
Consider what "Mr. Conservative" himself, Barry Goldwater, said upon his retirement in 1994:
When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican party and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye.Goldwater, with his beliefs in personal privacy, support for abortion and gays in the military, would be called a RINO and summarily drummed out of the party if he were still alive today.
13 comments:
Sure another dead Republican - those are the only good kind, aren't they?
Most of you don't know this but Nikto used to be a Republican and this is a perfect testament as to why he is not anymore.
If the president wins on Tuesday, part of the reason why will be the extreme rightward trek of the GOP. I doubt they will change but it will be interesting to see what happens after they lose election after election.
Nikto is a perfect testament as to why he is not anymore.
You are so right. Nobody is more ignorant on so many topics as N and he fits perfectly into the Democrat ideology.
Bloomberg is a joke and nowhere near anything resembling a leader. I wouldn't want his endorsement if I was Mitt. Tell he and his nanny state ideas to shove off!
A surprise announcement? Yawn.
Goldwater was the extreme right of his day. Now you laud him.
I suppose if I live long enough all the Dems will be talking about how great W was.
Another Note from the Front -
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/this_is_no_way_to_get_us_up_running_egrMk4ukpzFCGhSF8oM5kN
"As hundreds of thousands of Big Apple residents suffer in homes left without power by Hurricane Sandy, two massive generators are being run 24/7 in Central Park — to juice a media tent for Sunday’s New York City Marathon.
And a third “backup” unit sits idle, in case one of the generators fails.
The three diesel-powered generators crank out 800 kilowatts — enough to power 400 homes in ravaged areas like Staten Island, the Rockaways and downtown Manhattan.
Since emergency executive orders have been issued, the governor, mayor — or even President Obama — could take the generators for a more important use, explained Pace University law professor Bennett Gershman."
Priorities.
http://www.waff.com/story/19981857/some-nonunion-ala-crews-turned-away-from-sandy-recovery
Show up to help, get turned away.
It appears that Benghazi is not just a Fox news obsession.
In the days after the assault, counterterrorism officials expressed dismay over what they interpreted as the Obama Administration's unwillingness to acknowledge that the attack was terrorism; and their opinion that resources which could have helped were excluded.
Oh, I think we can fill in that picture.
Oh, and Bloomberg built his fortune based on serving Wall Street. Isn't that a double-evil way of getting rich?
It's fascinating that the quote from Goldwater came from an article titled Barry Goldwater's Left Turn, which was prompted by him pushing the homosexual agenda. It's no wonder he took a lame swipe at Christianity, since the Bible clearly condemns the agenda he was pushing.
Here is your Bloomberg - one of the worst leaders in the country:
Mayor Bloomberg has snubbed Borough President Markowitz’s impassioned plea to bring the National Guard to Hurricane Sandy-scarred Brooklyn — arguing that approving the Beep’s request would be a waste of federal manpower and turn the borough into a police state.
“We don’t need it,” Mayor Bloomberg said on Wednesday during a press update on the city’s ongoing Hurricane Sandy cleanup. “The NYPD is the only people we want on the street with guns.”
Markowitz demanded the National Guard’s help just an hour before Bloomberg’s press conference, claiming that the NYPD and FDNY are “brave — but overwhelmed” by all the challenges Sandy brought when it visited the borough on Monday night: flooding, power outages, and looting.
Yeah, people are so worried about bringing in troops that they would rather be looted? Good call dumbass! He has a pathological fear of guns and projects it on everyone.
No I more imagine that Bloomie sees the NYPD (particularly his security detail) as his Praetorian Guard.
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