Friday, October 2, 2009

Bloomberg spending in the stratosphere

From CBS 2:

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has spent $64.8 million of his own money in his bid for a third term and, since midsummer, has been spending campaign cash at a rate of $15,000 per hour.

From Neighborhood Retail Alliance:

There is really no question in our mind that Mike Bloomberg is a master politician-and the reason lies with his ability to convince enough folks that his actions and policy decisions owe little or nothing to the behind the scenes political machinations that determines these manifest moves. Of course, it helps when you have millions of your own money to spend to encourage others to parade around pantomiming your party line as you remain aloof and seemingly uninvolved with the play.

The Village Voice's Tom Robbins underscores this theme with his discussion of Bloomberg's term limit scheme-and the subsequent quest for the third title: "As it heads into the home stretch, the Bloomberg campaign has adopted a new slogan to sum things up and help focus voters on the big picture. The new motto was rolled out at the big Bloomberg rally held primary night on a West Side pier, a gala celebration aimed at snatching attention away from Democrats and on to Mayor Mike. The slogan was emblazoned on Bloomberg's podium, and tattooed over and over on a TV backdrop. Which made it hard to miss. It read: "Progress. Not Politics." The first word is a debate worth having. The next two are simply lies."

And it is only in New York, where one candidate has unlimited funds, and the other's tapped out, that any one could seriously advance the idea that Mike Bloomberg was somehow above the nastiness of normal politics. And his quest for ballot lines dramatizes the fraud: "Not politics? Whatever you think of Bill Thompson's erratic campaign, at least he was being nominated that very night by his own party in an open primary. Mike Bloomberg? His GOP endorsement came courtesy of a classic, old-school political deal in which five Republican county leaders sat down in a room and agreed to give the mayor their ballot line. He cut the same insiders' pact with the cultish local chapter of the Independence Party. The party's nominating convention this spring featured all the democracy of a Chinese Politburo meeting, including a ruling clique that fawned over the visiting mayor. A few weeks later, Bloomberg sealed the deal with a $250,000 down-payment to the party's coffers, with presumably a great deal more to come."

13 comments:

Adolf Bloomhitler said...

"Progress. Not Politics."

Zat's vat I am telling you to believe. Und most of the lemmings are falling for it! How many timez must I tell you zat I am not running against anyone?

Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh Heh

Adolf Bloomhitler said...

By ze vay, does zis wallet make my pantz look fat?

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Anonymous said...

Anyone got change for a mayor?

Anonymous said...

And what kind of "progress" was made under Bloom-fuhrer for the past 8 years?

His wealthy pals on Wall Street and in the real estate business progressed, as can be seen by the enourmous increse in their wealth.

The rest of us got Mike's "politics" as usual which amounted to his foot up our asses!

Anonymous said...

If Bloomberg's idea of "progress" is what we've already gotten...the middle class outpriced and fleeing NYC...then who needs some more of his broken campaign promises.

Anonymous said...

Put a foot up Mike's ass at the polls!

Queens Crapper said...

You have to wonder why the world's greatest businessman would spend so foolishly on a campaign to win an office that he doesn't get paid for. What's his real motivation and why should we trust this man?

linda said...

the guys's an ass and i truly believe he won't win for third term, because everyone is sick of him. adolf bloomhitler, if your judging from blogs then you are clueless, try asking people around the city. time for change vote thompson! let's get rid of a spoiled rich man who has special interest thru out this great city. love the commericals how he's claiming he's not getting paid for special interest. BS! he has invested in those damn condo's which he wants to bail out.

PizzaBagel said...

A few weeks later, Bloomberg sealed the deal with a $250,000 down-payment to the party's coffers, with presumably a great deal more to come.

A great deal more to come? Ha! Bloomberg doesn't even know the names of the candidates for comptroller and public advocate on the party line for which he spent chump change to get "nominated." If I were the sorry NYC Republicans, I wouldn't be holding my breath for another penny from Bloomie. Having gotten what he wanted from them, he forgot them long ago and kicked them to the curb. Suckers!

Anonymous said...

Put a foot up Mike's ass at the polls!

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Oh wow, that is going to have some effect.

Written any letters condeming the local press?

Speak out to any local pol?

Then just shut up and sit down.

Adolf Bloomhitler said...

adolf bloomhitler, if your judging from blogs then you are clueless, try asking people around the city.

Ooh Linda, I have a zurprize for you too. Don't vorry. Ve vill take care of ze people who don't get it as vell. I vill not shtop until ze people annoint me as their king! Now get down and give me 10 sig heils!

Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho Ho

Anonymous said...

F--k deluging the local papers with letters. They won't print them anyway!

Bloomberg's Waterloo is at the polls.

TURN OUT...AND VOTE HIM OUT!

Jerry Rotondi said...

Just chump change for a multi-billionaire!

If Mike weren't so obsessed with trans fats he'd probably consider it ice cream money.