Sandy's Political Magic

[MorningSong]

Bloomberg Endorses Obama....now the Independents can have a say....


Bloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Climate Change
By RAYMOND HERNANDEZ
Published: November 1, 2012

In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign and that as a result he was endorsing President Obama.

Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent in his third term leading New York City, has been sharply critical of both Mr. Obama, a Democrat, and Mitt Romney, the president’s Republican rival, saying that both men have failed to candidly confront the problems afflicting the nation. But he said he had decided over the past several days that Mr. Obama was the best candidate to tackle the global climate change that the mayor believes contributed to the violent storm, which took the lives of at least 38 New Yorkers and caused billions of dollars in damage.

“The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of next Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief,” Mr. Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed article for Bloomberg View.

“Our climate is changing,” he wrote. “And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.”

Mr. Bloomberg’s announcement is another indication that Hurricane Sandy has influenced the presidential campaign. The storm, and the destruction it left in its wake, has dominated news coverage, transfixing the nation and prompting the candidates to halt their campaigning briefly.

More than that, it appears to have given a new level of urgency to a central issue in the presidential campaign: the appropriate size and role of government.

As the Federal Emergency Management Agency began undertaking relief efforts across the Northeast, Mr. Romney found himself in the tough position of having to clarify a statement he made last year in which he appeared to back giving the states a larger share of the federal government’s role in disaster response.

But Mr. Bloomberg’s endorsement was largely unexpected. For months, the Obama and Romney campaigns have sought the mayor’s endorsement, in large part because they believe he could influence independent voters around the country......

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/02/nyregion/bloomberg-endorses-obama-saying-hurricane-sandy-affected-decision.html?_r=0

[WhiteFeather]

I'm shocked Bloomberg would favor Obama - The Men's Room Cologne Clerk, I certainly thought he would give the nod for The Corporate Ass Clown In Mitt Romney, after all Bloomberg is an Ass Clown himself. Pic Below..


http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmiuAaeMTZg/T_77tDq3OVI/AAAAAAAAHZk/Gtz8q3yMU1w/s1600/340x_custom_1269099897616_bloomberg.jpg

[Star Tsar]

It was nice to see President Obama hug that lady even if it was contrived.
I imagine it would be easy to give an order or press a button but to deal with the consequence face to face is a whole different matter!
Shame he could not extend that hug to the rest of the world.
There could be potential there perhaps :confused:

[David Trd1]

Obamas and ass clown too....`he`s just a lot more deceiving.........

[Cidersomerset]

I heard this report on channel 4 a couple hours ago and I'm waiting for it to come up to post. It sounded as the reporter
was saying it, very convenient. New York hit by two hurricanes this year reinforces the global warming theory that Romney
is not so sure about, and Mayor Bloomberg is now convinced of so is supporting Obama. Thats how he spun it, but we are
not sure these events are natural or Haarpe influenced ??

[Rocky_Shorz]

It was nice to see President Obama hug that lady even if it was contrived.
I imagine it would be easy to give an order or press a button but to deal with the consequence face to face is a whole different matter!
Shame he could not extend that hug to the rest of the world.
There could be potential there perhaps :confused:

hearing republicans complaining he is helping Muslims says it all, he is sending hugs to make up for the disasters Bush left behind, dividing this world and turning them against a country that had always been loved...

I'm hoping he can send a hug to the house and remind them they are Americans too...

[Rocky_Shorz]

I heard this report on channel 4 a couple hours ago and I'm waiting for it to come up to post. It sounded as the reporter
was saying it, very convenient. New York hit by two hurricanes this year reinforces the global warming theory that Romney
is not so sure about, and Mayor Bloomberg is now convinced of so is supporting Obama. Thats how he spun it, but we are
not sure these events are natural or Haarpe influenced ??

very little can be done about global warming in America, our cars put out 1/3rd the greenhouse gasses of a cow...

but what we could do is every American company outside our borders would be charged fines for not using clean energy...

if you move production out to create a need for coal electric plants to pump out more garbage into the atmosphere that is melting the ice cap, a percentage of the yearly disasters hitting us from global warming charged as a fine...

we can affect 3rd world countries in ways that can clean up this world, one greedy banker at a time... ;)

[Sebastion]

Before the hurricane, I'd pretty much decided not to vote in this election. But after reading several diatribes about how Obama is a light worker, I decided he was too dangerous to re-elect for four more years. I am not even remotely happy to vote for Romney. Both parties are simply the eyes of the same damn wolf.

There are senators and representatives running as well. I will do my best to help toss out as many of the progressive, socialist democraps as I can and any republicans as I can who won't support this country's constitution. It ain't much but it's a start. So Bloomberg can vote for what's his face and I'll vote the opposite. Just want to thank Rocky for helping me make my mind up!

[Rocky_Shorz]

I betcha don't vote, all words on a page... ;)

[Sebastion]

If it makes ya happy Rocky, you may continue to think so;)




I betcha don't vote, all words on a page... ;)

[Rocky_Shorz]

do you know how many countries are dreaming of some day being able to vote, we have the right, but very few even do...

if you vote, for either candidate, it is a win for the world...

[NancyV]

Before the hurricane, I'd pretty much decided not to vote in this election. But after reading several diatribes about how Obama is a light worker, I decided he was too dangerous to re-elect for four more years. I am not even remotely happy to vote for Romney. Both parties are simply the eyes of the same damn wolf.

There are senators and representatives running as well. I will do my best to help toss out as many of the progressive, socialist democraps as I can and any republicans as I can who won't support this country's constitution. It ain't much but it's a start. So Bloomberg can vote for what's his face and I'll vote the opposite. Just want to thank Rocky for helping me make my mind up!
I'm with you, Sebastion! I wasn't going to vote this time either but after reading some of the radical, liberal "progressive" political posts on the forum, such as Rocky's, I decided the devil I don't know might be better than the devil I do know. Romney couldn't possibly be any worse than Obama and there's a chance he could be better. So I voted against the devil who is now the President and for Romney.

[Dennis Leahy]

I don't vote for devils. I don't measure the length of their horns - I know they are devils. What more do I need to know? I won't vote for either.

I have also likened it to being shot in the head, point blank, with either a .44 or a .45 - take your choice. I have heard every pragmatic twist I could ever care to hear. This is our "Groundhog Day" our endless loop, our mobius strip, where we pretend every 4 years something will change and that citizens will have a voice. hahahahahahahahahahahahhahaha

I predict Goldman Sachs will win the election.

Oh goodie, now I know how a billionaire will vote! Thanks Bloomberg! That's such valuable information for... hmmmmm... well, maybe for other billionaires.

I love you all dearly, but REALLY...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x-fkSYDtUY

Dennis

[ThePythonicCow]

do you know how many countries are dreaming of some day being able to vote, we have the right, but very few even do...
Voting when it determines who will control our political institutions on our behalf is a precious right, yes.

We don't have that right anymore, for pretty much any major office in the USA.

We might as well be prisoners in a gulag, controlling whether mind controlled bully puppet A or B of our prison wardens shall wear the cocked hat of chief warden. Those we vote for are no longer in control of our political institutions.

[ThePythonicCow]

We don't have that right anymore, for pretty much any major office in the USA.
At times in my life, I've worked long hours for political causes on the left side of the aisle, and at other times on the right side of the aisle.

When I am aware once again that political activity, including voting, matters, I may well engage again in such.

For now, I spend as much time deciding which political candidate is best as I do deciding whether Marlboro or Camel is a better cigarette ... zero.

[GCS1103]

Before the hurricane, I'd pretty much decided not to vote in this election. But after reading several diatribes about how Obama is a light worker, I decided he was too dangerous to re-elect for four more years. I am not even remotely happy to vote for Romney. Both parties are simply the eyes of the same damn wolf.

There are senators and representatives running as well. I will do my best to help toss out as many of the progressive, socialist democraps as I can and any republicans as I can who won't support this country's constitution. It ain't much but it's a start. So Bloomberg can vote for what's his face and I'll vote the opposite. Just want to thank Rocky for helping me make my mind up!
I'm with you, Sebastion! I wasn't going to vote this time either but after reading some of the radical, liberal "progressive" political posts on the forum, such as Rocky's, I decided the devil I don't know might be better than the devil I do know. Romney couldn't possibly be any worse than Obama and there's a chance he could be better. So I voted against the devil who is now the President and for Romney.

NancyV- you took the words out of my mouth, but you have said it better than I could.

[GCS1103]

do you know how many countries are dreaming of some day being able to vote, we have the right, but very few even do...
Voting when it determines who will control our political institutions on our behalf is a precious right, yes.

We don't have that right anymore, for pretty much any major office in the USA.

We might as well be prisoners in a gulag, controlling whether mind controlled bully puppet A or B of our prison wardens shall wear the cocked hat of chief warden. Those we vote for are no longer in control of our political institutions.

I agree with you, Paul. Our vote is really irrelevant; except to ourselves. Some of us vote because it gives us a little pleasure to pull the lever against someone. That's what I'll be doing on Tuesday. My vote may have no impact on who wins the election, but I'll be walking out of the voting booth with a smile on my face.