Trump's worse than anyone, although we might not know enough about Bloomberg or Mayo Pete yet to be certain how much worse than they he is. And Biden... may actually do worse things than Trump. Trump hasn't actually cut Social Security yet. I have no doubt-- not the slightest-- that Biden will do so as quickly as he can. I know these three goons are the heroes of many from the Republican wing of the Democratic Party-- essentially the Eisenhower Republicans. Columnist Jonathan Chait is a good example. The perfect example of an elitist with an out-of-control hated of the working class, Chait spends his much of his time castigating progressives. He was at it again Thursday. He allows his extreme prejudices to get in the way of whatever rationality he has. "Bernie Sanders is currently favored to win the nomination, a prospect," he insists wrongly, "that would make Donald Trump a heavy favorite to win reelection, and open the possibility of a Corbyn-esque wipeout. While Sanders has not expanded beyond a minority of the party, he has consolidated support of the party’s left wing, and while its mainstream liberal [using the European term for "liberal," what we in America recognize as conservative] wing is split between numerous contenders, it is hard to see how the situation is likely to improve soon. Indeed, it could get worse, much worse."Chait's definition of a liberal-- remember, a conservative-- is Biden, who began his career as a racist, spent most of it trying to cut social safety net benefits, while sucking up to banksters and cheerleading wars. Biden was Chait's pick for president and Chait is furious that his campaign imploded, even though that was inevitable as most sensible political observers noted. But Chait and other conservative Democrats like him, still have hope: "[I]f Bloomberg is the last Democrat standing against Sanders, he may well attract substantial support from Democratic elected officials and put up a strong fight. Still, he would face enormous opposition from the left. This is, after all, a billionaire who endorsed George W. Bush in 2004. And while the left has previously whipped itself into an angry frenzy against, successively, O’Rourke, Biden, Harris, and Buttigieg, the rage against Bloomberg would reach a new level. At that point, the victory scenario would involve a long, bloody struggle all the way to the convention, with the Sanders movement claiming at every step of the way that the party is rigging the race against them, culminating in a convention where his enraged supporters will again try to shout down the proceedings. Unless one of the non-Bloombergs can somehow get off the mat and defeat Sanders, this is probably the best-case scenario for liberals at this point. It seems more probable that Sanders crushes the field and brings his historically unique suite of liabilities to the ticket."One of the times Biden ran for president, he was forced to close up shop early after being caught plagiarizing other politicians' work as his own. Akela Lacy just counted at least 8 times Mini-Mike did the same thing, although this time stealing from other people's work and trying to pass them off as his own ideas. Mini-Mike has no ideas beyond anger at Trump and his own grotesquely inflated ego. So he just stole policy planks for maternal health, LGBTQ equality, the economy, tax policy, infrastructure, and mental health from research publications, media outlets, and a number of nonprofit, educational, and policy groups.Mini-Mike's Blind Ambition TourSome of this plagiarism, wrote Lacy "were direct copies of material from media outlets including CNN, Time, and CBS, a research center at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the American Medical Association, Everytown for Gun Safety, Building America’s Future Educational Fund, and other organizations. Bloomberg co-founded Everytown for Gun Safety, a political organization focused on gun control, and Building America’s Future Educational Fund, a nonprofit working on infrastructure investment and reform, and has chaired them in the past, and he was listed as a co-author on the educational fund’s reports. He is not clearly affiliated with the other sources. The plagiarized sections ranged in length from entire paragraphs to individual sentences and fragments in documents that were between five and 14 pages long."
On Wednesday afternoon, The Intercept sent a detailed query to the Bloomberg campaign. By Thursday morning, one of the plans was completely taken down, while others were changed. Asked about the plan that was removed, spokesperson Julie Wood said the campaign would notify The Intercept when it was posted again.The Bloomberg campaign did not deny the plagiarism. In a statement, the campaign said, “Much of what you flagged were fact sheets that went out via MailChimp”-- an online newsletter service-- “which doesn’t support footnote formatting. When we announce policy platforms, we put together detailed fact sheets with context and supporting background, so that reporters understand the problem we’re trying to solve with our policy. For sourcing, we often look to the organizations that Mike has led or worked with in the past, like the City of New York and Building America’s Future. We have since added citations and links to these documents.”Bloomberg, an American oligarch who jumped into the presidential race in late November and has spent more than $300 million of his own money on campaign ads so far, is expected to qualify for his first presidential debate this month, following a late January rule change from the Democratic National Committee. The DNC doubled the polling threshold and eliminated a requirement that a candidate had to hit 225,000 individual donors to make the debate stage, drawing criticisms that the rules were changed for Bloomberg’s benefit (Bloomberg is completely self-funding his campaign). Asked during Monday’s Iowa caucus about backlash to the rule change in relation to Bloomberg, DNC communications director Xochitl Hinojosa said, “He has not qualified for the debate.”
Here area few of the example's Lacy cited in her post at The Intercept:Bloomberg’s “Smarter Faster Safer Greener: A Plan To Bring America’s Infrastructure Into the 21st Century” Fact SheetThe Bloomberg campaign’s plan for green infrastructure was taken down in its entirety following The Intercept’s request for comment.Bloomberg’s “All-in Economy” AgendaBloomberg’s “LGBTQ+ Equality Policy”Keep in mind that Bloomberg is a long-time notorious closet case who goes to greets lengths to hide his affairs with young men.Bloomberg’s Tax PolicyBloomberg’s “21st Century Infrastructure Plan” Fact SheetAfter he was confronted by The Intercept, he directed his campaign staff to change the documents and coverup the reality of his theft of other peoples' work. He's used to doing that for decades as he's lied about his sexual proclivities again and again and again until-- like Lindsey Graham-- he becomes unable to differentiate between truth and fiction.
