I hope he runs and splits the republican vote. Let Bloomberg be to republicans what Nader was to dems in 2000.

Why do we want another war monger in the WH?

Let me pose the question again: Does anyone know Bloombergs views on Middle Eastern Policy,
Specifically, His views ending the settlements and therefore helping to Bring Peace to the Middle east?

I feel that there is currently no more important Issue before us today. As Tony Blair said before Congress after 9/11, there will never be an end to the war on terror until a fair and equitable solution to the Isreali Palestinian conflict has been arrived at: ie ending the settlement and the ocupation. He is supported in his views by Jimmy Carter, Colin Powell, Many CIA analysts, and virtually jsut about every single other nation in the world.

HRC is totally in bed with AIPAC, and therefore not even under consideration for me.

If bloomberg is willing to finally commit to the measures that we could take to force Israel to withdraw completely from the occupied territories and allow a free palestinian state to emerge, then he might have my vote.

Mr. Bloomberg: You can see a vacuum in American leadership when the timid, cowardly, demigogic candidates utter not one discouraging word about this corrupt, bankrupt economic and financial system, including our bankrupted National Government.
I would be reticent voting for you, however, unless you share the national, racial, religious and irreligious makeup of your present administration. Is there undue influence of specific groups or ideologies? Additionally, you must convince me that you will not show preferences for specific groups over the other groups in top, middle and staff leadership positions in your Executive. Third, you must convince me that you will play evenhandedly with all races, nationalities and religions and irrelegions in your policies and procedures toward other nations.
If these questions are satisfactorily answered, I would consider voting for you if you can also articulate a rational national program to extricate us from the deep water we are sinking in.

Thanks for scrubbing Podium, it brought the thread back to life.

On election day I will still be the only candidate with a plan to end the war in Iraq. My plan is to go to Guantanamo, load the "prisoners of war" onto airplanes, and take them back where they came from. Then I would order American troops in Iraq to stand down from all military operations except defense. Where would the war be?
Congress did not declare war. They gave the President "war powers", something the President does not need. The President already has all powers necessary to defend the United States as Commander in Chief. Since Congress did not declare war, the prisoners in Guantanamo are not prisoners of war. They need to be sent back where they came from so that Americans with mental problems are not tempted to torture them, causing further problems for the United States.
I have registered as an independent candidate for President of the United States, making me the only candidate with a workable plan to end the war in Iraq. I would certainly encourage citizens of the United States who are in favor of war to vote for Mr. Bloomberg or some other political party candidate. So far there are only two anti-war candidates, Ron Paul and me. However, Mr. Paul has already said he will not run as an independent candidate and has not yet put forth any plan for ending the war. I will not run any other way because I have never been anything except an independent voter.

NO,NO,NO,NO! A THOUSAND TIMES "NO!"

America doesn't need Any more Politicians who want to run America "Like a Business!" America IS NOT a Business!!

America is a frickin' Country, and, it ain't nothing like a frickin' Business! That's just a lot of RepugniKon Mallarkey!!!

American IS NOT an "Industry" either! So, don't even get started along that line. We need to move away from all that kind of talk about running America like a B-U-S-I-N-E-S-S !! Okay ?

Brick

The occupiers are the true insurgents and terrorists. They have surged into the country and are terrorizing on a vast scale.

The locals know it is their land where their fathers,mothers,children, cousins, aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers, sisters and decendants and decendants and decendants have struggled out a meger existance for centuries into thousands of years. And clans have bled each other for the same amount of time and it will not stop today, tomorrow or next month or next year or, well perhaps next century when they will have to concern themselves a bit more about the weather.

It is a place where no one needs a weather person to tell them which way the wind blows.
They are people who know their land as the back of their hand and the foreigns will and in the past eventually leave, much bloodier than when they arrived and they will have spent a lot of money which they will leave behind when they leave.

If history has told us anything it is that.:

The occupiers will eventually leave much bloodier than when they arrived.

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Here's one Democrat that hopes Hagel and/or Bloomberg and/or Dobbs will run as an independent. Then, if the Democratic Party is dumb enough to nominate the "flak"-ignorant, Empty-Suit, Rezko-partner-in-crime BO or the double-talking Conniving Calculating Clinton (with more than 50% "disapproval") - in any combination - I'll have an alternative for my vote. I'll bet millions will join me.

The pressure is now on for the Dems to do better. If the Dems "loser faction" is thwarted from going with Rezko's partner or Conniving and the Dems nominate a competent person, then - and only then - will they retain my vote.
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As far as ex-republican independent anti-war candidates go, I'd prefer Hagel, but if the dems do not wake up and elect someone besides hawkish Hillary I'd support Bloomberg based on his independence and his more pensive attitudes on foreign policy. Although I'd much prefer an Obama or even a Kucinich presidency, I am sick of the duopoly and think Bloomberg could help erase the dichotimized cancer that has plagued the electorate for too many years. Further, the limited spectrum of a Hillary vs. Giulliani race represents the interests of less than half of this country. I think many others on "both" sides would abandon another manipulatively manufactured "safe" dem as well as a socially liberal rep, abandoning party politics in droves. Winning NY and Cali could aslo make Bloomberg a king maker.

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We don't need you.
We don't need another rich fuck in the White House.

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Please Bloomberg. Outside New York what support is this guy going to get? Democrats are not going to vote for him and risk swinging this country to another Republican administrations that could be as bad or worse than Bush. If he does get support it will be from independents and disenchanted Republicans, so really I don't fear his running, I encourage it. It will probably just give Democrats a wide margin of victory.

Living in New York and having tasted Hillary, Rudy and Bloomberg. Bloomberg is the absolutely best of the three. he runs the city much more efficiently and fairly than Rudy and has much less baggage than Hillary. Without going through the primary, Bloomberg can run on the left of Hillary on the social issues and right to her on tax and spending, and does not have to contradict himself as Hillary and Rudy will have to do in the general election. His foreign policy is a big unknown, but he can choose a position that is most popular with the voters. His biggest weakness is his less appeal to mid-america, but he could fix it by picking a VP in Chuck Hagel.

If Bloomberg wins, corporate control of our democracy will continue. Bloomberg supported the Bush murders in Iraq. He also supported the illegal police break-ins during the Republican National Convention in NYC. He apologizes for these crimes with, 'after 9-11 what could I do'. This is the exact insane fascist position that's going on right now in the WH.

A vote for Bloomberg is a vote for perpetual war, and diminished rights at home.

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I have predicted for the last year that Bloomberg can win the election IF he runs as a thrid party choice.

He can call his party "The Corn Flakes Party" and, with Republicans hoping fo keep their seats on the Hill, following him, it would work.

This would mark the end of the Moderate Republicans who want to distance themselves from Bush and the Southern Christian Extremists who have driven the Republican Party into the ground.

If Bloomberg runs it would be a tough choice between him and Hillary." Yellow paper

Colbert already tried that with the Doritos Party. Can Bloomberg get on the ballet when Colbert can't?