I'm going to save Bloomberg a few cents out of his billions

[Rorey]

I'm dropping my ballot off today so I'll (hopefully) stop getting daily mail from him, although I suppose it's kinda too late. Oh well, the USPS can probably use the money.

[PatSeg]

1. That is true

The USPS probably can use the money, so in that sense he is performing a public service.

There is such a thing as too much and in Bloomberg's case, his advertising is overkill. You can't annoy people into voting for you.

[Rorey]

2. Yeah, I don't even look at it

As a minimalist at heart, I've gotten in the habit of sorting my mail as soon as I bring it in and tossing everything I don't need right away. I hardly ever get anything of real importance in this digital age anyway.

[PatSeg]

7. True

Throw it in the recycling bin before I go in the house. Bloomberg has money to burn, so he probably figures he'll just bombard people with political flyers and commercials, so they will vote for him. The problem is he is still Mike Bloomberg and no amount of advertising can change that.

[Bradshaw3]

3. Bloomberg wiil break the record for most money spent for the least delegates

I think Jeb Bush holds it now. Whoever does, Bloomberg will blow way past it.

[Rorey]

4. I don't have a problem with the fact that he has a TON of money

But it does rub me the wrong way that he flaunts it.

I mean, he's really in a no-win situation. If he were to ask others for money, then I'd be thinking he should spend his own. But with the ridiculous amount of wealth that he has, and flaunts, it really does leave a bitter taste in my mouth.

He can't be bought, but neither can I. (Just want to hasten to add, I'm far from wealthy.)

[Bradshaw3]

5. It's the astro-turfing and misleading that is the problem

From the first line in this LA Times article:
Michael R. Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has been experimenting with novel tactics to cultivate an online following, or at least the appearance of one.

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-02-21/twitter-suspends-bloomberg-accounts


How is that different from what the Russins did? And, no it's not ok because he is now, at least for the time being, a Democrat. He's paying staffers $2500 a month to go on social media and pretend to be average posters and attack other candidates. It's not that he can't be bought; it's that he is trying to buy the nomination with false ads, misrepresenting his past actions and statements, and creating the impression of a grass roots movement when there is none.

[Rorey]

6. Oh....that's not good NT

[LenaW]

8. I love Bloomberg's mailers.

I have a parrot. His morning ritual is to step out onto the door of his cage and take a giant dump on our floor, so I have to put papers down in that one spot.

Bloomberg's mailers are large, not cheap little postcard sized ads. And they are nice thick glossy paper, not the kind where the poop soaks right through if it's runny. And as if that's not enough, his face is close to the middle, not right on the edge like some campaign layouts. So it's possible to make a game of trying to line it up for target practice.

I'm going to be sad when he drops out.

[Rorey]

9. LOL, maybe Orangeface will send you some mailers

As much fun as you're having with Bloomberg's, think of how fun his would be.