Billionaire Ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg Prepares To Run for President — His 'Independent' Run Would Help Put Donald Trump in the White House

The sneaky Mike Bloomberg perverted the New York City election laws saw he could run for mayor for a third term (only two are allowed). Bloomberg had to outspend his opponent 100 to one to win that third mayoral term. Now Bloomberg is preparing to use his billions to pretend he can win the presidency.  None of Trump's potential voters would switch to Bloomberg, therefore Bloomberg's real purpose is to snatch away Hillary Clinton's voters and give the white house to Donald Trump.
—Ronald David Jackson

The "Fix" is in.

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg: An "independent" presidential run by "Mr. Stop and Frisk" would hand the
presidency to Donald Trump. (Illustration by DonkeyHotey)

By Edward Luce
Every now and then a stopped clock is right. Speculation about a presidential bid by Michael Bloomberg, the former mayor of New York, is a quadrennial affair. It never happens because Mr Bloomberg can do the maths. Third party candidates do not win in America — they usually come away with nothing. But 2016 is different. The political laws of gravity are in suspension. If there was ever a moment for a New York billionaire to roll the dice, now would be it. The question is what would happen if he did.

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As an independent Mr Bloomberg would have almost no chance of winning the White House. Moreover, he strongly supports gun control, gay marriage, fighting global warming and cutting people’s sugar consumption — all positions that would rile Mr Trump’s base. He would almost certainly take more votes from Mrs Clinton than from Mr Trump. A Bloomberg candidacy could split the vote just enough to give Mr Trump the White House. Imagine that. As Mr Bloomberg weighs his chances, he should recall the words of Adlai Stevenson, the 1950s Democratic leader. On being told that he would have the support of “every thinking man in America,” Mr Stevenson replied: “Yes, but I need a majority”.

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And Now, Our Expert on Africa — US Billionaire Michael Bloomberg: America's Corporate Media Gentrifies Information

By Peter Hart
This week the White House has gathered dozens of heads of state from across Africa for a summit in Washington, DC. It has the potential to raise some interesting issues about economic development, major corporations and debates over human rights and the US-led war on terrorism.

But the Sunday chat shows had a strange way of doing this. CBS's Face the Nation (8/3/14) tapped CEO and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg as its Africa expert, sitting alongside White House senior adviser Valerie Jarrett.

Bloomberg– who is sponsoring some of the summit events–stressed the need to talk about business: "The goal is to explain to Americans the opportunity and American businesses the opportunity in Africa, to explain to the African continent why they should look to America for commerce, for education, for medical care."

Bloomberg played down politics as being unimportant to businesses: "They never get involved in ideology. They just look for markets." The hundreds who turned out to protest the presence of US-allied dictators and human rights abusers (New York Times, 8/5/14) could have provided a different take on the issue of whether politics matter.

But talking about such issues wasn't the point. Indeed, there wasn't much talk of Africa at all; the CBS segment actually spent more time talking about his support for Israel's attack on Gaza.

Over on ABC"s This Week (8/3/14), host George Stephanopoulos invited two Africans to discuss the summit, Nigerian singer D'Banj and Dr. Sipho Moyo of the One Campaign. This surely adds more diversity to the discussions. Unfortunately, Stephanopoulos–perhaps in a bid to give US viewers a reference point–introduced D'Banj as "the man they call Africa's Bono."

It's quite unlikely the chat shows will devote much more time to Africa this year, so it's disappointing that viewers heard from an American billionaire and a performer they're told is a lot like Bono.

Reprinted with permission from Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting.