As an independent candidate, Bloomberg is able to run on his own agenda, not conforming to party beliefs. His politics border both liberal and conservative views and his ability to take New York City’s 6 billion dollar deficit and turn it into a 3 billion dollar surplus in his approximately 10 year term as mayor speaks for itself (he did so by raising property taxes and making cuts to city agencies.)
What makes Bloomberg appeal to Liberal voters:
- - Abortion Rights Activist
- - Public Education Advocate
- - Gun Control
- - Global Warming/Climate Change Concerns
- - Fiscally conservative: “Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It's about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results. Fiscal conservatives have hearts too – but we also insist on using our brains, and that means demanding results and holding government accountable for producing them.” -— Michael Bloomberg, speech to UK Conservative Party, September 30, 2007
- - Opposed to a timeline on withdrawing from Iraq
- - Pro-Military and Military Families
Could he be the candidate this blogger is looking for?
NOT IF HE OUTLAWS SODAS OVER 16 OUNCES.
That’s right. Let us not forget, fellow Americans, that Michael Bloomberg in September of 2012 passed a law banning the selling of sodas over 16 ounces. SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR BUSINESS CIRCLE K… YOUR POLAR POPS ARE ALL TOO BIG. (*The smallest size of Polar Pop in my local Circle K is 22 oz.)
I mean, I love the idea of an actual independent candidate with an actual shot in hell (sorry Ralph Nayder) running for president… but am I willing to give up my gun and my 32 oz polar pop (basically everything American about me) for it?
I envision a world in which Michael Bloomberg outlaws 32 oz beverages as a modern day tea-party. People dumping their Coca Cola in the Great Lakes screaming “Have you heard the word? Out with Bloomberg!” And I cannot imagine a world where we are all going through that kind of caffeine withdrawal.
Then again, I can’t imagine a guy who has hair issues and a woman who has a love affair with pant suits going any better for the country… so I digress.