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LEFT WING LOONS Title: Michael Bloomberg Declares He Will Not Run for President From Bloomberg View: Over the last several months, many Americans have urged me to run for president as an independent, and some who dont like the current candidates have said it is my patriotic duty to do so. I appreciate their appeals, and I have given the question serious consideration. The deadline to answer it is now, because of ballot access requirements.
But when I look at the data, its clear to me that if I entered the race, I could not win. I believe I could win a number of diverse states but not enough to win the 270 Electoral College votes necessary to win the presidency. In a three-way race, its unlikely any candidate would win a majority of electoral votes, and then the power to choose the president would be taken out of the hands of the American people and thrown to Congress. The fact is, even if I were to receive the most popular votes and the most electoral votes, victory would be highly unlikely, because most members of Congress would vote for their partys nominee. Party loyalists in Congress not the American people or the Electoral College would determine the next president. As the race stands now, with Republicans in charge of both Houses, there is a good chance that my candidacy could lead to the election of Donald Trump or Senator Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). That is not a risk I can take in good conscience. I have known Mr. Trump casually for many years, and we have always been on friendly terms. I even agreed to appear on The Apprentice twice. But he has run the most divisive and demagogic presidential campaign I can remember, preying on peoples prejudices and fears. Abraham Lincoln, the father of the Republican Party, appealed to our better angels. Trump appeals to our worst impulses. Threatening to bar foreign Muslims from entering the country is a direct assault on two of the core values that gave rise to our nation: religious tolerance and the separation of church and state. Attacking and promising to deport millions of Mexicans, feigning ignorance of white supremacists, and threatening China and Japan with a trade war are all dangerously wrong, too. These moves would divide us at home and compromise our moral leadership around the world. The end result would be to embolden our enemies, threaten the security of our allies, and put our own men and women in uniform at greater risk. Senator Cruzs pandering on immigration may lack Trumps rhetorical excess, but it is no less extreme. His refusal to oppose banning foreigners based on their religion may be less bombastic than Trumps position, but it is no less divisive. We cannot make America great again by turning our backs on the values that made us the worlds greatest nation in the first place. I love our country too much to play a role in electing a candidate who would weaken our unity and darken our future and so I will not enter the race for president of the United States. Read the rest of the article here. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 3.
#1. To: cranky (#0)
I guess this would be a good place for me to announce that I am not running for president,also? Anybody else out there not running for President?
I've decided not to run for President. I have other more personal pressing issues to take care of such as, mowing my lawn soon and getting ready for the Kentucky Derby and the rest of the horse races.
Since you guys don't want it, I'm out too.
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