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The Silver Lining of the Bloomberg Campaign.
There is at least one good thing coming from his Presidential run.
It’s no secret that I am vehemently opposed to Mike Bloomberg, so much so that I’ve determined he is the only one running for that Democratic nomination that I’m not sure I could bring myself to vote for, but I’ve come to the realization recently that there might be at least one silver lining to his campaign.
Bloomberg is undeniably the prime example of everything that Bernie has been talking about for virtually his entire political career. Mike Bloomberg is nothing more than a more palatable version of Donald Trump, and has been an incredibly revealing force in terms of other Democratic lawmakers and pundits who have endorsed him. We now see them unmistakably for who they are, and are able to respond accordingly. The brazen hypocrisy of the “Bernie’s not even a democrat narrative” coming from corporatist conservative Democrats who remain silent about or support Bloomberg is now on full display, and serves as a clear indication of their character.
Mike Bloomberg is the personification of the corporate rot and nearing irreconcilable divide in the Democratic Party between the old guard and the new, running for the sole purpose of getting just enough Democrats to stop Bernie Sanders from securing the…
