The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Mike Bloomberg was one of Pat Toomey's top donors.

So reports local Action News station channel 4.

Mike Bloomberg supported hard right and Trump loyalist Senator Pat Toomey against Democrats whom he did not support.

Oh, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Mike Mikus remembers it as a “kick in the gut.”

Amid one of the most pivotal campaigns in the country in 2016, one many thought could decide control of the Senate, Mike Bloomberg poured millions of dollars into the contest — to help Pennsylvania Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.

“It helped both operationally in terms of the money spent, but it also allowed Pat Toomey to use that endorsement to create a false impression that he’s a moderate,” said Mikus, a consultant who worked for Toomey’s Democratic opponent, Katie McGinty.

Bloomberg, now a rising Democratic candidate for president, used his television ads to vouch for Toomey as a centrist problem solver. 

Toomey a centrist? If Grover Norquist is just a tad to the right of center.

Bloomberg is really beginning to have a bad smell, to me.

How's this for balls?

On Wednesday, Bloomberg’s campaign called on Joe Biden, Warren and Buttigieg to drop out.

“Biden and Warren have crumbled … Buttigieg has stagnated,” said the Bloomberg memo. “If they remain in the race, “they will propel Sanders to a seemingly insurmountable delegate lead.”

On Thursday, Buttigieg’s campaign strongly suggested Bloomberg should leave the race, for the exact same reason.

“If Bloomberg remains in the race despite showing he cannot offer a viable alternative to Bernie Sanders, he will propel Sanders to a seemingly insurmountable delegate lead.”

So, it's all about stopping Trump, eh?

Or maybe not.

Those who prioritize beating Trump over beating Bernie would worry beating Bernie by such means would embitter his supporters and improve rather than hurt Trump's chances of beating the Dem nominee, as compared with his chances in a race against Bernie.

But those whose aim is to stop Bernie may or may not really care very much that Trump not get a second term.

Bloomberg campaign posts fake video of him mopping up the floor with the other Dems when in fact he fared very poorly.

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