NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's obsession with gun control has moved him to
spend money to support defeat of Dem Senators who failed to support gun control. Some fear this could threaten the Dem. majority in the Senate. Obsessed people are always problemmatic; those who are billionaires are time bombs waiting to explode.
" . . . Obama’s own political organization, Organizing for Action (OFA), has promised to bring pressure on the four defecting Democratic senators—Pryor, Begich, North Dakota’s Heidi Heitkamp and Montana’s Max Baucus. Jon Carson, the head of OFA, has said his volunteers are less concerned about hurting the reelection chances of Democrats than getting a background check bill through Congress. In recent weeks, the group has held phone banks in Alaska, Arkansas and North Dakota to inform residents of their Democratic senators’ votes against more gun control. OFA volunteers have also protested outside Baucus’s office in Bozeman, even though Baucus has announced that he will not run for reelection after his term expires."
Read more: http://swampland.time.com/2013/05/28/bloombergs-gamble-risking-the-democratic-senate-majority-for-gun-control/#ixzz2UcRD5icd
Looks like Bloomberg is playing games with the 2A. Like Obama, He's an over-lording narcissist who spits on the U.S. Constitution's Bill of Rights. He needs to keep his ugly mug in New York's affairs. My personal message to Bloomberg and his political cronies is to stay out of other states' business, and whatever you do, don't mess with Texas.
ReplyDeleteWho do they think would replace these Dems, Greens? That's stupid. Being a Wall Streeter, maybe Bloomberg wants the senate flipped to keep Wall Street from being regulated more and playing progressives as chumps. What I expect to happen is that most of these people will either keep their seats because they are standing up against a New York Billionaire. Historically, mid term elections means big losses for the party in the WH. For some strange reason many progressives think this will be an exception.
ReplyDeleteThank you GEJ. I saw the 2nd opinion blog on your profile and have joined same. There's an interesting book review in the latest Weekly Standard that may offer some insight on Bloomberg's possible motives.
ReplyDeleteSee http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/follow-money_724739.html?nopager=1.