But the shrewdest political analyst of them all backs Bloomer!

Well, of course, here at D&N you will only ever be offered the opinions of the very best informed and most highly qualified of commentators on political matters, particularly American politics!  Thus, today I offer you the shrewd insights of 'Taki' Theodoracopulos, the weekly commentator at 'The Speccie'.  To be honest, most of the time Taki confines himself to his views on the high-class 'crumpet' to be seen lurking round the high-class, international hot-spots that he frequents.  For example, from his latest column in 'The Speccie':

Actually, I plan to tell them about the goings-on at The Spectator. As the lunch is on the same day as the magazine goes to press, I might as well spill part of the beans: I have been sexually harassed by ladies who work at Old Queen Street and have done nothing about it because I have been too ashamed to come clean. The culprits are two ladies called Mary and Lara. My lawyers are advising me not to go into detail while they ascertain the wealth of the harassers before they file for damages. So, I shall take their advice and say nothing more than that this has gone on for a very long time, and without the help of Doctor Klinghoffer of Zurich I don’t know how I would have survived.

You see, this man really suffers in order to bring the latest news to 'Speccie' readers!  In addition - and no extra cost! -  he provides a summary of Mr. Bloomberg's chances in the forthcoming Presidential punch-up:

But money has a way of softening unacceptable behaviour. Bloomberg, who has more than 60 billion big ones, certainly knows what to do in order to win the presidency he seeks. That amount of money, one billion smackers, has never before been spent to buy the White House for four years. As everyone knows, Americans do not read magazines or newspapers, nor, God forbid, books, but they do look at screens all day. Bloomberg has inundated TV, YouTube and Facebook with non-stop ads. He has hired thousands to tweet non-stop pro-Bloomberg slogans, and has removed the human element from campaigning altogether. His hundreds of millions are blanketing the airwaves and he spends one million smackers per day on Facebook.

Trump spent $66 million of his own fortune in 2016, but the cynical Bloomberg laughs at the puny Trump wealth. He calls the Donald a non-billionaire. I think that mini-Mike will go all the way, however disheartening that is. Back in the good old days one could not win with moolah alone. Now, because of the internet, shameless social climbers such as Bloomberg can go all the way. I think it was Andrew Roberts who first suggested to Bloomie that he run for president. Mini-Mike replied that short Jewish billionaires don’t stand a chance. Well, Andrew was right: I see the short one living in the big house soon.

What can I say except, 'we shall see what we shall see'!

 

 

 

Comments

[Andra]

I don't think so.

[Timbo]

Ask HRC how well that worked out.

[Pat]

I wouldn't be surprised if Bloomberg managed to buy the nomination.
But if so I can't see him getting any support from the Bernie supporters, or even Warren supporters in the general. In fact a few of them will likely hold their noses and vote for the other guy.
Of course it's not a done deal that he gets the nomination. He's given his opponents a head start already.

[Bob]

It's always a joy to be reminded of the Brit attitude towards Americans as uncultured. We have some stereotypes about Brits too, and I'll have to admit they're mostly true. Enough said.

The theory behind Bloomberg's run is that he'll draw votes from the great political "center". Problem is, there's evidence the center has declined to less than significant numbers.

[Whitewall]

Right now every Democrat candidate is explaining how he/she can best put a stop to our booming economy. That's worse than trying to draw to an inside straight.

[Bob]

Actually, the coronaviris might beat the Democrats to it. We're learning a new lesson about global supply chains:

https://apnews.com/6a0961c1bb77fd7b7f739555b7334e90