bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
I think would be good 12/11/2006 2:14:49 AM |
sarijoul All American 14208 Posts user info edit post |
giuliani has prostate cancer -> not going to happen
not to mention: he divorced his wife in a messy divorce (infidelity on his part etc)
[Edited on December 11, 2006 at 2:25 AM. Reason : .] 12/11/2006 2:23:15 AM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
as a VP though...i think it has potential 12/11/2006 2:44:47 AM |
Supplanter supple anteater 21831 Posts user info edit post |
Having a P & VP who could carry different home states might be more beneficial.
Bloomberg is pro same-sex marriage.
That is further left than any democrat that could make it to the party's nomination (I know some can get there with calling it civil unions though).
He is considered a liberal Republican, who is pro-choice, in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage and an advocate for stricter gun control laws. -wiki
[Edited on December 11, 2006 at 2:56 AM. Reason : .] 12/11/2006 2:54:48 AM |
waffleninja Suspended 11394 Posts user info edit post |
no, it would not be good. 12/11/2006 4:21:02 PM |
Flyin Ryan All American 8224 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Having a P & VP who could carry different home states might be more beneficial." |
There is actually a law in the Constitution (Twelfth Amendment) that still applies today that electors cannot vote for a presidential and vice presidential candidates from the same state as they are. So if a Bloomberg/Giuliani ticket won the state of New York and both were listed on the ballot as New Yorkers, any New York elector voting for them would have their ballot declared null and void.
(An elector in say Vermont or Virginia though would have no problem casting that ballot.)
This somewhat came up in 2000 cause Cheney was a resident and registered voter of Texas. A few months before the election though, Cheney changed his official residence to Wyoming.
[Edited on December 11, 2006 at 4:43 PM. Reason : /]12/11/2006 4:42:38 PM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
bloomberg is a decent guy, i'd vote for him.
of course, this country will never elect a jew, so it doesnt matter.
[Edited on December 11, 2006 at 5:45 PM. Reason : .] 12/11/2006 5:45:02 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
and he could finance his own campain 12/11/2006 9:36:53 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
i'd vote for McCain/Giuliani 12/11/2006 10:05:43 PM |
Bob Ryan All American 979 Posts user info edit post |
there are some unfounded rumors that richard burr could be looked at as a possible running mate for mccain
the conservative southern anchor to mccain's mavrick
omg burr vs. edwards for most attractive political contest ever 12/11/2006 10:10:47 PM |
Smath74 All American 93278 Posts user info edit post |
ok if burr were mccain's running mate i would actually think about not voting for him. 12/11/2006 10:17:12 PM |
PinkandBlack Suspended 10517 Posts user info edit post |
http://www.draftmichael.com/
Bloomberg, if he runs, will more than likely do so as a very much socially liberal, economically centrist independent. The only real gripes I would have with him would be over his treatment of protestors during the 2004 RNC (arrests w/o telling rights, mass arrests and imprisonment in a bus garage). 12/13/2006 3:48:35 PM |
bgmims All American 5895 Posts user info edit post |
I like Bloomberg. I'm not pro-choice, but I'm not a one-issue guy either. It isn't even in my top 5 issues. I also don't like a "gun-control" president, because it typically is associated with "anti-gun."
I'd only consider voting for him on the independent ticket if Hillary doesn't get the nod for the Dems. I'm not wasting my vote otherwise. 12/13/2006 9:16:26 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
^ I'm just curious, but how is abortion not a top 5 issue for you if you're not pro-choice?
If I thought that there was a form of widespread, legalized murder of innocents I'd probably be busting a blood vessel daily trying to stop it. 12/13/2006 9:42:16 PM |
bgmims All American 5895 Posts user info edit post |
Well, here's the thing,
I do think it is wrong, and I do think it is murder, but I recognize the hopelessness of getting others to see it. Its too convenient to overlook it for them. There are other issues that I have a hope of winning on, and I'd rather hitch myself to a candidate that believes in THOSE issues, rather than one in which there is no hope of us winning. So, while morally it would be a very big issue for me, politically it isn't feasible to worry so much about it in choosing a candidate. 12/13/2006 9:51:20 PM |
okydoky All American 5516 Posts user info edit post |
2 jews ?!! like one isnt enough !! 12/14/2006 12:48:09 AM |