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reggieandlee

(778 posts)
Tue May 22, 2018, 09:05 AM May 2018

BTRTN: Sending Out An SOS... A Message in a Bottle to Michael Bloomberg

Born To Run The Numbers proposes an out-of-the-box idea that can help ensure the Donald Trump is a one-term president:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2018/05/btrtn-sending-out-sos-message-in-bottle.html

Excerpts: "Mike Bloomberg, please run for president in 2020 as a Republican...

"It’s interesting to reflect on the fact that every time there has been a significant primary challenge to a incumbent president, it has severely damaged that president’s re-election bid. Reagan did it to Ford in 1976, and Ford lost to Carter. Ted Kennedy did it to Carter in 1980, and Carter lost to Reagan. Buchanan did it to Bush in 1992, and Bush lost to Clinton...

"In today’s world of polarized politics, the only way to reach Republican voters is through the conservative media. And the conservative media must cover a major Republican presidential candidate. Therefore, the conservative media will be forced to serve as a megaphone for Mike Bloomberg to speak truth to the Trump base. Mike Bloomberg could command interview slots with every conservative commentator, could go one-on-one against Donald Trump in debates in every state, and could reveal Trump’s ignorance, deceit, and potentially criminal behavior right on Fox News. This turns the Republican media bubble inside out and transforms it into a fire hydrant of truth against Donald Trump and directly to his base. Most important: history has proven that an effective primary challenge to a sitting president can have a severely damaging impact in the general election..."

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BTRTN: Sending Out An SOS... A Message in a Bottle to Michael Bloomberg (Original Post) reggieandlee May 2018 OP
Who would vote for him? Turbineguy May 2018 #1
Never going to happen. vi5 May 2018 #2
 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
2. Never going to happen.
Tue May 22, 2018, 09:12 AM
May 2018

It's predicated on anyone in the Republican party being unhappy with Trump and that is not the case.

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