Bloomberg dumps GOP
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- June
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was a Democrat but became a Republican to run for office, is now, well, nothing.
In a move that’s all but certain to bump up speculation that he’s running for for president as an independent, Bloomberg has changed his party registration to become “unaffiliated with any party.”
The mayor announced the move in a statement released by City Hall this afternoon and he was once again coy about his future plans. His statement:
“I have filed papers with the New York City Board of Elections to change my status as a voter and register as unaffiliated with any political party. Although my plans for the future haven’t changed, I believe this brings my affiliation into alignment with how I have led and will continue to lead our City.
“A nonpartisan approach has worked wonders in New York: we’ve balanced budgets, grown our economy, improved public health, reformed the school system and made the nation’s safest city even safer.
“We have achieved real progress by overcoming the partisanship that too often puts narrow interests above the common good. As a political independent, I will continue to work with those in all political parties to find common ground, to put partisanship aside and to achieve real solutions to the challenges we face.
“Any successful elected executive knows that real results are more important than partisan battles and that good ideas should take precedence over rigid adherence to any particular political ideology. Working together, there’s no limit to what we can do.”
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BFD—-Twinkletoes hasn’t been a true Republican since he first ran. Neew York City deserves better, but will get the worst, first. Brent W. Norman
Then again, Bloomberg was just the type of “Republican” that Michael Edelman was previously telling Republicans we need to promote in New York. In the New York GOP, we are affiliated with Mike Long who oddly thinks New York is fertile socially conservative Republican territory, we have corrupt Tammany Hall style bosses such as Joseph Bruno; and then in Westchester County, we have our very own Michael Edelman who believes we should elect Republicans in name only.
Hopefully, someone can finally set Republicans on the promising path that George Pataki once promised, which consisted of Republicans who had a diversity of beliefs on social issues but were linked by a common committment to ending corruption in New York state and installing a fiscally responsible pro-business climate.
ending political corruption in new york state is exactly
what I have been talking about for many years…the
fact that the republican party has to fawn over the conservative party and hire them to insure political support
is extortion and corruption…the fact that the independence
party gets to pick judges in return for their cross endorsement is extortion and corruption…It doesn;t
matter what your party affilation is..what matters is
whether you believe that government should operate
in the interests of all the people all of the time
and mike bloomberg recognizes that as to both parties
that has not been the case…and it certainly hasn;t
been the case in new york with leaders like Joe Bruno
and the politcal beneficiaries of the Pataki Administration
you need to follow what I say a little more closely
for the correct interpretation of where I have stood
for many years…If you think that John Faso a lobbyist
and John Spencer whose domestic record speaks for itself
were the kinds of republicans that we should have run
last cycle than you are kidding yourself..As you recall
I did not support their canidiacies and called for
Joe Bruno, Stepen MInarik and Rosemmarie panio to
step down in the wake of that disaster. But as to
Senators like Nick Spano who are not corrupt
there was no need to trade him in for stewart cousins
and we are now paying the enormous price for that
The Consultant is correct as usual-we are paying the price for running John Faso and John Spencer-unfortunately for us that price was Nick Spano-very high price for the mistakes of the State Leadership of the Republican and Conservative Parties-hopefully these leaders got the message-
You can blame Al D’Amato and George Pataki, they were behind most of the bad decisions with the republican candidates/party over the last few years. The republicans will pay the price for D’Amato and Pataki for many years to come.
Wow lots of blame being handed out here, lets just turn the clock back a bit, we would still have Nick Spano in the Senate if remember this person, “Guy Velella” had not whined about needing to represent Eastchester when he full well knew he was going to jail, so Bruno takes it from Nick and then supports someone Guy wants him to for the Senate seat, bottom line we lose Eastchester Senate seat to a Dem. and Nick Spano all in one shot. So tell me what good is any party at this point! Conservatives, Republicans, Independents…..everyone of them have major problems oh yeah lets not forget those Dems. yeah they really did change day one didn’t they NOT! LOL..
Good riddance, RINO. Go back to Boston too, while you’re at it.
actually amris raises an interesting point…with the
vallela scenario…bruno made a huge political error
but was probably forced into it by an hysterical vallela
whose re-election was really never in jeopardy (although
his career was)..the problem in all of this has
been short term politcal thinking and the mastermind
of this behavior are the consultants for d’amato
and pataki who were constantly giving them advice
not on what would make the party stronger in new
york but rather on how they could prosper from
running certain candidates…the end result is
that we now have according to joe mondello the
state republican chairman..a bankrupt party