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| Bloomberg Backs Obama, Citing Climate Change |
| 2012-11-01 |
| In a surprise announcement, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said Thursday that Hurricane Sandy had reshaped his thinking about the presidential campaign and that as a result he was endorsing President Obama. Mr. Bloomberg, a political independent in his third term leading New York City, has been sharply critical of both Mr. Obama, a Democrat, and Mitt Romney, the president’s Republican rival, saying that both men have failed to candidly confront the problems afflicting the nation. But he said he had decided over the past several days that Mr. Obama was the best candidate to tackle the global climate change that the mayor believes contributed to the violent storm, which took the lives of at least 38 New Yorkers and caused billions of dollars in damage. “The devastation that Hurricane Sandy brought to New York City and much of the Northeast — in lost lives, lost homes and lost business — brought the stakes of next Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief,” Mr. Bloomberg wrote in an op-ed article for Bloomberg View. “Our climate is changing,” he wrote. “And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be — given the devastation it is wreaking — should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.” Mr. Bloomberg’s announcement is another indication that Hurricane Sandy has influenced the presidential campaign. The storm, and the destruction it left in its wake, has dominated news coverage, transfixing the nation and prompting the candidates to halt their campaigning briefly. More than that, it appears to have given a new level of urgency to a central issue in the presidential campaign: the appropriate size and role of government. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #10 The Bammer is being criticized for "outsourcing JEEP to China vee Italy - iff the Pols + USDOD are wrong + a major war occurs before 2050, the US may be in the position of having to delay any and all of its MilPol counter-responses because we'll be too busy trying to arm + equip our Conventional forces from scratch = near-scratch. REMINDS ME OF THE UK'S MAD SCRAMBLE/HUNT TO FIND SHIPS + AIRCRAFT DURING THE FIRST FALKLANDS WAR BACK IN THE EARLY 1980's. Many Americans expect such things from Argentina + other, BUT NOT THE UK = MAJOR EURO/WORLD NUCLEAR POWERS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2012-11-01 22:31 |
| #9 Chased out of both parties. Won't be long before independents don't want anything to do with this clown. The only thing I've ever read about him that I liked was that he told Obama to go somewhere else for the photo ops. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2012-11-01 20:28 |
| #8 Stop climate change; make New York City carbon neutral. Sandy provided a start, with all the power out and roads impassable. Once the CO2 exhalers are gone everything will be fine. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2012-11-01 20:07 |
| #7 And you can lessen the impact of Climate Change by moving all the high-carbon-producing industries to China because well, because. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2012-11-01 19:33 |
| #6 And, as we all know, Climate Change is caused by cigarettes, salt, transfats, and Big Giant Cokes... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2012-11-01 18:24 |
| #5 Helping Bloomberg understand ‘stupid’ |
| Posted by: tipper 2012-11-01 18:23 |
| #4 If NYC votes for the Mayor for Life each time he buys his way onto the ballot, they deserve this would-be idiotic dictator wannabe. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2012-11-01 18:05 |
| #3 Doubly funny, since Romney and Obama both hired the same climate change guru. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2012-11-01 17:09 |
| #2 Why is it a surprise announcement that a big government, nanny state liberal would endorse another big government, nanny state liberal? So confused.... |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2012-11-01 16:56 |
| #1 So Mr. Bloomberg, you also support the civilian trial of Khalid Sheik Mohommad in the grande City of New York? I would think a nanny would have larger potatoes to bake instead of fry, like why did an average KC Royals regular season game draw more fans than a NY Yankees post-season game? If I had to attend a Nets game, if my drink was 50/50 rum and cola, could I get that in a 32oz size? Those I would consider greater surprises than this non announcement. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2012-11-01 16:35 |