Another Dopey Candidate for President?

Some of the political commentators think that Michael Bloomberg, the Mayor of New York City, is posturing to run for president as an Independent. I don't care if the guy is a billionaire, to me his politics are dopey. He says that he will fix our broken political system by transcending partisan differences. Now how the heck is he going to do that? Wave a magic wand and cause members of Congress not to stand up for their beliefs -- which are mostly whatever they think it takes to get re-elected? And what makes him think we want the broken political system fixed? As long as it's broken maybe they won't be able to pass any dumb laws -- like the immigration and energy bills they're working on now.

Politicians like to talk about transcending partisan differences and uniting the country. They seem to think that everyone believes this would be a good thing. I say it's a good thing only if everyone else comes around to my way of thinking. I think a lot of other people will feel the same way. And a lot of them won't agree with me and others that think like me. That's why the country is divided.

The phrase 'partisan differences' seems redundant to me. If partisans have no differences they aren't really partisans are they? They would be on the same side -- unless they're dopey like Bloomberg.

It seems that most politicians believe that a partisan is a member of an opposing political party that strongly adheres to the agenda of that party.

If Bloomberg were to become president do you suppose that he would try to outlaw the serving of foods containing trans-fats in restaurants all across the country? If I wanted to protect people from themselves I would push for a prohibition against billionaires holding public office -- and against people watching Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

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