Government
Notable & Quotable: Michael Bloomberg wants you to hate him
In the mind of New York’s mayor, high approval ratings for politicians mean they aren’t doing a good job.
As he explained to The Atlantic:
If I finish my term in office … and have high approval ratings, then I wasted my last years in office. That high approval rating means you don’t upset anybody. High approval rating means you’re skiing down the slope and you never fall. Well, you’re skiing the baby slope, for goodness’ sakes. Go to a steeper slope. You always want to press, and you want to tackle the issues that are unpopular, that nobody else will go after.
…like banning large sodas?
Eddie has more from Bloomberg’s interview here.
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Sil in CNY
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:38pmBloomberg gets his wish from me….there is NOTHING I like about that egotistical, power-hungry, holier-than-thou man! I love NY….the gov’t….eh…not so much!
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moreteaplease
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:19pmAnd he’s probably dumb enough to actually believe his own hype. I think he’s just trying save face because of the disastrous job he is doing.
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blackyb
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:06pmThere are plenty of people who will accomodate this mental deficient man who somehow wormed his way into the mayorship. Then evil feeds from negativity. This mayor is so petty, he is busy swatting at nats and swallowing camels for sure.
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RobertHere
Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:19pmMichael Bloomberg is from New York City. That city should be declared an independent city state, the borders sealed and all communications with the civilized world severed. Now we move on to Chicago, Sodom By the Bay and Los Angeles. Two well defined, localized but MASSIVE earthquakes could float those two west coast cities into the Pacific, meet up with ObamaLand (formerly known as Hawaii) and make the world a better place, California could rejoin the Union and allow them to reopen Mountain Lion Hunting. Two lousy, localized and Massive earthquakes is all I ask.
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