I voted for Bloomberg in the Dem primary. I think he was younger, Joe seemed older (he was), and I'd overlooked Joe's early-life stuttering problem which still shows up in his delivery. Yet, I had heard Joe's rhetorical performance rise to the inspirational in recent years, wondering as to which priest gave sermons during his church-going experience.
I can't imagine holding up as well as either Obama did or Joe does now.
I'll vote for anyone who (a) isn't a criminal; (b) advertises a commitment to "good government"; and (c) has demonstrated some competency with a career in public life. Despite my primary vote for Bloomberg, it's time to destroy the "bidnis-man" myth. It's bullshit. I want a lawyer, a former governor, a former senator . .. how about a "community organizer"? The civil service has an army of MBAs and MPAs. And I've seen some of Trump's appointee choices -- rich "bidnis-men" dumber than a sack of rocks -- and even criminal, like DeJoy.
As Bob d'Niro said after Trump's election: "Push back harder." I want a BETTER Social Security, a BETTER Medicare, a BETTER VA and VA benefits, a STRENGTHENING of public schools especially in shit-hole places like West Texas. I want the tax-exemptions for all those Trump-supporting evangelical churches revoked, and even retroactive payback.
And if it were possible, I want exclusively GOP voters and influentials to pay back every dime spent on the Iraq War. The GOP has F***ed over America consistently going back decades.
Frankly, if it weren't for the fact that every major city in Red states is Blue, I'd want to turn all the deep Red states into one big federal territory under military occupation and permanent reconstruction.
Then -- we can "Make America Good Again". And also, particularly for Wyoming, I would make it illegal to wear cowboy hats and boots like their mother's shoes. They don't need any rights; they don't need any freedoms; they just need to pack their bags and go back to their home galaxy.
If the cornpone shitasses need wide-brimmed hats to protect them from the sun, they can wear women's pink straw summer hats while they ride on their horses.
And also -- in the giant federal territory -- outlaw rodeos and provide a federal subsidy for exclusively GOP abortions. Then, human progress can resume.