One of the most important speakers last night was Michael Bloomberg who has always been openly independent in his thinking and cannot be dismissed as a toady party partisan. He's also an extremely successful business magnate worth enough ($47 billion) to own Trump as an old footstool. Bloomberg has the added insight of having dealt with Trump to be respected and know what he is talking about. Here's some of what he said last night about Trump:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/27/politics/michael-bloomberg-dem-convention-speech/
"I'm a New Yorker, and New Yorkers know a con when we see one," he said to cheers from the audience.
"We've heard a lot of talk in this campaign about needing a leader who understands business. I couldn't agree more. I've built a business, and I didn't start it with a million-dollar check from my father," he said in a slam to the real estate mogul's background.
"Throughout his career, Trump has left behind a well-documented record of bankruptcies, thousands of lawsuits, angry shareholders and contractors who feel cheated, and disillusioned customers who feel ripped off," Bloomberg said. "Trump says he wants to run the nation like he's run his business. God help us."
As I've pointed out and as President Obama pointed out last night, when you want to know how or if a person will come through on what he/she promises you look at their track record. Trump being about 70 has had a lifetime to show who he is. Yet his public service record is about non-existent. He's spent a lifetime chasing money, living apart from those he promises to help after having done just about nothing except work hard to enrich himself.
How can a person born with a golden spoon, who lives in penthouse luxury, and whose most pressing desire is to brand his name on everything care for or help the middle class or Americans in general. Well, sending jobs overseas is a prime example of those promises.
Well said indeed. The problem is we now live in the era of the Kardashian... Trump is to politics what Kim Kardashian is to hollywood...