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“Mike Would Have Dinner Parties and Piss All Over Obama”: Why Obamaworld Is Mad About Bloomberg’s Obama Ads
The logic of the current Democratic primary contest dictates that Michael Bloomberg portray himself as Barack Obama’s true heir. And so, with Bloomberg’s vast resources, it has come to pass. A 30-second spot began circulating earlier this month that portrays Bloomberg and Obama as close allies. The spot pairs photos of the two together with encomiums from the former president. “I want to thank the mayor of this great city, Mayor Bloomberg, for his extraordinary leadership,” Obama intones at one point.
Obamaworld, with its long memory, was not happy. “I was triggered by the ad,” a former Obama official said. “The ubiquity of the ads is what bothers me,” Dan Pfeiffer, Obama’s former communications director told me. “Bloomberg didn’t endorse Obama in 2008, and in 2012 he offered a tepid endorsement that included parts that read like an RNC attack ad.”
Several recent reports have acknowledged Bloomberg’s policy differences with Obama, but sources close to both men tell me the antagonism runs much deeper. In private, Obama thinks Bloomberg acted high-handed and arrogant, while Bloomberg has told friends that Obama is a lightweight, sources said. “Mike would have dinner parties and piss all over Obama when he was president. I know because I attended them,” a prominent Democratic donor told me.
The chasm between Bloomberg and Obama first opened when Obama ran in 2007. Bloomberg seriously toyed with the idea of running for president, a longtime dream of his chief political adviser Kevin Sheekey. When Bloomberg didn’t get into the race, he backed fellow Republican John McCain. At a dinner party during the 2008 election, a source remembers Bloomberg’s longtime girlfriend, Diana Taylor, getting into an argument with Sheekey’s wife, who was supporting Obama. “How can you be so stupid to be for someone like Obama?” Taylor asked, the person told me. “Diana was repeating what Mike would say about Obama, except it was louder,” the source recalled. (The Bloomberg campaign did not respond to a request for comment.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/why-obamaworld-is-mad-about-bloombergs-obama-ads
Rich Lowry: Surviving the Bill Barr derangement syndrome
https://www.sltrib.com/opinion/commentary/2020/02/19/rich-lowry-surviving-bill/
Trump to name Richard Grenell to be acting Director of National Intelligence: New York Times
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to name U.S. ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell to be acting Director of National Intelligence, the New York Times reported on Wednesday, citing two people familiar with the matter.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-dni/trump-to-name-richard-grenell-to-be-acting-director-of-national-intelligence-new-york-times-idUSKBN20D2US
Narrative sunk before (3yrs) it sailed
GOP Congressman Sought Trump Deal on WikiLeaks, Russia
California’s Dana Rohrabacher asks for pardon of Julian Assange in return for evidence Russia wasn’t source of hacked emails
Updated Sept. 15, 2017 6:06 p.m.
http://archive.is/uGH2V