• ikt
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    118 days ago

    wasn’t there some billionaire that ran for president, spent hundreds of millions and got like <1% of the vote?

    • @[email protected]
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      168 days ago

      Yeah Michael Bloomberg bought his way through the rest of the primary debates then when it came time for the primary vote nobody wanted him.

      • ikt
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        8 days ago

        That’s the one!

        Bloomberg spent nearly $1 billion on his three-month presidential campaign

        https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/bloomberg-spent-nearly-1-billion-his-three-month-presidential-campaign-n1165306

        So my next question is:

        Just 158 families have provided nearly half of the early money for efforts to capture the White House

        Just how effective is advertising in the presidential race when you can spend a billion and go no where?

        • @[email protected]
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          88 days ago

          Conservatives vote out of fear. They lie awake at night terrified of their son having to play sports agains a trans boy. Advertising these moron fears is a lot easier than advertising a plan to make things better. But also Michael Bloomberg had no plan to make things better, at least for us lowly constituents.

        • @[email protected]
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          58 days ago

          He was just dumb. He spent unwisely. The best things in life are free. Like the support of moguls like Murdoch from Fox News.

      • ikt
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        88 days ago

        Yep sorry it was Michael Bloomberg