Judge Judy Endorses Michael Bloomberg For President
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Judge Judy: America is fractured, but Michael Bloomberg's no-nonsense approach can help us heal
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In 2020, voters need to pick the best possible candidate, not one offering pie-in-the-sky proposals. Michael Bloomberg is the realist we need.
I was invited to speak at the Cambridge Union in England earlier this month, and it was an honor to meet with so many intelligent, socially involved people. During the Q&A that followed my remarks, the moderator asked my opinion about the 2020 presidential election , and I didn’t mince words. I said our American family has been fractured in recent years. We’re hopelessly divided, and a bitterly divided family cannot thrive. The only way we can begin to come together again, I said, is if Michael Bloomberg, former mayor of New York City, becomes our next president.
I realize I am taking a personal and a career risk in making such a statement. I have carefully stayed away from politics for 50 years, except to vote. But times have changed in our country, and I believe the moment has come for me to step out from behind the curtain. I want to speak honestly and from the heart — regardless of the consequences.
I realize Michael Bloomberg said in March that he will not run for president in 2020 (though he might be reconsidering that position , according to anonymous sources). I respect his comment — but our political landscape has changed profoundly since he made it. There is ferment on the left and the right, candidacies are rising and falling, and this has created an opportunity for Bloomberg, a man of the center, to change his mind.
Michael Bloomberg, pragmatist
Here’s why I believe that’s so important.
An independent, tough-minded businessman, he represents our best chance to bring America together again and begin the long national process of healing. Unlike those on the far the right and the far left who use their bully pulpit to divide us, he’s a pragmatist, a man who has shown time and again that he knows how to get things done and cares more about results than ideology. That’s a skill in short supply these days, on both sides.
I believe that if your political party has lost an election — either to elect a mayor, governor or president of the United States — you are obligated to spend the next four years finding the best possible candidate to beat the incumbent. There used to be a preponderance of folks on the Democratic side who understood the need to elect a centrist candidate, someone who could build coalitions and reach across the aisle. But in this campaign, candidates are fighting to out-left each other with pie-in-the-sky proposals for free money and free education. Everybody gets a thousand dollars, everybody gets free college tuition. Everybody gets, everybody gets, but where does all this getting come from?
We need a no-nonsense president who’s sane, competent and honest, someone who can’t be bought and has no skin in the game. As he showed during 12 years as mayor in New York City Hall, Michael Bloomberg fits the bill. He’s a self-made billionaire, a man who made a lot of money in a very straightforward, transparent way. He’s an advocate for strong action on climate change . He believes in reasonable gun control , like the vast majority of Americans . He believes in making certain that the criminal element in our society — which scars the life of so many — is treated firmly, swiftly and fairly.
Most important, he’s the only person out there who seems to understand that screaming at one another gets us nowhere. After all the sound and fury we’ve experienced in the past three years, we need to tone down the rhetoric. Americans can no longer afford to let shrill voices drown out all the others in our society, because that would be a distortion of everything we stand for.
Americans once disagreed civilly
I realize you may vehemently disagree with me, and that’s OK. We all know that spirited debate is part of what makes this country great, and so different from other nations. But let’s keep it civil. As fellow Americans, we should respect each other’s voices. If someone expresses an opinion in a thoughtful, well-behaved manner, those who disagree should do so in the same manner. Sadly, that lesson has been utterly forgotten since the last presidential election, and we’re paying the price for it every day.
America is a young country, compared with the nations of Europe and Asia, and we still have a spectacular story to tell the world. But we’re also a work in progress, and the 2020 presidential election will be one of the most important in our history. I know I would sleep better — and so would millions of other Americans — if the next president is someone who listens patiently and respectfully to all sides of an issue before taking action. Let’s not waste this opportunity to show that we are still an extraordinary beacon for the world. In this election, our votes can truly make a difference — and that’s why I strongly urge Michael Bloomberg to run for president.
Judy Sheindlin is a former supervising judge of Manhattan Family Court. She is the presiding judge of the Emmy-award winning series " Judge Judy ."
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I like Judge Judy as a tv show. She is not a liberal, and she does not have a single word about Donald Trump or the Republicans in this article, which is curious, but I appreciate her overall perspective.
Why would that be curious?
This "IS" what's being brought to the table by the Democrats running for President:
"bt in this campaign, candidates are fighting to out-left each other with pie-in-the-sky proposals for free money and free education. Everybody gets a thousand dollars, everybody gets free college tuition. Everybody gets, everybody gets, but where does all this getting come from?
Judge Judy, right on!
Sorry, if he does decide to run her endorsement just turned me off.
I find Judge Judy more annoying than Trump and the Democrats combined.
If only she were as considerate, well thought out, and compassionate on her tv show, as in her opinion piece.
I like her. She tough and thoughtful.
Yeah, me, too. She has a way of cutting thru the bullshit and getting to the meat.
And? Bloomberg already said he is not going to run!
Bloomberg will, for damn sure, not be the Democratic nominee in 2020. As an independent he would likely only guarantee Trump's reelection which I believe he would never ever want to do. I like Bloomberg just fine though I think he is unelectable outside of New York. He has the proverbial snowball's chance in hell of winning of the Democratic nomination. So, maybe he should run against Trump as a Republican. What? No chances there either. Tell me this, if Bloomberg cannot win the Democratic nomination and he cannot beat Trump for the Republican nomination then how in hell does anyone figure that Bloomberg has any chance of somehow getting himself elected POTUS?
JBB,
He already said that if he runs he will run as a dem because he doesn't want the dems to lose. He has also spent a ton of money on the DNC. And I disagree he is unelectable outside of NY. Look at Trump. Now the question of him winning the democratic nomination is always up for grabs, but he would be running as a dem, and just remember, no one thought that Trump would win either when he came down the golden escalator.
Bloomberg makes a whole lot more sense than trmp, too
I have to agree with you there Trout. A self-made billionaire, who ran the largest city in the US for 12 years, made it the safest and economically sound in the nation. No comparison.
I could vote for him.
I think somebody just tore up my liberal card
Bloomberg already declined to run after he determined he could not win the Democratic primary. You just ignored all the parts of my comment you did not like!
Says You! Trump is about as old as Joe Biden and not nearly in as good of shape mentally or physically. Michael Bloomberg is older than both of them. Judge Judy and Bloomberg are both about 77 and were both born in 1942.
Says quite a few people, actually. Biden has not done himself any favors with some of his public appearances. That said, I do hope he wins the nomination and I would not cringe at the thought of him being elected.
However Warren, Sanders, Harris, and Booker are absolutely moonbats, and even members of their own party are shouting it from the rooftops.
Wally, what are you talking about?
Gotta agree with that.
You, Perrie Halpern, believe that Kamala Harris and Cory Booker are 'moonbats' ? ( I wont bother then with Sanders or Warren) .
That is interesting.
Moonbat - Wikipedia
" Moonbat " is a pejorative political epithet used in United States politics, referring to liberals, progressives, or leftists (especially the far-left), a possible parallel to the pejorative "Wingnut" attributed to American conservatives, and right-wing politics.
Most normal people do, John. Just like most normal people don't like Donald Trump. He's there because the alternatives sucked, and if they don't get better he's still going to be there in 2021.
They're the Head Moonbats. 32nd Degree Master Moonbats. Competing for MVP in the National Moonbat League.
You have a warped standard for "the lesser of two evils"
It's called "realism".
I didn't vote for Trump, but Hillary sucked as a candidate, so I understand how he won.
That said, she was a FAR better option than any of the Moonbat Brigade we've already mentioned.
There are reasonable, responsible Democrats out there who could win the election if they can get past the lunatic fringe and win the nomination.
I disagree with you on this. I think if he were the Democratic nominee...meaning all the far left batshit lunatics had to vote for him or face four more years of Trump...he'd win pretty handily.
I think he could win the Democratic nomination. The field is that poor.
This seems silly. He's not going to reverse course and run again because Judge Judy likes him.
Bloomberg has said, recently, that he will get back in if Biden falters. He doesnt want to see Warren get it.
Opps sorry, John. I didn't see this comment.
You have to keep up with the news. He already said that he would run if Biden looks like he is not going to make it.
Thats quite alright.
That's what I have you for!
You realize Donald Trump is currently President of the United States. "Silly" has lost all perspective.
That's a fair point.
Judge Judy would be a better president than Trump, that goes without saying. So would the judge on the People's Court tv show, , the judge on the Divorce Court tv show, and the guy who said "here comes the judge"
All the plaintiffs and defendants on these court shows would be better presidents than Trump too.
He should be in prison for his stop and frisk.
Dean, you live in Colorado, right?
Clean up your own state:
Stop and identify laws exist in 24 states : Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri (Kansas City only), Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
If any of them are found to be violating our constitutional rights like Bloomberg was they should be held accountable and punished for their violations. He has never paid the price for his crimes.
Dean,
Since no one brought charges, there can be no punishment, just like in your state. And maybe no charges were bought was because there were no crimes at least that would hold up in court, and that is because the issue would have been whether or not the procedure, not the man, was constitutional or not.