Traditionally independent candidates for the presidency, rather than depict themselves as an isolated nutcase radicals, which they invariably are, try to depict themselves as the last defender of some bastion of moral principle traditionally held by the major parties, but now abandoned by both. That what Pat Buchanan did. He did have a wee bit of case with respect to foreign policy and that is what Ralph Nader did, even his nanny state politics were never mainstream. And now that is what Michael Bloomberg is doing.
Martha T. Moore, USA Today, reports on Bloombergs channelling of Ralph Nader.
NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who became an independent last week, showed his non-partisan colors Wednesday by criticizing both political parties.Bloomberg, who left the GOP and is asked almost daily about running for president, said Wednesday that neither the Republican nor Democratic Party “stands for anything.”
The major parties do stand for something. The democrats for example stand for higher and higher taxes. When a nutcase like Nader or Bloomberg says the parties don’t stand for anything what he means is that neither party agrees with him. In the case of these nut jobs, who can blame them.
