{"id":41257,"date":"2020-02-15T20:04:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-15T20:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41257"},"modified":"2020-02-15T20:04:20","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T20:04:20","slug":"mike-and-hillary-vs-donald-and-mike-this-must-be-a-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=41257","title":{"rendered":"Mike and Hillary vs. Donald and Mike? This must be a joke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bloomberg-clinton.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-41258\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bloomberg-clinton-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bloomberg-clinton-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/bloomberg-clinton.jpg 618w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I realize fully I am likely getting way ahead of myself, but some media are reporting it, so I will offer a brief comment.<\/p>\n<p>It is being talked about that Michael Bloomberg is considering fellow New Yorker Hillary Rodham Clinton as a potential running mate if Bloomberg manages to snag the 2020 Democratic Party presidential nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Oh \u2026 brother. Say it ain&#8217;t so.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll restate what I consider to be the obvious. I voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 to become the 45th president of the United States. I cast my vote without an ounce of regret. She remains highly qualified to be our head of state.<\/p>\n<p>However, she also is a colossal punching bag for Donald Trump and his Republican smear\/slime\/slander machine. To that end, Hillary Clinton likely would overshadow a nominee named Michael Bloomberg. Does the next presidential nominee want to be eclipsed by a VP running mate who will become the focus of idiotic chants such as, oh, let&#8217;s see: <em>&#8220;Lock her up!&#8221;<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p>The Drudge Report has reported that Bloomberg is considering a Mike\/Hillary ticket. So has MSNBC. Who else is going to join the bandwagon?<\/p>\n<p>This would be a monumentally bad idea for whomever the Democrats nominate for the presidency. It&#8217;s not that Hillary is a bad candidate. It is only that she presents the kind of insurmountable distraction that is going to pull voters&#8217; attention away from the issues that ought to matter as we consider for whom to vote as our next president.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, I do not want to hand the current president any additional ammo he can use to slither his way to re-election.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I realize fully I am likely getting way ahead of myself, but some media are reporting it, so I will offer a brief comment. 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