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    Wining and dining voters to win their favor has a long tradition in American politics. George Washington sauced up the electorate early in his career with “144 gallons of rum, punch, hard cider, and beer his election agent handed out — roughly half a gallon for every vote he received,” en route to victory for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses, according to Daniel Okrent in Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. In 1876, the Republican Party paraded two oxen through the streets of New York before roasting them in public and passing out sandwiches to an audience of 50,000 attendees.

    “There was a longstanding bribery tradition where candidates would offer whiskey in exchange for the ‘correct’ vote,” says Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Marymount University and an expert on election law. Prior to the standardization of the ballot, Americans voted with colored slips of paper, which could be identified from afar by someone handing out free hooch.
    'but my sacred democracy'

    Last week, on the first day of early voting in North Carolina, more than 700 people waited in torrential rain to attend a 7 a.m. event for billionaire Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg. Among the attendees at Footnote Coffee in downtown Winston-Salem was 22-year-old Wake Forest undergrad Meredith Happy, who posted a Snapchat shortly after she walked into the event. The picture wasn’t of any campaign signage, or even the candidate, but of a kingly spread of food that included quiches, smoked salmon with capers and chopped eggs, a fruit platter, cookies, and assorted pastries. She captioned the photo “Daddy Bloomberg.”

    “I’ve never seen food at a political event,” Happy said. “And I’ve been to a lot of them.”

    Judging by the all-you-can-eat feasts that have become a hallmark of Bloomberg events throughout the country, his unconventional presidential campaign — which has seen him enter the race just days before the deadline to appear on the ballot in many states, skip the first four states of the Democratic primary, and totally eschew outside fundraising — is taking at least one old adage seriously: that the way to a voter’s heart is through their stomach. Pete Buttigieg may hold fundraisers in a wine cave, but Bloomberg brings wine to the voters, serving it alongside Cuban sandwiches and kosher pigs in a blanket at a Miami rally in late January. Two weeks ago, in Philadelphia, more than 1,000 attendees feasted on hoagies, honeyed Brie, and cheesesteaks at Bloomberg’s expense.
    https://www.eater.com/2020/2/18/2114...mocrat-primary
    Bloomberg 2020!
    Last edited by demi-conservative; 02-20-2020, 07:36 PM.
    Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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    Was there bacon?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sparko View Post
      Was there bacon?
      In flyover country he'll probably do full hogs, a cow or two.
      Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
        'but my sacred democracy'



        Bloomberg 2020!
        The American way!
        Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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        • #5
          Originally posted by seer View Post
          The American way!
          Bribing voters, influencing media, backroom deals and payments
          Last edited by demi-conservative; 02-21-2020, 02:14 PM.
          Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
            Bribing voters, influencing media, backroom deals and payments
            Sounds pretty normal...
            Atheism is the cult of death, the death of hope. The universe is doomed, you are doomed, the only thing that remains is to await your execution...

            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jbnueb2OI4o&t=3s

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            • #7
              Originally posted by seer View Post
              Sounds pretty normal...
              Yet people still believe in elections and democracy.
              Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by demi-conservative View Post
                'but my sacred democracy'



                Bloomberg 2020!
                No need to worry yourself about Bloomberg, he isn't getting the Democrat nomination because he's running in the wrong party. All he's doing is helping Sanders and Warren by taking votes away from the more moderate campaigns of Biden, Buttigieg and Klobuchar.

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                  • #10
                    Every time I see this thread title, I start to read it as "Bloomberg whining..."
                    Some may call me foolish, and some may call me odd
                    But I'd rather be a fool in the eyes of man
                    Than a fool in the eyes of God


                    From "Fools Gold" by Petra

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                    • #11
                      If Bloomberg handed me a check for, oh, about $20K, then he's bought my vote. I figure he won't cost me quite that much money if he gets elected so I will come out ahead in the deal.

                      Besides, that's what candidates do all the time anyway, make promises in order to buy votes. "I will lower your taxes" or "I will give you free healthcare".

                      Does anyone know Bloomberg's phone number? I'll call him.

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