Deep pockets buy campaigns

Bloombo Dicto has a reputation for arresting election protesters, changing the election laws to satisfy his hunger for power, minimising his political opposition, allegedly engaging in election intimidation, and buying influence with his campaign war chest. Welcome to a 'new' New York -- Iran style.

Bloomberg Sets Record for His Own Spending on Elections

"Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg has spent $85 million of his own money on his latest re-election campaign, more than anyone in U.S. history," The New York Times has reported.

"Newly released campaign records show the mayor, as of Friday, had spent $85 million on his latest re-election campaign, and is on pace to spend between $110 million and $140 million before the election on Nov. 3," the report also showed.

"And no one sees this as the death of democracy?"

Even after considering all of Mayor Bloomberg's "blemishes," The New York Times can still twist the facts and rationalise that 4 more years of Bloomberg will do us good.

After the 8 almost parallel years of the combined Bloomberg-Bush administrations, I think we've regressed to the point where almost nobody dares tell the emperor-dictator that he is wrong.

Bloomberg fines Thompson's campaign

Thompson fined over street posters

NEW YORK -- "The City of New York has fined mayoral candidate Bill Thompson nearly $126,000 for putting up campaign posters on city property.

City rules bar candidates from hanging posters and fliers on public property and the Sanitation Department says its workers regularly rip down unauthorized material.

So far, the Thompson campaign has been ticketed 1,677 times over such postings.

Campaign spokesman Mike Murphy suggested that incumbent Mayor Mike Bloomberg was behind the ticket-writing effort."

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McBloom = McSame

"We Voted For Term Limits!"

Green Party Candidate For Mayor Of NYC
Reverend Billy Talen speaks up from his seat at the first mayoral debate between incumbent billionaire socialite Mike Bloomberg and Democrat nominee and Comptroller Bill Thompson.

Rev. Talen preaches for a respect ...of term limits as the crowd responds with, "Eight Is Enough! Eight Is Enough!"