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L. Coyote

(51,129 posts) Mon May 9, 2016, 03:02 PM May 2016

Michael Bloomberg Contributes $250,000 to Oregon primary SoS candidate Val Hoyle.

Michael Bloomberg Contributes $250,000 to Secretary of State Candidate Val Hoyle

WOW, that's for a primary in Oregon, imagine that! And, she will likely lose the election to Brad Avakian, who enjoys support from the labor community.

Not to mention, Oregonians may vote against her because Bloomberg gave her a quarter million dollars.

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Michael Bloomberg Contributes $250,000 to Oregon primary SoS candidate Val Hoyle. (Original Post) L. Coyote May 2016 OP

Yep. Bloomberg wants it? Hell, no. Probably gun ban politics involved. Eleanors38 May 2016 #1

SoS office controls elections! L. Coyote May 2016 #2

Bloomberg's political sensitivities are like a diarrhetic baby's. Eleanors38 May 2016 #3

Ironic sarisataka May 2016 #4

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

1. Yep. Bloomberg wants it? Hell, no. Probably gun ban politics involved.

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Mon May 9, 2016, 03:13 PM

May 2016

On EDIT:

VIOLA! I did a blind taste test ( didn't read the link), and I was right. Bloomberg don't like them libs. But he wants to disarm citizens (he got his own armed bodyguards). He don't even like most Democrats.

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)

2. SoS office controls elections!

Reply to Eleanors38 (Reply #1)

Mon May 9, 2016, 03:23 PM

May 2016

Last thing we need is outside politicos owning our elections in Oregon.

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)

3. Bloomberg's political sensitivities are like a diarrhetic baby's.

Reply to L. Coyote (Reply #2)

Mon May 9, 2016, 03:32 PM

May 2016

sarisataka

(18,755 posts)

4. Ironic

Reply to L. Coyote (Original post)

Mon May 9, 2016, 04:11 PM

May 2016

"Val is committed to reducing the influence of money in campaigns and empowering the voices of everyday Oregonians," she writes on her campaign website.

Real commitment would be to tell Bloomie what to do with his check.

But what does a little quid pro quo hurt? After all isn't money speech?

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