"Ignoring Bloomberg's record to endorse others made no sense"

Judge Judy:
It is no secret that I fervently believe Michael Bloomberg is the only presidential candidate qualified by governing experience and personal history to lead the United States of America in 2020. I have publicly endorsed his presidential campaign. I believe his credentials speak for themselves. And that’s why I’m baffled by the New York Times’s decision to endorse not one but two Democratic candidates, neither of whom comes close in their track records to that of Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor. In fact, neither of them has governed anything in their political careers.

The Times’s endorsements of Mayor Bloomberg in the past. When the Times supported him for a second term as mayor in 2005, it noted that “Mr. Bloomberg has not been nearly as exciting as Edward I. Koch or Rudolph W. Giuliani. But he has been better at running the city. If he continues his record of accomplishment over the next four years, he may be remembered as one of the greatest mayors in New York history.”

When Mayor Bloomberg ran for a third term in 2009, the New York Times once again was his unabashed champion. It said that “he has run the $60 billion government with keen attention to accountability and efficiency,” and it called special attention to his accomplishments in education, environmental protection and crime reduction.

Mayor Bloomberg’s governing credentials are even more important, given his proven financial and political independence. As mayor, he made decisions based on what he thought was best for the people he represented, not on the relentless pressures of special-interest politics. He was and is beholden to no one.

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/479720-judge-judys-verdict-ignoring-bloombergs-record-to-endorse-others-made-no