Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumLast week Bloomberg released 3 women from NDAs, and since then, nothing?
It's hard to believe they have nothing to say.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Guess they have nothing to say.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)That seems to be his favorite move. Throwing money around.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)sure
more mud tossed at Mike?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
blm
(113,071 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BilltheCat
(65 posts)if the worst thing you can say he did is make some inappropriate comments a long time ago that puts him lightyears ahead of near any other politician.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)That's what HE says is the extent of what the NDAs are concealing... but we only have his word for that.
re: "a long time ago"
I don't think we know the full time frame, either.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
brooklynite
(94,624 posts)...after pocketing the money.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)After a publicized windfall, a whole lot of "friends" tend to surface. Also scam artists and long ago "creditors." Family can be an issue too.
Ask lottery winners about that.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)They have good jobs, but live way beyond their means with new cars, vacations, etc. and I don't want them begging me to help fund them.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Now I have this can't lose business venture we need to talk about....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)a noble cause.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BilltheCat
(65 posts)don't quite understand the motives of those trying to smear him all the time. the worst you can say is a long time ago he made some verbal comments. meanwhile everything I heard is his company was a great place for women to have a career. not to mention we have a thing in the WH that has been second only to the mullahs of the ME in his treatment and policies toward women.
I don't understand the folks trying to tear Mike Bloomberg down. Seems very self-defeating.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
redqueen
(115,103 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
BilltheCat
(65 posts)Thank you redqueen. there's certainly some very interesting discussion. some of it is unnerving to be honest.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)There might be another legitimate reason for their silence. It might be on the advice of their attorneys.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
whathehell
(29,067 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)So angry.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
whathehell
(29,067 posts)One gets the decided sense that most males, even the supposedly "progressive" ones, don't care much about women's treatment or issues.
Too bad for THEM.we make up a majority of the Party!
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
BilltheCat
(65 posts)I am a woman in a tech field and I have been in the field long enough to remember being the only women in meetings too.
I have been sexually hit on or worse by managers, peers who tried to get me fired after rejecting them and much more.
I can remember a VP at the first place I worked after graduating walking down the hall's joking with another effectively saying HAHAHHA Bob, I can't believe you worked for a WOMAN!!
That's why if the worst "dirt" on Mike Bloomberg is that he made some inappropriate comments 30 years ago I think it's ridiculous to harp on it. I would have been tickled pink if that's the worst I'd been exposed to. it was EVERYWHERE back then and any guy who says it wasn't is IMHO full of it.
To me the real issue is have they evolved. By all accounts MB's enterprise was a wonderful place for competent, career-minded woman to work and be promoted. I see no reason to pick him apart.
Just explaining my perspective. I appreciate yours as well.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
redqueen
(115,103 posts)Did you forget?
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
whathehell
(29,067 posts)Kind of obvious.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
redqueen
(115,103 posts)it's hard to imagine how bad what he paid to have hushed up must be.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
redqueen
(115,103 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
mgcgulfcoast
(1,127 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Releasing them from the NDA's doesn't take away the option of suing them based on anything they might now say.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
denem
(11,045 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
backtoblue
(11,344 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Baclava
(12,047 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,423 posts)I also wondered if there was an implicit agreement that additional funds might be provided at some point in the future conditioned on silence. Of course, that is entirely conjecture.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
denem
(11,045 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
denem
(11,045 posts)Bloomberg has offered to release 3 women from NDAs. The women are required to contract Bloomberg LP, and ask. And without question, they will be required to sign something, at a minimum acknowledging they have been given a release. But wait, there's more. Are (all) the provisions of the NDA voided ab initio, from the date the sign Blooberg's release or voidable? On both sides, or unilaterally on Bloomberg's side? Does Bloomberg regain the right to pursue legal action the women? Do they? What is the status of monies paid under the NDA?
At the very least, the women would be taking advice.
Michael Bloomberg Will Release Some Women From NDAs If They Ask
Michael Bloomberg said Friday that he is now willing to release women from three non-disclosure agreements related to offensive comments they say he made -- after refusing to do so at Wednesdays Democratic presidential debate.
Bloomberg LP has identified 3 NDAs signed over the past 30+ years with women to address complaints about comments they said I had made. If any of them want to be released from their NDAs, they should contact the company and theyll be given a release, Bloomberg tweeted.
One of the NDAs concerns a woman named Sekiko Sekai Garrison, who filed a complaint in 1995 alleging that Bloomberg told her to kill it when she told him she was pregnant, the Associated Press reported and a senior campaign aide confirmed.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/bloomberg-says-he-will-release-women-from-ndas-if-they-ask
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,423 posts)The offer is very different from a unilateral recision of the right to sue for speaking about events covered under the NDA. Very different!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
denem
(11,045 posts)handed to you by Bloomberg LP without taking expert legal advice?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
David__77
(23,423 posts)I would probably be wary of anything other than a very clear and unilateral recision of Bloombergs under the NDA. Certainly Id think one wouldnt be hasty unless extremely motivated and without concern for consequence.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
thesquanderer
(11,990 posts)...forfeiting any money they had received.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Kaleva
(36,314 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden