Instead of a corrective to Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg is simply a different brand of piggishness, writes bridgetgillard
Michael Bloomberg. Photo: www.RoyRochlin.Com/Getty Images Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg is likely the newest entry in the Democratic presidential race, offering himself as the billionaire counter to Bernie Sanders’ and Elizabeth Warren’s “socialist” anti-billionaire agendas.
Don’t get me wrong: Thursday’s New York Times lays out a panoply of episodes where Bloomberg has been accused of the typically obnoxious, demeaning behavior toward women that’s just as straightforward as that of his opponents. Take this remark supposedly attributed to him in 1990: “If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains, they’d go to the library instead of to Bloomingdale’s.
Colleagues told the Times that Bloomberg’s past comments should be chalked up to “the 1970s machismo of the investment banking industry” in which he forged his career. His spokesperson’s response — “Mike has come to see that some of what he has said is disrespectful and wrong” — was similar. Even putting aside the fact that some of the incidents in question occurred as recently as the 2000s , his behavior cannot be written off as part of some bygone era before he became a public servant.
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