{"id":8611,"date":"2013-06-13T09:05:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T13:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8611"},"modified":"2013-06-13T09:05:13","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T13:05:13","slug":"dems-dissing-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8611","title":{"rendered":"Dems dissing Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/dailypolitics\/2013\/06\/new-york-donors-arent-ready-to-shut-their-wallets-at-mayor-bloombergs-command\" target=\"_blank\">Didn&#8217;t take long<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8604\">my previous statement<\/a> to be proven true:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nyc.gov\/mayor\" target=\"_blank\">Bloomberg<\/a> made his appeal in personal letters to hundreds of donors, arguing that denying the senators campaign cash would get them to change their positions on gun control. \u00a0But some of the donors called the mayor\u2019s argument ridiculous, and they vowed to continue writing checks &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Nice reality check. \u00a0Mayor Mike must be angry especially since the Daily News did a story on it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;&#8230; Another donor \u2013 who has given money to several of the senators \u2013 said that Bloomberg is being \u201cna\u00efve\u201d in focusing solely on gun control, since the senators support other positions that are helpful to the city &#8230;&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No, he&#8217;s being supremely arrogant. \u00a0It takes a helluva big ego to send letters to people, most of whom Bloomberg probably does not know personally, and tell them not to financially support candidates who do not support Bloomberg&#8217;s personal agenda.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D8611&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden;  width:150px; height:21px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/li><li class=\"twtr\" style=\"width:90px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8611\">&nbsp;<\/a><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/li><li class=\"gplus\" style=\"width:68px\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-href=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8611\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"ssb_linkedin\" style=\"width:64px\"><script src=\"\/\/platform.linkedin.com\/in.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">lang: en_US<\/script><script type=\"IN\/Share\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.gunpoliticsny.com\/?p=8611\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didn&#8217;t take long for my previous statement to be proven true: &#8220;&#8230;\u00a0Bloomberg made his appeal in personal letters to hundreds of donors, arguing that denying the senators campaign cash would get them to change their positions on gun control. \u00a0But some of the donors called the mayor\u2019s argument ridiculous, and they vowed to continue writing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ssb_list_wrapper\"><li class=\"fb2\" style=\"width:135px\"><iframe src=\"\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gunpoliticsny.com%2F%3Fp%3D8611&amp;layout=button_count&amp;action=like&amp;show_faces=false&amp;share=true&amp;width=135&amp;height=21&amp;appId=307091639398582\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; 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