Michael Bloomberg Quotes
A lot can happen in a week - just read any Bible, .. On the seventh day, Election Day, unlike the Bible, we can't rest.
Bloomberg, Michael. Campaign Rally Speech. New York, 30 Oct. 2001.
The governor had been without sleep for over 24 hours and was doing a magnificent job dealing with the worst storm that had ever hit the East Coast. He had been reporting the status to the people through the media and giving instructions to guide them. Yet there was one reporter who actually tried to bring politics into the crises and asked him about Election Day.
His opponent was Al Gore Sr. whose wife came up with the idea of placing signs underneath the McKeller signs saying, “Think Some More and Vote For Gore!”
The last two lines play on Davey Crockett's motto, "Be sure you're right, then go ahead."
At the time less than 10% of the Southern Blacks were allowed to vote. The result was that Southern segregationists were elected to Congress even in a state like Mississippi which had a majority Black population, The Southern segregationist bloc was large enough that with a few very conservative Republicans, they formed a coalition could block any civil rights legislation including voting rights reform,
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is an American businessman, politician, philanthropist, and author. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P. He was the Mayor of New York City from 2002 to 2013, and was a candidate for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president of the United States.
