By all accounts, Michael Bloomberg’s performance in Wednesday’s debate was one for the record books.
But not in the way he hoped.
Bloomberg had the worst debate showing in modern American politics, making Richard Nixon look suave in his televised bout with JFK and George W. Bush sound like a Rhodes Scholar against Al Gore.
Writing for The Western Journal, Dan Backer explains how the implications of one disastrous performance reverberate far beyond the debate stage and even Bloomberg’s candidacy.
Apparently, there’s a limit to what money can buy, although Bloomberg will keep spending his money nonetheless. To date, the Bloomberg campaign has dished out over $400 million on political advertising — more than double the next largest spender, fellow billionaire Tom Steyer. When it’s all said and done, Bloomberg may spend more than $1 billion in personal funds to take down President Trump.
Ultimately, the size of Bloomberg’s war chest is irrelevant. With economic views incongruent with the modern Democratic Party and precisely zero charisma, his presidential ambitions are kaput.
That doesn’t guarantee he won’t try again. And it certainly doesn’t mean other politicians won’t follow his lead, like lemmings off a cliff. Hubris has a nasty habit of inducing temporary insanity.
Money doesn’t buy results; ideas do. Coming up with a winning idea and promoting it to the masses is the recipe for success. Of course, you need money to spread that idea via advertising, but money itself is less important than authenticity.
For President Trump, that winning idea was “make America great again.” When he said it, Americans believed him — because authenticity goes a lot further than trying to buy voters. And, unlike other politicians, President Trump has kept the promises he made.
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The right candidate with the right message — the authentic message, an American message — will prevail. And, once again, that will be President Trump — no matter how much money is spent on the other side.
AAN Staff
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