There's only one Democratic candidate I probably wouldn't vote for—and it's Michael Bloomberg. At some point, you have to be able to look in the mirror and feel that you're true to some set of core beliefs. Not *anything* goes, nor should it
If the Democratic "establishment" decides to undermine the other candidates and rally around Bloomberg, then they're basically asking to lose, and at some point, voters won't and can't be taken for granted. And it's best we make that clear sooner rather than later
What Bloomberg's NYPD did to Muslims is one of the most shocking episodes of civil rights abuses in my lifetime. Read @DandiaAsad's piece for background: aclu.org/blog/national-…
The list is long, however. Bloomberg's callous disregard for Muslim civilian life in Gaza is beyond anything I might otherwise imagine, and to have that from a Democrat would be a major step back for the party and violate even the most minimal progressive commitments
I'm sorry, people can "vote shame" all they want, but I won't be a party to someone who violates my most basic beliefs about what it means to be American, and neither should anyone else
And this is all *without* even mentioning "Stop-and-Frisk" or Bloomberg's admiration for a Chinese regime that has put more than a million Muslims in "re-education camps"
