For the last several days I’ve fallen into the nasty habit of sending horrible stories about Mike Bloomberg to my friends of the centrist persuasion.

They’re ecstatic over Bloomberg’s entrance into the race because he’s spending millions and millions and millions of dollars on commercials bashing Trump. 

Both articles cite a booklet calledThe Portable Bloomberg: The Wit & Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg—which was assembled by a sycophant in Bloomberg’s company and given to the boss in 1990 on the occasion of his 48th birthday.

And: “A good salesperson asks for the order. It’s like the guy who goes into a bar, and walks up to every gorgeous girl there and says ‘Do you want to fuck?’ He gets turned down a lot—but he gets fucked a lot, too.”

According to Gawker, Bloomberg “is reported to have conceded saying ‘I’d do her’ in relation to Garrison, but he insisted that he thought ‘do’ meant to have a personal relationship with someone. Other reports from the deposition [related to Garrison’s lawsuit] say Bloomberg almost stormed out of the proceedings when the opposing attorney asked him if he thought the porn film Debbie Does Dallas meant Debbie has a personal relationship with everyone from Dallas.”

Now, I realize these comments don’t square with the Democrats’ promise—in the #MeToo era—to take a strong stand against sexual harassment and predatory behavior in the workplace.