So If “The Public” Wanted You To Jump Off A Bridge, You’d Do That, Too?

Which “public” is Mayor Bloomberg talking about when he “answers” how his position on term limits is not hypocritically self serving? Another rule — don’t trust any politician who uses “the public” more than three times in a single answer:

“I don’t think it’s hypocritical at all,” Bloomberg told The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “The public came to me and said that they wanted to, wanted me to change term limits, see if I could get term limits changed, serve another term,” he explained. “I said I’d be willing to spend four more years of my life helping the public and doing what I think is right so I leave my kids a better world. Did that.”

“But the public clearly wants to go back to two terms, and I said that it would be on the ballot. It is,” he added. “The public has a chance to express themselves today. That’s what democracy is all about.”

See also: Bloomberg For Mayor 2009.