I know you're all waiting with bated breath to see if Michael Bloomberg will be re-elected mayor of New York City for the 8th time

But I have no idea how I feel about the man. I’m wary of any billionaire’s ability to do what’s best for the masses, but people I tend to agree with think he’s great. And I just got an email from the freelancers union telling me to vote for him because he’s the candidate who will best protect my fiscal interests. But then I read what Alex Pareene wrote on Gawker and it’s pretty brilliant. I just wish he’d offered an alternative to MB.

One gets the sense that none of this really matters. That anyone who has scratched enough backs and kissed enough babies to find himself a candidate for major office is the kind of person who is easily bought and sold. One of the main reasons I stumped like hell for Obama was because I figured the younger he was, the less of his soul was owed to evil, blood-sucking corporations. Bloomberg isn’t young. But he is rich enough to tell everyone to piss off. Which I guess can be a good thing in politics—assuming he spends his own money on re-election campaigns.

I just don’t know. Read Pareene below and tell me what you think. I excerpted the whole thing.