NO LONGER ON THE LAMB
Misn’t going to be anyone’s secretary. The latest round of WikiLeaks’ hacked emails, released a couple of weeks ago, suggests the former mayor (photo) was recently considered as a candidate for secretary of state. But the 74-year-old multibillionaire made clear at a private fund-raiser for Democratic congressional nominee that he has no interest in the gig.
“I have not worked for anyone for the past 35 years and I do not plan on working for anyone in the future,” Bloomberg told wheelers and dealers at the recent downtown Manhattan affair.
There had been chatter at the VIP soiree about an email exchange, apparently between surrogate and Bloomberg aide in which Clinton’s camp asks Wolfson about reports that New York Democrats were pushing the former mayor to run for President against their candidate.
“I find the whole thing laughable,” Wolfson allegedly replied in that June exchange, to which Tanden asked if there’s a job Mayor Mike might consider in a Clinton administration.
Wolfson put forth the possibility of Bloomberg becoming secretary of state, then immediately acknowledged it “ain’t gonna happen.” But just the same, Tanden forwarded the idea to Clinton campaign chairman whose email was hacked, apparently by Russia.
A political insider close to the Throne-Holst event tells Confidential that Bloomberg has told confidants it’s his plan to “devote himself to his charitable foundation” over the next four years and beyond. That insider scoffs at the suggestion that Bloomberg would be interested in public office at this point in his life.
“When he was mayor he worked for the people, but he was in charge,” says our snitch.
In March, three months before the alleged exchange between Wolfson and Tanden, Bloomberg had considered making a run at the presidency, but said he’d decided against it in an an essay on Bloomberg.com called “The Risk I Will Not Take.”
“When I look at the data, it’s clear to me that if I entered the race, I could not win,” he wrote. In July, Bloomberg simultaneously endorsed Clinton at the Democratic National Convention and ripped Starring in the 2003 Broadway rival of “Gypsy” has changed the way eats gyros. “I could never eat lamb after that,” she told do-gooders at the “Best in Shows” benefit for the Humane Society of New York. “I got to know them up close and personal.” Peters (inset) starred alongside an actual lamb named Lilly in “Gypsy,” which features a song called “Little Lamb.”