When one imagines the fabled William Wallace it typically involves a man long dirty hair and blue face-paint, fighting for his people’s freedom. Ari Melber, on Monday afternoon’s MSNBC Live, said he imagines a man that want to restrict people’s right to bear arms and dictate the size of people’s sodas. “We like a reluctant warrior, in war. It was important in Braveheart, right. Mel Gibson didn’t initially want to fight.” The man Melber is describing is Michael Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City.
Melber lamented that the American people don’t often look for the qualities of Wallace in our politicians. “We like that. We don’t want you to be too eager to do certain things, right. It was – that’s my last resort, but if they come for my family I will hit the battlefield. We don’t usually look for that in our presidents.” To his credit, we don’t often have politicians who brandish claymores and promises to ride into battle against the English, but maybe we should.