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delrem

(9,688 posts)
Sat Nov 7, 2015, 11:54 PM Nov 2015

I liked Martin O'Malley in the Rachel interviews.

I'm a Canadian so "just watching", so don't mind me.
At first I thought he was wooden, his eyes too fixed on Maddow's.
But under Rachel's sharp questioning he opened up and showed a very human side, a caring side which matched his accomplishments, which are many. A fact that when he left office, the office didn't do as well, isn't to be blamed on him. Else it'd be a crazy world.

Now I'm going to listen to Bernie Sanders
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I liked Martin O'Malley in the Rachel interviews. (Original Post) delrem Nov 2015 OP
me, too grasswire Nov 2015 #1
I agree... FarPoint Nov 2015 #2
I was very impressed! CrispyQ Nov 2015 #3
Yep, the media is now pushing the Hillary is inevitable nonsense again. askew Nov 2015 #4
Thanks. n/t FSogol Nov 2015 #5

grasswire

(50,130 posts)
1. me, too
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 02:28 AM
Nov 2015

And a 40-something woman watching it with me really liked him. She doesn't like Hillary and thinks Bernie is too old, so O'Malley struck a chord with her.

I support Bernie, but O'Malley would be my second choice now. He's a decent man.

FarPoint

(13,629 posts)
2. I agree...
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 04:50 AM
Nov 2015

It was a good first impression for me. We could all benefit from more of his platform discussion.

CrispyQ

(38,269 posts)
3. I was very impressed!
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 01:43 PM
Nov 2015

I still like Bernie but I'm leaning more towards O'Malley. He was articulate, he has good screen presence & in this digital age, that is important. But I liked his ideas & how he presented them. And his record, since I've been reading more about him.

I'm more & more pissed at the media. One pundit said that HRC has sucked all the oxygen out of the room. Well, yeah, & a lot of it is your doing, you morans! She's all you talk about. Oh & the clusterfuck on the right. The media is such a big part of our problem.

askew

(1,464 posts)
4. Yep, the media is now pushing the Hillary is inevitable nonsense again.
Sun Nov 8, 2015, 02:48 PM
Nov 2015

They are annoyed that they even have to cover O'Malley or Sanders.

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