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NCTraveler

(30,481 posts)
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:54 AM Jun 2015

The Drudge Report: Your one-stop shop for shirtless Martin O’Malley photos

If you're looking for shirtless photos of Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley, you can either try Google image search or The Drudge Report.

The site has given the former Maryland governor -- perhaps Hillary Clinton's most formidable opponent -- positive coverage for much of the year, including running several photos of his chiseled-and-not-even-just-for-a-politician physique. Political analyst Jeff Greenfield wondered aloud earlier this month how often shirtless O'Malley photos showed up on the site and whether it was a thing.

It's definitely a thing. We don't have an official count (don't worry, we can start now), but there are some that have been captured via screenshot. If you have any others, please let us know so we can have a full and accurate tally of this phenomenon.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2015/06/15/the-drudge-report-your-one-stop-shop-for-shirtless-martin-omalley-photos/

This is funny.

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The Drudge Report: Your one-stop shop for shirtless Martin O’Malley photos (Original Post) NCTraveler Jun 2015 OP
Well Obama posed shirtless and won the presidency. Nye Bevan Jun 2015 #1
I'll pass. NaturalHigh Jun 2015 #2
Most of the Pics from the Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Koinos Jun 2015 #3
Posted to for later. n/t 1StrongBlackMan Jun 2015 #4
Matt Drudge must lead a boring life. leftofcool Jun 2015 #5
Is he trying the Putin approach? peacebird Jun 2015 #6

Nye Bevan

(25,406 posts)
1. Well Obama posed shirtless and won the presidency.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 07:56 AM
Jun 2015


So you can't really blame O'Malley for emulating him.

Koinos

(2,800 posts)
3. Most of the Pics from the Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:10 AM
Jun 2015

It was all for a good cause. As the article tells us --

There are a limited number of shirtless O'Malley photos around since most of the above photos are from the Polar Bear Plunge, a yearly charity event for Special Olympics in Annapolis, Md. O'Malley told BaltimoreRavens.com in 2010 that he goes every year, but there aren't photos of him participating every year.

leftofcool

(19,460 posts)
5. Matt Drudge must lead a boring life.
Tue Jun 16, 2015, 08:38 AM
Jun 2015

One would think that scarfing up photos of shirtless O'Malley at charity events would get boring after a while. Drudge must lead a really sad life. I did get a chuckle out of this quote though.

"He is Hillary Clinton's only real threat -- both on Election Day and on the bench press."

And it might well be true!

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