Martin O'Malley 2016-- The right kind of hawk.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

24. There are traditional criteria and then there are anthropocene criteria!

Of course no human being is without warts. Bobby Kennedy broke into politics as a Joe McCarthy staffer. Al Gore helped get NAFTA passed. It has always been necessary to be forgiving and pragmatic in choosing a national candidate.

However. We live in the most special age in human existence, when Noam Chomsky and a growing number of scientists say we are facing the end of history. So picking the right leader is no longer an important issue, it is critical as to whether billions will live or die. No scientist can yet predict the time or precise mechanism of our doom, but I think a majority of climatologists would agree that if we stay on this course, world civilization will end. What we are doing is simply not sustainable.

Therefore, it is imperative that we select a leader using two fundamental criteria: 1) a willingness to expend political capital to embark on a global Marshall Plan to mitigate climate change effects; and 2) the guts to lead a counter-attack in the domestic class war which has led to historic wealth inequality.

The only electable candidate willing to run and matching those two criteria is O’Malley, in my view. But my opinion is based on familiarity with his record and that of other potential nominees. I invite you to challenge that opinion, but only with logic and specific facts.

http://inthesetimes.com/article/17137/the_end_of_history