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Lurks Often

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27. Comes with being a politician

Reply to FSogol (Reply #24)

Tue Apr 28, 2015, 10:09 AM

Apr 2015

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Martin O'Malley is getting some media scrutiny re Baltimore today... [View all] CTyankee Apr 2015 OP

not that O'Malley had any chance of winning beforehand, but . . . geek tragedy Apr 2015 #1

I think the RW media is going to make this look like O'Malley's fault. CTyankee Apr 2015 #3

and they are also blaming the present Mayor Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #32

Last Night During The Heat Of The Cable News Reporting Of The Situation I Already Heard Some Blame.. global1 Apr 2015 #2

The next hours and days will be interesting. O'Malley's inner circle must be in a CTyankee Apr 2015 #4

Michael Steele raised it first Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #5

We now lend credence to the glop that comes out of Michael Steele's piehole? FSogol Apr 2015 #10

"I do not know if Steele is off base or is correct in his observations." Tom Rinaldo Apr 2015 #17

OMG, someone evolved! HERESY! boston bean Apr 2015 #23

Yeah, pretty ridiculous. He left office as Mayor of Baltimore in Nov 2007. FSogol Apr 2015 #6

They are finger pointing and saying "He started it." CTyankee Apr 2015 #7

Yes and No Lurks Often Apr 2015 #8

The question arises as to whether he has "evolved" into a newer way of seeing things CTyankee Apr 2015 #9

"arming cops with increasingly lethal weaponry" Lurks Often Apr 2015 #21

See post #10. He started with those policies, but changed away from that FSogol Apr 2015 #11

Doesn't much matter, rightly or wrongly he is going to get some of the blame Lurks Often Apr 2015 #15

That's how the RW media works. We don't have to accept that. FSogol Apr 2015 #19

That's how BOTH sides of the media work Lurks Often Apr 2015 #22

and yet efforts are being made to stretch the blame back 7-1/2 years while not mentioning FSogol Apr 2015 #24

Comes with being a politician Lurks Often Apr 2015 #27

I disagree with this part malaise Apr 2015 #12

He starts the day for folks like me...I tune him in to get today's RW talking points... CTyankee Apr 2015 #13

yes he does Rosa Luxemburg Apr 2015 #33

Yup, pretty transparent. n/t FSogol Apr 2015 #14

O'Malley is no more to blame for his tenure as mayor or city council OKNancy Apr 2015 #16

let's see who got the memo. mopinko Apr 2015 #18

Folks who have said we should nominate someone other than Hillary to avoid smears should stevenleser Apr 2015 #20

For the RW, any Democrat getting the nomination will become the most liberal candidate of FSogol Apr 2015 #26

I Guarantee if O'Malley Runs, the African-Americans of Baltimore qwlauren35 Apr 2015 #25

Some will. From a recent Washington Post article: FSogol Apr 2015 #34

+1 n/t lumberjack_jeff Apr 2015 #37

First one must fredamae Apr 2015 #28

I view his stuff as propaganda that he is pushing du jour. I don't take his word on anything. CTyankee Apr 2015 #30

O'Malley cuts short his speaking tour in Ireland to return home to Baltimore Koinos Apr 2015 #29

I'm not so sure. He has a really big problem on his hands if he is thinking of running for president CTyankee Apr 2015 #31

Unanswered charges are most damaging Koinos Apr 2015 #35

I guess if he makes a real effort to reach out to the black community and he gets CTyankee Apr 2015 #36

Martin O'Malley walks into a West Baltimore community meeting Koinos Apr 2015 #38

It's exactly what he needed to do...and I do think he is sincere... CTyankee Apr 2015 #39