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brutus smith

(685 posts)
94. Someone with integrity wouldn't trash someone running for the Dem Presidential nomination.
Fri Feb 7, 2020, 06:35 PM
Feb 2020

Only one reason to do this.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Undecided

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Suspect some are starting to step up, from fear of what BS is capable of empedocles Feb 2020 #1
Yep...losing a general is what will happen if he is the nominee...and more Trump judges, Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #38
I absolutely agree. Alliepoo Feb 2020 #77
Yes it seems Bev54 Feb 2020 #64
Its ok just prepare fo mo Baseless Bernie Bashing Backlash to propel Bernie's continued surge InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #65
Mayor Pete doing the surging empedocles Feb 2020 #74
Post removed Post removed Feb 2020 #2
Umm... O'Malley ran against Clinton in 2016, remember Recursion Feb 2020 #6
You start. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #13
Excellent! Cha Feb 2020 #83
Well...he dropped out February 1st... TCJ70 Feb 2020 #3
The convention was at the end of July. betsuni Feb 2020 #7
I'm aware...O'Malley ended his campaign Feb 1st. N/t TCJ70 Feb 2020 #71
The elitists are getting a little paranoid about Bernie. brutus smith Feb 2020 #4
"elitists" betsuni Feb 2020 #5
who are the elitists? I didnt think our side used that word... samnsara Feb 2020 #8
No, our side doesn't. betsuni Feb 2020 #9
we don't? bunny planet Feb 2020 #51
BOOOOOOOOMMM!!!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #67
Who is an elitist...people who disagree with you or think Sanders loses a General? Could it Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #40
Martin Joseph O'Malley - Most Irish name ever. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #62
Well. Can you elaborate on just MontanaMama Feb 2020 #10
Thank you, Corgigal Feb 2020 #43
Good idea. MontanaMama Feb 2020 #48
O'Malley said what he had to say, I said what I had to say. brutus smith Feb 2020 #47
His comments were better. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #49
*snort* Scurrilous Feb 2020 #72
Thanks for making my point about elitists. brutus smith Feb 2020 #76
And what was that point? HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #78
Martin O'Malley can't even remotely be considered an elitist. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #12
Absolutely THIS!!! eom BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #30
Sanders is a millionaire and has been a Senator octoberlib Feb 2020 #23
Sanders doesn't call the shots. For instance letting Bloomberg into the debate. brutus smith Feb 2020 #46
He Absolutely Demanded THe Rules Changes Which Helped Create The Iowa Chaos Me. Feb 2020 #54
He can demand all he wants. He still doesn't call the shots. brutus smith Feb 2020 #59
He Did This Time Me. Feb 2020 #60
So it was all Bernie's fault? Oh, ok. brutus smith Feb 2020 #81
I Didn't Say All Me. Feb 2020 #85
Or... a contributor who set the ball rolling. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #89
It Was The Sour Grapes Circuit Me. Feb 2020 #96
Similar to the totally false "media blackout" accusations... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #99
AM Joy Did A Pretty Good Summary Me. Feb 2020 #118
The Iowa rule change... ahoysrcsm Feb 2020 #108
Oh? Why thank you! brutus smith Feb 2020 #112
Letting Bloomberg into what debate? N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #101
Oh come on! "Sanders is a millionaire" is the lamest attack Bucky Feb 2020 #97
Bernie and Trump both use elitist terminology Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #26
Bernie Is Me. Feb 2020 #86
So you're calling all DEMOCRATS who don't agree with Bernie "Elilists"? Fla Dem Feb 2020 #31
I thought the term 'elitist' was reserved for millionaires... ehrnst Feb 2020 #32
In the minds of some they are. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #107
So I hear. But I never get a straight answer on who or what it means. ehrnst Feb 2020 #110
Yep! LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #119
Aren't we all elitists? treestar Feb 2020 #36
Anyone who has intelligence is elitist in RW world Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2020 #111
Or an education treestar Feb 2020 #113
Your English is quite good! Dream Girl Feb 2020 #52
+1 uponit7771 Feb 2020 #100
Очень хороший английский treestar Feb 2020 #114
Who's The Elitist? Me. Feb 2020 #57
Sells promises to kids as he plunders their allowance to flit about in fancy jet airplanes. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #73
And Don't Forget We're On The Hook For His Lovely Pension Me. Feb 2020 #79
Not yet. Scurrilous Feb 2020 #80
And there might be a maximum age treestar Feb 2020 #115
62 Is When You Can Start Me. Feb 2020 #117
Cue the Black Sabbath... InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #66
"elitist"? lol Cha Feb 2020 #90
I'm thinking you are jesting. LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #106
If he were a DU member his post would justifiably be hidden Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #11
I doubt many of them even know who Martin O'Malley is. TwilightZone Feb 2020 #14
I probably am more sensitive to this comment for a simple reason Tom Rinaldo Feb 2020 #15
Lol. Nah, that logic doesn't extend. Small is KPN Feb 2020 #19
"perhaps politics isn't for them" redqueen Feb 2020 #44
ya know if you were correct hc would be pres questionseverything Feb 2020 #103
THIS. KPN Feb 2020 #16
Yet nary a word of complaint when the entire Democratic Party is smeared and denigrated with LIES... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #18
+1000! mcar Feb 2020 #25
+ 1000 nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #27
I could tell you why Martin O'Malley has his view of the Sanders campaign.. Peacetrain Feb 2020 #34
Thank You Me. Feb 2020 #56
... Scurrilous Feb 2020 #75
Brilliant POINT! THANK YOU!!! Cha Feb 2020 #84
Bazinga! George II Feb 2020 #87
Right on! treestar Feb 2020 #116
Reminding us once again that DU is not the real world. MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #21
Yes! Thank you! My thoughts exactly! We need to work together! (eom) Malmsy Feb 2020 #24
People post stuff here all the time quoting others who state facts or at least spooky3 Feb 2020 #29
So why not encourage the young voters? treestar Feb 2020 #35
Because it is not the norm...denigrating the entire Democratic Party is not the norm...no one Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #41
Thanks for stating the obvious and the practical. nt PufPuf23 Feb 2020 #39
Sometimes the truth hurts. HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #50
Yes, the divisiveness must stop or it'll cost us the election!! Our party needs all the young voters InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #68
Why would a critique of one candidate's character drive voters away from the Democratic Party? N/T lapucelle Feb 2020 #93
That's interesting, admittedly. Thanks for the post. n/t Laelth Feb 2020 #17
K&R MrsCoffee Feb 2020 #20
It's a little much when Bernie who's not a Democrat octoberlib Feb 2020 #22
+1000 nt Fresh_Start Feb 2020 #28
+1000000000 treestar Feb 2020 #37
So will he support Bernie if/when he wins the primaries? Farmer-Rick Feb 2020 #33
Maybe he won't...who knows...But Sanders would I think understand that since he hired people to work Demsrule86 Feb 2020 #42
Yeah that's weird. What did Bernie ever do to him? DanTex Feb 2020 #45
LOL! NurseJackie Feb 2020 #70
And him "coming out" with this does what? brutus smith Feb 2020 #91
You'll have to figure it out on your own. I don't have time to spoon-feed the explanation to you. NurseJackie Feb 2020 #92
Someone with integrity wouldn't trash someone running for the Dem Presidential nomination. brutus smith Feb 2020 #94
He's the type of man who values the party more than the ego of an individual or... NurseJackie Feb 2020 #95
i guess he's just blowing off steam. bc surely he doesn't think anything he says Kurt V. Feb 2020 #53
It's about time Democrats step up to save the Democratic Party!! aeromanKC Feb 2020 #55
Maybe O'Malley is looking for a spot in someone's administration. zackymilly Feb 2020 #58
MOM will be on the outside lookin in on President Sander's administration, that's fo sho!! InAbLuEsTaTe Feb 2020 #69
'...my bloggers paid by Russian television to attack her...' Scurrilous Feb 2020 #61
Unhelpful. BusyBeingBest Feb 2020 #63
Calling out divisiveness is helpful. W_HAMILTON Feb 2020 #82
Agreed. n/t MarcA Feb 2020 #88
lol. This what 4 years of sour grapes looks like. aikoaiko Feb 2020 #98
What country did you think O'Malley went to? lapucelle Feb 2020 #102
Maryland??? elleng Feb 2020 #109
K&R Scurrilous Feb 2020 #104
Ouch! LiberalFighter Feb 2020 #105
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