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[snooper2]

1. Yeah, um, no LOL...Time for new ideas and someone new to Washington

Someone who can relate to the majority of the population-

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. What does the original poster have against the democratic process?

The vote is all some of us really have.

[Andy823]

3. You are really funny!

He is not going to drop out.

[KittyWampus]

4. I called this weeks ago. LOL!

[chillfactor]

5. sorry..I disagree..the more people in the race...

the better it is for our party.....

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

6. I'd say wait until we see where the vote goes.

If the 'progressive vote' only ends up being 40%, we're better off having two progressive voices in the race. If between O'Malley and Sanders they end up pulling more than half the vote, then of course I'd hope one of them would bow out to allow the other to beat Hillary.

[scarletwoman]

7. Uh, no. What a ridiculous idea. nt

[HooptieWagon]

8. I disagree, and I like Bernie.

I know little about O'Malley, but the more Dem candidates opposing the Third Way corporatist agenda, the better. It will serve to increase public awareness and put a spotlight on Hillary's Wall St. backers, and let voters know who she's going to represent.

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. The more... The merrier

Can we get at least 5 into this car? Please, pretty please.

[PosterChild]

10. LOL ! (nm)

[Agschmid]

11. Don't take the bait...

Jeez.

[MADem]

60. Yeah, dozens of replies, and where's the OP? Nowhere to be found!

If the goal was disruption, I think he has managed to do the opposite--people from the HRC and BS camps are weighing in and saying this notion is absurd--and it is!

[Andy823]

83. Yep

The old hit and run tactic. I see a lot of that lately.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. No thanks

[MineralMan]

13. Why would he do that? He just announced his own candidacy.

Your proposal makes no sense at all.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Why would he do that?

Because some random internet poster urged him to, silly!!!

[MineralMan]

20. I always forget the power of DU!

Damn me! Every post on DU has the potential to change the world. Thanks for that important reminder.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

22. I am sure the former governor has DU on his smart phone and is reconsidering right now./NT

[MineralMan]

25. You're probably right, of course.

I'll bet O'Malley is probably scheduling his concession announcement right this fucking minute. As soon as he read this OP, he did a facepalm and said, "How stupid could I be to have declared my candidacy?"

Thanks to our thoughtful OP and his suggestion, he'll save himself all that campaign work.

Yeah...that's the ticket...

[workinclasszero]

65. lolz

The snark it burns.

[MADem]

55. Oh, we know what this is about!

Someone's got a new wooden spoon, and they want to use it!

[MineralMan]

57. A stirring theory, to be sure.

[MADem]

61. Heh!

[hrmjustin]

14. .

[Buzz Clik]

16. Seriously. This guy's not even trying.

[hrmjustin]

17. No.

[Buzz Clik]

15. That was fast.

"StopTheTPP". Worst covert name ever.

There are some excellent rules about name selection. Read them.

[scarletwoman]

28. "Worst covert name ever." Yup, pretty much.

Comes with its own expiration date.

[Cha]

19. good gawd.. the arrogance. it's damn sure some of Bernie's supporters around here are doing him

no good.

[Number23]

23. "Supporters," Cha. "Supporters."

Those quotes mean EVERYTHING.

[Cha]

29. What do mean, 23?

Like they're not? lol

[Number23]

31. ...

[Cha]

35. Okay..

just RF..

[blm]

37. As a Bernie supporter I don't see some of these recent 'supporters'

as being REAL supporters of Democrats, at all.


Not enough to attack Clinton and her supporters, now on to attacking O'Malley and HIS supporters.


Every election cycle brings RNC ops to DU in full force.

[Cha]

48. Yeah, silly me.. I wasn't thinking of that until 23 alluded. But, even some

of the long time DUers aren't doing Bernie any good. Suggesting "African Americans who support Hillary are voting against their self-interests."

Saying about Hillary "..she doesn't give a damn about the sisters, or poc, or LGBTQ.." Totally untrue. like we're all being duped... really stupid things that don't help Bernie in the least.

Not his fault. though.

[zappaman]

66. How about "Vote for HRC and let the country slide right into fascism"

Ya gotta admit, that's pretty funny!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6658778

[Cha]

72. Haha.. yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about.. right there. Lots of freakin Luck!

The inane attacks are actually funny.. but, there still don't help Bernie.

zappa

[jwirr]

41. And what if this is NOT a Bernie supporter? What if this is just another trouble maker?

[Cha]

50. And how would I know that? I have no idea who this guy is.. took him at face value.

he's all about "Stop the TPP" though.. Sportin' a big Bernie avatar.. ya'll should love that.

[jwirr]

52. If you take a look at the answers in this threads there is not a Bernie supporter who supported the

OP. And it really does not matter what he has on his site. Very few of the trouble makers come labeled R.

[Cha]

56. yeah, I know.. and I posted what I thought of his stupid idea.

[jwirr]

59. Thank you. Because as I stated here in another post IMO no one should drop out until the

convention. (Unless it is in the gop - 20+ candidates are a awful lot.) That is where deals are made. Have always been made.

[blm]

51. Been like that since the first primary battle here at DU. RNC ops running

rampant while posing as 'progressives purists'.

Shhh….they think we can't tell what they are doing.

Some of us are old enough to know Nixon's RNC started this tactic when they planted operatives in groups like Vietnam Vets Against the War. Divide and conquer really took off with the internet.

Shhh…they think we are being conquered.

[jwirr]

54. LOL Thank you.

[AgingAmerican]

21. No he shouldn't

nt

[cali]

24. absurd

[dembotoz]

26. Or Bernie could drop out...equally silly

[Nye Bevan]

27. Hey, if Ralph Nader had heeded your advice in 2000, and dropped out and endorsed Gore,

there would have been no Iraq war and quite possibly no 9/11.

For the Democratic primary, however, your suggestion does not make a whole lot of sense.

[DCBob]

30. So is this the start of the Bernie/O'Malley wars?

[jwirr]

40. No this seems to be just another post trying to cause trouble.

[DCBob]

42. Yep. Seems so.

Lot of that going on here lately.

[carolinayellowdog]

32. I'd vote for an O'Malley/Sanders or a Sanders/O'Malley ticket with equal comfort

but in any case it seems imperative to me that if Bernie is on the ticket in either position, the other person should be a D and not an I

[peecoolyour]

33. No. nt

[demmiblue]

34. Crazy talk. n/t

[HassleCat]

36. But why?

I agree with you, but let's make a case here. Why? Because Sanders got in earlier? Because Sanders is more progressive? Because Sanders is a US Senator? Those would be my reasons. O'Malley supporters will be calling for Sanders to drop out and endorse O'Malley, and they'll be making their points, too. O'Malley was a governor and the mayor of a big city. O'Malley is a Democrat, and therefore better positioned for the caucuses and primaries. And so on.

[CherokeeDem]

38. Excuse me??

You can't be serious....

[jwirr]

39. That will happen at the convention. No one should give up before the convention unless it is very

apparent that their votes are needed to push our candidate over the number of electoral votes needed. That way we can see what the real power of a candidate is. Go Bernie.

[MohRokTah]

43. Oh FFS

[Maedhros]

44. He just got started!

Let's see what he's got to contribute.

[WillowTree]

45. Holdin' yer breath are ya?

[frylock]

46. or nah.

[tarheelsunc]

47. O'Malley has the right to run if he wants, and he'd likely support Clinton if he was not running.

"O’Malley was one of the first Democratic governors to endorse Clinton’s candidacy for president in the 2008 election, and was a major fundraiser for the then-Senator."

http://time.com/3902421/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton/

“I supported now-Secretary Clinton, I supported Hillary Clinton for president in her first bid. I think she’s an outstanding leader and I think she could be a great president, if she should choose to do it.”

http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/martin-omalley-hillary-clinton-great-president-84842.html

No idea why someone would just assume he'd automatically endorse Sanders. Much evidence to the contrary.

[MoonRiver]

49. Series?

[MADem]

53. That's absurd. Anyone who wants to run, should run. We're a Big Tent. nt

[rhett o rick]

63. That's not what some said about Nader. But then they didn't say that about

Perot. I guess it depends on whose support is getting diluted.

But I agree with you about O'Malley, that anyone who wants to run, should run. Including Nader and Perot.

[MADem]

71. Perot got Clinton elected--he split the race three ways.

The only people crying about Perot, at the end of the day, were the BushCo crew. They were so sure of themselves, after their Great Victory For The Kuwaiti Peoples over the Evil SAD-damn, that they weren't prepared to lose at all, notwithstanding the ill-advised and oft-repeated Read My Lips, No New Taxes promise Paw went back on.

Perot drew from both sides of the spectrum with his charts and graphs, but at the end of the day he appealed more to those who feared change, and who wanted someone with beancounter skills over someone with that "vision" thing.

O'Malley won't be a Perot, who got a critical mass of votes as a third party candidate because his message did resonate with many, or an attention monger like Nader, who ran just to disrupt, spoil and do a little spotlight-hogging, and really hasn't had anything meaningful to say in years--he's contending for the Democratic nomination.

He'll either move on to the general if he prevails, or he'll drop back and support the nominee, because that's what Democrats do.

If those two did decide to get in the race, I don't think they'd get much support, even among their own age range. Most of the people I know in their eighties aren't into those two (who are 84-Perot- and 81-Nader-respectively).

[HERVEPA]

58. Take a hike son, take a hike.

[Joe the Revelator]

62. You probably have that reversed. I'm not sold on O'Malley, but he's much more electable and could

take Bernie's message farther than Bernie will able to.

[zappaman]

64. Lol!

You are hilarious!
Thank you for the morning laugh!

[Koinos]

67. I refuse to respond to this stupid OP.

Oh wait...

[MineralMan]

74. I see what you did there...

[brooklynite]

68. I see...so you want a coronation for Bernie?

Weren't we told that it was too early to name a candidate, and we should let the Primary occur?

[RichVRichV]

69. More progressives in the debates the better.

Let the primary process sort everything else out.

[deutsey]

70. I had hoped this was a joke

I support Bernie, but I'm all for Martin running.

[scarletwoman]

73. Not a joke, just a fake. nt

[deutsey]

90. Ah.

Thanks. It's getting more difficult to tell the difference anymore.

[Hekate]

75. That's ridiculous. The Dems need a strong bench, not a game of patty cake with only two candidates.

As it now stands, two dozen GOP clowns are running against a single Dem (Hillary) and she's having to fend them all off by herself.

Having Sanders, O'Malley, and Webb out there with Hillary is a good thing overall. It gets the Dem message out in a more diverse way and allows voters to more sharply discern the difference among them and between Dems and GOP. It means the GOPs caricature of HRC has less bite.

Learn, Grasshopper, and enjoy your stay.

[Thinkingabout]

76. If another candidate has announced and it would split the progressive vote then the non Democrat

Should drop out and leave the progressive vote for the Democrat.

[peacebird]

77. I believe O'Malley is running for VP, to help HRC - his entire speech was what Bernie's been saying

[oberliner]

78. He was a big Hillary backer in 2008

If he was to drop out and endorse anyone, I would imagine it would be her.

[on point]

79. Besides, they could team together and O'Malley be the VP candidate....

[libdem4life]

84. Not. I have reserved Julian Castro for VP...in my own little mind...

regardless of the Primary Winner. I am calling on the Hispanic gods, whoever they are, to send us a Powerhouse, Clean, Savvy Candidate for our Hispanic friends. He's the one, IMHO.

I like Sanders/Castro best...both clean politicians...no quickly discernible secret baggage. One's older, the other's younger...One speaks English only, the other is bilingual (for the most part). The Republicans would really have to dip way down deep and look hysterical while doing it, to pin much of anything on Either of them.

[bigwillq]

80. No, thanks.

I'd rather have the people decide. Bernie, Martin, Hillary, or whatever candidate. I like democracy.

[libdem4life]

81. I heard that after 50 years of public service and getting elected, it's Bernies Turn

...anyone else hear that? LOL

[DemocratSinceBirth]

82. StopTheTPP, maybe we should STOPTHEPOSTER/NT

[FSogol]

85. You know who should drop out?

Bush, Cruz, Paul, Jindal, Trumpy, Santorum, Perry, Kaisich, Smartglasses Perry, Left-wing sounding Paul, Walker, Thirsty Rubio, Christie, Kaisich, Fire-a-rino, and all the other RW fucks whose names I am already forgetting.

[Cha]

89. "Thirsty Rubio.." lol

[drm604]

86. Isn't it possible that he will instead split the establisment vote?

I think the general public may see him as less radical than Sanders, so perhaps he'll take votes from Clinton rather than from Sanders.

[Spirochete]

87. He just announced today

at least give him until Monday.

Geez, some people's children...

[greytdemocrat]

88. Well that didn't take long...nt

[longship]

91. Some 530+ days before the election!?

Uhm! Why????

It is not like anybody has to decide on a candidate any time soon.

DUers seemingly have jumped the shark on 2016. I find the narratives here about 2016 to be more than a bit maddening.

It is months until any caucus or primary. It is nearly a year and a half before the election.

Only in the USA does the media twist the public into actually believing that there is any urgency to who is running or not in 2016.

I see no urgency at all. I am listening to the putative candidates and will make a decision some time before I can vote. Until then, I find the infighting to be not only counterproductive but premature in the extreme.

Above all, let us discuss, but playing into perpetual campaign narrative plays into the media hands, not those of your putative candidate of choice at this time.

Relax! At this point, all this hyperventilating about 2016 hurts us all. Take a breath once in a while.

Also, it makes DU suck.

You are being played.

[Dr Hobbitstein]

92. Trollololol

[Scootaloo]

93. You're adorable. Can I pinch your cheek?