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Related: About this forumO’Malley adds his name to a petition seeking to make Jon Stewart a debate moderator
OMalley adds his name to a petition seeking to make Jon Stewart a debate moderator
By John Wagner August 20 at 11:12 PM
Martin OMalley is eager for debates. So eager, in fact, that the Democratic presidential hopeful on Thursday signed an online petition seeking to make comedian Jon Stewart, the recently retired host of The Daily Show, a presidential debate moderator.
Signed, the former Maryland governor said on Twitter Thursday night, where he provided a link to the petition on change.org. John Stewart moderating or not, #WeNeedDebate.
OMalley, who lags far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Democratic polls, has been complaining to anyone who will listen about a schedule of six debates sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee slated to start in mid-October.
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On Thursday night, OMalley joined more than 122,000 other people who had signed a petition asserting that Stewart, whose show appeared on Comedy Central, is more than qualified to tackle the moderating job. Stewarts qualifications, the petition says, includes having interviewed numerous heads of state and U.S. government officials and establishing himself as the most trusted person in (satirical) news....
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/20/omalley-adds-his-name-to-a-petition-seeking-to-make-jon-stewart-a-debate-moderator/
By John Wagner August 20 at 11:12 PM
Martin OMalley is eager for debates. So eager, in fact, that the Democratic presidential hopeful on Thursday signed an online petition seeking to make comedian Jon Stewart, the recently retired host of The Daily Show, a presidential debate moderator.
Signed, the former Maryland governor said on Twitter Thursday night, where he provided a link to the petition on change.org. John Stewart moderating or not, #WeNeedDebate.
OMalley, who lags far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Democratic polls, has been complaining to anyone who will listen about a schedule of six debates sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee slated to start in mid-October.
~Snip~
On Thursday night, OMalley joined more than 122,000 other people who had signed a petition asserting that Stewart, whose show appeared on Comedy Central, is more than qualified to tackle the moderating job. Stewarts qualifications, the petition says, includes having interviewed numerous heads of state and U.S. government officials and establishing himself as the most trusted person in (satirical) news....
Full article:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/20/omalley-adds-his-name-to-a-petition-seeking-to-make-jon-stewart-a-debate-moderator/
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O’Malley adds his name to a petition seeking to make Jon Stewart a debate moderator (Original Post)
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Aug 2015
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FSogol
(45,579 posts)1. K & R. n/t
NV Whino
(20,886 posts)2. How about Jon Stewart as THE debate monitor
Now, that would get me to watch the debates.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)3. Cool! nt