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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Martin O'Malley Says He Asked Bernie Sanders To Debate. Sanders Said No. [View all]ljm2002
(10,751 posts)48. But that just reinforces the fact...
...that for some reason O'Malley is willing to lie about this.
We all KNOW that Sanders wanted more debates, because he SAID SO, and quite publicly. Apparently a lot of DUers have the attention span of a gnat.
Here is one recent article from the NYTimes:
http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/18/martin-omalley-and-bernie-sanders-bristle-at-holding-debates-on-weekends/
There was much discussion over the number of Democratic debates that would be held in this cycle, with Martin OMalley and Senator Bernie Sanders pushing for more opportunities to face off publicly with Hillary Clinton.
So the New York Times knows Bernie wanted more debates.
Then there is this:
https://go.berniesanders.com/page/s/debates
Sign the Petition
Debate Early and Often: Ask the Democratic Party to start the presidential debates.
Debate Early and Often: Ask the Democratic Party to start the presidential debates.
So the evidence is right there on the berniesanders.com web site.
And this:
https://www.change.org/p/democratic-national-committee-debbie-wasserman-schultz-give-senator-bernie-sanders-a-fair-chance-by-increasing-number-of-sanctioned-debates
We believe that Senator Bernie Sanders is the best qualified candidate for President of the United States and that he is being treated unfairly by the DNC, by denying his request to hold more sanctioned debates.
How public does he have to be in expressing his preference for more debates? Obviously it does not matter. Now we have Democrats on this very board who are happy to promote falsehoods, as long as it benefits their candidate and hurts Sanders.
Which tells me, the Sanders surge is real.
Go Bernie!!!!!
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Martin O'Malley Says He Asked Bernie Sanders To Debate. Sanders Said No. [View all]
Cali_Democrat
Dec 2015
OP
An amazing number of Dems under the bus in order to keep a nonDemocrat on a pedestal. Nt
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#23
I understand that but the DNC made it clear they did not want unsanctioned debates.
Lochloosa
Dec 2015
#15
Maybe he'll just decline to engage on the debate question, like Hillary.
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#72
And yet here you are, still calling it the truth after multiple posters supplied you with documentat
AtheistCrusader
Dec 2015
#55
Do you actually believe Sanders and O'Malley would be kicked from future "official" debates?
LonePirate
Dec 2015
#13
In other words, he's only interested in doing something if it's politically beneficial?
Amimnoch
Dec 2015
#62
I think DWS and Hillary would be perfectly happy cancelling the remaining debates
thesquanderer
Dec 2015
#29
Per Omalley, Sansders was comfortable with 6. Contradicts what you are saying. NT
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#26
No, it does not make Omalley a liar and it amazes me how quickly Sanders supporters will point to
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#73
But of course we know this isn't true because we use our big ears to listen.
Schema Thing
Dec 2015
#46
Sanders could have equally been lying. I do not know. You do not know. What he said to Omalley
seabeyond
Dec 2015
#68
They could have gotten around the exclusivity clause in any number of ways if they'd wanted to.
ucrdem
Dec 2015
#14
Well, we certainly know that Hillary doesn't want to risk more debates.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
#69
The meme that "Bernie can't debate" is right up there with "Obama needs a teleprompter"....
Spitfire of ATJ
Dec 2015
#34
So, despite the protestations of his supporters, Sanders is apparently happy with the debate....
George II
Dec 2015
#50
No, he is not and that has been explained endlessly. It would be pointless
Douglas Carpenter
Dec 2015
#57