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Martin O'Malley

elleng

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2. You're welcome, irisblue.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #1)

Tue Aug 7, 2018, 09:37 AM

Aug 2018

I hoped he'd have mentioned the 'agreement' the Dem party had with the networks to keep O'Malley's particiption in the 'debates' short, HRC and Sanders got XXX minutes each, and MO'M got XXX minus 3 or somesuch, astonishing and hugely unfair.

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Martin O'Malley on Bernie, Hillary, the Democratic debate and what went wrong in 2016 [View all] elleng Aug 2018 OP

Thanks Ellen irisblue Aug 2018 #1

You're welcome, irisblue. elleng Aug 2018 #2

I believe it was Sanders who was 'chosen' to run oppo to HRC. Wwcd Aug 2018 #8

Well, you're not, Elleng. MOM's failure was his OWN. Hortensis Aug 2018 #19

++++ exactly, this is tiresome. JHan Aug 2018 #21

Yes. Even Putin seemingly hardly bothered to Hortensis Aug 2018 #32

K&R lunasun Aug 2018 #3

O'Malley couldn't attract attention with Sanders, Clinton, and Trump in the room. SharonClark Aug 2018 #4

The networks and Dem party helped that along, elleng Aug 2018 #5

They did more than help that along DavidDvorkin Aug 2018 #6

Yes. 'Thanks' elleng Aug 2018 #7

It wasn't the Dem Party. It was the TAD & PAUL Show, at work. Wwcd Aug 2018 #9

It was surely the Dem Party, elleng Aug 2018 #10

Nope. You can blame the Party all day long. There were much greater & nefarious forces at play Wwcd Aug 2018 #11

Totally Agree With You Me. Aug 2018 #13

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Ok.... ehrnst Aug 2018 #31

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I watched carefully what happened to Governor O'Malley, elleng Aug 2018 #16

Anyone remember Assange & Wikileaks? Wasserman wasn't O'Malley's problem Wwcd Aug 2018 #18

She sure was. elleng Aug 2018 #25

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"Far from the truth" isn't a "lie?" ehrnst Aug 2018 #36

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We are on the same side actually. ehrnst Aug 2018 #41

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He was not helped by the riots in Baltimore or Baltimore PD Va Lefty Aug 2018 #26

I Like O'Malley & Thinks He'd Be A Good Candidate Me. Aug 2018 #12

I Was for Him Last Time, and I Will Be Again. DoctorJoJo Aug 2018 #17

I think there might be some accidental edits in the OP. lapucelle Aug 2018 #20

Interesting. JHan Aug 2018 #22

Indeed. lapucelle Aug 2018 #23

'Let's pivot to the Democratic primaries in 2016. There were not as many debates held as normally elleng Aug 2018 #24

"Had he joined us, we would have had more debates." lapucelle Aug 2018 #28

Thanks and right, elleng Aug 2018 #30

Why, in August 2018, are we re-fighting the 2016 primaries and.... George II Aug 2018 #33

Not fighting, trying to learn somethings after relevant article published. elleng Aug 2018 #39

Reading some of the posts newblewtoo Aug 2018 #27

You're welcome and thanks, newblewtoo. elleng Aug 2018 #29