'How do you fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?' Martin O'Malley on the Democrats and Iowa

[TomCADem]

Here is an interesting take from former Maryland Governor and Democratic presidential candidate Martin O'Malley who ran against Hillary and Bernie in 2016 and initially supported Beto O'Rourke's 2020 run, so he is not exactly a Hillary Clinton or Joe Biden surrogate.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/feb/01/bernie-sanders-iowa-democrats-martin-omalley

“I would frequently tell my students, ‘Look, I know in my own generation we fell for the Nigerian prince scam, but how do you all fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?’ I don’t get that.

“Here’s a guy who has been a kind of stalwart of the National Rifle Association, a man who said immigrants steal our jobs right up until he ran for president, a guy who said the sound of John Kennedy’s voice made him nauseous.”

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“I respect the fact that he’s been saying the same things, mostly, since 1952, albeit dialing down his hatred for John Kennedy and his disdain for immigrants, but I just don’t get the appeal.

“He’s a man who never has accomplished anything in public office, who has I believe demonstrated his inability to forge a governing consensus, let alone hold a governing consensus. And I think he’d be an awful choice as our party’s nominee.”

[The Magistrate]

1. Hard To Argue With The Man, Sir

"From Bernie’s perspective, dropping out of a race once you have no chance of winning is peculiar behavior that can only be explained by the work of a hidden hand. For most politicians, though, it is actually standard operating procedure. Only Sanders seems to think the normal thing to do once voters have made clear they don’t want to nominate you is to continue campaigning anyway."





"When things are not called by their right names, what is said cannot make sense. When what is said does not make sense, what is planned cannot succeed. When plans do not succeed, people become uneasy. When people are uneasy, punishments do not fit crimes. When punishments do not fit crimes, people cannot know where to put hand or foot."

[Jack-o-Lantern]

2. And he's NOT even a Democrat!

[Cha]

3. Thank you for the last two paragraphs, Martin O'Malley!!

[NBachers]

4. Great article - I really like Martin O'Malley

[lillypaddle]

5. K&R nt

[justhanginon]

6. O'Malley nailed it!

[Hortensis]

7. And those don't even include the biggest indictments, including

* massive lies about what he would achieve to attract voters and what that reveals about him,
* trying to overthrow the popular vote in pursuit of power and what that reveals about him,
* running a populist campaign to pull together some of the most aggressively dangerous people found in any nation to lie and smash a way to power and what that reveals about Sanders, and
* unending lies about Democrats to keep us from getting power and what that reveals about him.

I'm a Martin O'Malley admirer and would have been glad to have him for president, but I think he should have been shouting this to the nation all along. MSM, RW and LW anti-Demorats, and Russia created a credibility around Sanders that enabled him to dissuade uncounted millions from voting Democrat.

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it." Goebbels

[BlueMTexpat]

8. I never understood why

O'Malley did not attract more of those who style themselves as "progressives" in 2016. He was the Real Deal as compared to the Sanders Sham, both then and now.

One of my regrets from 2016 is that HRC did not choose O'Malley as her running mate. I understand the strategic thinking and have nothing against Tim Kaine, who's a good guy, but I still wish otherwise.

Whether it would have made enough of a difference we'll never know.

[oasis]

9. O'Malley makes plenty sense. nt

[samnsara]

10. thats been my question all along...the bar for hero worship was a bit low...

[Scurrilous]

18. Me too.

I've still don't get why Bernie. I'd see clips of Hollywood types fawning over him at rallies, John Cusack calling him 'my North Star' and that guy from Shawshank Redemption saying Bernie was 'our moral center,' and all I could think was 'Seriously?' 'Him?' 'When did this all come about?' It was like someone plucked the sleepiest klutz from the chorus line and tried to pass them off as a sprightly new lead via rampant ballyhoo and nonstop bullshit.

[HarlanPepper]

11. Glad to see people finally calling it what it actually is.

[DenverJared]

12. This is what many of us have been saying "consistently"

and with "authenticity" for years.

Kudos to Gov. O'Malley

[la-trucker]

13. Bernie's support is pure idol worship

brought on mostly by anger and discontent of people who love to stick it to the political system with cries of "revolution."

[Peacetrain]

14. I was Martin O'Malley precinct captain in my district.. and I twisted his arm basically to run

the year before at another meeting. Martin O'Malley is the real deal. The truth about Iowa, is that the Democratic party movers and shakers are the hardest left in the United States. And they are powerful. Hearts are in the right place, but they keep picking people who have not a chance in hell. But we carry on..

Edit to add... if we had a primary where everyone could vote, then Sanders never would have had a chance. He worked the caucuses where only the most fervent will go ..I should know, I never miss one. and it is was always the same people

[BidenBacker]

16. I remember seeing O'Malley on TV quite a bit before 2016

after checking him out in more detail wrote him an email asking him to consider running in the next presidential election.

Iowa made Obama but killed off Marty...guess 1 outta 2 ain't bad.

[demtenjeep]

15. very nice explanation

cuts right to the heart of the matter

[onetexan]

17. Not a fan of Martin O'Malley but in this case i agree with him

[NurseJackie]

19. Thanks again for sharing this.

“I would frequently tell my students, ‘Look, I know in my own generation we fell for the Nigerian prince scam, but how do you all fall for the Bernie Sanders scam?’ I don’t get that.

This was perfect.

[betsuni]

20. K&R

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

21. Bernie seems to do well in caucuses.

His supporters are loud and seem to have the time and motivation to attend caucuses. They seem anti-democratic, attended by those who don't have more important things to do, like tend to children, go to work, etc.