Martin O'Malley expresses 'extreme displeasure' in PAC publishing anything negative against anyone

[bigtree]

___Reporters ask leading questions, snotty questions, inappropriate questions and questions that are important to furthering the public’s knowledge. The latter is the business of a free press, but, alas, they often forget. Rather than the press, it was inquisitive people, some of them supporters, some merely the curious, in this particular audience who asked sensible questions. Some of O’Malley’s answers to some of the good questions Sunday were:

“The genius of our land is immigration.” This in answer to what he thinks of immigration problems.

“No other people leave their kids with a mountain of debt.” This in regard to student college loans that bankrupt our kids before they even get a job.

“A good trade treaty raises standards for workers and the environment.” This in regard to a question about his position on the Trans Pacific Partnership in Congress right now. O’Malley does not support this trade agreement because he thinks it’s too secret, it takes even more jobs away from the U.S. than we’ve given up to date and it doesn’t consider the environment.

“We live in a perverse system where there are no limits on super PACs,” he said. “Citizens United should be called ‘Citizens Don’t Matter.'” This O’Malley answer was in response to a negative ad under his name published by a super PAC. He told them of his “extreme displeasure” in their publishing anything negative against anyone, including Democratic Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (‘Bernie Sanders is no progressive when it comes to guns’) or, if it came up, to Hillary Clinton, the top runner in the Democratic field.


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[Koinos]

1. K & R

[bigtree]

2. all of the wailing and gnashing of teeth over that PAC ad

...and questions about why O'Malley doesn't denounce them.

Then, crickets when he does so...hard to take these complaints seriously.

[bigtree]

5. he's already 'disassociated' from it

...by law.

It's amazing how many people make up their own narrative about his collusion with the PAC and rail against him for the ad from that imaginary point. I'd listen to the candidate and anything actually put out by his campaign, rather than fringe political groups.

The suggestion that he's in single digits because of that ad is some laughable prognostication, but you go with that if it helps your brand of advocacy.

[FSogol]

8. How many months until the Iowa Caucus and NH primary? How many until

Super Tuesday?

[JustAnotherGen]

13. I vote in 11 months!

Doncha know Fsogol? All is lost.

[FSogol]

15. In 11 months his lead will increase to 50,542,106,513,726,817%

Uh oh, looks like another Ham sock has left the building.

[Andy823]

4. I noticed that also

I think it's the same bunch of complainers who started out going after president Obama, then the democratic party as a whole, then Hillary Clinton, now O'Malley, and who knows who they will complain about next! The sad thing is most of them have jumped on the
Sanders bandwagon, and when they play the "victim" card all the time with Bernie it comes off bad for Bernie. I really like Bernie and his message, I like O'Malley's more because of his record of doing things, however those who constantly post negative things, or play the "victim" card, no matter which candidate they may support, are just playing their old games, and are NOT helping their candidate.

[elleng]

6. Right, Andy, and I ain't playing,

not commenting any longer on 'he should blah blah blah.'

I like him because of his record of doing things, his clear ability to accomplish even in VERY difficult circumstances, and his 'heart.'

[Raine1967]

10. I expect nothing but the same accountability from every other candidate when a bad PAC ad

comes out…

Actually I don't.

That brouhaha was silly and I am glad to see Martin saying this.

[FSogol]

9. Glad to hear it. n/t

[Raine1967]

11. And that is all he can do.

It's not he can legally go to the PAC and say take it down and stop it.

Thanks for posting this, big tree.

[JustAnotherGen]

14. Thanks for posting bigtree

[Koinos]

16. Truth has a funny way of killing nonsense.

Thank you, bigtree!