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peacebird

(14,195 posts) Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:37 PM Jun 2015

Wash Times: Sanders sucking the air out of OMalleys campaign

Where on Earth did Martin O'Malley go? Sure, the former Maryland governor who last month announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination, has been overshadowed this week by newcomers to the race, Jeb Bush and Donald Trump.

But still, O'Malley has all but disappeared, garnering almost no cable news coverage (and a Google search for the last 24 hours turned up only weird — and bad — headlines: “It’s Time to Discuss Martin O’Malley’s Shirtless Campaign Body”; “Martin O'Malley Deleted Official Emails, Archived Spam”; “Sanders overwhelms O'Malley.”

That last one is a killer. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator who is an avowed Socialist, has vaulted up in the polls. In the most recent New Hampshire poll, Sanders got 31 percent to Hillary Clinton’s 41 percent.

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Wash Times: Sanders sucking the air out of OMalleys campaign (Original Post) peacebird Jun 2015 OP

Someone needs to suck the air out of the Moonie Times KamaAina Jun 2015 #1

I think their point is so far O'Malley isn't able to make inroads... Bernie has the momentum now peacebird Jun 2015 #4

Governor O'Malley opens NH campaign office elleng Jun 2015 #2

"An avowed socialist"? How about Democratic socialist? I wouldn't expect anything still_one Jun 2015 #3

opinion piece by Joseph Curl bigtree Jun 2015 #5

Shame on you for lending credibility to Washington Times hit pieces. FSogol Jun 2015 #6

Oh For heavens sake, I posted an article in GD, I didn't write it. I also didn't give an opinion. peacebird Jun 2015 #8

You do know that they stopping printing that rag in 2009? FSogol Jun 2015 #10

Did not know they stopped printing it, in fact. WashTime & WaPo were both papers when I still lived peacebird Jun 2015 #13

Sanders supporters using right wing sources to criticize HRC is just wrong cali Jun 2015 #7

See my reply above. I think it is important to read how our candidates are portayed inM$M peacebird Jun 2015 #9

How is the Washington Times part of the mainstream media? FSogol Jun 2015 #11

bullshit. The WT is NOT part of the MSM cali Jun 2015 #18

Refresh your window. You will see i have been told WashTimes is no longer a paper. peacebird Jun 2015 #19

Any other sources? Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #12

In post 10 I was alerted to the fact WashTimes is no longer a paper. It was when I lived in NoVa peacebird Jun 2015 #14

The Washington Times is not a mainstream source, nor a credible source alboe Jun 2015 #15

See my reply to two posts above. It was a paper when I lived in NoVa, did not know it wasn't peacebird Jun 2015 #16

It's not a paper but nothing has changed as far as content. Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #17

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

1. Someone needs to suck the air out of the Moonie Times

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:39 PM

Jun 2015

There is certainly room to Hillary's left for two people to run at her from there. O'Malley could easily position himself between corporatist Hillary and socialist Benie.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

4. I think their point is so far O'Malley isn't able to make inroads... Bernie has the momentum now

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:44 PM

Jun 2015

This could all change of course, long ways to go. But media loves to present horse rcaes instead of serious discussion about candidates history & their positions

elleng

(130,908 posts)

2. Governor O'Malley opens NH campaign office

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:42 PM

Jun 2015

WMUR TV ?@WMUR9 30m30 minutes ago
@GovernorOMalley opens 1st NH campaign office at 223 S. Willow St., Manchester #fitn #nhpolitics via @jdistaso

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1281902

still_one

(92,190 posts)

3. "An avowed socialist"? How about Democratic socialist? I wouldn't expect anything

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:43 PM

Jun 2015

less from the Washington times. Trying to minimize O'Malley chances, and pushing the "socialist" theme

bigtree

(85,996 posts)

5. opinion piece by Joseph Curl

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 02:50 PM

Jun 2015

...the conservative WaTimes writer who wrote:

Hillary Clinton's socialist speech from 'Welfare Island'

NEW BID: Second Kenyan man offers 500 cows to marry Malia Obama

Obama set to force affordable housing into affluent communities

Media plays up Duggar abuse, played down Lena Dunham admission

Sanders: Women 'fantasize about being raped by 3 men simultaneously'

At Christmastime, George W. Bush was Santa, Obama is Scrooge

FSogol

(45,485 posts)

6. Shame on you for lending credibility to Washington Times hit pieces.

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:43 PM

Jun 2015

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

8. Oh For heavens sake, I posted an article in GD, I didn't write it. I also didn't give an opinion.

Reply to FSogol (Reply #6)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:50 PM

Jun 2015

I like to read what is being written about our candidates in mainstream media. If you don't, fine. Don't read it. But get off your high horse giving me crap for posting an article from Wash Times.

I think reading all points of view is important, sometimes if only to see how M$M is slanting things.

FSogol

(45,485 posts)

10. You do know that they stopping printing that rag in 2009?

Reply to peacebird (Reply #8)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:55 PM

Jun 2015

It is not news, it is nothing, but RW talking points. From wiki:

The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet published at 3600 New York Avenue NE, Washington, D.C., United States. It was founded in 1982 by the founder of the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon and was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the church, until 2010 when it was purchased directly by a group led by Moon.

and

The Washington Times has lost money every year that it has been in business. By 2002, the Unification Church had spent about $1.7 billion subsidizing the Times.[45] In 2003, The New Yorker reported that a billion dollars had been spent since the paper's inception, as Moon himself had noted in a 1991 speech, "Literally nine hundred million to one billion dollars has been spent to activate and run the Washington Times".[46] In 2002, Columbia Journalism Review suggested Moon had spent nearly $2 billion on the Times.[21] In 2008, Thomas F. Roeser of the Chicago Daily Observer mentioned competition from the Times as a factor moving the Washington Post to the right, and said that Moon had "announced he will spend as many future billions as is needed to keep the paper competitive."[47]

So don't pretend it is anything more than RW propaganda. There is nothing noble about posting in on a Democratic website. What's next info wars or Drudge?

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

13. Did not know they stopped printing it, in fact. WashTime & WaPo were both papers when I still lived

Reply to FSogol (Reply #10)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 04:02 PM

Jun 2015

In NoVa.
Thanks for letting me know that!

cali

(114,904 posts)

7. Sanders supporters using right wing sources to criticize HRC is just wrong

Reply to peacebird (Original post)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:48 PM

Jun 2015

I suggest you self-delete. Aside from the real concern about using right wing sources, it just legitimizes the complaints of HRC supporters that she's being attacked from the right by Sanders supporters and that we're being manipulated into doing so by the right wing.

I've been repeatedly attacked by HRC supporters who accuse me of attacking from the right when I use sources like Salon, Slate, Vox, The New Yorker and VF. You're making things worse.

peacebird

(14,195 posts)

9. See my reply above. I think it is important to read how our candidates are portayed inM$M

Reply to cali (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:53 PM

Jun 2015

I did not offer an opinion, merely posted what the Wash Times wrote. I am NOT attacking anyone.

What has happened to reading all points of view, if only to help us come up with rebuttals?

FSogol

(45,485 posts)

11. How is the Washington Times part of the mainstream media?

Reply to peacebird (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 03:56 PM

Jun 2015

cali

(114,904 posts)

18. bullshit. The WT is NOT part of the MSM

Reply to peacebird (Reply #9)

Wed Jun 17, 2015, 04:09 PM

Jun 2015

and sorry, that bit about points of view is garbage. Some points of view are not worthy of consideration. This is one of them. I've seen you use right wing sources before, and it sucks.