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elleng

(131,159 posts)
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 05:23 PM Jul 2015

Salon only obliquely refers to Governor O'Malley's dramatic climate change plan

in an article yesterday.

EARLIER, June 22, they wrote:

This is what a real climate plan looks like: Martin O’Malley’s bold approach sets the standard.

http://www.salon.com/2015/06/22/this_is_what_a_real_climate_plan_looks_like_martin_omalleys_bold_approach_sets_the_standard/

Yesterday it's all about Clinton v Sanders, with a mere 'footnote' reference to their earlier laudatory piece about Governor O'Malley's plan:

Bernie Sanders out-greens Hillary Clinton: Will she be able to hold her own in a climate hawk runoff?
How much greener than Clinton is Sanders? And does it matter?

Their 'footnote:'

Even if Sanders can’t nudge Clinton to the left on climate issues, he, along with Democratic contender Martin O’Malley, can at least show voters what a truly Green platform looks like. (And if they can, as Roberts suggests, make Clinton look centrist by comparison well, that’s not so bad either.)

http://www.salon.com/2015/07/03/bernie_sanders_out_greens_hillary_clinton_will_she_be_able_to_hold_her_own_in_a_climate_hawk_runoff/

It's damn clear who the climate 'hawk' is, Governor O'Malley has spelled out his plan, and it must be recognized.

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Salon only obliquely refers to Governor O'Malley's dramatic climate change plan (Original Post) elleng Jul 2015 OP
it's all about the footrace, for some bigtree Jul 2015 #1
Yes indeed we do, elleng Jul 2015 #2
Right here and right now there is only one candidate that has a climate change policy that Raine1967 Jul 2015 #3
ABSOLUTELY, so we'll be hollering about it! elleng Jul 2015 #4
K&R. Bad article by Salon. FSogol Jul 2015 #5

bigtree

(86,005 posts)
1. it's all about the footrace, for some
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 05:37 PM
Jul 2015

...'nudging left' is all well and good, politically, but that reflects our 'frog in boiling water' dilemma. Instead of recognizing the urgency of the climate crisis and the immediacy needed to developing and implementing solutions, politics has us lulled into believing events will only accelerate as quickly as our political landscape allows.

That Salon writer is engaging in short-sighted and acquiescing political gamesmanship. We deserve better from advocates.

Raine1967

(11,589 posts)
3. Right here and right now there is only one candidate that has a climate change policy that
Sat Jul 4, 2015, 08:48 PM
Jul 2015

is worthy of considering.

I don't know about most people, but this is probably more important than anything else because the !% can't live without a climate to survive.

There is a reason why Climate chance has the very serious attention on the State department as well. O;Malley has a real and serious plan to change it sooner (and more realistically) than any other candidate.

That is very important to me. If we can't survive, everything else is moot. The 1% breathes the same air as the 99%.



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