Martin O'Malley

My comments do not violate the rules--here are the rules of this group in their entirety:

Statement of Purpose
A group for supporters of Martin O'Malley.

Here's the pinned thread on the subject:

That's it. I'm "discussing and learning." Except when I'm having to defend myself against accusations such as those you are making, here.

I support O'Malley in that he has become my second choice for the nomination. There's no requirement articulated in those rules that I support him as my primary choice. I think he is a good guy, he has decent political instincts, he comes across as very genuine, he has a nice looking family, and I do believe he has a real, national future in the Democratic party. That said, he does have weaknesses he must overcome, and questions he will need to ask in order to "break out" of 3rd place. He's not going to do that without conversation. I am providing a polite entree to that process here in this little corner of the internet.

Further, you are not a host here. If they want to ban me for polite, respectful discourse that in no way violates the rules of this group (again, I see no admonition that "only positive, happy-glad comments are acceptable" here) then that's up to them. I don't think avoiding a topic that very well might come up is terribly helpful to the candidate, particularly if the topic isn't discussed rudely. If you want to argue "No one will care," fine--but I bring it up because it does create an appearance of recent conversion unless there are additional comments that go back a few years on this matter.

Third, trying to net nanny, IMO, is a (let me quote you) "jackass thing to do." Maybe you should take your own advice and stop telling other people what to do. Attend to that beam in your own eye, eh?