He’s gotten himself a shiny new null statement:
Martin O’Malley would like to be called a “performance-driven progressive” now, @rubycramer reports. buzzfeed.com/rubycramer/mar…
— McKay Coppins (@mckaycoppins) April 9, 2013
God, I’d love to know what sequence of market research surveys created that Frankenstein’s Monster of a buzzphrase. Although I’ll just say this right now: if O’Malley thinks that trying the tired old I’m a pragmatist, not a liberal wheeze* is going to make up nationally for being soft on crime and against basic civil rights… heh.
Moe Lane
*I don’t expect liberals to agree with Liberal Fascism, but they should at least read it.
I heard part of the interview this morning. Responding to the criticism of being too liberal, he actually said, “You can call me anything you want, just don’t call me late for dinner” . . . . this is a man who wants to be president. . .
You know which other “progressive” was “performance driven”?
Chairman Mao? I reckon he still holds the top spot for killing off the citizens he ruled…. in raw numbers, anyhow. Not so sure about percent of population: Stalin might have him beat there.