O'Malley Likens Bush's Proposed Cuts to Sept. 11 Attacks

[3days]

Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley yesterday compared President Bush's proposed budget cuts to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying that Bush, like the al Qaeda hijackers who crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, has launched an assault on America's cities.

"These cuts, ladies and gentlemen, are sad. Irresponsible. They are also dishonest," O'Malley (D) told a packed news conference at the National Press Club, where mayors and area officials had gathered to decry Bush's plan to slash spending on community development programs by $2 billion.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9117-2005Feb8.html

Hell yeah! Speak in sentences that the fearmongers can understand!

[Al-CIAda]

1. nice!

:thumbsup:

[aintitfunny]

2. I hate to see the wimpy democrats

who cannot stand up and defend the truth in his statements. Doug Duncan is running for Gov. of Maryland as it is assumed O'Malley is and that is a very cheap shot and he just lost my consideration int he primary.

[Roland99]

3. Our Democratic mayor was equally upset but didn't go anywhere

near as far as that in his rhetoric.

But, we're probably ok. Our Representative sits on the Appropriations Committee and our Senator is likely to be Senate Majority Leader soon.

[many a good man]

4. Stupid analogy

I love O'Malley and I hope he becomes my next governor, but that is a dumb, inappropriate statement. I thought he sucked at the DNC, too. I sure hope he gets his act together soon. He better not turn into another KKT.

[3days]

5. Of course it's a stupid analogy

Which is why it is perfect for the stupid people who blindly follow this regime.

[aintitfunny]

10. I want him as My Governor too

But I don't think it was stupid. Unfortunately he is probably absolutely correct. It is about time someone spoke up and pushed the envelope. He is nothing like KKT - apples and oranges.

[Stinky The Clown]

6. I actually think this is a good thing

I have long wanted a Dem to get on a public stage and say what I'm thinking. This sounds like any typical Mad Dog Republican's rhetorical style .... except it expresses our side's positions. Over the top a little? Maybe. But it has guts and I like that.

There was a post here a loooong time ago that used a phrase I shamelessly admit to stealing: I want a Dem who stands on the stage, reaches out to his opponent and tears his living heart from his chest, and takes a bite of it, bloody and still beating, to make his point.

Dr. Dean *almost* went there and is revered for it. Marty just went a step further.

[deacon2]

8. Agreed

If he needs to chew 'baccy and spit, that's fine too. Whatever gets the message across to those who otherwise won't listen. This is the language of Freeperville. Vitriolic, passionate (if misguided) and full of archetypal imagery and appeal. It short hands (and short circuits) the rational in favor of the deeply felt. And it communicates what a million charts and graphs cannot - REAL EMOTION. It will surely attract derisiveness as well. Good - that keeps the story alive. And the more it resembles the same rhetoric the detractors are employing, the more it will cause question and consternation in their ranks. I don't see how it can fail to bring the argument forward. The last secretary of education called teachers "terrorist." Tit for tat and this for that. Bring it on... ad nauseum.

[aintitfunny]

11. I agree with you (n/t)

[DebJ]

7. my email to O'Malley: includes his email address if u want 2 use

To : [e-mail]
Subject : You go, Mayor O'Malley! Thank you for HONESTY


I just read the CNN story entitled: Mayor: Proposed Cuts Attacks on Cities


THANK YOU!!!!

I lived in Maryland for 48 years (until 2 yrs ago), and worked in or near Baltimore at several different jobs. Now I live in Pennsylvania, and for the first time in my life, with my children grown, I have time for politics. (I was a single parent for 20 years, two kids, one handicapped and now in a special program in Frederick). York Pa isn't an easy place for a Dem....meaning I am needed all the more.

And boy, do we need to hear refreshing, truthful comments. You nailed it right on the head. I have absolutely no doubt that this would be the result of this budget, particularly when combined with other disastrous policies like sending jobs abroad and the Piratization of SSI. When I look at all of the policies combined, I don't even doubt but that this is the INTENT of these policies. Greed reigns! That is their Moral Value; their ONLY one.

Since November 2, at several Dem meetings here in York, people have asked: What do you want of the Democratic Party? At EVERY SINGLE MEETING, at least one person said, "Grow some balls!" Thank you for doing just that!

Thank you, thank you!
Deb
York, Pennsylvania

[hector459]

9. Bush's budge IS and attack on big cities but not JUST big cities.

It's an attack on our nation as we have come to know and believe in it! I see nothing wrong with O'Malley's statement. The Republicans and their followers to not admire "political correctness." Haven't they said that on numerous occassions? Well, we are no longer going to try to be "politically correct." If you haven't learned what most of the voting sheep admire from the last two elections you must have been living on another planet.

[struggle4progress]

12. Ohio mayors pledge to fight cuts in Bush's budget

<snip> Donald Plusquellic, mayor of Akron and president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, said the plan is "totally unacceptable" and pledged the nation's mayors would fight it.

He said the mayors need the block grants to help blighted inner cities clean up, refurbish housing, and help small businesses get on their feet.

Toledo Mayor Jack Ford said the city is getting about $8.5 million a year from block grants and wiping that out would dramatically delay or end the rebuilding of inner-city housing.

"I've always made a direct tie between the condition of housing and the performance in schools and who goes into our … prisons. I see a seamless web," he said. "By ending , you'll be accelerating the decline of urban America," Mr. Ford said. <snip>

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050209/NEWS09/502090381/-1/NEWS