Martin O'Malley: "Thanks, Hillary"

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Hillary Clinton ‏@HillaryClinton 2h2 hours ago
Welcome to the race, Gov. O'Malley. Looking forward to discussing strong families and communities. -H

Martin O'Malley ‏@GovernorOMalley 1h1 hour ago
@HillaryClinton Thanks, Hillary. I'm eager to engage in a healthy debate about our visions for America.




Martin O'Malley ‏@GovernorOMalley 4h4 hours ago
Today, I declare that I am a candidate for President of the United States, and I am running for YOU. #OMalley2016 http://moby.to/5lesdf

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1. A good message for DU to remember. We are all on the same side.

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2. It is good to remember. However in a few months

the candidates will be out for blood and ripping each other apart. It will get nasty. These pleasantries are just the tapping of gloves before the bell rings.

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3. I know. O'Malley threw a punch at HRC today when he said:

We must put our national interest first, we must put America first.

But we cannot rebuild the American Dream here at home by catering to the voices of the privileged and the powerful.

Let's be honest. They were the ones who turned our economy upside-down in the first place. And they are the only ones who are benefiting from it.

We need to prosecute cheats, we need to reinstate Glass-Steagall, and if a bank is too big to fail without wrecking our nation's economy, then it needs to be broken up before it breaks us again.

Goldman Sachs is one of the biggest repeat-offending investment banks in America. Recently, the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he'd be just fine with either Bush or Clinton.

I bet he would.

Well, I've got news for the bullies of Wall Street.

The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families.

It is a sacred trust to be earned from the people of the United States, and exercised on behalf of the people of the United States.

The only way we are going to rebuild the American Dream is if we re-take control of our own American government!

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4. that's pretty much the point

...it's the same understanding which had Clinton and Obama engaged in a backbiting campaign and coming together afterward as Democrats with shared goals.

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10. i do not see it as a punch or jab. it is a race. a competitive race. i do not feel he went over

the line, punched anyone. but, is running a race. wouldnt it be nice if we didnt make it into nasty shit, like some are already trying and we did with sanders.

from the first post clinton made to sanders, we had pro sander dissing clinton all over the place.

omalley is simply running a competitive race, totally in bounds statement.

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5. This is why I could never run for office. I'd probably not be able to contain myself.

I'd get a "time out" for potty mouth!

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6. O'Malley does tend to call Bullshit on the GOP from time to time.

He did it during an NPR interview last month.

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7. He did say that Wall street didn't care if it was Clinton or Bush.

Today, right in front of the world and everything!

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8. "CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton,”

Oh, snap!

O’Malley has been a staunch Clinton supporter in the past, and that’s why he had seemed reluctant to criticize her too strongly. But on Saturday, he criticized Clinton by pinpointing her similarities to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush. “Recently, the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he’d be just fine with either Bush or Clinton,” O’Malley said. “The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families.”

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/05/30/martin_o_malley_blasts_clinton_as_he_launches_uphill_bid_for_the_presidency.html

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9. His whole statement:

We must put our national interest first, we must put America first.

But we cannot rebuild the American Dream here at home by catering to the voices of the privileged and the powerful.

Let's be honest. They were the ones who turned our economy upside-down in the first place. And they are the only ones who are benefiting from it.

We need to prosecute cheats, we need to reinstate Glass-Steagall, and if a bank is too big to fail without wrecking our nation's economy, then it needs to be broken up before it breaks us again.

Goldman Sachs is one of the biggest repeat-offending investment banks in America. Recently, the CEO of Goldman Sachs let his employees know that he'd be just fine with either Bush or Clinton.

I bet he would.

Well, I've got news for the bullies of Wall Street.

The presidency is not a crown to be passed back and forth by you between two royal families.

It is a sacred trust to be earned from the people of the United States, and exercised on behalf of the people of the United States.

The only way we are going to rebuild the American Dream is if we re-take control of our own American government!