O'Malley On A Big Slide In Iowa

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Whitney Larsen ?@WhitneyLarsen77 19m19 minutes ago
Team @MartinOMalley hitting the Iowa State Fair #15goals #iacaucus #feartheturtle




Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers 37m37 minutes ago Des Moines, IA
@MartinOMalley arrives at @IowaStateFair w/ son William and daughter Grace. #iacaucus




Haley Morris ?@haleymorris 3m3 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley on son Will- "we call him the closer!" #iacaucus #OMalley2016




Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers 32m32 minutes ago Des Moines, IA
@MartinOMalley borrows a camera from @bryonhoulgrave, and together they take some photos. #iacaucus




Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 3m3 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley gets in line to see the Butter Cow #IACaucus




Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 2m2 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley just got a family selfie with the Butter Cow #IACaucus




Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 13m13 minutes ago
And here's @MartinOMalley talking to a robot #IACaucus




Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 3m3 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley has his pork chop-on-a-stick #IACaucus




Jeff Zeleny ?@jeffzeleny 8m8 minutes ago
Look who's going on the Giant Slide at the Iowa State Fair? @MartinOMalley...





Bryon Houlgrave/The Register


Kristin Sosanie ?@ksosanie 3m3 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley and his kids Will and Grace went down the giant slide at #isf2015 #iowastatefair #iacaucus




Grant Rodgers ?@GrantMRodgers 7m7 minutes ago Des Moines, IA
"It was everything we thought it would be & more," says @MartinOMalley upon descent from the Giant Slide. #iacaucus





Bryon Houlgrave/The Register


Iowa Starting Line ?@IAStartingLine 12m12 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley and family just slid down the big Iowa State Fair slide together #IACaucus




CSPAN ?@cspan 6m6 minutes ago
@MartinOMalley at @iowastatefair #DMRSoapbox – LIVE at 5pm ET on C-SPAN http://cs.pn/1MpKtn4



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[cyberswede]

1. Fantastic! So glad he's out talking to Iowans.

That slide picture is super awesome - and WAY better than eating a corndog. LOL.

[bigtree]

4. 16-day tour coming up

Des Moines Register ?@DMRegister 4h4 hours ago
@MartinOMalley announces 16-city tour of Iowa #IAcaucus

Martin O’Malley will visit 16 Iowa cities in August on a “Rebuild the American Dream” tour that kicks off during his appearance at the Iowa State Fair.

read: http://dmreg.co/1h6wHJg

[Ed Suspicious]

17. OMG that was my thought exactly! lol. Candidates need to step away from the corndogs.

My dirty mind cannot handle it.

[FSogol]

2. K & R. n/t

[Peacetrain]

3. The Iowa State Fair is so much fun!!

I love it!!

[PowerToThePeople]

5. He seems like a good guy

If I were an establishment type, I would probably like him a lot as he does say many things I agree with.

In my opinion, the establishment is corrupt to the core, capitalism is a great evil that has been used to trample upon the citizens of the world. We need to change how we do the things that we do. Nice, friendly capitalists are still capitalists and the system they support will continue to kill, impoverish, and harm the people of this planet for the benefit of the establishment oligarchs and their backers.

[greatauntoftriplets]

6. His daughter, Grace O'Malley, has a legendary namesake!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley

[RufusTFirefly]

7. Just caution him not to try any food that Borat offers him! n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

25. Eat no corny dogs

Doing so makes for awful pics

[RufusTFirefly]

27. What d'ya mean?

[awoke_in_2003]

29. Those were exactly what I had in mind

The pic of Marcus- no words

[winter is coming]

8. Photo op with the butter cow!

Now you know he's running for President!

[Adrahil]

9. Looks like he's having trouble in that race too!

I kid! Put down the pitch forks!

[bigtree]

10. youth wins!

[a kennedy]

11. Ok he's good looking........

but my heart belongs to Bernie.

[ejbr]

34. +1 n/t

[demwing]

12. O'Malley is an awesome candidate

in any other year he'd be our nominee. I hope there's a major role for him in the 2016 campaign.

[Agschmid]

13. Kick.

[AzDar]

14. Sanders / O'Malley 2016!!

[Ed Suspicious]

16. Right on!

[a kennedy]

35. Hey.... I've said this before.......

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027055577

[RichVRichV]

38. I can't say I'd be opposed to it.

Though I still say if Bernie wins the nomination he needs to find someone with even more "radical" viewpoint than his to be Veep. That way no one in their right mind would consider bumping him off.

[Ed Suspicious]

15. Good person. And he looks like a slightly younger Russ Feingold to me.

Sanders/O'Malley would be a fantastic ticket. Even flipped it would make me happy.

[elleng]

19. Somehow I doubt your statement that bigtree 'hates' Bernie supporters.

I may have missed something.

[Ed Suspicious]

20. Deleted so as not to derail a nice thread.

Deleted but not retracted.

[elleng]

21. Thanks. Appreciated.

[secondvariety]

22. Seems like

a good guy. What little I know of O'Malley I like.

[shireen]

23. great photos!

Thanks for posting ... nice to see him smiling so much and enjoying himself with the kids. (He's my former governor. )

[elleng]

24. Hi, shireen!

My former governor too.

[OldSparky]

26. Love him!

[elleng]

28. Good to hear, OldSparky.

You're not an electric chair, are you?

[MADem]

30. Several thoughts--first, smart guy to pick the pork chop!

Second--great looking kids! (And there are more at home).

Third--is he married? Divorced? The "Where's the missus?" question comes up. And because I'm not lazy, I did the Google and answered my own question:

Catherine "Katie" Curran O'Malley is a Baltimore City District Court judge and wife of Martin O'Malley, the former Governor of Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore. Wikipedia
Born: August 18, 1962 (age 52)
Spouse: Martin O'Malley (m. 1990)
Parents: J. Joseph Curran, Jr.
Marriage location: Baltimore, MD
Children: Jack O'Malley, William O'Malley, Grace O'Malley, Tara O'Malley
Education: Towson University, University of Baltimore School of Law, University of Baltimore

Now that's a resume! Well, she wouldn't be a cookie-baking, stand by your man, type either--I'm guessing she had to work, and couldn't get away...? Or maybe she was campaigning elsewhere...?

[Koinos]

31. It has to do with the judicial code of conduct.

But since she's an accomplished District Court judge in Baltimore, Martin O'Malley's wife, Katie O'Malley, is bound by a judicial code of conduct that bars judges from participating in partisan political activity, according to The Baltimore Sun.

See the whole article for more about Katie O'Malley, a very impressive person:

http://www.bustle.com/articles/86968-martin-omalleys-wife-katie-omalley-has-a-successful-career-as-a-baltimore-district-court-judge

[MADem]

32. Ah, there it is--thank you! He'd do well to mention that early and often!

Or have his kids so do. Nice looking family--I am guessing this was a few years back, as the lads look very young here and the young fellow in the video/pictures looks older:


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[Koinos]

33. Yep, William is a lot taller now.

Grace teaches in a Baltimore public school.

[murielm99]

36. Great pics!

Thank you.

[Live and Learn]

37. Wonderful pics. Thanks Bigtree. nt