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elleng

(135,883 posts)
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:41 PM Aug 2015

'The attacks on me are rolling in:

yesterday I found out the NRA is putting me front and center on one of their magazines. Check it out below. Also, apparently Donald Trump called me a "disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby." And now, on the day I released my plan to expand Social Security, the Third Way says it's "political pandering at its worst."

Want to help me stand up against these attacks? Donate $15 today.

Here are the facts: just a week after I get a bump in the polls, more folks are putting my campaign and progressive vision for the nation in their crosshairs.

We're gaining momentum and I need your help to show these guys we're not afraid—that we stand by our progressive values. We stand by expanding social security and the right to unionize. We stand by gun safety regulations.

Donate $15 to stand up to the NRA. Donate $15 to tell Donald Trump we're not backing down. Donate $15 to tell the Third Way we WILL expand Social Security.

Donald Trump called me a “little baby” just one day after I stood with workers from his hotel in Las Vegas who want to unionize. I am not interested in a race to the bottom with Mr. Trump, and I am proud to stand with those who have the guts to stand up to him. We should be making it easier—not harder—for workers to organize.

Donate $15 if you're with me.

The National Rifle Association took out a whole feature to slam me for saying I'm "eager to make gun control an issue in [my] campaign to be president.” Yes. I definitely am. I am proud to stand against the congressional gun lobbyists who think that it is extreme to support things like background checks or a ban on high-capacity magazines.

Donate $15 if you're with me.

The Third Way thinks I want to expand Social Security because it "polls well." This isn't about polls. I am proud to stand up for our most vulnerable because it's the right thing to do.

Donate $15 if you're with me.

This is just the beginning. They are coming after me now, and I am sure there will be more attacks. Commit to this campaign today to say you’re on the right side of these issues.

http://martinomalley.com/donate

Thanks for your support,

Martin

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'The attacks on me are rolling in: (Original Post) elleng Aug 2015 OP
O'Malley is definitely doing something right. Koinos Aug 2015 #1
Yes he is! elleng Aug 2015 #2
TPTB are okay with him as long as he polls in single digits. Koinos Aug 2015 #3
Ditto, elleng Aug 2015 #4
If we head into recession... Koinos Aug 2015 #6
With you AGAIN, Koinos. elleng Aug 2015 #9
I think they will postpone at least until December. Koinos Aug 2015 #11
They sure as heck should postpone for a few months. elleng Aug 2015 #13
HOLD THE PRESSES!!!! Raine1967 Aug 2015 #5
All that DU nonsense about O'Malley being a corporate lackey. Koinos Aug 2015 #7
It's only a few people, I will grant that but it is still not truthful Raine1967 Aug 2015 #8
Well, there goes that talking point... FSogol Aug 2015 #10
Yep. Koinos Aug 2015 #12
Wait! What say what?!?!? JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #15
I am eager to make gun control an issue JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #14
Me too. Koinos Aug 2015 #16

elleng

(135,883 posts)
2. Yes he is!
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 02:54 PM
Aug 2015

Wondering how many of these, and future 'complainers,' are/have been/will have been encouraged by tptb.

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
3. TPTB are okay with him as long as he polls in single digits.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 03:26 PM
Aug 2015

As he gains traction and gets noticed, watch out!

He's not afraid of any of them. He has courage by the truckloads.

We are so pleased with him (and worried about his funding) that we sent him some more $.

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
6. If we head into recession...
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 03:58 PM
Aug 2015

I would trust O'Malley more than the other candidates to lead us out of it. He was pretty good at the helm when Maryland got hit by the last recession.

But this will be a worldwide decline, led by price drops in commodities. We will see lots of contraction and deflation, especially if the Fed raises interest rates.

Scary stuff ahead. We will have to hug the people we love and hold on to the things that count.

Another thing I like about O'Malley, even though it goes against my nature: He is an unflappable optimist. He believes in people.

What a terrific and lovable fool he is.

elleng

(135,883 posts)
9. With you AGAIN, Koinos.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 05:52 PM
Aug 2015

(About the Fed, just heard the ST. Louis fed bd member thinks raising now a good idea!

Unflappable optimistic techie, sounds good to me!

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
11. I think they will postpone at least until December.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:12 PM
Aug 2015

If they raise rates in September, that will trigger a recession and also likely a deflationary cycle. Very bad.

The world economy is going sour. The Far East and Europe are not going to do well.

About O'Malley: Everyone who meets him face to face likes him. He just has that kind of personality and can-do outlook that makes you feel comfortable.

elleng

(135,883 posts)
13. They sure as heck should postpone for a few months.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 07:16 PM
Aug 2015

World economy's a mess, and don't know that anyone has a handle on it.

Raine1967

(11,607 posts)
5. HOLD THE PRESSES!!!!
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 03:51 PM
Aug 2015
And now, on the day I released my plan to expand Social Security, the Third Way says it's "political pandering at its worst."


I thought that, WAIT… I was told here on DU that O'Malley was a Third Way Member!!!



After What MO'M did in Maryland against so many Odds, I WELCOME the NRA and its hatred (and it race bating) I posted this OP a little while ago: http://www.democraticunderground.com/12812551

To Trump and the NRA: MO'M supporters are more than happy to have you attack us!

I know how this media machine works… and this is gonna get really interesting.

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
7. All that DU nonsense about O'Malley being a corporate lackey.
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 04:11 PM
Aug 2015

And which billionaires, pray tell, are backing him up? The man is running his campaign on nickels and dimes.

Even the barest nodding acquaintance with his background and achievements would have dispelled that drivel.

But it takes time and hard work to read and learn and observe what makes a candidate tick. It is easier to repeat and magnify a few shopworn criticisms.

Soon O'Malley will be giving more free lessons in the difference between talk and action.

As he often says: First understand, and then act.

Raine1967

(11,607 posts)
8. It's only a few people, I will grant that but it is still not truthful
Fri Aug 21, 2015, 05:49 PM
Aug 2015

and lately untruths seems to get more attention than what is real and verifiable.

From the Third Way: http://www.thirdway.org/newsroom/press-releases/third-way-statement-on-governor-martin-omalleys-social-security-plan

“Political pandering at its worst”

“Social Security is in crisis, and we need solutions to fix it, not deepen the hole we are in. The idea of giving out more Social Security benefits to every single American may poll well at first. But Governor O’Malley’s expansion-for-all plan is not progressive, it is political pandering at its worst.

Yeah, he's TOTALLY a member of that group….

Now, the next time anyone posts that silly picture, ask them to explain how beholden he is.

SHDM.

JustAnotherGen

(33,444 posts)
15. Wait! What say what?!?!?
Sun Aug 23, 2015, 06:15 AM
Aug 2015

You mean - help me . . . I'm new to the world.

Expanding Social Security for our older Americans who can't get by is like -


NOT a "turd" way idea?

Who'da thunk it.

I need to get out more.

Pssstttt - a quick DU search of my user name and SS will yield all kinds of commentary over the years about how the simple act of taxing my full salary for SSI would give a tremendous boost to the fund while also allowing an expansion to who is eligible (age limits being lowered) and an increase in the benes. This is also a woman's issue - SS is when Ledbetter figured out how seriously she had been hosed. Think of this - at the peak of my mom's career she was a hotel management VP with close to 30 hotels under her region. At her peak in the 90's - she made about 60% of what I make now. She was born in 1947. Our baby boomers had the game's rules changed half way through. Our boomer and older women . . . They never had the full set of rules in the first place.

So yes - the burden for righting those two wrongs falls on Gen X and the millenials. I refuse to live in a country where older people eat cat food. I refuse.

Koinos

(2,798 posts)
16. Me too.
Mon Aug 24, 2015, 06:17 PM
Aug 2015

I turned away from the socialist candidate over this issue (can I get a refund?). O'Malley is clear about where he stands on this issue, and I agree enthusiastically with him.

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