2016 Postmortem

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(85,998 posts) Mon Jul 6, 2015, 02:24 PM Jul 2015

O'Malley at Uncle Nancy's: “Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?”

“Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true, or is it something worse?”

That’s the Bruce Springsteen quote Martin O’Malley mentioned Friday during his campaign appearance at Uncle Nancy’s Coffeehouse & Eatery. He was referring to how tough it has become to pursue the American dream — one of many topics during his talk and question-and-answer session.

The 2016 Democratic presidential hopeful made Uncle Nancy’s his second stop of the day, heading on to Waterloo on Friday afternoon. He as introduced by newly elected Jasper County Democrat chair Taylor Van De Krol and State Rep. Dan Kelley. O’Malley, who has his son, William, with him on this leg of his campaign, said he plans to spend as much time as he can in as many of Iowa’s 99 counties as he can leading up to the Feb. 1 caucus.

In his 18-minute talk to the Newton crowd of approximately 90 people — made while standing on a chair — O’Malley focused on breaking negative government patterns and starting positive trends. He mentioned a couple of Republicans by name, but didn’t talk about fellow Democrats Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders at all.

“There’s a big difference between saying what we stand for, and actually accomplishing things,” O’Malley said. “I’m the only Democratic candidate with 15 years of executive experience. To get things done, you have to bring people together. The more fully all of us are involved in the political, social and economic life of our county, state or our country, the better each of us does.”

read more: http://www.newtondailynews.com/2015/07/04/omalley-provides-detailed-solutions-at-uncle-nancys/a5a9ywh/