Martin O'Malley Sings 'Deportees' To Honor One Year DAPA Anniversary

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Martin O'Malley ‏@MartinOMalley 1h1 hour ago
To honor the one year DAPA anniversary, we'd like to sing you a song. Families shouldn't live in fear of separation.

'As millions of families come home tonight, I can’t help but think of what New Americans, on the anniversary of an executive action that would have brought them peace and dignity, are living tonight.

I dedicate this song to the safety of our families. Woody Guthrie wrote it in 1948 as a protest song for 28 migrant farm-workers that died in a plane that was deporting them. Since all of them were just "labor," in the news they were called "deportees."

We all have a name and a family. We are New Americans.'

[Hoyt]

1. Great song.

[bigtree]

5. channeling Woody Guthrie

...I definitely think he would approve.

[elleng]

2. Families shouldn't live in fear of separation.

[bigtree]

9. this candidate deserves so much better

...here and elsewhere.

So much heart and soul in his appeal.

[elleng]

10. Yes he DOES!

[Koinos]

21. O'Malley has genuine compassion and a bona fide moral compass.

He does deserve more recognition from Democrats.

[karynnj]

3. Great song -- and he is better singer than either Bernie or Hillary

Very moving

(Bernie recorded a record where he mostly talked folk songs. Judging from that, I assume he was one of the kids told to sing softly in chorus. As to Hillary, in 2008, people were able to isolate her voice on the national anthem - she was not one of the rare people who can sing it.)

[Capt. Obvious]

4. Love that song

[elleng]

6. Martin O'Malley wrote about this song:

'As millions of families come home tonight, I can’t help but think of what New Americans, on the anniversary of an executive action that would have brought them peace and dignity, are living tonight.

I dedicate this song to the safety of our families. Woody Guthrie wrote it in 1948 as a protest song for 28 migrant farm-workers that died in a plane that was deporting them. Since all of them were just "labor," in the news they were called "deportees."

We all have a name and a family. We are New Americans.'

[bigtree]

7. thanks, elleng!

...posting in op.

[elleng]

8. You're welcome, bigtree.

He was kind enough to cooperate!'

[MeNMyVolt]

11. Big, you are the best, and once again the MO'M supporters...

and their candidate shines. Like a cool, refreshing rain after a blistering day, a MO'M supporter chimes in to remind us of what it's all about. Thank you.

[bigtree]

13. MeNMyVolt

... 'like a cool, refreshing rain after a blistering day'

Thank you for that.

[elleng]

16. Yes, he is, big, that is,

and YES, what it's all about! Thanks

[FSogol]

14. K&R. n/t

[Juicy_Bellows]

15. Got to get the original in. (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

and Joan's version - because her voice is like butter.

[bigtree]

17. Joan Baez is the best

...but O'M is amazingly close to Woody's version.

[Juicy_Bellows]

19. Arlo is amazingly close but O'M does a good job!

[elleng]

18. Thanks for these, Juicy!

[Juicy_Bellows]

20. You betcha! nt.

[askew]

22. Very impressive. Thanks for posting.

O'Malley certainly deserves better.

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