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WEBVTT AND BUILD BELICHICK JOBS IN MY ADMINISTRATION TO GET THEM OUT OF THE NFL. JOSH: DEMOCRAT MARTIN O'MALLEY HAD A SPECIAL GUEST ON THE DAY HE JOINED US FOR "CANDIDATE CAFÉ." THAT WAS HIS SON WILLIAM. O'MALLEY SAID IT WAS HIS PARENTS WHO GAVE HIM A PASSION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE. HE SAYS IT'S A TRADITION HE HOPES TO PASS ON TO HIS OWN KIDS. I AM A TRUE IN TODAY. JOSH: MARTIN O'MALLEY'S SON WILLIAM MADE THIS "CANDIDATE CAFÉ" A FAMILY AFFAIR. ARE YOU ENJOYING THIS? WE'RE DOING PRETTY WELL. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: WE RARELY GET FED. WE RARELY HAVE THIS MANY NICE PEOPLE AROUND US. [LAUGHTER] JOSH: 18 YEARS OLD? I JUST TURNED 18. JOSH: DOES HAVING YOUR DAD RUN FOR PRESIDENT HELP YOU WITH YOUR SELF -- YOUR DATING LIFE? [LAUGHTER] [NO AUDIO] I WOULDN'T SAY THE IMMEDIATE SOCIAL IMPACTS AT SCHOOL HAVE BEEN POSITIVE. I HAVE A TIGHTLY KNIT, WELL ORGANIZED YOUNG DEMOCRATS CLUB THAT TRIES TO STAY INVOLVED. WE BEAT THE REPUBLICANS INTERNET EVERY WEEK, NOT THAT ANYONE IS COUNTING. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I THINK THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT YOUR DATING LIFE. JOSH: IT'S HIS SON WHO HAS STEPPED UP ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: MY WIFE IS A JUDGE. KATIE HAS BEEN ON THE DISTRICT COURT OF MARYLAND FOR 14 YEARS, AND SHE IS A FAR BETTER LAWYER THAN I EVER WAS, WHICH IS WHY SHE IS A JUDGE. BECAUSE SHE IS A JUDGE, SHE IS NOT ALLOWED TO CAMPAIGN, BUT WILLIAM COMES OUT ALL THE TIME. NOBODY HAS BEEN BETTER IN TERMS OF TIME ON THE ROAD THAN WILLIAM HAS. HE SENT ME AN E-MAIL. I WAS IN IOWA, AND HE SENT ME A TEXT AND SAID, DAD, I'M SPEAKING TOMORROW TO 200 DEMOCRATS -- WAS IT STAFFORD COUNTY? I THINK IT WAS JASPER. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: HE SAYS, I'M SPEAKING TO ABOUT 200 DEMOCRATS. I'M SPEAKING ON THE STAGE RIGHT AFTER BERNIE SANDERS. THE NEXT SENTENCE WAS, YES, YOU READ THAT LAST SENTENCE CORRECT. JOSH: SOMETIMES, MARTIN O'MALLEY'S MOTHER LIKES TO GET INVOLVED. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: SOMETIMES WHEN I USE SALTY LANGUAGE ON SALT -- ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SHE SCOLDED ME ONCE AND SAID, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE USE THAT WORD. ALL MY FRIENDS SAY THEY SAW YOU USE THAT WORD ON "FACEPAGE." [LAUGHTER] I SAID, MOM, WHAT IS "FACEPAGE"? JOSH: ALL KIDDING ASIDE, HE CREDITS HIS PARENTS FOR THE BIGGEST REASON WHERE HE IS TODAY. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: THE PEOPLE WHO INSPIRED ME TO GET INTO PUBLIC SERVICE WERE FIRST AND FOREMOST MY PARENTS. MY PARENTS WERE BORN INTO THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND WERE PART OF THAT GENERATION TOM BROKAW CALLED "THE GREATEST GENERATION," BUT THE COOLEST THING ABOUT THE GENERATION TO ME WAS THAT THEY NEVER TAKE THAT TITLE THEMSELVES. THEY TAUGHT US AS KID THAT EVERY -- AS KIDS THAT EVERY GENERATION OF AMERICANS HAS A RESPONSIBILITY AND OPPORTUNITY TO ACCOMPLISH GREAT THINGS. THEY TAUGHT THE SIX OF US TO LOVE GOD, LOVE OUR COUNTRY, AND LOVE OUR FAMILY. THEY ALSO TAUGHT US SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS A LITTLE LESS COMMON, AND THAT IS THAT POLITICS IS AN HONORABLE AND NOBLE ACTIVITY, A NOBLE SERVICE AND THAT ALL OF US NEED TO BE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED. THAT IS HOW OUR COUNTRY WORKS. JOSH: O'MALLEY SAYS IT WAS HIS TIME AS A PROSECUTOR THAT MADE HIM DECIDE TO RUN FOR OFFICE. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I RAN IN 1990 FOR STATE SENATE AFTER BEING FRUSTRATED AS A PROSECUTOR SEEING THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND I LOST THAT RACE BY 20 VOTES ON THE ABSENTEE BALLOTS. NOT THAT I REMEMBER. THE NEXT YEAR, THERE WAS A SEAT OPEN ON THE BALTIMORE CITY COUNCIL. I HADN'T THOUGHT I WOULD BE EFFECTIVE IN MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT WAS A MUCH BETTER PLACEMENT FOR MY ENERGIES THAN THE STATE SENATE MIGHT HAVE BEEN. BEING OF SERVICE TO OTHERS, ALL OF US HAVE A NEED TO BE NEEDED, DON'T WAIT? IT'S A BASIC HUMAN NEED TO BE NEEDED. WE HOPE IN OUR OWN DISCERNMENT PROCESS ABOUT WHERE OUR TALENTS ARE BEST USED THAT WE CAN BE OF SERVICE TO OTHERS. I CAN'T IMAGINE SPENDING MY ENERGIES ON ANYTHING THAT COULD OF MADE ME HAPPIER OR WHERE I WOULD'VE TOUCHED AS MANY PEOPLE IN AS MANY POSITIVE WAYS AS I HAVE, DOING WHAT I WAS DOING, NOT BECAUSE TIMES WERE EASY BUT BECAUSE TIMES WERE DIFFICULT. JOSH: THERE WERE MANY CHALLENGES HE FACED AS HE MADE HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS OF POLITICAL LIFE IN MARYLAND, ALWAYS FEELING A COLIN TO STAY INVOLVED. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: I TOLD MY WIFE, YOU'VE GOT TO LET ME TRY. I CAN LIVE WITH LOSING. I CAN'T LIVE WITH NOT TRYING AND KNOWING THAT HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF YOUNG MEN DIED FOR NO REASON BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE WILLINGNESS TO TRY. JOSH: AND HE DID TRY. HE WAS NOT ONLY MAYOR OF BALTIMORE BUT GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND, A BUSY LIFE, ALTHOUGH HE DID HAVE SOME FUN. HE WAS, AFTER ALL, IN A BAND. GOVERNOR O'MALLEY: WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I FELL INTO PLAY MUSIC WITH THE FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL, AND AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SEVEN FULL-TIME IRISH BARS IN THE AREA AND ONLY THREE FULL-TIME BANDS. WE WEREN'T VERY GOOD, BUT WE STARTED GETTING HIRED. [LAUGHTER] WE DID THE SAME 20 SONGS EVERY NIGHT. FROM THE AGE OF 17, I WAS PLAYING IN BARS, SOMETIMES THREE OR FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK. THERE WERE FOUR OF US, AND WHEN THEY GOT OLDER AND GOT MARRIED, THEIR WIVES DIDN'T THINK THE BAND WAS AS COOL AS THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE GIRLFRIENDS. I WENT SOLO FOR A WHILE AND STARTED UP ANOTHER BAND CALLED O'MALLEY'S MARCH. THAT WAS A TRIO, BUT IN ITS LATEST ITERATION, THERE ARE SEVEN OF US. WHEN I WAS MAYOR, I WAS ABLE TO PLAY PRETTY REGULARLY. WHEN YOU ARE MAYOR, EVERYTHING IS NEAR. I COULD MAKE A BLACK-TIE EVENT AND STILL MANAGED TO HAVE A BLACK T-SHIRT ON AND GET DOWN TO MICK GETTING -- MCGEDDEN'S. YOU ASK, IS THE BAND TOGETHER? IT'S TOGETHER IN A VIRTUAL SENSE. WE HAVEN'T PLAYED TOGETHER FOR A LONG TIME, BUT FOR US, IT'S LIKE ROLLING OFF A LOG. WE COULD GET TOGETHER TOMORROW

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