I don't have time to write a long diary this evening, but I noticed that Kos had picked up the video I shot on Saturday which I had diaried at:
Poor Turnout for George Allen's "Ethnic Community Rally"
(Thanks!!!)
But, we also had
another video camera inside the building (Eric from
RaisingKaine) getting footage of the rally and speeches, including Allen's. While the footage from outside shows people entering and leaving, you can also get a sense of the makeup of the crowd from the crowd panning shots filmed inside.
Since Kos has frontpaged the outside video clip, I'm going to repost Eric's piece from RaisingKaine here, so you all can watch the rest of the footage:
The Republican Ethnic Rally
You won't find any "macaca" moments here, but you may learn a little something about our opponents. And perhaps it's worth watching to catch all those little mistakes and inaccuracies.
I've provided my initial observations here. If you're up for it, have a look and jump in with your assessment and observations.
George Allen - a funny Bollywood introduction, watch him struggle with those "ethnic" words, and he seems to have trouble with numbers.
Tom Davis - friendly, personable, good speaker. But wrong on the issues and accusations. And not at all subtle about the fact that he'll support you after you show him some love.
Frank Wolf coming sometime soon. Hopefully tomorrow.
And to our Republican readers, please enjoy the gift. I fully expect to hear positive comments from y'all for once. These are your candidates after all.
Update [2006-9-12 22:41:39 by GregP]: Here's Frank. Watch how he ramps it up in the first few moments. And the standard use of Republican scare tactics with the secret police talk. Note that the last few minutes are cut off - Frank didn't follow YouTube directions and went over the 10 minute mark. Also, it may take a few minutes to start working because it was just uploaded.
Eric's extended commentary is posted here.
Did you know George Allen was a Bollywood god??? [The intro is hilarious, gotta watch the Allen clip.]
Apologies for the hastily written diary, but since this has gotten a lot of additional attention since the weekend when we first posted on it, I wanted to let everyone know about the additional footage.