Yet _another_ Band of Brothers diary

As I was riding the Metro back to West Falls Church, I was kicking myself for not being more prepared. I don't have the tools to blog from the mall, but I realized I could have been on the phone with someone who could relay questions from this site to me to ask the candidates and post their responses as a back-handed live-blog. That, together with the fact the my camera took more than 100 blank shots (no, I don't have a lens cover to remove ;-)), told me I was ill prepared for today's event. Learning curve, argh... That said, I did manage to get most of the audio on my mp3 player (read: not a directional mic) - and even that was somewhat poor as I was in the back with the 'Real Media.' Sadly, when I spoke with the gentleman who was handing out press kits and told him I was putting this up on dailykos, he didn't seem to recognize the name.



Why was I there? I was just a Seabee Desert Storm vet there to hear what the candidates had to offer. So, in their own words, here's what I manage to salvage of this morning's event:

It started with the standard thank yous and introductions from the event organizers. [My apologies to them for not having my player up and ready to go to catch their names.] The first speaker was Max Cleland, followed by each of the candidates. To hear what each said, right click on their names and open the mp3 files in the player of your choice. Because the idea is to present each speech, the audio was compressed to save bandwidth and download time. Again, sorry I wasn't prepared to address individual candidates with specific questions.



Max Cleland 8:45, 2.5M




The Candidates, in speaking order, more or less:

AZ-08: Jeff Latas 0:54, 267k

CA-02: Bill Falzett 0:11, 58k

CA-04: Charles Brown 0:27, 134k

CO-05: Jay Fawcett 0:37, 183k

CO-06: Bill Winter 0:37, 183k

FL-05: Rick Penberthy 0:23, 115k

FL-06: Dave Bruderly 0:40, 198k

GA-01: Jim Nelson 0:31, 154k

IL-14: John Laesch 0:58, 285k

IN-04: Rick Cornstuble 0:46, 227k

NJ-03: Rich Sexton 0:42, 207k

NY-23: Bob Johnson 0:42, 207k

MN-01: Tim Walz 0:32, 159k

MO-09: Duane Burghard 0:37, 183k

NC-08: Tim Dunn 1:09, 339k

NH-01: Pete Duffy 0:37, 183k

MD-03: Mishonda Baldwin 0:52, 256k

MD-06: Andrew Duck 0:47, 232k

KY-02: Mike Weaver 1:48, 530k

KY-03: Andrew Horne 0:42, 207k

NY-29: Eric Massa 0:56, 276k

OH-18: Joe Sulzer 0:45, 222k

PA-08: Patrick Murphy 1:09, 339k

OK-05: Bert Smith 1:09, 339k

PA-10: Chris Carney 0:52, 256k

PA-18: Tom Kovach 0:39, 193k

PA-19: Phil Avillo 0:35, 173k

SC-03: Lee Ballenger 0:49, 241k

TN-03: Terry Stulce 0:35, 173k

TX-03: Dan Dodd 1:01, 300k

TX-06: David Harris 0:58, 285k

TX-05: Charlie Thompson 0:50, 246k

TX-07: David Murf 0:37, 183k

TX-10: Ted Ankrum 0:36, 178k

TX-23: Rick Bolanos 1:02, 305k

VA-05: Al Weed 0:40, 198k

VA-05: Bern Ewert 0:48, 237k

and finally,
Closing Statement 2:55, 857k




In closing, I just want to thank these, and all of the other veterans, who choose to serve their country in uniform, or as our representatives in public office.

•  Not to detract from the already excellent

  ones previously posted.

  by carneasadaburrito on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 01:36:51 PM PDT

•  recommended

  thanks so much for capturing the audio!  

  by anna on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 03:18:28 PM PDT

•  Wow

  This is great! Thanks for doing this. Recommended!

  by George on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 04:08:33 PM PDT

•  Nicely done

  Appreciate all the work that went into this!

  by SisTwo on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 05:41:34 PM PDT

  •  thanks for the kudos from all above

    had I known it was going to take me so long to edit the files, I might have thought twice before doing it :-o
    
    

    by carneasadaburrito on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 05:56:41 PM PDT

•  Oh, thank you, thank you!

  I was there, but got there late, and besides, some of the speeches were so great that I'm glad to have the chance to listen again. Thank you so much for doing this!

  by puckish on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 06:23:39 PM PDT

•  I agree! Thanks!

  I wasn't able to be there, so I'm glad I got to hear Jeff Latas.

  by kingkong on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 07:11:27 PM PDT

•  thank you

  i have been saying that a lot lately... i am just sad (jealous) that i could not be there to witness this event in person.  i am very glad that i got to hear my my candidate!!
   THANKS!
  

  by sc kitty on Wed Feb 08, 2006 at 07:50:37 PM PDT

•  Great info and pics

  Thanks for posting. Can't be enough blogs on this historic event.

  by noelschutz on Thu Feb 09, 2006 at 01:38:07 AM PDT

•  Speakers

  Thanks for doing this! The first speakers were (I believe in this order):

  Col. Dick Klass (of VetPAC)
  Mike Lyon (of Band of Brothers)
  Sen. Jack Reed (of RI, himself a veteran)

  Followed by Cleland, and then each of the Fighting Dem candidates, with a Band of Brothers pledge read by Massa, and then I think closing remarks by Klass.

  by DavidNYC on Thu Feb 09, 2006 at 05:50:22 PM PDT

  •  Thank you David

    I'm glad someone was better prepared to get all of their names. The speakers deserve our thanks for their time and efforts in this campaign.
    
    

    by carneasadaburrito on Fri Feb 10, 2006 at 05:52:49 AM PDT