Governor Brian Schweitzer Delivers Democratic Radio Address..podcast, transcript

[madfloridian]

http://www.dnc.org/a/2007/01/governor_brian.php

"Good morning. I'm Brian Schweitzer, the Governor of Montana, the Big Sky Country.

On Tuesday, President Bush will deliver his annual State of the Union Address. He is expected to talk about the war in Iraq and the need for our country to reduce our dependence on foreign oil. I wanted to share some of my thoughts about these topics, which are very important to all Americans.

Along with many people across the country, I have serious concerns about the President's plan to increase U.S. troop levels in Iraq. His plan is just more of the same.

I lived and worked in the Middle East for six years, Salam Alaikum to those who speak Arabic. There, I spent time with many Muslim families and like our families in the United States they want opportunities, freedom to work and live as they choose and the ability to make their country a better place for future generations.

Mr. President there are animosities between Sunni and Shiite people in the Middle East that have developed over centuries. Outsiders can not resolve this conflict unless the Iraqi people want security and freedom as least as much as us."

More at the link.

[madfloridian]

1. Kick

:kick:

[stevedeshazer]

2. This guy has it goin' on

Proud that we shook hands in 2003 at the Montana State Fair in Great Falls.

If Democrats look West, they won't so much need the South.

[Bluzmann57]

3. Said it quite a while ago,

I want him to be President. I saw him on some morning show, "Today" I think, and he impressed the hell out of me. He seems like a common guy, wears jeans, tells bush to go to hell, hunts, fishes, tells bush to screw himself, has good ideas, and tells bush to go away. I envy you people in Montana. He seems like a helluva Governor.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Full disclaimer

I'm not from Montana, I'm just someone who happened to be in Great Falls during the Montana State Fair.

We were in line to get into the destruction derby.

[Bluzmann57]

5. Oh. Ok.

But you still got to meet him. That's cool. He was in the area around here last week (Quad Cities, IA and IL) and I never got to meet him. He was here for an agricultural expo and from all reports, he was well recieved. Schweitzer for President. Says a voice from the wilderness.

[skipos]

6. Schweitzer fans should see my signature.nt