I'm Delivering Today's Democratic Weekly Radio Address

[cal04]

by The Angry Rakkasan

Today. 10:06 AM Eastern time. Your local radio station. Commander Guy. The Angry Rakkasan. Mano-a-mano.

I've been waiting for this moment since the day I returned from Iraq. Tomorrow morning I’ll be delivering the Democrats’ response to the President’s weekly radio address.

I’m this guy. And because of my work with VoteVets.org, I was selected to write and deliver the rebuttal to President Bush on behalf of the Democratic Party this week (though I think I’m speaking for a lot more Americans than just the Democratic Party when I slam The Decider). I worked on it last night, recorded it this afternoon, and will listen to it air on Saturday morning.

I’d love to give you all the text, but that would spoil the fun. As you could probably guess though, it’ll be about Iraq. I’d also like to tell you all which station it will be on, but there’s no standard station (or even time) across the country. I found out why when I accessed the White House page regarding the President’s weekly radio address. The site said that the address:

is made available to all radio stations at 10:06 AM Eastern Time each Saturday. However, not all stations that air the Radio Address do so at that specific Eastern Time. I would encourage you to contact your local all-news format stations' programming departments in your area to find out more.


So that’s that. Please tune in if you can. And remember that that’s a fellow Kossack working hard to further expose what an unmitigated disaster the President is.
I’d also like to thank all of you out there who have supported my writing here for the past ten months. Without your support and interest, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity to tell America how the military really feels about Mr. Bush's war.

UPDATE: You'll also be able to hear the address at a number of places online. Please see some of the comments below for individual web sites.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/7/13/231932/409
Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Urges President Bush and Senate Republicans to Change Mission in Iraq
http://www.dnc.org/a/2007/07/veteran_of_iraq.php

Brandon Friedman, Senior Advisor
http://www.votevets.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=291&Itemid=80

http://www.votevets.org/

[bigtree]

1. just posted the transcript

great job, and thanks

[Wetzelbill]

2. I'm proud to be the 5th vote

Great job!!!

[pinto]

3. Kudos and thanks.

:kick:

[bluerum]

4. Good luck soldier. Thanks for your efforts on all fronts. eom

[JacquesMolay]

5. Good luck, and don't say 'uh' too many times.

n/a

[corkhead]

6. Awesome, you won't forget us when you're famous will ya? K&R

:headbang: :toast: :applause:

[WillyT]

7. Great Job !!! - K & R !!!

:patriot:

[YvonneCa]

8. Thank you...

...for your service...for yur sacrifice...and for giving voice to those of us here with only 'small' microphones. :7

[bookman]

9. Wonderful

I just listened. It was impressive.

Thanks for your service, and for your speaking out!

[madfloridian]

10. Excellent. Audio is on the DNC front page now.

http://dnc.org/

[cal04]

12. thanks madfloridian

:hi:

[BuyingThyme]

11. Note to DUers: The title of this thread is the title of the article.

[Scout1071]

15. I thought it was misleading as well.

[bigtree]

13. kick

:kick:

[w8liftinglady]

14. awesome job...Kicking BIG TIME

[Mnpaul]

16. You even got mention on the local NBC affiliate

here in Mn. They actually played part of your speech. You were part of the headline story along with Maliki's comments and the war vote.

[murielm99]

17. I listened.

I sent it to some family members.

Excellent. Powerful.

Thank you for your service.

[alfredo]

18. Powerful address.

[yellowdogmi]

19. Thanks Cal04.

Nice Job!
:patriot:

[girl_interrupted]

20. Awesome address!

Thank you for your service and for your courage in speaking up!