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YouTube - Peter Schiff - West Hartford - 9-26-09 PART 1 [HD]
YouTube - Peter Schiff - West Hartford - 9-26-09 PART 2 [HD]
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All Republican candidates for U.S. Senate spoke at The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations. Each candidate had 20 minutes to speak. Peter Schiff went first. The audience responded well. Most people were undecided and did not support any candidate yet. My estimate is that he had the second most supporters in the audience. I think Sam Caligiuri had the most, which is good since he's not the front runner.
My temporary SD card filled up after about 17 minutes. I bought a 16 GB SD card but it broke right before Schiff's speech in Valley Forge. Soooo I will be able to get the entire speeches eventually, I am going to send it back to the company. It wasn't cheap! (HD camera -> 1GB = 17 minutes)
The audience gave a good cheer at the end of his speech, but this will still be a tough battle! Fortunately the support is very spread out, so Peter can win with help from the grassroots. I will try to go to and record as many Peter Schiff events in Connecticut as possible, so subscribe to my channel.
Peter Schiff was one of the only candidates to arrive in the beginning and leave at the end. There were a few people talking to him before it started (there was a continental breakfast). His introduction was an introduction that any supporter would give him, but pretty much every candidate got a nice intro like that. People knew from the intro that he predicted the economic collapse and is apparently well known for it. Peter's speech was entirely about the economy. People cheered him at the end. He didn't get the absolute best response of the day, but it was a good one and the older ladies sitting behind us said "finally, someone who speaks the truth" as he walked down. He did not hold back... he was dissing Bush in his speech. I'm not sure if that was a good idea, but we now know that Peter Schiff will be running as Peter Schiff.
After Peter spoke, Rob Simmons went up. Audio here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=212165 In my opinion, his speech started out quite boring, but it was pretty good in the end. He tried to come across as the tea party candidate and a Constitution defender. He pulled out a pocket Constitution, etc. On himself he mentioned his experience in the Vietnam War and the CIA. The issues he stressed were debt and taxes. He explained how he almost ruined his political career by trying to stop the state income tax. He was really mad about the death tax as well. Simmons for Senate pamphlets were passed out by someone to each table before any speaker. Kind of inappropriate in my opinion, but that's coming from someone who definitely does not support him. His biggest asset is name recognition / connections.
John Mertens, an independent, spoke after this. He was foolish enough to talk about more taxes, forced insurance, and national healthcare at an anti-tax event. This was worse than the Hartford tea party, where he was booed by neocons for wanting to end the war on drugs. Since he is not in the primary, we don't have to worry about him.
The next speaker was Sam Caligiuri. He was definitely the best speaker. He was the only candidate to get applause during the speech, not just after. If I didn't know anything about politics or economics (in other words, if i was ignorant enough to not support Peter Schiff), I might have leaned towards supporting him after hearing him talk. This was a surprise to me because he is nowhere near frontrunner-Simmons and does not have the money Linda McMahon does. This is good news in my opinion because he will mostly take away from Simmons. He had the most organized supporters there. It's also my prediction that he had the most. There were at least two people wearing stickers for his campaign, and they had a sign. I suppose us Schiff supporters could have had that... well Schiff said they are working on it! Anyway, he got the best response from the audience because of his speaking ability. He came across as the anti-corruption candidate. I would not be surprised if he started doing better in the polls. In his speech he said they have amazing grassroots support. I laughed to myself because I know he isn't ready for the Schiff campaign! His biggest asset is his speaking ability.
Linda McMahon spoke next. Let's face it, the fact that she is a woman is going to be a plus for her in this race since she is the only woman running. Oh, also, she is extremely rich. I think her speech was pretty bad. Audio here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=212165 However, I was talking to somebody at the end who liked her. Her speech was only 12 minutes and then she left! This will not hurt her in the Republican primary, but she was basically the biggest war monger. Her biggest asset is her money. She had paid campaign staff with her, etc.
The last candidate to speak was Tom Foley. He sucked! There is no reason for me to waste my time talking about him, lol.
So that's about it. There is something positive I got from this event. This is a VERY crowded race. Even better, the candidates' assets are spread out. By that I mean this:
Rob Simmons has connections.
Linda McMahon has money.
Sam Caligiuri has a speaking ability.
Peter Schiff has intelligence.
Tom Foley really doesn't have anything and I feel bad for him.
If one of these candidates had two of these assets it would be bad news for us! But it is all spread out. This is going to be a very fierce race. And I am hoping to see Peter's grassroots bring his campaign into the center of the race, where it belongs.
YouTube - Peter Schiff - West Hartford - 9-26-09 PART 2 [HD]
Subscribe to my channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/LightOfLiberty
All Republican candidates for U.S. Senate spoke at The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations. Each candidate had 20 minutes to speak. Peter Schiff went first. The audience responded well. Most people were undecided and did not support any candidate yet. My estimate is that he had the second most supporters in the audience. I think Sam Caligiuri had the most, which is good since he's not the front runner.
My temporary SD card filled up after about 17 minutes. I bought a 16 GB SD card but it broke right before Schiff's speech in Valley Forge. Soooo I will be able to get the entire speeches eventually, I am going to send it back to the company. It wasn't cheap! (HD camera -> 1GB = 17 minutes)
The audience gave a good cheer at the end of his speech, but this will still be a tough battle! Fortunately the support is very spread out, so Peter can win with help from the grassroots. I will try to go to and record as many Peter Schiff events in Connecticut as possible, so subscribe to my channel.
Peter Schiff was one of the only candidates to arrive in the beginning and leave at the end. There were a few people talking to him before it started (there was a continental breakfast). His introduction was an introduction that any supporter would give him, but pretty much every candidate got a nice intro like that. People knew from the intro that he predicted the economic collapse and is apparently well known for it. Peter's speech was entirely about the economy. People cheered him at the end. He didn't get the absolute best response of the day, but it was a good one and the older ladies sitting behind us said "finally, someone who speaks the truth" as he walked down. He did not hold back... he was dissing Bush in his speech. I'm not sure if that was a good idea, but we now know that Peter Schiff will be running as Peter Schiff.
After Peter spoke, Rob Simmons went up. Audio here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=212165 In my opinion, his speech started out quite boring, but it was pretty good in the end. He tried to come across as the tea party candidate and a Constitution defender. He pulled out a pocket Constitution, etc. On himself he mentioned his experience in the Vietnam War and the CIA. The issues he stressed were debt and taxes. He explained how he almost ruined his political career by trying to stop the state income tax. He was really mad about the death tax as well. Simmons for Senate pamphlets were passed out by someone to each table before any speaker. Kind of inappropriate in my opinion, but that's coming from someone who definitely does not support him. His biggest asset is name recognition / connections.
John Mertens, an independent, spoke after this. He was foolish enough to talk about more taxes, forced insurance, and national healthcare at an anti-tax event. This was worse than the Hartford tea party, where he was booed by neocons for wanting to end the war on drugs. Since he is not in the primary, we don't have to worry about him.
The next speaker was Sam Caligiuri. He was definitely the best speaker. He was the only candidate to get applause during the speech, not just after. If I didn't know anything about politics or economics (in other words, if i was ignorant enough to not support Peter Schiff), I might have leaned towards supporting him after hearing him talk. This was a surprise to me because he is nowhere near frontrunner-Simmons and does not have the money Linda McMahon does. This is good news in my opinion because he will mostly take away from Simmons. He had the most organized supporters there. It's also my prediction that he had the most. There were at least two people wearing stickers for his campaign, and they had a sign. I suppose us Schiff supporters could have had that... well Schiff said they are working on it! Anyway, he got the best response from the audience because of his speaking ability. He came across as the anti-corruption candidate. I would not be surprised if he started doing better in the polls. In his speech he said they have amazing grassroots support. I laughed to myself because I know he isn't ready for the Schiff campaign! His biggest asset is his speaking ability.
Linda McMahon spoke next. Let's face it, the fact that she is a woman is going to be a plus for her in this race since she is the only woman running. Oh, also, she is extremely rich. I think her speech was pretty bad. Audio here: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=212165 However, I was talking to somebody at the end who liked her. Her speech was only 12 minutes and then she left! This will not hurt her in the Republican primary, but she was basically the biggest war monger. Her biggest asset is her money. She had paid campaign staff with her, etc.
The last candidate to speak was Tom Foley. He sucked! There is no reason for me to waste my time talking about him, lol.
So that's about it. There is something positive I got from this event. This is a VERY crowded race. Even better, the candidates' assets are spread out. By that I mean this:
Rob Simmons has connections.
Linda McMahon has money.
Sam Caligiuri has a speaking ability.
Peter Schiff has intelligence.
Tom Foley really doesn't have anything and I feel bad for him.
If one of these candidates had two of these assets it would be bad news for us! But it is all spread out. This is going to be a very fierce race. And I am hoping to see Peter's grassroots bring his campaign into the center of the race, where it belongs.
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