Andy Schmookler: From the heart

You may know that Labor Day speech I gave in Harrisonburg – the one that’s gone viral, with more than 30,000 views on YouTube. There’s another speech I gave the next day I’d like to share now.

I’ve not made much of it until now because, as you’ll see and hear, it was not recorded under optimal conditions. Which is a shame, because there are things about this speech I’d like to share widely.

I spoke after my first-ever exposure to Bob Goodlatte and George Allen, who spoke ahead of me. Their ugly dishonesty I found so offensive that I set aside my polite planned speech and spoke extemporaneously from the heart, and the gut.

Here it is:

Andy Schmookler is the Sixth District Democratic Party congressional nominee.