Just Off The Phone With Al Gore -- With Special Note To Tony Snow

by James Boyce at HuffPost:


05.22.2007
Just Off The Phone With Al Gore -- With Special Note To Tony Snow (1 comments )

Al Gore has a new book out today, "The Assault On Reason." I won't spoil the ending for you but let's just say that the wrong guy wins, through some dubious methods, the United States is plunged into a pre-emptive war, a record surplus becomes a record deficit and well, you've heard the rest.

Today, Al Gore reached out and had a conference call with some bloggers (the call was on the record) and here's some of the highlights.

He was witty, friendly and answered question after question. He quoted Johnny Cash.

He responded to Tony Snow's demand that he fact-check the book.

"Unlike the President's State Of The Union Address, this book was actually fact-checked."

Another one of his biggest points:

What do the climate crisis and the invasion of Iraq have in common?

...(snip)...

Al Gore is probably too decent a man to run for The White House again. Who else do you know that can recite how George Washington first spoke out against torture?

He is smart, passionate and truly cares about the country and the world. He wrote this book and embarked on this crusade against global warming because it is the right thing to do, not part of a calculated game of hidden political agenda.

As he said on the call, "I put my heart and soul in this book. I love this country." He meant it too.

But here's what I see as the light at the end of the tunnel. Al Gore knows his history. He knows that at times throughout history, the country has called for sacrifice and service and great Americans, and Al Gore is certainly one of those, great Americans answer the call.

Al Gore will answer the call. But we have to call. And we should. In a real, personal authentic way.

If you believe in Al Gore, and his mission, send him a letter. .....(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-boyce/just-off-the-phone-with-a_b_49082.html

Thank you so much for posting this!

K & R

What a Ticket! Those two men could change the world in a hopeful way.

What was the Johnny Cash quote?

I still believe Gore will run. And win.

Dealing with the U.S. media is like falling down, down, down into a burning ring of fire...


He's always been a populist - like Cash...



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Comparison of Gore and the candidates who lost in 2000...

I came out as hard-core liberal. :headbang:

Howdy fellow lib!

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Wes Clark & John Edwards


Obama, Dean, Kerry


Hillary

:hi:

looks good in black. He wears it well.

Al Gore will answer the call. But we have to call. And we should. In a real, personal authentic way.

If you believe in Al Gore, and his mission, send him a letter.

The Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

I'll make sure they all get stacked up, put in a pile and placed squarely in front of him. I promise.

:applause:

of their own with all these monstrous warts, lesions, and tumors rather than the constitutional Republic once called the land of the free and home of the brave.