So... finally I have video uploaded to YouTube from Netroots Nation.
My post for Rock the Vote is here and includes this video. But below I want to share interviews in their entirety that include everything they have to say. To see all the videos I'm uploading here's the YouTube channel.
There were a lot of things to talk about. Notably the myth that bloggers are young. I knew that, but had never quite seen that in action. There were many of us that were certainly under 30 and more under 40, but such a huge number of them that were older, x-hippies maybe... I think there is an assumption that we are all young and the reality was odd.
Ever since unveiling "An Inconvenient Truth," Al Gore has become a symbol for the fight against climate change. The image of him standing on his pedestal, Earth in peril looming large in the background, has etched itself permanently on our minds. Gore's film raised environmentalists' whisper-warnings to shouts coming from the mouths of elites. Given his immense contribution of elevating the importance of the climate challenge, it's easy to forget that Gore had a political career that predated his current one as environmentalist advocate.
The efforts of the grassroots movement supporting Al Gore for the presidential nomination will land him a ballot spot in New York (as diaried here).There may be a problem in other states, which may require the candidate to file an affidavit of candidacy. In addition, some caucus states may present a roadblock. The purpose of this diary is to discuss the process in Iowa and how to best approach the movement here.
I want to know. Tell me in the comment thread below.
I ran this as a poll question on the Kos; 109 Dem voters said their heads *would* explode if Gore didn't run. Only 69 said that their heads would not explode if Gore didn't run.
But before you answer, peruse these two non-Gore related news items, both of considerable importance in creating a new liberal hegemony--
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I don’t care what any of the bitter assholes on Fox News, at The Wall Street Journal, or anywhere else say. He deserves the Nobel Peace Prize that he won today
Do you need a path toward understanding Al Gore? Something more (can it be) than An Inconvenient Truth? Different than The Assault on Reason?
Bill Katovsky has put together a compendium that helps us understand The World According to Gore. Just to be clear about Katovsky's world view and desires, the subtitle is "The Incredible Vision of the Man Who Should be President".
This book is coming out any day now, over 200 pages of quotations from throughout Gore's career.
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Something more (can it be) than An Inconvenient Truth? Different than The Assault on Reason?
