In the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal back in 2004, Al Gore making a speech for MoveOn.Org at NYU.

(Note: Old video. Just felt like reposting.)

I caught part of Al Gore’s endorsement speech late last night.  The best lines for me……..they cracked me up……if you like a T on your BLT and even our cats and dogs have learned elections matter. Here’s part of the speech. Full transcript here.

Per The ONION:

ALTOONA, PA-During a campaign stop at an Altoona paper mill Monday, presidential contender Al Gore launched into an unexpected 40-minute tirade against the “not’so-great state of Pennsylvania,” calling it “the nation’s armpit” and “a total hellhole.”

“Over the past few days, I have traveled all over your state and met many of you. And what has impressed me most is that no matter where I have gone, my reaction has been the same: ‘Oh, God, get me the fuck out of this dump,’” said Gore, who alternately referred to the Keystone State’s 12 million residents as “animals” and “ghouls.” “From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, from Erie to Easton, the places and faces of Pennsylvania stand in direct opposition to everything that makes America great.”

Gore went on to tell the assembled mill workers that he “couldn’t care less” if he loses Pennsylvania’s 23 electoral votes, so long as he “never [has] to set foot in this steaming dungheap again.”

No doubt about it, global warming is a problem. And Al Gore is the man to address it. Mr. Bush, just so you and your 28%-bootlickers will know, THIS is what real leadership looks like!

Oh if only Florida’s Katherine Harris and the SCOTUS hadn’t fucked the country over in 2000…

Gore to U.S., China: Fix climate or else

Al Gore, left, and Rajendra Pachauri hold their awards at the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony Monday.

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Al Gore received his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday and urged the United States and China to make the boldest moves on climate change or “stand accountable before history for their failure to act.”

“We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency — a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here,” Gore said in his acceptance speech.

Gore shared the Nobel with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, for sounding the alarm over global warming and spreading awareness on how to counteract it. the U.N. panel was represented at the ceremony by its leader, Rajendra Pachauri.

“It is time to make peace with the planet,” Gore said at the gala ceremony in Oslo City Hall, in front of Norway’s royalty, leaders and invited guests. “We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war.”

Exxon Mobil not happy this morning……..

Former Vice President Al Gore Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize today, along with a United Nations panel that monitors climate change, for their work educating the world about global warming and advocating for political action to control it.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee characterized Gore as “the single individual who has done most” to convince world governments and leaders that climate change is real, is caused by human activity, and poses a grave threat.

More at the Washington Post

DraftGore.com’s full-page ad in The New York Times:

An Open Letter To Al Gore   Dear Mr. Vice President: In the dark days of December 2000, when you bravely conceded the election you knew in your heart you had won, you said: “I do have one regret: that I didn’t get the chance to stay and fight for the American people … especially for those who need burdens lifted and barriers removed, especially for those who feel their voices have not been heard. I heard you and I will not forget.” Today we respectfully ask that you honor that pledge and hear us now. You say you have fallen out of love with politics, and you have every reason to feel that way. But we know you have not fallen out of love with your country. And your country needs you now - as do your party and the planet you are fighting so hard to save. There’s no higher calling than when a nation asks for you to lead. We’re asking you to lead now, and we hope you’ll rise to it. - Jarrett Wold, Minot, N.D. You often quote Winston Churchill to remind us that we are entering a period of consequences with regard to the global climate crisis. You have done a superhuman job of bringing world attention to this issue. But this effort needs to be raised to a higher level. Only from the Oval Office can you wield the kind of influence needed to move countries, policies and corporations to bring about meaningful change. The period of consequences you talk about is upon us in many other equally critical areas as well. Our Constitution is being trampled and our most cherished civil liberties are in grave danger. The executive branch is not accountable to anyone. And the people most in need of a voice in this country need someone in the White House who will speak for them. Thousands of Americans are dying needlessly in Iraq while our reputation in the world has plummeted to an all-time low. The war on terror is backfiring as our enemies grow stronger and our resources are drained in an endless and unwinnable war. This is one of the most serious foreign policy crises our country has ever faced. You were the first American political figure to brave political waters and warn us of the perils of

starting a preemptive war in Iraq. You were right. But time to reverse the damage is running out. Given your experience, insight and the respect you enjoy among world leaders, you are uniquely positioned to bring this war to an end and restore America’s good name. As you so often say, Mr. Vice President, these are not political issues. They are moral issues. That’s why more than 136,000 people have signed our petition asking you to run for president in 2008. Ours is an urgent call to service on behalf of the country we love, the democracy that’s slipping away from us, and a world and planet that are in peril. We write on behalf of our children and grandchildren and plead with you to to lead us to a brighter future. Many good and caring candidates are contending for the Democratic nomination. But none of them has the combination of experience, vision, standing in the world, and political courage that you would bring to the job. Nor do they have the support among voters that you enjoy and that would lead you to victory in 2008. Mr. Vice President, there are times for politicians and times for heroes. America and the Earth need a hero right now - someone who will transcend politics as usual and bring real hope to our country and to the world. Please rise to this challenge, or you and millions of us will live forever wondering what might have been. Sincerely yours, Draft Gore, on behalf of the thousands of our volunteers and the 136,000 people who signed our petition asking you to run for president

DraftGore.com

We already knew that the 2000 election was stolen. This story only serves to show the reader how corruption in just one area of our Government can lead to eight years (plus) of total mayhem. One can easily argue that all the deaths that have and are still occurring in Iraq can squarely be placed on Scalia’s back. Knowing now that the Clinton administration left behind urgent information regarding Osama bin-Laden/Al-Qaeda, information totally ignored by the Bush administration, may very well have saved the lives of 3,000 Americans on 9/11/01, in a Gore administration. And I’m not even going to discuss republican greed nor GOP toe-tapping! You can draw your own conclusions.

Book says Souter almost left court

WASHINGTON - Justice David Souter contemplated resigning from the Supreme Court because he was so upset by the decision that sealed the 2000 presidential election for George W. Bush, a new book says.

Souter, one of the four dissenting justices in the case, believed his five colleagues in the majority acted in a “crudely partisan” manner in siding with Bush to shut down the recount of votes in Florida in December 2000, author Jeffrey Toobin writes in “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court.” A day after the decision in Bush v. Gore, Vice President Al Gore formally conceded the election.

“Souter seriously considered resigning. For many months, it was not at all clear whether he would remain as a justice,” Toobin writes. “At the urging of a handful of close friends, he decided to stay on, but his attitude toward the court was never the same. There were times when David Souter thought of Bush v. Gore and wept.”

MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer

Yahoo! News

An article written by former VP Al Gore appears in the July 1, 2007 edition of the New York Times. This is a must-read! (Anything by Al is a must-read!)

Full article can be read HERE

from Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Former Vice-President Al Gore: “My position is that all television is bad except my network, Current TV, and The Daily Show, and whatever show I happen to be watching at the time,” Gore joked, before adding, “But in all seriousness, the television news programs have probably spent a lot more time on Britney Spears- shaving her head, and Paris Hilton going to jail, and Anna-Nicole Smith’s estate lawyers and Joey Buttafuoco, and all this stuff, than they have spent giving us the facts - for example, telling us before the invasion of Iraq, that actually Iraq had nothing whatsoever to do with the attack of 9/11.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J2O1TLoqHk

Oh, don’t look so surprised! Gore’s been on many hit lists (domestic)… and, surely, still is.

The long reach and ambitions of al-Qaida

Tenet book details chilling plots to kill Gore, acquire nuclear weapons

NEW YORK - Former CIA Director George Tenet’s defense of his agency’s performance in the lead-up to the war in Iraq will echo from now through Election Day next year, but other disclosures in his new book are equally sobering and, in laying out the scope of al-Qaida’s ambitions, sometimes far more frightening.

The book, “At the Center of the Storm,” which is being published Monday, reveals that al-Qaida or groups affiliated with it have undertaken several other operations aimed at equaling or even surpassing the carnage of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

The operations, which either were thwarted by authorities or were canceled for one reason or another, included efforts to assassinate Vice President Al Gore with anti-tank missiles during a trip to Saudi Arabia, release cyanide in the New York subway system and procure weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, from Pakistani nuclear scientists.

More at MSNBC.com