Al Gore To Speak Out Against Frist and the Filibuster Change

[Jackson4Gore]

This just in:

http://s8.invisionfree.com/Al_Gore_Support/index.php?showtopic=2457&view=findpost&p=7894895

Its organizers said they would hold 120 rallies around the country on Wednesday, including one in Washington with a speech by former Vice President Al Gore. Mr. Gore's participation "elevates the fight beyond D.C.," said Ben Brandzel of MoveOn.org.

When I get more info, I will post it so you guys will know everything.

Also, please email and call CSPAN to ask them to cover this much needed speech!

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Thanks, GSC Admin

http://algoresupportcenter.com/
http://algore2008.net

[NAO]

1. Why does Al Gore hate people of faith?

[Jackson4Gore]

2. LOL

Yea, he is so inmoral! Heck, he has been married 30+ years, been a great father, raised a Baptist, went to divinity school, and now just look at him.

I welcome this battle.

[Jackson4Gore]

19. kick

[coloradodem2005]

3. Why does Al Gore hate America?

[AuntiBush]

4. It's about time Gore comes back - We Need ya Al Gore!

Shew. We need him more then ever, right now.

[BlueIris]

5. Bring it, President Gore!

Ah, unity. That's what we like.

[Gloria]

6. Let's keep track of how many "news" programs ignore this speech....

Slime

[politicasista]

7. Go Al!

Never forget how badly he was screwed over here in Tennessee.

[Jackson4Gore]

8. Kick

[rndmprsn]

9. awesome...keep us updated NT

[AlGore-08.com]

10. Details about Gore's speech

http://www.algore-08.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=220&Itemid=78

According to an email sent to MoveOn.org members in the Washington area, Gore’s speech is called “Breaking the Rules to Destroy Our Courts”. In the speech, Gore will reportedly say “This is a poison pill for American democracy. It is aimed at one-party dominance of all three branches of government, and the end of meaningful debate in the U.S. Senate.

This may sound like a technical issue. But it is actually a historic threat to the health and vitality of American democracy.

This is an effort to replace persuasion on the merits with bullying by partisan domination.”

The speech will be presented at 12 noon, ET and the location will be announced on Monday, April 25th.

(Editor's note: Gore's MoveOnPAC speech is open to MoveOn members in the Washington area only.)

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[DemBeans]

11. Thank you, President Gore!

I just sent CSPAN an email asking them to air this - thanks for the heads-up.

[JamboGuide]

12. Jesus they CANNOT say the WORDS

Even GORE, of ALL ppl, cannot say this is about INSTALLING a Theocratic Gov't by overthrowing the rule of law!? I thought he had more BALLS than that! Even Salazar said it.

[JamboGuide]

14. AT any rate.....

That fact that <HE> is speaking in response to this (where is Deans salvo on this), makes me want him to run in 08.

[AlGore-08.com]

15. You might want to wait until he speaks to bash him for what he says

Here's some of his last major speech from the 2004 cycle - - given on October 14, 2004:

http://www.algore-08.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=123

I'm convinced that most of the president's frequent departures from fact based analysis have much more to do with right-wing political and economic ideology than with the Bible. And it is crucially important to be precise in describing exactly what it is he believes in so strongly, and then insulates from any logical challenge or even debate. It is ideology, and not his religious faith that is the source of this troubling inflexibility.

Most of the problems President Bush has caused for this country stemmed not from his belief in God but his belief in the infallibility of the right-wing Republican ideology that exalts the interest of the wealthy, and of large corporations over and above the interests of the American people. It is love of power for its own sake that is the original sin of this presidency.

The surprising current dominance of American politics by right- wing politicians whose core beliefs are usually wildly at odds with the opinions of the majority of Americans is a dominance that has resulted from the careful building of a coalition of interest groups that have little in common with each other besides a desire for power that can be devoted to the achievement of a narrow agenda.

The two most important blocks in this coalition are, first, what I would call the economic royalists, those corporate leaders and high net worth families with vast fortunes at their disposal who are primarily interested in an economic agenda that will eliminate as much of their own taxation as possible, and an agenda that removes regulatory obstacles and any competition they might face from smaller, newer firms in the marketplace. They provide the bulk of the resources that have financed the now extensive network of foundations, think tanks, political action committees, media companies, and front groups capable of simulating grassroots activism.

The second of the two pillars of this coalition are social conservatives, many of whom want to roll back most of the progressive social changes of the 20th Century, including many women's rights, social integration, the social safety net, the government social programs of the progressive era, the New Deal, the Great Society, and their coalition includes a number of powerful interest groups like the National Rifle Association, the anti-abortion coalition, and other groups that have agreed to support each other's agendas in order to obtain their own...

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[Bleacher Creature]

13. Please run in 2008. Please!!!!

There's a reason our side seemed to be more enthusiastic about Al than we were about Kerry in 2004 -- and that's no disrespect to Kerry.

[Clark2008]

16. A REAL Tennessean vs. a wingnut Bible-thumping "Tennessean"

Should be interesting.

[Jackson4Gore]

17. Kick

http://www.algoresupportcenter.com/

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=46348

From U.S. Newswire

News Advisory:

-- Former Vice President Gore to Deliver Major Policy Speech: Republican Attempt to Force Judicial Nominations a "Poison Pill for American Democracy"

-- Speech Accompanied by MoveOn PAC Rallies in Over Forty States, TV Ad of Stampeding Elephants

WHAT: MoveOn PAC Media Advisory for Noon, Wednesday, April 27th

Former Vice President Al Gore, in his first major policy address since the election, will address MoveOn PAC members about Republican attempts to appoint radical judges to courts across the country. The speech, coming on what could be the eve of Majority Leader Bill Frist's attempt to break over 200 years of tradition and eliminate the filibuster of judicial nominations, will keynote a day of action that will include rallies in over forty states and release of a new television ad.

Gore will lay out the role of the filibuster and its important role in American democracy. Furthermore, he will explain how this latest move by the Republican party is an historic threat to the health and vitality of America and could perhaps be the beginning of the end of meaningful debate in the U.S. Senate.

WHO: Former Vice President Al Gore

MoveOn PAC

WHAT: Policy speech on judicial nominations

When: Wednesday, April 27 at noon

Where: Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill

400 New Jersey Avenue, NW (between D and E Streets on New Jersey Ave, NW), Washington D.C.

[Jackson4Gore]

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