Al Gore Endorses Barack Obama for President

Okay, in the better late than never category, I guess Al Gore finally felt it was safe to come out and endorse Barack Obama for President.   In a release from the Obama Campaign, Gore says the following:

“A few hours from now I will step on stage in Detroit, Michigan to announce my support for Senator Barack Obama. From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected President of the United States.

Over the next four years, we are going to face many difficult challenges — including bringing our troops home from Iraq, fixing our economy, and solving the climate crisis. Barack Obama is clearly the candidate best able to solve these problems and bring change to America. This moment and this election are too important to let pass without taking action.

Over the past 18 months, Barack Obama has united a movement. He knows change does not come from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill. It begins when people stand up and take action.”

It was followed of course by  the usual plea for a campaign contribution. I made quite a few of those since the primary, and I will again before Election Day. But I am kind of steamed at Al Gore at the moment.  He denied my request for an interview for this blog. Or rather, one of his handlers did, I am sure Al was never even made aware of it. Ahhh, the filters of power.  Congrats Barack, everyone is in your corner now.

Meet the Press – The First Sunday Without Little Russ

Well it was the first Sunday after Tim Russert’s death, and “Meet the Press” soldiered on.  I added this clip of Tim with his famous marker board  explaining how Obama won the nomination,  the marker board that he first started using on the famous Election Night in 2000.  Sadly, there will be no Tim Russert to bring us the news this November.  Peggy Noonan, Author, Columnist, Ronald Regan Speechwriter, sums it up best to describe Tim’s passion for politics.  ”It was a few months ago, the day of the New York Primary. I was walking into a studio at Rockefeller Center and bumped into Tim. We said hello and he took me aside and his eyes were glowing. He said he’d just being walking along Sixth Avenue and met an immigrant to America who came up to him with great excitement. She said to him ” He, you’re the TV! Listen, i just voted for the first time as an American.” Tim said he told her congratulations and then he said: Here is the great thing. Your vote counts just as much at the president’s. It has as much weight as anyone else’s who’s been here forever. His eyes filled with tears as he told me this. He was a real patriot. He really cared about America and its future.”