Al Gore is in the house!!

[Siwsan]

Glad to see he's on the campaign trail.

[nolabear]

1. Me too! Maybe we'll hear some actual policy now. They'd better not cut away.

You know, looking at Al, Hillary, Bill and Trump, she's more vital looking than any of them. Stamina my ass.

[Hortensis]

11. Hillary's constantly hitting climate among a dozen other

other major policy issues, but, of necessity, it's not been at the top, and I'm extremely pleased that climate change was chosen as the issue to offer in contrast to Trump's bottom-trolling. We really, really need to talk climate, of course, and when Trump goes extra-low, we go...sky high.

And about time Gore weighed in.

[FarPoint]

2. Apparently there is a great crowd...

Reports that they filled up into an overflow room!

[Skidmore]

3. Hate the way the media have been snarking at him being there.

The implication is that millennials don't kow who he is and aren't capable of reading.

[retrowire]

4. what a dumbass implication

Al Gore is pop culture as well as politics. So yeah, knowledge of him spans generations dumbass media.

[trof]

5. Has he spoken yet?

He doesn't look well.
Sweating.

[Siwsan]

6. Not yet

He does look like he is a bit overheated. It's probably very hot and humid in that venue.

[R B Garr]

7. Love Al!

So happy to see him there.

[oasis]

8. Coal miners should start learning crafts related to solar power industry.

Coal is going the way of the dinosaur.

[displacedtexan]

9. What was that disturbance in the crowd a few minutes ago?

I was frosting cupcakes and had my back to the TV. It sounded like Trump had sent in a Brooks Bros. type bunch to disrupt Clinton and promote their dumbass anti-climate change crap. The crowd must've taken care of them because the shouting stopped rather abruptly.

[Siwsan]

10. I think it was the 'lock her up' crowd

I'm sure it will be reported, later, but that is what it sounded like.

[displacedtexan]

13. Thanks! I couldn't hear what they were yelling.

This event is incredibly important and very entertaining, as well! I haven't seen Hillary Clinton and Al Gore campaigning together since 2000. And I hope the people of Florida are paying close attention.

[Lucinda]

17. If it was when Al was speaking the crowd was chanting "You won!"

[nolabear]

12. AAAAAAAND they cut away. *sigh*

Atlas they're talking about them for a moment before going back to Trump's flameout.

[Siwsan]

14. CSPAN is covering it

[displacedtexan]

16. It's still going on on cspan.

Hope you can get that channel.

[oasis]

15. Gore will be the Climate Change Czar in Hillary's administration.

[Lucinda]

18. He'd be perfect for a cabinet level post on the issue.

[hamsterjill]

19. Have always loved Al!

I remember the fight. I remember his face when he gave up. Gave up for the good of the country rather than to continue the fight and tear the country apart.

I will always remember the sadness, and I will always remember that he should have been President AND that the world we live in today would have been better had that happened.

I am glad to see him back on the campaign trail. He has insight that is very valuable.

[Siwsan]

21. He came to Flint to campaign for John Kerry, and I got to meet him

I was in the 'Veterans for Kerry' group and we usually got front row seats for every event. So afterwards, I was right in front of Al Gore, when the meet and greet started. I even got a hug and little peck on the cheek.

My friends were very envious.

[PennyK]

20. I am SO glad I watched...

...he mentioned Amendment 1 on the Florida ballot. It looks like it's PRO solar power, and I was going to vote for it, but it's apparently written by and for the fossil-fuel utility mastesr to benefit them. (I did check and it's true.)

[ffr]

22. And campaigning along side the Clintons. As it should have always been!

[senseandsensibility]

23. That's President Gore

to me.

[forest444]

24. Same here.

The best president we never had.

I actually lost a good friend - my best friend at the time - over our voting differences that year (this was in Orange County, CA, you see, where if you're white it was pretty much expected of you to be a rabid, ultra-conservative Rethug).

"With Bush, we'll have nothing but war and recession," I warned him. I think the Bush debacle changed many minds in the OC, hard-hit as they were.

[annabanana]

25. This is HIM during Katrina:

At work bringing supplies


This is Idiot Son at the same time: