Comments on: Former VP Al Gore Rescued 270 Katrina Victims

By: Ray

Ray — Sat, 17 Sep 2005 14:59:20 +0000

Yeah, what are Oprah and Michael Jordan doing to help?

By: ICallMasICM

ICallMasICM — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 13:11:07 +0000

God bless Al Gore and everyone else who has made a contribution to helping the victims.

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 06:03:43 +0000

Charles,

Was my post praising Texas, and by extension, its Republican Governor somehow too complicated for you?

As for condemning Bush, well there is just so damn much he has to answer for...

By: charles austin

charles austin — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 04:14:40 +0000

Anjin-san, just curious, but do you ever have an expresed thought that doesn't explicitly condemn Prsident Bush? No? I didn't think so. Thanks for your contribution.

By: Smantix

Smantix — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:41:18 +0000

Oh, he's got the connections. He had a corporate officer of Fastercures' public relations office post that information on Talking Points Memo's website. A political stunt for a good cause. What could be better? I can't wait till the private photos are released for his next campaign.

By: Six Meat Buffet

Six Meat Buffet — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 01:35:17 +0000

The Al Gore Guide For How-Not-To-Politicize Hurricane Katrina

Arguing with FEMA coordinators by Captain Good Corporate Citizen! Who is this masked man, this Greg Simon? Well for starters, he was Al Goreâs Chief Domestic Policy Advisor from 1993-1997.

By: marybeth

marybeth — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:32:19 +0000

Dr. Kline was fortunate that he knew someone who had the resources and the connections to make this happen.

By: Kathy K

Kathy K — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 00:29:31 +0000

Good for him. As to Norman Mineta and Governor Bredesen - he probably has their home numbers...

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:29:46 +0000

BTW, how about a round of applause for Texas for showing us all how it is done :)

By: anjin-san

anjin-san — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:28:56 +0000

Mountain Girl,

I think the buck stops anywhere but on the President's desk. Recently they have been focused on censoring images of dead bodies from the disaster.

By: paladin

paladin — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:16:29 +0000

I had similar thoughts last night when I saw a few minutes of the Stars for Katrina (or whatever) telethon. Some of the richest people on the planet were performing and urging others to give money. But if everyone who appeared in the telethon just gave 5% of their current earnings and offered shelter to the homeless in their gazillion-bedroom McMansions, it would go a long in solving the refugee/evacuee problem.The entertainment elite sneer and deride GWB (Bush hates blacks!), but some of the richest people in this country are black (Oprah and Michael Jordan spring to mind). What are they doing to help "their people" excepting urging the rest of us give money? It would be interesting to find out.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:34:07 +0000

I believe that Al Gore deserves nothing but plaudits for his efforts. Questions about his motivation are off-base unless he does something to merit them. But I do wonder if it is best that Norman Mineta and Governor Bredesen are spending their time answering phone calls for connected callers rather than doing their job for everyone under the respective charges. It isn't hard to imagine all relief efforts being slowed down if all the connected people start calling looking for favors.

By: leelu

leelu — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 16:13:06 +0000

Good for him. It gives me a new-found respect.

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » Good for Gore

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science » Good for Gore — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:54:08 +0000

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By: Billy

Billy — Sat, 10 Sep 2005 15:39:03 +0000

Entires like this demonstrate that this blog isn't afraid to point out the truth, no matter which side it "benefits." Nice post.

And DL, if his humility is in question, why did Gore go out of his way to AVOID publicity for his charity? To date he's refused all interviews and has shied away from media attention.