Gore told the truth and no MSM and Establishment Dems listened

[pberq]

http://www.buzzflash.com/editorial/06/01/edi06004.html

What Would Happen if an American Politician Told the Truth and No Mainstream Media and Establishment Democrats Listened -- It Happened on Martin Luther King Day. Al Gore Was That Man.

A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL

True transformations in politics are as rare as palm trees in the Arctic Circle.

But Al Gore is that palm tree.

On Martin Luther King Day, Al Gore took us to the mountaintop and allowed us to view the desecrated landscape of Constitutional rubble that the Bush Administration has spread across America. Gore has, for the last three years, been a prophet of saving our democracy and restoring out Constitution.

As expected, the mainstream press, ever afraid to offend Bush, has largely ignored or marginalized Al Gore's spectacular speeches holding up a mirror to the reality of the Bush Administration. Indeed, in the front page of the morning January 17th Internet editions of the Washington Post and The New York Times, not a single story could be found on the Gore speech (except for a story in the rolling AP list on the NYT about the current Bush consigliere -- and U.S. Attorney General -- Alberto Gonzales "refuting" Gore!).

The fact that the two major Eastern "establishment" papers can, in terms of top stories, basically shut out the man who was elected president in 2000 -- despite his deliverance of a speech that provided an abundance of evidence that Bush broke the law and has precipitated a Constitutional crisis -- well that about says it all for the fall of the mainstream media into Royal Court propaganda publications.

And the mainstream D.C. Democrats, particularly in the Senate, appear more concerned about protecting their status quo "day jobs" than protecting the Constitution. They haven't rallied to Gore's side either -- or to the side of heroes like John Murtha, a man speaking on behalf of members of the Pentagon elite echelon who believe Bush and Rumsfeld are destroying our military capabilities with the ill-fated, misbegotten Iraq War.

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[blm]

1. WAKE UP, Buzz. This has been media's MO for EVERY Dem - not just Gore.

The LEFTLEANING media needs to pay a bit more attention to ALL significant statements from EVERY Dem.

[ixion]

3. buzzflash asleep? I think not.

I think they've been on top of this mess since the beginning. I think the context of the editorial is for Gore, but he implications are for the progressive voice at large.

[blm]

7. Buzz never holds leftleaning media responsible for their inaccuracies and

spins that work against Dems, either.

[blm]

12. They should also acknowledge that ALL Dems get attacked and ignored by

the media and sometimes by other Dems working against them.

Gee - how many leftleaning journos never even KNEW that Kerry submitted an Iraq withdrawal plan while they constantly bemoaned that no Dem came up with a plan until Murtha? Then they went and mischaracterized Murtha's plan to the benefit of the White House and media spin against it.

[ProSense]

10. Well who are the establishment Dems (whatever that means)?

Kucinich, Feingold, Conyers, Boxer...? Gore gave an excellent speech yesterday, and probably every Democrat agrees with it. Many have voiced these exact sentiments many times over. I saw a post yesterday about Gore calling out the rubberstamp Congress. Do a search on any of the Democratic Party sites, and find the many releases in the last year pointing to the Republican rubberstamping of Bush's policies.

Gore's speech isn't being covered with seriousness in the MSM and somehow they believe the defense of the speech will be? That's where defense will count.


Edited to add: Maybe it's time to heed Gore's call: we the people.

[Hissyspit]

2. Email the transcript of the speech to everyone you know and every media

outlet for which you have contact info. That's what I did.

[Blutodog]

4. MSM

They only care about keeping their accesss to POWER. Gore and the D's in general are seen as losers in the DC power game and therefore irrevelant. It will take the shut down of one of these papers or stations to wake up the MSM to the dangerous nature of the Bu$hiviks. Until then the MSM will tow the line.

[FloridaPat]

5. Gore did go after them for accumulating power. Said basically to

shut off the TV. They sure don't want that to get out.

[madfloridian]

6. This week, the speaking out is organized. Yes, they support him.

On the whole, not talking about DLC and Bull Moose. There are about 100 events sponsored throughout the country this week to speak out on corruption.

Of course the Democrats support Gore.

[Skidmore]

8. Gore had another message too.

It was to us--the people. He said that if the government did not respond and do what was needed to save the nation, then we need to do our part. We vote them out. Those who don't listen will pay the price. We need to put up new candidates and support them financially and at the ballot box. And we need to demand that they stay free of obligations to anyone but the people up front.

I'm putting main stream DC Dems on notice. Gore's call was the last chance I give them.

[peacetalksforall]

9. Gore's speech was the most important speech of my lifetime (many

many decades).

This is it, folks - we have had it laid out for us very clearly by Al Gore in his patriotic, accurate, and impassioned plea. We are very fortunate to have it laid out and reinforced by someone we respect. It's up to us to listen and choose something to do to help turn this country and rescue it.

It is the most important speech because we've never been in this position with so many wishy washy Democrats, made wishy washy by the exquisitely executed agenda of our controllers and the exquisitely successful passion play from 9-11.

We know that at least one Democrat is getting it right and saying what deserves and needs to be said. Neither of the Clintons have come forward this strongly and comprehensively, so far.

No Democrats that I've listened to have brought this back to the Constitution to the degree Gore did.

It's up to us to promote his challenge. Few of us are lawyers. But we can all learn and figure out how we're going to spread the word and make demands on Dems and get the support of Independents. He spoke for all of us.

Start by not letting corporate media attack him personally as they were doing last evening. Then think Constitution.

[pberq]

13. central threat the founders sought to nullify

Excerpts from LA Times article

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-gore17jan17,0,1301835.story?coll=la-story-footer&track=morenews

THE NATION
Gore Calls for an Investigation of Warrantless Spy Program
# In his latest speech criticizing Bush, he says a special counsel should examine the issue.

By Ronald Brownstein, Times Staff Writer

WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Al Gore, charging that President Bush's record on civil liberties posed a "grave danger" to America's constitutional freedoms, on Monday urged the appointment of a special counsel to investigate Bush's authorization of warrantless domestic surveillance by the National Security Agency.

In a detailed and impassioned speech sponsored by liberal and conservative groups, Gore said that although much remained unknown about the spying program, "what we do know … virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States has been breaking the law, repeatedly and insistently."

. . .


"An executive who arrogates to himself the power to ignore the legitimate legislative directives of the Congress or to act free of the check of the judiciary becomes the central threat the founders sought to nullify in the Constitution, an all-powerful executive too reminiscent of the king from whom they had broken free," Gore said.

[welshTerrier2]

11. what Dem '08 candidates will stand with Gore??

we blame the MSM and they deserve all the blame we can muster ... when a prominent American figure says that bush has repeatedly broken the law, that should be Page One news ... in fact, the story should have "legs" ... the job of the MSM should be to promote a national dialog on critical issues ... when Gore called for a special counsel to independently investigate bush's wiretapping, that should be what gets talked about until a resolution is reached ... the MSM is a total disgrace ...

but what about leading Dems ... Gore had the guts to take the case public ... he said bush "repeatedly and persistently broke the law" ... he said a special counsel was needed to investigate bush's crimes ... and he said that our democracy hangs in the balance ...

does anyone in the Democratic Party care about message discipline??? anyone at all??? here, i'll try to explain it so that maybe someone in the Party will get the message ... message discipline means that when a landmark speech is made and a battlecry is issued, we parade all of our prominent Democrats before the microphones and we have them "pile on" ... we hammer and hammer and hammer so that our position cannot merely be ignored by a useless media ...

let's list some of the '08 hopefuls ... did Bayh hammer? did Biden hammer? did Clark hammer? did Clinton hammer? did Kerry hammer? did Warner hammer? and just for good measure even if he's not a candidate, did Dean hammer? and what about the rest of the Party? how many other Dems have or will speak out to support what Gore said? so, you argue one day's not enough? fine, how about the Sunday talk shows? how about calling in the media for a press conference? how about even just going on Air America? nope, not a word ... they're all probably trying to figure out the political implications to decide whether they should respond ...

kudos to Al Gore for telling it like it is ... Gore captured what should be intuitive for every Democrat ... he was greeted with strong support on the blogs and dead silence from his own party ...