Al Gore Gives McCain A Boost

By Kleinheider Posted on April 21, 2008 at 9:42 am

Through his spokeswoman Kalee Kreider, Al Gore states that John McCain is just as trustworthy on the signature issue in his portfolio as is Barack Obama:

“Former Vice President Gore thinks that both candidates are very strong. Both of them have offered plans to address the climate crisis … as has Senator McCain,” she said.

I asked Kreider why she is praising McCain, considering that Bush lied in 2000 about his intent to deal with climate change. Here’s her response.

The key threshold issue for most NGO’s and people working on climate, ourselves included are: Does the policymaker, work, support, vote in favor of, introduce legislation for mandatory reductions in pollution or not. McCain has, Bush has not.

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Al Gore’s Earth Day Message To Knoxville: No Comment

By Kleinheider Posted on at 6:54 am

Film reporter Betsy Pickle gets the brush off from friend of the earth, Al Gore:

Gore spoke passionately for several minutes about his favorite subject, the climate crisis, and how the film “Mountaintop Removal,” about how coal mining is destroying an Appalachian community, ties into that problem. After he gave director Michael O’Connell the award and stood around for the press to take pictures, Gore headed into the VIP tent, where he posed for more photos and chatted with all and sundry. I thought, “Here’s my chance to do my second Web film,” so I introduced myself and asked Gore if he could give me an Earth Day message for our Web readers. “I’m not doing any interviews today,” he replied. Just a simple comment about Earth Day? “I’m not doing any interviews today,” he repeated stonily.

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Tags: Al Gore, climate change, Gordon Gekko on Protestants, mountaintop removal mining, Nashville Film Festival