Monday's Gore speech seen as "a challenge to embattled Bush presidency"

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

Gore to Address "Constitutional Crisis"

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat?pid=49140



It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled presidency of George W. Bush.

In a major address slated for delivery Monday in Washington, the former Vice President is expected to argue that the Bush administration has created a "Constitutional crisis" by acting without the authorization of the Congress and the courts to spy on Americans and otherwise abuse basic liberties.

Aides who are familiar with the preparations for the address say that Gore will frame his remarks in Constitutional language. The Democrat who beat Bush by more than 500,000 votes in the 2000 presidential election has agreed to deliver his remarks in a symbolically powerful location: the historic Constitution Hall of the Daughters of the American Revolution. But this will not be the sort of cautious, bureacratic speech for which Gore was frequently criticized during his years in the Senate and the White House. Indeed, his aides and allies are framing it as a "call to arms" in defense of the Bill of Rights and the rule of law in a time of executive excess.

The vice president will, according to the groups that have arranged for his appearance -- the bipartisan Liberty Coalition and the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy -- address "the threat posed by policies of the Bush Administration to the Constitution and the checks and balances it created. The speech will specifically point to domestic wiretapping and torture as examples of the administration's efforts to extend executive power beyond Congressional direction and judicial review."

[adarling]

1. GO AL GO

maybe just me but he looks more Presidential everytime i see him. I really respect him soo much and see him as a great man with a great vision. Might be insane here but i really could see him run for 2008 as President.

[Greeby]

2. Will he call for impeachment?

If you recall, in the Abu Ghraib speech, he called for the resignations of Rummy, Condi, Wolfowitz, Feith, Cambone and Tenet, and said ppl should vote out Bush and Cheney

[boobooday]

3. "embattled Bush presidency"

Now that has a nice ring to it.

[Atman]

4. Wow! Too bad the "liberal media" has no intention of airing it!

We'll get to see on clip on the evening news where Al has spinach in his teeth, but they won't show us any of the actual address.

[Kira]

7. Will Cspan

pick it up. It isn't listed in the email they just sent me. Does anyone have their number to ask them to show it?

[az chela]

5. HE HAS EVERY RIGHT TO SPEAK

He is the real president!!!! Bush stole the election from him just like a common thief.Since bush has no brains and is a moron he wont understand a word Al says but the rest of us will!!!
Save our Country
Impeach bush

[xchrom]

6. ROCK HIS WORLD, AL!

right to to the fuckin foundations.

make the fuckin walls shake, baby.

we're with you prsident gore -- make that fucker tremble like he did in his plane on 9-11.

[ddeclue]

8. RUN FOR PRESIDENT AL.. YOU WON ONCE...

You can win again!

If he doesn't announce for President the media will put this story on page 12 (in the lifestyles section... at the bottom of the page..)

[AtomicKitten]

9. I am convinced Al Gore would kick ass in 2008.

He is the ANTI-Bush. He must run. Period.