Al Gore Likely to Host Obama Fundraiser in Nashville

[NYCGirl]

Those Obama supporters out there feeling left behind by Barack Obama’s lack attention to Tennessee may be in for some excitement relatively soon. Post Politics has learned that a conference call took place this morning to make arrangements to bring the Democratic Presidential nominee to Nashville.

On the call were operatives in the Chicago campaign office of Barack Obama, Obama supporters here in Tennessee as well as a representative of former Vice President Al Gore, Beth Alpert.

The purpose of the call was to discuss the possibility for a Gore-hosted Obama fundraiser right here in Nashville, Tennessee before the Democratic National Convention in late August.

Preliminary plans call for two events. One would be a private high dollar affair possibly at the home of Al & Tipper Gore, the other a more public event at bigger location such as the Ryman Auditorium.

While Obama came within a hair’s breath of Tennessee just a few weeks ago when he kicked of his general election campaign in Bristol, Virginia, he has not visited the state in a public way since June 2007.

Obama’s wife, Michelle, was in Tennessee for fundraiser this past May. The trip was made infamous when the TNGOP came out with a viral video on YouTube to “welcome” her to the state.

http://politics.nashvillepost.com/2008/07/18/planning-for-an-al-gore-hosted-obama-fundraiser-in-nashville-underway/

[IntravenousDemilo]

1. Sweet Home Al/Obama... n/m

[Diane R]

2. Brilliant. You need to trademark that!

[IntravenousDemilo]

4. Somebody would get very mad at me, I'm sure.

They should play it when they enter the room, though. My keyboard to their ears.

[Cha]

13. You're good.

I like it.:bounce: :kick: :bounce: :patriot: :party:

[Captain Hilts]

3. Tennessee, the Capital of Stupid for voting for Bush rather than Gore. nt

[Punkingal]

5. Not all of us are stupid.

I voted for Gore every single time he ran for anything. He was my congressman.

[Captain Hilts]

6. Wish there were more like you.

What a slap not to win your home state.

[Punkingal]

17. There are lots of us...

And there is a strong possibility they did some election stealing here just like in Florida in 2000.

[Robeson]

7. Not all of us are stupid.

[Captain Hilts]

9. Didn't say you were.

It's pretty amazing not enough of you guys voted for your Home Boy to be president.

[Robeson]

10. Unfortunately, "Home Boy" lives in a red state...

...thankfully, I live in Nashville, which is a large island of blue in a sea of red.

[Captain Hilts]

11. ...that voted twice for Bill Clinton.

[Robeson]

12. If you lived in this state, you'd know it has been veering red...

...I saw it coming when it didn't re-elect a good senator in Jim Sasser, and instead, ousted him for a political novice in Frist. I knew, then, there were problems on the near horizon for the Democratic Party in Tennessee.

[Fly by night]

16. There's no way to know where TN stands until we get rid of the DREs.

We have already uncovered electronic voting irregularities (particularly in Memphis, Nashville and the batch of dyed-in-the-blue-wool small counties northwest of Nashville) to have swayed many of our recent elections.

We also have the only state official in the country (our Coordinator of Elections, Brook Thompson) who serves on the Board of Directors of a DRE vendors-funded Election Center. Although we were able to pass the TN Voter Confidence Act banning DREs and moving to paper ballots statewide, Brook successfully stalled implementation until 2010.

So in spite of local and national disgust with the Rethugligan Party, I fully expect our state legislature to go "red" this fall (and with it the control over our state and county election commissions goes from 3/2 Dem to 3/2 Rethug).

There's no way to know where any state stands until the votes are counted as they were cast.

Welcome, Obama, to the Orange State (just a little south of the Ukraine).

[Uncle Joe]

18. Both times were prior to the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal and impeachment. n/t

[Robeson]

8. I'd love to go, but it'll probably be too pricey for me....

...I'm just glad he's making McSame have to play all the states.

[jaylemond77]

14. God bless Al Gore

And damn those who trashed in in 2008, namely Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich, Chris Matthews, etc.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. Cool!

[Uncle Joe]

19. This is excellent!

Thanks for the thread, NYCGirl.:thumbsup:

Kicked and recommended.