Al Gore gets a coveted speaking role at Democratic convention

[WhiteTara]

This is going to be a thrilling convention!

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/19/america/gore.php

One of the most coveted speaking slots of the Democratic National Convention will go to former Vice President Al Gore. He is scheduled to appear on the final night of the convention as Senator Barack Obama prepares to accept his party's nomination.

Associates of Gore would not confirm the schedule, referring calls to the Obama campaign. Aides to Obama said the former vice president's role at the convention would be announced in the coming days.

Although Obama will be the main attraction when convention delegates and thousands more pack Invesco Field in Denver - a larger venue chosen especially for Obama's acceptance speech - Gore's time in the spotlight will be significant too.

The former vice president, whose work as an evangelist for environmental issues has earned him both a Nobel Prize and an Oscar for the film "An Inconvenient Truth," is arguably getting a more prominent perch at the convention than the president he once served, Bill Clinton, or Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
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Gore has recently begun a new Web site, wecansolveit.org, on energy policy and has been promoting his far-ranging agenda around the world. CNN first reported Gore's speaking role at the convention.

[DCBob]

1. GREAT NEWS!!!

We need Gore at the convention!!

[jkshaw]

2. Wonderful news!

[madfloridian]

3. He so deserves it.

Thanks for sharing. Kick.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. I hope he gets to speak at the stadium.

That'd be great.

[WhiteTara]

9. yes, he will!

[Kdillard]

5. Great news.

[Cha]

6. Gore's the real deal and has been doing

the heavy lifting for our Planet..not fucking around.

[Raineyb]

7. Excellent!

I like the sound of that.

Regards

[JackORoses]

8. awesome!!!