An email from Al Gore

[madokie]

Dear Friend,

A few weeks ago I read John and Teresa's book, This Moment on Earth. I found the stories within, about men and women fighting the great fight for our environment, to be a profound challenge to all of us. These activists provide valuable lessons on the power of people working for change. If we embrace their resourcefulness, determination and essential patriotism we will prevail in the fight to save our planet.

I was inspired by their work, and I know you will be too. You can purchase a copy of This Moment on Earth at your local bookstore or by clicking here:

Buy the book

The book comes at an important time, a vital moment on Earth.

Right now our nation is ready to cross the tipping point beyond which our leaders will be forced to take real action to solve the climate crisis. However, in order to cross that threshold it is going to take a sufficient expression of political will.

Most of our Representatives in Washington know there is no longer a debate about the fact that the climate crisis is real -- and they know the serious consequences our planet faces if we fail to act. Political will is a renewable resource, and enough already exists to start solving this crisis. We just have to communicate that forcefully to the political leaders of our country.

As John and Teresa's book demonstrates, the most powerful way to realize that change is through the activism of the American people.

That is why a few months ago I began building a movement at AlGore.com. Already we have grown to a community of more than 550,000. In order to ultimately succeed we will need to grow even bigger.

Today I want to invite you to join our movement to solve the climate crisis by visiting:

http://www.algore.com/join/

For many years, I have worked with John Kerry and Teresa Heinz Kerry to fight for a solution to the climate crisis -- way before it was fashionable. Indeed, they were providing outstanding and courageous leadership on these vital questions when very few people in the world were even paying attention to these challenges. This commitment continues in their important new book.

I urge you to join me in working for change. And I urge you to read John and Teresa's wonderful new book for moving and inspiring illustrations of the potential power of Americans working for a better planet. Together, we can create a better tomorrow for our Earth if we seize this vital moment.

Thank you,

Al Gore

[Wiley50]

1. I got that one too

Evidently Kerry gave Gore his email list
in return for Gore pimping Kerry's book

Just run for Prez, Al
and quit teasing us

[madokie]

2. I like the display of respect the two have for each other.

once we have a Democratic President we will be able to correct so many of the wrongs that the bush* cartel has foisted upon us because there is so many good honest democrats out there to draw talent from.

[Jax]

3. Thanks for linking the website

It is one of my favorites.

please please please please please please please Run AL!!!!!!

Alyce

[jtrockville]

4. AL GORE = [e-mail] ??? What's up with that?

Doesn't he have his own domain to send email from?

[NYCGirl]

5. It was sent out by Kerry's people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=3256082&mesg_id=3256082

[jtrockville]

6. Well sure... but why? It seems totally illegit (to me, anyway) nm

[NYCGirl]

7. Because it's hawking Kerry's book. NT

[jtrockville]

8. I can see what he's pimping. Why can't Al's "people" send his msgs?

Seems flaky to me. Don't get me wrong - I love Al, and I'll probably vote for him whether he runs or not. But allowing Kerry's "people" to speak for him doesn't inspire confidence.

[MH1]

12. Because it's ABOUT KERRY'S BOOK!

What is so freakin' hard to understand about this?

Al Gore and John Kerry CARE ABOUT THE SAME ISSUES. They have been WORKING TOGETHER for a long time!

Kerry has been talking up Gore plenty while on the book tour.

Sorry it puts a ding in your image of your hero Al Gore if he actually likes to work with someone else who cares about the environment as much as he does. :eyes:

[jtrockville]

14. You're ignoring the substance of my question, but thanks just the same.

My image of Gore isn't "dinged" because he's collaborating with someone else.

I don't think it's ever appropriate to let someone else's "people" speak for you, particularly if you fancy yourself a leader. It's belittling, diminutive, and totally beneath Gore. I hope he speaks for himself in the future.

[MH1]

16. Are you suggesting that Gore didn't write the text of that email? What evidence

do you have for that insinuation?

[jtrockville]

17. No, I didn't suggest or insinuate any such thing.

[MH1]

11. Why does it seem "illegit"? Gore and Kerry get along fine.

Why wouldn't Gore do this?

[mloutre]

9. You are missing the point here.

Gore's not just pimping Kerry's book for him to Kerry's mailing list any more than he's just piggybacking on Kerry's mailing list because he doesn't have one of his own to use.

Yes, they're helping each other out with this email that Gore was given access to Kerry's mailing list for. Yes, it does promote the book at the same time as it promotes algore.com. But there's nothing lame about that on any of the levels some of the people posting seem to be looking at here.

Gore and Kerry have worked closely together on environmental issues for over two decades now. They genuinely like and respect each other, and they respect each other's ongoing work on those environmental issues. Gore's emphasis on climate change at the global level dovetail's nicely with Kerry's emphasis on enviro-toxins and related issues on the local level.

Kerry's got a huge and very loyal online community, even now when he's not running for national office, and it is a significant thing that he offered to promote Gore's algore.com site in this message sent out to to Kerry's 3-million-strong mailing list.

It's not about pimping Kerry's book to Kerry's online community -- he doesn't need anybody's help to do that. But it is about pushing Gore's message regarding his online activist community to people on Kerry's list who might otherwise not be aware of it.

That's not lame, that's damn strong synergy. And it's also a great example of how progressive leaders can work together to reinforce their strengths and their activities in addressing the critical issues of the day. If we could get more people in Washington to work together that way, the small-d democratic agenda would be very well-served indeed.

Hell, if we could just get more people on DU to work together that way, we could stop the war, save the planet, take back the government, rebuild the economy, and still have time to play a few rounds of golf before Memorial Day.

That, and have time to believe six impossible things before breakfast, too.

[madokie]

10. Yes I agree

thats what I wanted to say but didn't know how to say it :-)
that is why the republicans have to use lies, deceit and smear to even be in the same ball park with us Dems.

[jtrockville]

15. If Kerry offered to promote Gore's site, the message should have been from Kerry

It's not the message I object to, or the collaboration. It's the way it was sent. The same message from Kerry would have been fine. The same message from Al (really from Al, not from [e-mail]) would have been fine.

But from "Al Gore" <[e-mail]> makes it seem as if Gore's job is responding to general inquiries at the JohnKerry.com domain. "info" after all, is one of those RFC-required addresses. It's just bizarre.

Why not use [e-mail]?

[politicasista]

13. Gore rocks!

Both he and Kerry would have made good presidents. :(

[mdmc]

18. kick

:hi: