Gore in the News 5/31/07

Today's talk . . .

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainme...gore_05-30.html
Gore's New Book Criticizes Bush Administration, Election Process - (full transcript + audio link)
Al Gore speaks with Gwen Ifill of PBS Newshour about his new book, "The Assault on Reason," which criticizes the Bush administration and the diminishing role of logic in America, among other issues.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/05/30/...in2866099.shtml
Gore: Bush leads 'Assault on Reason' - (includes link to video of interview)
The former — and some contend future — presidential candidate laid out some of his arguments Wednesday to The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/05/30/a...ntdown-part-ii/
Gore on Countdown: Part II
In this segment, Gore talks about his book Assault On Reason and how the constant use of fear by the media and politicians has dumbed down the national conversation

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdPcwwK5DII
Al Gore: 'Assault on Reason' - Video of full speech at GWU on 5/29

http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/5/30/224416/594
Al Gore's 'Assault on Reason' debuts at #1
Al Gore's new book, The Assault on Reason, has been pinned at the top of Amazon's non-fiction #1 non-fiction book from the day it was released last week. Word has now hit the street that The Assault on Reason will debut on the NYT's non-fiction best-seller list at #1 this coming Sunday.

http://www.ndol.org/ndol_ci.cfm?kaid=131&s...ontentid=254325
Gore stands up for reason
While much of the reaction, pro and con, to the new book has naturally focused on its passionate critique of the policies of the Bush administration, Gore ultimately aims at a more fundamental and troubling aspect of contemporary politics: the growing displacement of fact-based persuasion by ideologically driven and manipulative propaganda.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/greenslade/200...mes_treats.html
How the New York Times treats Al Gore
Boyce opens our eyes to the difficulty all liberal politicians face in the US. They cannot get a serious hearing in papers that the right deems as liberal. No wonder Gore is dithering about whether to stand when the "paper of record" gives him such short shrift.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/arti...43/1002/OPINION
Uncovering the truth of our disillusion
But like Sheehan, Gore speaks a truth: The country didn't make so many bad decisions in the absence of information about these policies and their historic consequences. It ignored what information was available.

Today's related topics . . .

http://www.alternet.org/rights/52383/
Democrats fail in election oversight
Goodling's reference to U.S . Attorney Tim Griffin's role with "caging" on the 2004 Bush reelection campaign might yet shine a light into the dark practice of tilting elections that the GOP seems to have mastered -- and not just in Ohio. But the return of the Jim Crow tactic was not the topic that the Judiciary Committee Democrats wanted to hear about this week. Instead, the oversight hearing overlooked one of the day's biggest bombshells.

Smoking Politics exposes the Media Research Center's questionable tactics in this diary at their website:
http://www.smokingpolitics.com/2007/05/as_...number_o_1.html

http://washingtontimes.com/national/200705...10939-9991r.htm
Gore supporters hold out hope for White House run
The Washington Times reports (with exceptional objectivity, I might add) on the Gore Draft movement and the man himself. Also quotes NH State Representative Jeff Fontas, a leader of the NH Draft effort