2008 Suburban Chicagoland Draft Gore Group

support Gore at Chicago's anti-war demonstration this Saturday

gorewon2000 — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:48:33 -0700

Chicago is hosting an anti-war demonstration this Saturday, October 27. This is a great opportunity for us make a final push to get Al Gore on the ballot in Illinois for the primary February 5th. The filing deadline is coming up on November 5th, so this may be our last major event to collect signatures, but attendance should be massive and if each one of us were to print out and make copies of the nominating petition, we could get the signatures we need to have Gore's name on our ballot!

Download the petition form here:

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organizing meeting for October

gorewon2000 — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:44:50 -0700

Al Gore is coming to Chicago on October 17th!

http://www.suntimes.com/news/foster/534613,CST-NWS-stella30.article

We need to meet to plan for having a presence at this event, as well as for collecting signatures to get Gore on the Illinois primary ballot. The filing deadline is November 5th. The Nobel Peace Prize is announced on October 12th, with Gore hopefully making his anouncement soon after that.

Events are coming to a head. We need to get organized and get ready!

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see "An Inconvenient Truth" in Grant Park

gorewon2000 — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:07:34 -0700

There will be a free outdoor showing of "An Inconvenient Truth" in Grant Park's Butler Field next Wednesday, August 22, at sundown, around 8:15.

See more information at:
http://www.illinoisscience.org/inconvenient.aspx

This is a great opportunity to collect petition signatures. Here is the form to get Al Gore on Illinois' ballot for the February 5th primary:
http://www.elections.il.gov/Downloads/ElectionInformation/pdf/P-10.pdf

Print it out, make some copies, collect some signatures... save the world!

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YearlyKOS meeting

gorewon2000 — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:25:00 -0700

Friday, August 3, 6pm, meet with other Gore supporters at the national blogger convention, YearlyKOS, here in Chicago. For details:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/19/131519/456
http://www.dfalink.com/event.php?id=21606
http://draftalgore.meetup.com/48/

This is a good opportunity to connect with other people from far afield, since YearlyKOS is a huge draw-- Sentors Clinton, Dodd Edwards, Obama, and Governor Richardson will all be in attendance.

Let's make sure to have a Gore presence, to remind the online activists who they should be supporting!

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Planning Meeting for Gore's Chicago appearance!

gorewon2000 — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:21:17 -0700

Al Gore is coming to Chicago! He will be in Chicago at the Borders on State Street on Wednesday, June 6th, at 12:30 pm.

We need to meet to plan and prepare for his visit-- coordinating volunteers to collect petition signatures from attendees and distribute "Gore 2008" lapel stickers-- so that we can make a HUGE impact on our Vice President and convince him he has the support for a presidential run!

We will be meeting on Sunday, June 3rd, at 12 noon. Come and meet with other volunteers from the Gore Corps!

Let the day begin!

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2008 Greater North Chicagoland Gore Group Meeting

GoreFan — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:30:12 -0700

2008 Greater North Chicagoland Gore Group
April Meeting
4/29/2007
1 p.m.
Skokie Public Library
5215 Oakton St
Skokie, IL 60077
Call for directions: (847) 673-7774

Download and print the flyer, put copies everywhere:
http://www.collegesportingnews.com/images/gore/20070429flyer.jpg

Download and send a smaller version via email:
http://www.collegesportingnews.com/images/gore/20070429flyer400w.jpg

Let's get it started!

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the end

gorewon2000 — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:45:46 -0800

Al Gore's office has contacted the staff at AlGore.org and instructed them to cease with petition efforts to get Gore onto the state primary ballots. Attached below is the message that was sent out to organizers in response to this communication.

So where does this leave us?

2008 Suburban Chicagoland Draft Gore Group

write-in a vote for Gore in DFA's online poll

gorewon2000 — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 14:18:22 -0700

Please urge your contacts to vote in Democracy For America's online presidential preference poll:
http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll

DFA is a progressive organization of activists working to steer the Democratic Party toward progressive values by supporting candidates in primary and general elections, and they are running a poll of their membership to determine who their people are supporting. They have included a write-in option for Al Gore, and presently with fifty thousand DFAers having voteed he is winning the poll! See results here:
http://www.democracyforamerica.com

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vote for 'The Assault On Reason' for book of the year

gorewon2000 — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:12:51 -0700

Please vote:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19589213/

This is not just another online poll. Votes are being tallied for the Quill prize for book of the year. Al Gore's book 'The Assault On Reason' is the finalist in the "politics" category. If we can make it win the prize overall, that's another boost for Gore and his message.

Pass this link along to other Gore supporters!

2008 Suburban Chicagoland Draft Gore Group

New Al Gore Ad: Run Al Run

crisnolan — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:38:46 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATnlQPCdjtk

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I MADE IT INTO THE CNN YOUTUBE DEBATES! AL GORE WINS!

crisnolan — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 23:51:39 -0700

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwG19b02_is

Run Al, RUUUUUNNNN

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Gore coming to Borders in Chicago on June 6th!

gorewon2000 — Tue, 22 May 2007 13:26:11 -0700

Al Gore is coming to Chicago to sign copies of his book, "The Assault On Reason." He will be here Wednesday, June 6th, at Borders on State St.

Here's the info from the store's event listings:

http://www.bordersstores.com/events/event_detail.jsp?SEID=156380
June 6, 2007 12:30 PM
Location: In Store
Chicago - State St.
150 North State St.
Chicago, IL
Phone:312.606.0750
view map:
http://www.bordersstores.com/locator/displayMap.do?storeId=405

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Here's a Generic Flyer for Gore Meetings

GoreFan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 16:32:56 -0700

I was diddling around and made this generic flyer for folks to use for their Gore meetings. All I had in high resolution format was an old Gore picture so that's what is on the 8.5" x 11" flyer. Post links to your own flyers that we all can use.

2008 Suburban Chicagoland Draft Gore Group

GOP in Dramatic Slide: Gimme Gore

GoreFan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 10:26:39 -0700

A survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, found a "dramatic shift" in political party identification since 2002, when Republicans and Democrats were at rough parity. Now, 50% of those surveyed identified with or leaned toward Democrats, whereas 35% aligned with Republicans.

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U.S. News Media's 'War on Gore'

GoreFan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:03:49 -0700

Exhaustive looks at the media war on Al Gore.

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MSNBC's Olbermann is having a blast debunking the anti-Gore smear machine

GoreFan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:29:39 -0700

Looks like ol' Keith is having fun slamming the smear campaign against our buddy Al. YouTube has it all on tape... enjoy!

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Gore Advocates Measures That May Be Above and Beyond Congress

GoreFan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 14:04:10 -0700

The Vice President's 10 point plan aims high but also contains no-brainer immediate goals and targets. Whether the partisan group on Capital Hilll can implement any of them is the question.

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An Inconvenient 'Truth or Dare', Madonna Wants Al

GoreFan — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 13:41:44 -0700

Don't forget that Al Gore topped Madonna on the all time hit chart for documentaries. An Inconvenient Truth moved into the #4 spot held by Madonna's 1991 documentary Truth or Dare before moving up to #3 over Bowling for Columbine.

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Star Statesman's Crusade for Bold Action in the News

GoreFan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 14:18:50 -0700

Here are a few more articles about Al Gore's appearances before Congress on 3/21/07.

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C-SPAN has Gore's Appearances at Congress on Sale

GoreFan — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 13:17:46 -0700

Our good buddies at C-SPAN have the appearances of Al Gore in front of the US Congress on 3/21/2007 for sale!

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Al's Testimony: Opening Statement/10 Point Plan - Watch it!

GoreFan — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 09:00:21 -0700

The House Energy and Science Committees joint hearing on climate change. Vice President Al Gore testifies. This is his opening statement.

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Whose House? Al's House (and Senate)!

GoreFan — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 22:59:10 -0700

Here are a few links to articles about Gore's appearance in DC on 3/21, I watched half of Al's House hearing but none of the Senate one (seems they had a problem streaming it).

Al Gore testifies in Congress on environment
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-03/22/content_5879038.htm
"We do not have time to play around with this; we do not have the luxury of making it a political football"

Al Gore issues lawmakers dire warning on climate change
by Stephanie Griffith
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070321/sc_afp/usenvironmentgore_0703212129...

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Rest in peace Joe

GoreFan — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:20:38 -0700

Joe Strummer, a musician and former lead singer for The Clash ("the only band that mattered"), was instrumental in setting up Future Forests (renamed The Carbon Neutral Company in 2005). He was the first artist to make the recording, pressing and distribution of his records carbon-neutral through the planting of trees. The Carbon Neutral Company is where the Gore family purchases their carbon offsets.

RIP Joe!