Al Gore

Al Gore just took the stage at Netroots Nation to talk about climate change.

Awesome!

Update: In an aside to the moderator, Pelosi whispered (thinking her mike was off) "It's really exciting that he's here."

Update: http://wecansolveit.org/

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Who'da thought. Pelosi as an Al Gore groupie? The mind boggles. For the right wing and most Republicans, Al Gore is known as a fat hypocritical wind bag, a little like the Democratic version of Rush Limbaugh.

(That is not MY perception of Al Gore, so don't Gore me!)