It is a time of fear in the face of freedom, a time for the widening of previous roads and the opening of new paths, a time of an emptying country and swelling cities, yet a time when these paths are mined by knowing algorithms of the all-seeing eye. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
 | Al Gore Speech Audio Podcast |
The speech which you will hear in this podcast was given today, January 16, 2006 by Vice President Albert Gore. It is the one of the two most amazing speeches I have ever heard in my life. Think of the power of Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention, and you’ll get a clue, but this speech is much more important, for in this speech, Al Gore set the frame for the investigations that will lead to the impeachment of George W. Bush, and for the reclamation of Congress in 2006 that will make those impeachment hearings possible.
Al Gore had the courage today to say what we have all been thinking. George W. Bush has engaged in grave violations of the law in the pursuit of unprecented power, and he must be held accountable. We, the people of the United States of America, have the responsibility to restore the rule of law that President Bush has laid to waste.
Thank you, Vice President Gore.
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[…] Vice President Al Gore gave a speech today in which he accused President Bush of “breaking the law repeatedly and persistently”. During this speech, Vice President Gore said, “A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government. Our Founding Fathers were adamant that they had established a government of laws and not men. Indeed, they recognized that the structure of government they had enshrined in our Constitution - our system of checks and balances - was designed with a central purpose of ensuring that it would govern through the rule of law.” […]
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Let’s all envision in our mind’s eye Bush with his confused weasel look, Cheney with his Dracula snarl, their hands cuffed behind their back, armed gaurds all around, as they are led to a life of incarceration. Celebrations will ensue throughout the land. It will be the day we were liberated from fascism.
Comment by blubonnet — 1/17/2006 @ 1:55 am
J, thanks for this audio post. I posted the entire speech on my site, along with some comments, and will continue to beat the drum. Thanks again. Oh, and neat site!
Nacho
WoodMoor Village
Comment by Nacho — 1/17/2006 @ 2:23 am
FINALLY! Someone stepped up and swung away! Go AL!
Comment by Tom — 1/17/2006 @ 7:43 am
Thank you for protecting my Civil Rights and the Rights of the citizens of the United States of America! GREAT SPEECH on Martin Luther King Day, 2006!
THANK YOU… a thousand times!!!!
Comment by Ilona McKinley — 1/17/2006 @ 9:14 am
Yes, Gore’s speech is what Martin Luther King Jr. Day should really be all about - not just some idea that Dr. King was only concerned with the particular issue of civil rights for African-Americans.
Contrast Gore’s speech to Bush’s speech. Bush tried to contain Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., but Al Gore understood the spirit with which Martin Luther King, Jr. worked. Dr. King was concerned with liberty for all people.
The Republicans would love for Martin Luther King Day to be just a holiday for black people. That way, they could defeat Dr. King’s real movement for freedom, while claiming that everything’s okay just because there’s no separate fountain for colored people any more.
Comment by J. Clifford — 1/17/2006 @ 9:19 am
Hi J. Clifford, note that my hosting provider has offered to provide free bandwidth to the audio files of Gore’s speech. So feel free to redirect people to the following links:
http://josephhall.org/tmp/gorespeechsmaller.mp3 (40.0MB)
http://josephhall.org/tmp/gorespeechsmaller.mp4 (9.7MB)
Thanks kindly for making the original audio available! -Joe
Comment by joe — 1/17/2006 @ 11:23 am
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[…] 1. The power of Al Gore’s oratory is not to be denied, but he’s not the only one who’s been talking about Bush’s executive power grab. Denny at Where We’re Bound offers the text of Senator Robert C. Byrd’s speech to the Senate. My favorite passages: The American public is given vague and empty assurances by the President that amount to little more than “trust me.†But, we are a nation of laws and not of men. Where is the source of that authority he claims? I defy the Administration to show me where in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or the U.S. Constitution, they are allowed to steal into the lives of innocent America citizens and spy. I continue to be shocked and astounded by the breadth with which the Administration undermines the constitutional protections afforded to the people, and the arrogance with which it rebukes the powers held by the Legislative and Judicial Branches. The President has cast off federal law, enacted by Congress, often bearing his own signature, as mere formality. He has rebuffed the rule of law, and he has trivialized and trampled upon the prohibitions against unreasonable search and seizures guaranteed to Americans by the United States Constitution. We are supposed to accept these dirty little secrets. We are told that it is irresponsible to draw attention to President Bush’s gross abuse of power and Constitutional violations. But what is truly irresponsible is to neglect to uphold the rule of law. We listened to the President speak last night on the potential for democracy in Iraq. He claims to want to instill in the Iraqi people a tangible freedom and a working democracy, at the same time he violates our own U.S. laws and checks and balances? President Bush called the recent Iraqi election “a landmark day in the history of liberty.†I dare say in this country we may have reached our own sort of landmark. Never have the promises and protections of Liberty seemed so illusory. Never have the freedoms we cherish seemed so imperiled. These astounding revelations about the bending and contorting of the Constitution to justify a grasping, irresponsible Administration under the banner of “national security†are an outrage. Congress can no longer sit on the sidelines. It is time to ask hard questions of the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Director of the CIA. The White House should not be allowed to exempt itself from answering the same questions simply because it might assert some kind of “executive privilege†in order to avoid further embarrassment. […]
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[…] Two days ago, Al Gore gave one of the most stirring speeches of recent memory (podcast | transcript), cataloguing in detail and depth the extent of George W. Bush’s executive power grab, and drawing out the dangers of Bush’s scheme for American democrary. For days, a number of mainstream media outlets tried to pretend that Gore’s speech didn’t happen. But the power of Gore’s words is finally pushing his message onto the pages of America’s newspapers. To wit, David Broder writes in tomorrow’s Washington Post: Even after discounting for political motivations, it seems to me that Gore has done a service by laying out the case as clearly and copiously as he has done. His overall charge is that Bush has systematically broken the laws and bent the Constitution by his actions in the areas of national security and domestic anti-terrorism…. […]
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He’s unhinged, and he’s full of sh*t. I pay him no mind.
Comment by Michael — 1/19/2006 @ 2:16 pm
Interesting comment, Michael. Do you have any particular statement in Gore’s speech that leads you to say that he’s unhinged? Is there any statement in that speech that was particularly full of shit? I can’t find any statement in Gore’s speech that’s not scrupulously based upon facts and a thorough understanding of American history and constitutional law.
But then, again, maybe you didn’t read or listen to the speech, Michael. Maybe you just kind of heard Fox News or Rush Limbaugh ranting about Gore, and decided you didn’t like the speech either - without ever hearing it.
No? Then prove it, Michael. Name one specific statement Gore made during the speech that was unhinged.
I’m waiting…
Comment by J. Clifford — 1/19/2006 @ 2:21 pm
We’ll be waiting a long, long time for Michael to respond!
Great speech, Al. Now, take the next step and announce your candidacy
for President in ‘08.
Comment by Brad — 1/22/2006 @ 9:09 pm
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I want to thank You for putting Gore’s speech on the Internet with a fast server.
Comment by Dennis C. Lee — 1/23/2006 @ 9:35 am
Al Gore’s MLK Day Speech
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[…] The first-order news here is the continuing dominance of Hillary Clinton, retaking a wide lead over second-place Barack Obama for the top spot in the hearts and hopes of Democratic-leaning Americans. As Senator Obama’s popularity waned, perhaps not coincidentally Al Gore’s shot up by about ten percentage points in the wake of his monumental speech on the rise of executive power under George W. Bush (audio | transcript). Is Gore a new-old-new standard bearer for the left? If so, he’ll have to take on the idealism of Barack Obama and the solid record (in deeds, not just speeches, Al) of Senator Russ Feingold, who also has been doing reasonably well in a third tier of popularity (along with John Kerry and Mark Warner, who just keeps creeping upward month after month). […]
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wow, when I read your
Comment by Anonymous — 4/9/2006 @ 11:03 pm
i searched the web for al gore audio so I can pull lyrics out of his speach to put over electronic dance beats. After reading the intro to your blog - i thought you were a right-winger - i couldn’t believe anyone would seriously endorse Al Gore for pres unles they really wanted the defeat of the Democratic party.
keep up the great work!!! ha
Comment by temple — 4/9/2006 @ 11:07 pm
Yeah, I mean, hell, who would want a government in which the rule of law prevailed? Stupid left-wing notion! Haw haw!
Because, you know, that’s what the subject of his speech was and all.
Stupid rule of frickin’ law! Man, are liberals out of touch!
Comment by Jim — 4/10/2006 @ 9:38 am
this sucks
Comment by shelly — 7/5/2006 @ 10:51 am
This country needs a brilliant leader. I believe that Al Gore is the brilliant man that could save America from the fascists who have begun our Democracy’s destruction.
Comment by Gwynne Chesher — 6/29/2007 @ 4:42 pm
Al Gore freaks out at Live Earth.
http://video.dotcomedy.com/player/?id=127579
Comment by Phillip — 7/10/2007 @ 12:49 pm
“Think of the power of Barack Obama’s speech at the 2004 Democratic Presidential Convention, and you’ll get a clue, but this speech is much more important, for in this speech, Al Gore set the frame for the investigations that will lead to the impeachment of George W. Bush, and for the reclamation of Congress in 2006 that will make those impeachment hearings possible.”
Well, here we are at the end of 2007. No hearings. Impeachment “off the table.” Conyers stonewalling Kucinich’s impeachment resolution. Every major newspaper REFUSING TO PUBLISH the op-ed by three House Judiciary Committee members (including Robert Wexler of Florida and 2 others) calling for hearings to begin. The Senate ready to give Bush everything he wants in the way of immunity for the telecom megacorporations who have helped Bush spy on us since BEFORE 9/11, thanks to Senate Democrats Jay Rockefeller, Dianne Feinstein, and of course Harry Reid, who claims to oppose immunity but has done everything in his power to get it passed, from refusing to honor Chris Dodd’s hold on the bill, to favoring that version of the bill over a Judiciary Committee version that didn’t have immunity in it.
That scratches the surface, barely.
Now what do we do?
Comment by Just Me — 12/25/2007 @ 11:07 pm