Saturday, June 24, 2006

Al's Not Running, Right?

From Tennessean.com
While many Nashvillians prepare to see Al Gore at his book signing and movie premiere in Green Hills today, a group of people has alternate plans.

HillaryNow.com members will be protesting Al Gore from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. today at the Green Hills Mall during the book signing at Davis Kidd Booksellers, also in Green Hills.

HillaryNow.com is an online group that supports the running of former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in the 2008 presidential election.

Ellie Stevenson of Hendersonville, a member of the group, said protesters will gather peacefully because they feel Gore is the only person who could block Clinton’s nomination in the 2008 election. Stevenson also said many protestors are upset because of the war in Iraq.

“If (Gore) had stood his ground in 2002, America would not be in the mess we’re in now,” Stevenson said.

However, protestors are not protesting against the movie, "An Inconvenient Truth," which opens today.

“I completely support cleaning the environment,” Stevenson said. “We think he’s a great person in trying to protect the environment, we just feel he’s not the best Democratic candidate.”

Do they know something we haven't been told?

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