The Raw Story | In Martin Luther King Day address, Gore...
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(The link above will get you the transcript. The photo will take you to an AP account of the speech.)
"Congressman Barr and I have disagreed many times over the years, but we have joined together today with thousands of our fellow citizens-Democrats and Republicans alike-to express our shared concern that America's Constitution is in grave danger.
"In spite of our differences over ideology and politics, we are in strong agreement that the American values we hold most dear have been placed at serious risk by the unprecedented claims of the Administration to a truly breathtaking expansion of executive power..."
-- Al Gore just gave a terrific speech in Washington, D.C. about Bush's abuse of power and the current constitutional crisis. It was carried live on CSPAN and if you go to cspan.org [cspan.org] and look under the "recent programs" heading, you'll find the video.
