September 21, 2005 Al Gore
In 2000, George W. Bush told the voters that the man who would be responsible, accountable, honest and bring transparency and moral accountability to the Oval Office should be elected -- and he was. Al Gore won the vote of 540,000 more Americans than Bush and Gore won the votes of the most Floridians. The world would be a far better place today -- absent the parasitic, malignant leadership known as Bushevism -- if a partisan majority of the Supreme Court hadn't stolen the election from the decision of the American people. But that is not why a BuzzFlash reader nominated Al Gore for the BuzzFlash "Wings of Justice Award." Quietly and quickly, Gore privately rented two planes to evacuate sick patients from hospitals the federal government had abandoned in New Orleans. Without fanfare, without PR consultants, without the news media in tow, Gore arrived with the planes to personally escort the victims in need to safety in his home state, where he had secured medical services for them. He wanted no kudos; he just wanted to save fellow Americans from dying. Gore, who clearly went through some post-2000 soul searching and came out the political Jeremiah of our times, would beat just about any ex-president in recent history when it comes to his commitment to the preservation of democracy and his concern for the future of America and the planet. Of course, many of Gore's brilliant pleas to change the catastrophic policies of the Bush administration wouldn't be necessary if he were sitting in the White House today. But Gore isn't engaging in a grudge match. He's just a man driven to do the right thing for his country and his fellow Americans, as he did as anonymously as he could for some 270 critically needy residents of New Orleans. For that, Al Gore you merit the BuzzFlash "Wings of Justice Award." You are a man of good deeds, not just good words. * * * The winning nominator is: Sharon May of Medford, Oregon
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