Observation: No Democratic Candidate Made An Appearance At A Live Earth Concert Yesterday
We watched most of the day and evening. I didn't see any of the Democratic contenders for the Presidential nomination to candidacy dancing around in the crowd or up on the stage anywhere. Well, maybe that's not exactly true. Someone got a lot more positive exposure yesterday than all of the other candidates have in all the debates held to date.
2. They would not have been welcome. Gore has gone out of his way to say over and over again that his
cause is not a political cause but a human one. By inviting politicians, he would be dividing people into Democrats or Republics - even more than they already are.
was featured on Obama's official site and it included a video of Obama praising Al Gore and "Live Earth" but it would have been inappropriate for him or any of the candidates to attend a concert. This was bigger than any presidential primary.
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