Matt Gunterman April 5th, 2007

It appears that Senator Mitch McConnell’s efforts to block Al Gore’s free climate change concert from the grounds of the Capitol have worked.

That’s okay. We have to keep a long-term view of what this maneuver will mean for Sen. McConnell’s ultimate legacy. In the time of half a generation, Sen. McConnell and his goons will be seen for what they really are, and it’s efforts like this on their part that will help us make certain that Kentucky never forgets the sad, sad tenure of Sen. Mitch McConnell.

We’ll be writing Sen. McConnell’s horrid history long after he’s departed this earth for whatever hell awaits him.

Unfortunately for us, we’ll still be dealing with the consequences of the sorry state he left it in.

N.Y. venue possible for ‘Live Earth’ event

NEW YORK, April 5 (UPI) — With staging of one of Al Gore’s “Live Earth” concerts in the nation’s capital apparently falling through, New York has offered three possible venues.

Shea Stadium, Randall’s Island and Prospect Park are three potential sites that could handle the estimated 40,000 people expected to attend the global warming-focused event scheduled for July 7, Variety reported Thursday.

“We’re just waiting to hear back from them on what they want to do,” a spokesman for the New York Parks & Recreation Department said.

Organizers for the event, one of seven to be staged around the world the same day, said New York was always under consideration, along with other U.S. cities such as Philadelphia. They initially sought to hold it at the National Mall in Washington but that spot was already taken. A proposal to hold it on the front lawn area of the Capitol has been held up in the Rules Committee by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans.

“It is unfortunate for the American people that we are being blocked from staging the U.S. concert in our nation’s capital,” event spokesman Chad Griffin said in a statement. “The show must go on.”

• Al Gore , Climate Change , Mitch McConnell
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