Remember him? Associated Press:
In a wide-ranging talk about the Internet and government, Al Gore urged the techie crowd at South By Southwest to use digital tools to improve government.
The former vice president sat for a conversation with Napster co-founder and Web entrepreneur Sean Parker on Monday at SXSW in a flashy tete-a-tete that drew an audience of thousands at the Austin Convention Center and more viewers via a live stream.
“Our democracy has been hacked,” said Gore, framing Washington gridlock and the effects of special interest money in digital terms…
Both Gore and Parker derided the dominant role of television in elections and political dialogue. Change, Parker said, won’t come from within the political system.
To applause, Gore added; “I can confirm that.”
See, because he lost.
“Nobody cares about the deadly threat of global warming anymore, nobody watches my awesome cable network, and everybody makes fun of me even though I’m smarter than them. It’s not fair!”
Gore also wants to start an “Occupy Democracy” movement. You know, doing to the government what they did to Zuccotti Park.
He wants a “Wiki-democracy” of “digital flash mobs calling out the truth” and “a government square that holds people accountable.” Lefties love that kind of stuff… until you start doing it to them.
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