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Oh My! Gore/Clinton. I'd vote yes.
just an aside: Von Lee Smith, the kid you hipped us to on youtube singing the dream girls song, just performed to a standing ovation on The View. osie couldn't stop kissing him...
I don't care who runs, as long as they add to the debate, make us a stronger party, and actually win the White House.
oops, make that Rosie.
I think it's the best shot we have, actaully. Not necessarily with Hillary as the VP though (would she ever accept that?) Gore/Edwards -- now THERE's a ticket to win.
The voters really blew it when they let Gore get away in 2000, even his home state didn't carry him. We're paying the price now. Why should Gore take on the mess that Bush leaves behind after he and Clinton gave us a record budget surplus upon leaving office? The guy's already done his 8 years. Of course, I'll vote for him---or any Democrat---in 2008. As far as I'm concerned the Republicans are finished.
let him enjoy his life
Gore would be the most promising out of all the other candidates.
Plus, he's still handsome as ever. Put Edwards with him and yowser!
He'd get my vote. We need to lose the monkey.
Sigh. Gore/Edwards would be a dream come true, but I think Gore means it when he says he's not running again. It's a real shame.
I'm all for Gore, but Gore/Clinton is a bad idea, because Hillary Clinton is a bad idea.
Which combo. makes the best anagrams? Gore/Clinton or Gore/Obama, etc?
We need someone who will fight and fight hard and not give up till he's sitting in the Oval Office.
Gore should think long and hard to make sure he's that guy. He didn't fight hard enough in Florida when the Rethugs stole the vote. Kerry did not when they stole Ohio. How will he prove that this will not happen again?
I wish I thought Hillary was a little more than a career opportunist, but.....I don't and I know I'm not alone. And does anyone think she'd accept an offer to run as a VP? Please.
I'd vote for Al Gore with just about anybody as a running mate. And in an alternate universe, if Hillary agreed to run with him, of course I'd vote for them.
This could definitely get interesting!
The Clintons can't stand the Gores and vice versa. Not in a true bloodhate way, but in a no-way-would -I-run-with-your-ass-ever way. So forget it. Gore could surprise everyone and run anyway, but it feels like a done deal that he will not. Gore/Obama or Gore/Edwards would rock. Anyone/Gore would never happen cuz he is prez material. I like Hillary just fine and would be pleased if she won—I think careerists are much maligned in a world where too many people sit around on their ass complaining. I like her ambition. I want an ambitious prez. I dunno, Hillary, even this early, is ahead of all comers, Dem & Repub. She's not to be sneezed at. I love Gore, but even Gore would have a tough time duking it out with her.
Al Gore is fat. I could never vote for a fat person for president. Plus, Hillary Clinton has piano legs and wears clam diggers on her days off. Tacky. The president and the vice persident are supposed to be role models. What kind of message are we sending to the youth of America by electing fat people and secret lesbians with bad fashion sense? Not the right message, I'm afraid. Think of the children before you go all gung ho for Al "Fatso" Gore.
ditto bambambam . . . i love al gore. he should have been president.
i just feel this tremendous need to get out of the sticky quagmire of politics c. 1980-present. i want something/someone fresh, untainted, without the baggage that comes with just about every current candidate.
that's just how i feel this morning. given the certain joys of being ADD, i'm likely to loooooooove gore tomorrow. i do love gore. just don't think he's got the tenacity and fight i want in a president.
the next one's got to work in concert with congress to save this fucking country or we're doomed, doomed, doomed. if we even make it that far. iran. iraq. poverty. hatred. corporate control of government. climate change. incomprehensible debt. people dying for no health care. heaven help us.
Nope. No interest whatsoever. That ship has sailed.
I love him.
Gore has really grown on me, but I think it's time for us all to move on. Looking to the future beats looking to the past, which should be a reminder to all.
sounds like someone here needs to get laid.
Oh, another Clinton/Gore would just be so sad for him.
Gore/Clinton I might warm up to... but I think the 'Season of Al' may have passed...
I *would* vote Gore/Clinton, but I'd rather vote Gore/Edwards.
And how nice to see someone besides me thinks Al's hot.
I saw Gore at a Truth screening. He was posed the "are you running" question by a member of the theater's custodial staff from the back corner of the room. The guy insisted a little too loudly, "You owe it to our country!" Al shot him a look of death and (paraphrased) said, "I performed admirably for 8 years. I don't owe anybody nothin'. It's a personal decision, so back off."
I don't like the way people beg and plead with him in a sycophantic fashion at public events. I suppose it's flattering, but:
1) the man might be doing more good in the public sphere than in government. He might be able to save the world through film, book and media appearances but not with the restrictions that go with becoming president.
2) whatever you think about his handling of the 2000 election, it probably took a lot out of him. Not to mention 8 years of a volatile administration. He might need a rest.
And appropos of nothing, he's hot.
From e-online's back-stage blog (yeah, I know, down in the depths):
"11:20 p.m.: Gore makes it plain: He has no plans to seek office again."
Game over. Move on!
Hillary - no way in hell even though I'm a Democrat Gore - no his time is over Obama - I'm looking at him and liking what I'm seeing.
Obama as president. Gore appointed as head of EPA or a cabinet post.
Gore had his chance. He campaigned badly, and the nation and the world have paid a terrible price as a result.
I think very highly of him, but his chance at the presidency came and went. Move on.
I don't think Gore will run.
My gut tells me that Mitt Romney, who can claim both Michigan and Massachusetts as home, would easily beat Hillary Clinton, for reasons I write about on my blog today.
Nobody has mentioned Bill Richardson. If Romney is the Republican, we need to win in the west or we're cooked.
Democrats could very well lose this election, and we need to get serious now about finding an electable candidate.
I'm still puzzled that Gore didn't run in 2004. We really needed him then and he didn't run. I still don't see why people are so enamored with Edwards. He seems just as slimy and opportunistic as Hillary has ever been. That's just my take on things though.
I think Gore would have won in 2004 had he run. He would have learned from his campaign mistakes of 2000; been more competitive in the west than Kerry (and all he needed to do was pickup Tennessee and get every other state he won in 2000); and a certain segment of voters shakey about changing streams during the "war" on terrorism would have found some comfort in the guy's experience as VP for 8 years.
The junk they smeared Gore with in 2000 would not have worked again in 2004. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice ...
I'm not overly enamored of Clinton or Obama, opportunists both. But then, they're politicians so what can you expect? The problem is, I don't think either of them is electable, and the news media has already annointed them as the front runners. I agree with Cup of Joe, the Republicans excell at end runs and could very well win the election. Honestly, if I were making book, I'd bet on the Republicans.
And, no, I don't think Gore will run, he had his shot and he knows it.
A fairly benign but funny Repub. friend of mine refers to Edwards as the "Breck Girl"....which, I'm sorry, DOES crack me up. He has about that much charisma, too. Now...should his wife ever run? I'd be all over that.
No ralph, a Republican will not win the White House. They are done for at least 8 years. Record debts, health care crises, Civil War in Iraq, Corporate Scandals, freaky Christer sex scandals, their ship has sailed. There will be no end run, unless you are talking about Crist at a Boys Scout Jamboree. Finished. They have lead this country into Hell, and we will bring it back. Gore is not going to run.
People, look at the facts here:
Al Gore WON the popular election for the Presidency in 2000. Then, because of the hanging chad mess and other questionable drama, the fucking Supreme Court decided who got the job. Finally, he lost it to George W. Bush. And we all know how that story turned out. If that's not the ultimate smack to the head making you want to abandon all thought of going back into the political dogfighting arena, I don't know what is.
As much as it disappoints me to say it, Al Gore has found his passion and life's work now, and it's not to inherit the eight years worth of mess GWB will be leaving behind.
Give the guy a break and let him continue doing the good he's doing... in his own way.
If Gore ran, he would win, hands down. But he will never have Hillary Clinton as a running mate. The pair have never worked well together and do not get along personally.
I agree that he is hot. Even hotter in person; he smells great (baby powder & musk)! But he has given his service to our country and we should all respect that. I would vote for him again given the opportunity. I dislike Hilary because she is for the war in Iraq.
God help you democrats if you nominate Hillary OR Obama - - the country is still conservative enough that they would not win. What about drafting a HUGE, I mean HUGE grassroots movement to get Al Gore to run again?? HE "COULD" WIN. Up against Rudy, though, it will be tough for any democrat (or republican)
Suggested over lunch yesterday,
Richardson/Obama. I concur.
The civil purple would vote yes for this Democratic ticket. Richardson's relative obscurity but solid experience and Obama's appeal ...
Regarding the Junior Senator from the Empire State - Clinton has lost the ardent (lockstep) left with her tightrope routine on Iraq and also has a lifetime of pure spite in the bank from the rigid right. If the Dems don't figure this out for themselves - Ralph is right - the Republicans will have a shot - reality be damned.
As entertaining as the possibility is, I don't think there's a snowball's chance in hell that AG will run -- if ever.
rudy.
hahahahaha!!!!!
How about Gore/Richardson? I'd go for it.
I think Al Gore is a fantastic leader, and would have been a brilliant president. The problem is that he is a SHITTY campaigner. He should have won in 2000 hands down, and completely bungled it. He's showing more promise now, but I'm not sure I'm willing to be set up for disappointment again.
Regardless of the order, I do not care to see Hilary on that or any other ticket.
Gore is not going to run but will play to the max the "Will he or won't he run" game. He is smart enough to realize that Obama and Hillary are already sucking up the available Democratic money.
He is however, a great and needed scold for the environment and this publicity will only help his cause.
He won't run. He has that rare quality in a politician of knowing when to move on (dot.org). I think he loves what he's doing now too much to backpedal. All politicians (not just Sen. Clinton) are primarily occupied with getting re-elected or with moving the next rung up the ladder, and they have a tension about it that Gore just doesn't have any more.
I disagree that this country's too conservative still to elect an African American or female president. Every time someone asserts that, they can only offer up "just 'cuz" to explain their opinion.
To tie the Gore, opportunistic pol, and minority electability threads together...did anyone ever wonder how different Joe Lieberman's life would have been had Bush v. Gore gone the other way?
god, no. Let's get some fresh blood in there. Besides, it could distract him from his lifelong search for manbearpig.
excellent article in the Guardian:
An inconvenient truth: eco-warrior Al Gore's bloated gas and electricity bills
· Household consumption 20 times national average
· Supporters claim smear campaign after Oscars win
http://
environment.guardian.co.u...2022934,00.html
something to think about in the middle of the fawn-fest...
Gore has changed greatly since the 2000 election cycle. Its unfortunate that more folks didn't see his MoveOn / NYU speeches - he showed a very different side of himself.
I believe that in the 2000 campaign he was given very bad advice from the "professional campaign losers" of the Democratic party. Those folks who (were) getting rehired time after time, even though they have a pitiful record. Thanks to the Dean campaign and the NetRoots efforts in 2006, that trend is getting broken (reference the Tester & Webb campaigns).
I think Gore could win. He has found his voice and wouldn't fall into the DLC losers trap again (like Hillary likely will).
Regarding Gore's electric bills, remember that he & Tipper both have home offices (hence the higher bills), entertain regularly, purchase offsets for all of the energy they use, and are having their home re-fitted with solar panels. See Gore's response to the rukas at http://www.dailykos.com/story/20...2/27/164154/
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Gore / Obama would be my dream team.
Cheers!
Just a litle something on the subject of offsets... something I wrote and published last week....
The Carbon Neutral Myth - Offset Indulgences for your Climate Sins. Free download from www.tni.org
Carbon offsets are the modern day indulgences, sold to an increasingly carbon conscious public to absolve their climate sins. Scratch the surface, however, and a disturbing picture emerges, where creative accountancy and elaborate shell games cover up the impossibility of verifying genuine climate change benefits, and where communities in the South often have little choice as offset projects are inflicted on them.
This report argues that offsets place disproportionate emphasis on individual lifestyles and carbon footprints, distracting attention from the wider, systemic changes and collective political action that needs to be taken to tackle climate change. Promoting more effective and empowering approaches involves moving away from the marketing gimmicks, celebrity endorsements, technological quick fixes, and the North/South exploitation that the carbon offsets industry embodies.
GOBAMA!
I never thought I'd see the words "Gore" and "draft" in the same sentence. Gosh, that's funny the Democrats and the GayLeftBorg are so worried about a strong pro-gay GOP candidate like Rudy Giuliani that you need to reach deep into the past to recover some "political manhood".
Bring on Gore; he'd be toast before Rudy even starts cutting down that paunchy loaf of pure white bread.
You made my day, Joey. Thanks.
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