Al Gore possibly saved the planet earth. Bill Clinton had the wisdom to select him for VP

Clinton gets credit for selecting Gore for VP and giving him the profile needed to advance the issue of global warming.

Naturally Clinton won't get credit for it from Obamaniacs, and if Gore endorsed Mrs. Clinton he would be thrown under the bus.

But it's a fact. If not for Clinton, Gore's issue would be practically unknown.

NO he didn't

Gore's pursuit of Manbearpig is still ongoing. I'm serial.

:rofl:

He helped Gore save the earth.

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And he helped him invent the internets.

:rofl:

Can you imagine what Love Story would have been like with Bill and Al?

all hail Clinton :sarcasm:

Selection of a vice president is all backroom deals. You really think Gore wanted Lieberman? Huh-uh. No F'ing way. Reagan couldn't stand the bush family, but got stuck with george h.w. I wonder who was responsible for that catastrophe inflicted on the U.S. and the world.

Hyperbole is alive and well in DU-land. I'm a huge Gore supporter and love what he's doing regarding Global Warming. His movie was eye opening to me, and I'm sure to many others. However, saying that he possibly saved the planet is absurd. If you sit on your laurels about the environment and pretend that we're "all green", our children will pay the price.

Her husband's choice for VP is a viable reason to vote for her for President.....

Interesting logic, indeed.

In the late 1980s, Gore introduced the Gore Bill, which was later passed as the High Performance Computing and Communication Act of 1991. Leonard Kleinrock, a key player in the development of the ARPANET, considers the act to be a critical moment in Internet history.



101st CONGRESS

1st Session
S. J. RES. 88
To establish that it is the policy of the United States to reduce the generation of carbon dioxide and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

March 16 (legislative day, JANUARY 3), 1989
Mr. WIRTH (for himself, Mr. JOHNSTON, Mr. HEINZ, Mr. CHAFEE, Mr. DURENBURGER, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. BUMPERS, Mr. GORE, Mr. CRANSTON, and Mr. KOHL), introduced the following joint resolution; which was ordered held at the desk until the close of business, March 17, 1989


Oh my, Oh me, Oh my, OH, Look at who signed on to this legislation, both parties signed on to this bill.


Most of the legislation Clinton gets credit for were actually brought about by Al Gore.

so you can show all your konservative friends who doubt Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. http://www.congress.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d102:SN00272:@@@L&summ2=m&

I saved some of them in my personal Journler.

Here's some more info on the Global Warming Policy Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d101:SJ00088:@@@L&summ2=m&


SUMMARY AS OF:

3/16/1989--Introduced.

National Global Warming Policy Act - Declares that it is U.S. policy to: (1) reduce the generation of greenhouse gases in the United States, with an initial goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions from 1988 levels by 20 percent by the end of the year 2000; (2) host, in 1989, an international summit meeting on global warming and environmental concerns; (3) encourage, and develop multilateral agreements with, other nations to reduce the generation of such gases; (4) assist in the worldwide protection of tropical rainforests; (5) require Federal agencies to determine the impacts of global warming on their activities and propose greenhouse gas reduction policies; and (6) develop technologies that will provide reliable energy and services while reducing the generation of such gases.



Of course we ALL know Senator/Vice President Albert Gore just never got involved with these issues until he left office:eyes:

about Climate change. God, I get sick of this Al Gore as savior narrative. I appreciate his work, but he's hardly the only one. And he sure as hell hasn't saved the earth. Fucking educate yourself. It's likely that it's too late anyway to reverse Global Warming.

Pathetic post, merk.

mainstream consciousness.

'Attaboy Big Doggie!

I'll write-in Monica Lewinsky on the ballot.

...in Clinton selecting Gore as his running mate. After all, climate change and global warming were real hot button issues in 1992.

Oh, and Al Gore was already pretty well known at the time. Moreso, in fact, than Bill Clinton was.

He gave him an active role in his administration, one of the greatest partnerships in presidential history. They did a fantastic job together.

Seriously.

Educate yourself on the subject.

Al Gore did not save the planet. He raised awareness of an issue long after it was too late. Global warming is going to happen and there is not a damn thing Al Gore or anyone else on the planet can do to stop it. Even if Kyoto had passed and been embraced by every nation on the planet, the result would be less than a 15% reduction in carbon dioxide. If you understood the problem, you'd know that.

You know, that stuff you Hillary supporters always criticize Obama supporters for not having.

so, Hillary is as good as Gore. correct?

everything's so clear now. thank you! :crazy:

They had no problem with http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/clinton200711">mistreating Gore, and especially putting http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/clinton200711">Hillary's Senate Campaign above Al winning the Presidency. Of course, let's not forget all the not-so-great http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/11/clinton200711">|things Bill said about Gore during the 2000 election campaign.

However, since you think so highly of Al - as do I - I trust that you'll be voting and supporting Obama if Gore endorses Obama?

without Bill Clinton, Al Gore woulda been just another moderate Democratic senator who probably woulda lost his seat to Bill Frist in 1994. Thanks to President William Jefferson Clinton, he is now a liberal hero. As much as I admire him, he owes the Clintons a lot.

besides isn't it strange that if Gore owes so much to Clinton why hasn't he endorsed the wife of his benefactor for president?

p.s.
Very smart political move on Clinton's part picking Gore. Two young Southerners on the ticket was very effective.