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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:16 AM
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Who believes Al Gore is ready for another shot at the White House?
Edited on Tue Jan-17-06 04:19 AM by Cascadian
I was moved by Al Gore's speech today. This is the man we should have seen five years ago. I am willing to forgive him for his meekness in that election, though I am still a little sore at him giving in the way he did to Chucklenuts. It is worth asking. Do you think Gore could be gearing up for another shot at the Presidency in 2008?


John
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:24 AM
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1. starting to think that way
He is becoming a leader of the party - for the heart and soul of the party. I had thought I would not support him again - the meekness factor - but he has grown into being a true leader.
I do think he is heading for 2008.
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Syrinx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:27 AM
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2. I'm up for that
Just don't let him hire Donna Brazile to run his campaign.
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Diane R Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:29 AM
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3. Oh, I hope so.
I have always liked Al Gore. History is going to be very kind to him, and the theft of his presidency will be seen as an incredibly dark period in our history.

Imagine where we would have been by now if bush had not succeeded in cheating his way into the white house. Clinton and Gore had this country in such good shape. Hard to believe it was just five years ago.
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longship Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:30 AM
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4. Me!!
I think he is carefully orchestrating a comeback. He has been making speeches like this for the past two years. They are intelligent, impassioned, and delivered with a conviction that moves people. Best of all, he delivers solutions to the problems.

If he had gone onto the stump with speeches like this in 2000, ChimpCo might not have been able to touch him. Of course, we'll never know for sure.
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Cascadian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:31 AM
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5. How about Gore/Clark?
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John
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farmboxer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:36 AM
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6. President Gore Won The Election In 2000 and he can win
again in 2008. He has proven he can win, but the Supreme Court would not allow him to take office. A judicial coup it was.
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oldgrowth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 04:53 AM
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7. Yes and here was the best talk show
On MLK and Gore he a small time host but did a great show burn it pod it ??
Bob Kincaid
http://www.whiterosesociety.org/Kincaid.html
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bowens43 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:27 AM
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8. Not me.
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regnaD kciN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:35 AM
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9. I wish he'd run in 2004...
I'm pretty sure he would have won. The Bushies would have already used up all their ammunition against him in 2000, and he wouldn't have been vulnerable to swiftboating, nor would he have had an Iraq War Resolution vote to explain (and explain and explain) away. He would have been more acceptable to Southern voters than Kerry. I think he would likely have won the same states he carried in 2000, plus picked up New Hampshire (at least), which would have given him a sufficient if slim margin of victory.
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:54 AM
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10. I've been saying it for a while
It's a parallel to Nixon's rise -

Nixon & Gore were both VPs under popular moderate 8 year presidents.

Nixon lost a close election to JFK with fraud likely, Gore lost a close election to *, with fraud likely

Both sat out the next election...
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 05:57 AM
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11. hell yeah. n/t
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:03 AM
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12. No, I honestly don't. I think he is comfortable where he is. I think the
Dems need to rely on his voice more, as a senior Dem...I think he could be a man who makes presidents. :hi: I mean, look at it this way...he was right all along with Dean in my opinion. ;)
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AntiFascist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:22 AM
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13. According to Rep. Murtha on 60 Minutes last Sunday....
Sen. Clinton is too scared to speak out. I don't see much fear on the part of Gore.
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Peter Frank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:24 AM
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14. The most disappointing day of my life was...
...when the turn around in FLA put Gore's election into serious doubt. I was as high as a kite when it appeared that he'd taken the state & would be the new pres.

This said, the "NeoFascs" have successfully slimed Gore to the point where he's old news. Also, Democrats need a candidate who's been in office -- dealing with the "PNAC attack".
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messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:27 AM
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15. The mistake is to keep electing uncharismatic
democrats {like Gore} to run for president.
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Garbo 2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:48 AM
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18. Considering Gore won the popular vote by a substantial margin and won
Florida when the votes were eventually actually counted, it doesn't appear to me that Gore's candidacy was a "mistake" or that a lack of charisma is what kept him from being inaugurated.
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messiah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:13 AM
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20. The vote should have never been so close
Bill would have never lost against Bush.
Democrats win off of chrisma or corruption but since elections are stolen the corruption option is now mute.
The Democratic presidential candidate must be charimatic someone that ordinary people from all walks of life will "enjoy" listening to.
People don't listen to boring people that don't inspire them ie: (Kerry&Gore) so they just change the channel and move on.
If the Democrats want to win they will elect someone that will inspire this nation not put them to sleep.
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Borgnine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 07:22 AM
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21. Gore is no longer uncharismatic.
The wooden man he appeared to be as Clinton's VP is gone, replaced with a firey, passionate speaker who is clearly mortified by what's happening to this country.

He may not be ultra-suave like Bill, but he's got all the vigor of Howard Dean with a heaping spoonful of tact to help wash it down.
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Apollo11 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:38 AM
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16. Absolutely!
It's gotta be Gore in 2008!

Ain't nobody else who would make a better President than Al.

In Gore We Trust
www.algore-08.com
http://algore2008.net/
:)
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bklyncowgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:41 AM
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17. If Gore runs he has my support
He's one of the few Democrats with both the legislative and administrative experience to repair the damage wrought by George W. Bush and his band of war criminals and crooks.

He knows foreign policy

He knows the federal government

He knows technology and where this country needs to be going in the next few years.

He knows the environment.

My only caveat is that he still comes off as rather stiff and uneasy in public. I'd like to see him with a running mate who's more comfortable with people, perhaps Barak Obama or Brian Schweitzer or even Howard Dean.
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izzie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 06:52 AM
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19. He should have been left to be Gore.
Some one has to think for Bush but they did not need to for Gore and they made a mess of it for him. Bush will do anything to get in and did. I am sure they will do the same for the next one that turns up to run after Bush. Vice said he will not run but who can believe any thing they say and we do have Jeb. Do the Dem run people who have not won? But then I think Gore did win, sort of.
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