Did Gore's agent just tip his hand?

Did Gore's agent just tip his hand?
by quinn
Wed Jun 27, 2007 at 03:51:20 AM PDT

What do Al Gore, Bill Frist and Rick Santorum have in common? The answer, that they are all represented by the Harry Walker Agency, is sure to elicit a big, groaning "so what?". The interesting thing is why I know that.
I am currently studying Chinese in Taiwan, and recently it was announced that Al Gore had accepted an invitation from Democratic Progessive Party Legislator Tien Chiu-chin to come to Taiwan for three speaking engagements in September. Having studied the Chinese language for several years, I was considering the best route to volunteer to help members of the travelling party with their communication needs during their stay. (At the very least, I thought it might help me to score a ticket for one of the events!)
That said, my heart sank a bit when I noticed a tiny - one paragraph - article in the Taipei Times titled "Al Gore visit postponed". I had a big 'hmmmmmmm' moment as I read further:

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Tien, who invited Gore to visit Taiwan to promote awareness on global warming, told reporters yesterday that she received an e-mail from the Harry Walker Agency, which has the exclusive right to arrange Gore's speeches, saying that Gore had canceled all his scheduled events in the next six months.

I hesitated a bit writing this diary, as I am sure even Gore-heads are tired of those "BREAKING: Al Gore had this look in his eye at a book-signing yesterday!" kind of diaries. This seems to add a little 'meat' to those 'potatoes', though, don't you think?

The 'article' threw up one other tantalizing tidbit:

Tien said the reason for the cancellation was that Gore was considering a presidential bid.

more . . .
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/6/27/6623/40510

Vice-President Al Gore" told me that for some time now.

Signed "Vice-President," Al Gore.

Hope I'm right! :bounce:

But "considering a bid" really isn't news. We've known along that he's considering (i.e. evaluating) this option. Otherwise he wouldn't be so coy/smart, leaving his options open.

Still...


GO AL GO!!



We really, really need you.

Please! Al run the country needs you

June 27 -- A new poll in New Hampshire has Al Gore leading the entire Democratic field in the nation's first primary, with a six point lead over Hillary Clinton, 32 to 26. "Gore is the only Democrat, including Hillary, who can instantly melt the field," said David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center."


http://www.draftgore.com/

You know, I think Gore won in 2000 -
but get real folks . . . there are questions to be asked.

Do you want a replay of 2000 where Gore doesn't fight back on another steal--?

and R

K and fracking R!!!

K&R :kick: :kick: :kick:

He has, no doubt, been considering it for years. Nobody jumps into something like this impulsively, except maybe Mike Gravel.

When he has finished considering, THEN I'll get excited.

It looks more likely all the time that he will run.

All you have to do is draw arrows on the old campaign posters.

I prefer Gore/Obama.

still backing edwards, but this ticket would have me very pleased, too!

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable

Better than any ticket in the last century.

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Wellstone scenarios by the right wing.

Gore/ABWNEAR (Anybody who's not essentially a republican) is okay by me.

ANY of the above would make me HAPPY-HAPPY-HAPPY!

:toast:

swooney)

*crossing fingers*

As long as it's not LIEberman, I'll be okay with whoever it is. (Although Gore/Kerry, another impossibility, is my first choice -- justice would be served.)

Justice being served. Can't imagine it really but the hope is there.

They will never run together.

now when was the last time that worked???

Like many here on DU

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He said he would not run for President. I don't recall anything about signing on for a bid for VP. What a team they would make. Two compassionate deep thinkers.

And very practical minded!

Julie

Or Gravel.

HERE'S the important part:

"Tien, who invited Gore to visit Taiwan to promote awareness on global warming, told reporters yesterday that she received an e-mail from the Harry Walker Agency, which has the exclusive right to arrange Gore's speeches, saying that Gore had canceled all his scheduled events in the next six months."

If you're someone like Gore, who has speaking events and book signings and whatnot scheduled- well, damn near everywhere- you don't go and cancel ALL your events for half a year unless there's something big in the works that will take up all your time.

In other words, it could be very very good news or very very bad news. There's no indication Gore is ill, and I haven't heard anything about others in his family facing a terminal or very serious illness.

What could possibly cause him to cancel all his speaking events for half a year?

:)

That could take 6 months, right? :)

Another "reliable" source? And he doesn't need to lose weight.

Is that reliable enough for ya?

Just part of that BS media machine Al Gore excoriated in his book. No wonder you ate it up.

I know he & Tipper took the kids there after he was elected VP. Lovely place.

"Solutions" which he started work on right after The Assault On Reason as a follow up to AIT is slated to come out this September, so I now wonder if that has been put off as well? I actually would need to see verification that this story is actually true first before I would believe he would do this. I would also think he would post that on his own blog. I know the Nobel is given out in December which is six months from now, so perhaps he wishes to lay low until then so as not to appear as though his endeavors are only to that end?

book coming out in September. I've tried to find more information, but can't find it anywhere. How do you know about it?

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about another book in September, and not one had heard anything. As you know, these folks are people who have an ear to the ground all the time and no one knew anything about it.

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Confused as to why the UK Amazon has it before US. And there is also a paperback version coming out at the same time that will be geared toward 'Young Adult'.

And the thought that he might be sick quickly went through my mind, too, but hopefully it's good news, not bad. I will think positively about it. It is very odd that he would cancel all of his engagement unless something very, very big is up.

And also notice how this piece without any corroboration made the front page, but the original news that he was actually going to Taiwan to give this speech on global warming would not even have made it out of the gate. And I agree, this is not something you take on lightly, so if he indeed is considering it I hope he is then taking this six months ( if that is true as well) to get out somewhere away from the groups and other influences on all sides so he can truly search his heart without all the pushing on him from people who don't understand what that process entails.

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It looks more and more hopeful all the time.

as he told me "no, I'm not running".

:)

/cry

shhhh Let him reveal it as he wants, but Yay! :bounce: :bounce:

Live Earth is coming up in less than two weeks and it is very important that that show is about global warming and not Gore's plans for the Presidency. They can start talking about a run all they want after Live Earth, but doing it beforehand could backfire big time.

What a great setting for it!

I imagine many of the artists would be extremely pissed off if he did that. The event is supposed to raise awareness of global warming, not of any individual politician. The cable channels that were broadcasting the event may even cut out before the end of the concert if he announced, as people could easily make the case that it was a campaign event and demand equal coverage for the other candidates.

For Gore to announce at Live Earth would be seen as highly inappropriate by many, and there is no way any good could possibly come out of it for him. If he wants to run he needs to wait until Live Earth is over to even suggest that he wants to run.

I can't see how anyone who supports him could not know he is not the kind of man to use such an event for his own ego.

I've always said that if he announces, it will, at the earliest, be after the concerts.

I find it VERY hard to believe that any agent would divulge that kind of information to a representative of another country before it was divulged here by the man who would need to be the one to say it to actually make it so. And as you have stated, with Live Earth coming up in less than two weeks this could actually be bad for him if it becomes big gossip. For those like myself who are so psyched about attending this event for the planet to now feel as though we are being used for a political campaign is not a feeling I personally like one bit. That is why I really hate these speculative types of articles where there is no real evidence to back up anything, and wonder who really starts them and whose side they are really on.

However, I have e-mailed the Harry Walker Agency about this and asked for a clarification. Whether or not I get one is another story. Also, why isn't this in the news here? It isn't on Yahoo, Google, or any other outlet, and considering the time difference between Taiwan and here you would think it would have made it by now. Sounds to me like something might have gotten lost in translation, especially since the article also claims it was actually not cancelled but postponed to next year.

Wouldn't be the first time that there was a misunderstanding and/or misinterpretation.

If true, he needs a new agency. This was very inappropriate.

the agency just informed Tien that all speeches were canceled for the next six months, right?

:shrug:

A political maneuver to push him? I still don't believe it. There is absolutely nothing about this on his blog. Until there is this is BS.

elsewhere and/or on his website, I will get excited then. There have been a few of these already this year and I have a limited reserve of adrenalin for this lifetime - I am saving up to use a fair amount when it's official and he declares he will run. I don't like that up/down thing at all.

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:woohoo: :applause: :bounce: :hopupandfuckingdown:

this is exciting. I know it's not even close to official, but I think that if/when he announces, I'll probably pass out.

With a smile on my face.

EEK!! Say it's so!

I can hardly stand the teasing!

Gore team, prepare to surface!

:silly:

:hi:

thanks for posting

Let this be true!

Or even GORE/COHEN?
GORE / HAGEL

Sounds almost interesting. When he actually climbs out of his tree house, I'll sign on (unless Clark jumps in first). But until then, it's just more wishful thinking on our part.

here's his address:

Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue, Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

He'll have the whole damn world watching at once.

And he would not use that event for his own ego. I know the groups pushing him will, but he won't.

Actually feeling dizzy. Thats never happened to me online before. Thank You!!

Just the brief thought of VP Gore holding our tired Mother Earth in his caring and capable hands, even a mighty bit of an admission from VP Gore's people, made me damn near weep for the salvation of humanity.
The man brings hope to this abused and neglected planet.
Sayin a prayer..this must be true.

VP Al Gore for PEACE

Prayers up here too.

I'm trying awfully hard to earn that virtue.

I'm writing him in, anyway.

Thanks, proud2BLib. I think this sounds very promising.



Cher

but when he does--that will be the clincher for him. he'll announce publicly: i must run.

:rofl:

No, it was MY letter that clinched his decision!

that inspired me to write him. thank you. (i also sent him a copy of laura nyro's picture as she is singing save the country--and i sent him a copy of those lyrics. hope he likes laura.)

Thanks again for reintroducing her to me. It's one of those songs I had heard so many times growing up and I never paid very close attention to the lyrics until you posted them the other day.

I'll keep praying.

:hi:

I want to see more of this enthusiasm...

I was in one of those shots if there is one from Milwaukee.

Gore needs to get in to save us from four more years of Forture 500 fascism.

I can't begin to tell you how happy this would make me.

old that it is starting to fade. Gore/Anybody!

I so hope this is true! I have my bumper sticker ready for my car...RE-ELECT GORE 2008. Run Al Run!

this sounds great. I can't imagine any other reason for him to cancel for 6 months than this. With the way secrets are if someone was sick it would leak out. Just as this was leaked out that he cancelled stuff. I think Cheney is the only dude that knows how to chill his folks into keeping secrets and even those are coming out.

It would indeed be a very poor representation of an agency to tip his hand like this before he announced IMHO - however I see this as incredibly inspiring news.

A young co-worker who has conservative trends cameup to me last week and said "Do you think Al Gore is going to run?? I can't imagine voting for anyone else right now!" I'm a grown man but I felt myself getting teary eyed .. we need Al Gore badly. I hope this means what we would like it to mean.

Welcome to DU! :hi:

I tried to interview him at the Cannes Film Festival for a US radio show, but his 'people' said he wasn't doing US media. Isn't there some sort of saying that it's supposed to be foreign press that doesn't matter if you are running for president?

The trains about to roll..................yeeeeehaaaaa!!!!:evilgrin:

This sounds like a good sign. I'm almost afraid to think it, but it does sounds like it.

:woohoo: :yourock:

Run, Al, run!

Now let's see if we hear of him doing any speeches anyplace else in the next months.

Harry Walker agency must be GOOD to get Gore even though they have losers like frist and sanctorum.

I'd love to win the prize!

And a Gore candidacy would be a prize as well.

If true that's exciting news.

Thanx...

If Al would announce today, I'd send his campaign five hundred bucks.

For every month he delays, I'll drop the offer by a hundred.

$400 in July
$300 in August
$200 in September

and so on...

Easy money, Al.

No more corporate BS! No more easy money for Big Oil! No more shadow government by The Dick! Let's bring this nation back to the respectable, compassionate, forward-thinking place it used to be! We need Gore to do this - he is the right person, at the right time.

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There's no doubt in my mind that Gore would blow away the whole Dem field , and would cakewalk to the Oval Office next year ..........He's gotta' run.

have I felt this strongly about one person being so right for this country and the country needing this particular person in charge now. This guy is a great man and we would be so lucky to see him in the WH.

from the agency. However with the money involved that he looses, plus the message isn't getting out their on GWarming, This is probably the best indication of a big change we have seen from him on a Pres run.

Gore / Clark. PLEASE.

:woohoo:

You know that I hope he does (see my sig below), but I have a feeling something may have been lost in translation here.

before my heart jumps right out of my chest...Hope springs eternal...Tonight its Champaign for all on me...Pop those corks...This man is our salvation...He is the man uniquely situated to understand how to overcome the crookedness in elections. This is the letter I sent to him a few days ago...

Dear Mr. President;

There have been desperate times in the history of our republic that great men were called to the service of our country and they rose to save our republic....THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES and we the people are calling on you to come to the aid of our country. YOU ARE THE RIGHT MAN AT THE RIGHT TIME...never mind the CROOKED pug machine and the treasonous and self serving Trilateral Commission that runs it, making it near impossible for a true dem to win....A landslide will cancel all that out. AND YOU WILL COMMAND A LANDSLIDE...and will owe nothing to anyone except the people of this great country of which you are a part but then you know all that.

So please when you think the time is right, you must come to the aid of this country for I know in my heart that that is what you are contemplating. I know you will do this because you are an honorable man and your honor will demand it. When you enter you can count on all of us to send all we can and more toward your campaign. These are the most desperate of times

So I hereby thank you in advance for saving the greatest democracy that has ever lived.


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and I would do anything for him to be sure he gets elected.

He is our only real hope for a magnificent future.... but it will be hugely difficult work to fix the wreck that Bush has made of this country.

I love you Al!!


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But I'm suspect about anything I hear before 7.7.7.

Here's hoping anyway...

Dear god, what if he's sick? What if he needs that time for chemo or rehab or something?

I've always liked Al. I stuck him for him when his wife went off the deep end (a potential problem among the younger voters) and I stuck up for him when they started that "created the Internet" LIE.

Is Al the best possible candidate? No. But he's better than most of the ones we have now -- and I really like the ones we have now. Even Hillary.

My only concern about Gore running again (and WINNING again!) is that the Big Dog won't campaign for him if he beats Bill's wife in the primary. That was a big mistake last time. Bill's not in the best of shape, physically, and he's no inhuman cyborg like Dick Cheney.

Personally, I wouldn't mind a reverse Gore/Clinton ticket. I think they'd win, I think Hill'd make an excellent VP, and I think after eight years of more experience she'd make an excellent president.

Of course, where does that leave my beloved Obama and Edwards?

I don't know, but I'm more excited about our list of contenders than I've been in a long, long time.

And I'm guessing he'll want to have some chips to call in when the next president takes office. Won't have too many of those if it's Romney.

He's already stumped more times for Hillary than he did for Gore. A lot of that was Gore's campaign's decision -- the misplaced notion, even among Democrats, that we needed to "distance ourselves" from Monica Lewinsky and eight years of peace and prosperity.

I'd like to add that, while I do have a few problems with Bill's decisions in office, the good FAR outweighs the bad. Underneath my button-down shirt I'm actually wearing one of the many "I Miss Bill" t-shirts I bought at his library in Little Rock (if you get the chance: go, because it's truly well done).

As an example: The Big Dog carried Nevada both elections, and Bush won both times. All hinged on the ability to get just a FEW northern Nevada conservatives to switch sides. (or election fraud, but that's a whole 'nother thread:))

in much more danger of being painted with the same brush as Bill. Now that Bush has so effectively put Monica in perspective, Bill will be a huge asset to whomever wins the nomination. I just don't think he's the type who will want to sit the election out. Just my two cents.

that it would help (based on polls by Frank Lutz and comp- and MSM advice.)
While Gore definitely won then, operatives & pundits had too much of a say during that campaign (i.e - VP choice). I know he learned THAT lesson!

That was a statement taken out of context and twisted by the neocon spin doctors. And what incident are you referring to when Tipper "went off the deep end"? Are you talking about her wanting warning labels on profane, sexist and violent record albums that were marketed to children?

I agree that Al Gore's statement was taken out of context and horribly twisted. That's why I emphasized the word "lie" in all caps.

I LOVE Al Gore.

I'm still not too happy with Tipper, ESPECIALLY as a parent myself. Even 20 years later. The record industry never needed to monitor "profane, sexist and violent" lyrics. Parents just need(ed) to pay more attention to what their kids are listening to. That's what I meant by "going off the deep end." Hearings on Prince albums? Gimme a break. If you didn't like the lyrics, then why did you let your kids listen to them? Smacks of government intrusion, at the very least. Calling attention to the issue was one thing, but threating congressional action?

And, in my original post, I said that I STILL supported Al Gore. I think he's great.

A lot of people are still turned off by the PRMC, though, even 25 years later, and a lot more will be turned off after the youtube commercials. Just because I like him, and because he already won one election, doesn't make him perfect.

Sorry, I misread the "Internet lie" part. As far as Tipper's issue, I don't agree that what she did was 'going off the deep end', but understand your position on this, too.

...breaking through the dark, ominous clouds that first descended over
our country in 2000?

Please. Run. For the love of all that is American. RUN!!!

This post has seriously been the most positive, healing message I've read
since my tenure at DU. It gives me hope that this awful nightmare might
just have an end.

Our country needs Gore.

...how happy you've made me by posting this. Gives me hope

:hug:

canceling all public appearances for the next 6 months because he is sick and tired of people trying to read his expressions whenever they try to prompt him into giving an answer to the question, 'are you going to run?" But still I keep hoping, as the other DUers on this thread.

And people pushing him about it EVERY DAMN DAY.

Here are the latest odds you can get at www.sportsbook.com (Sportsbook - Live Odds - Exotics).

To win the Democratic Nomination

Hillary Clinton 1-1
Barack Obama 3-2
Al Gore 4-1
John Edwards 5-1
Bill Richardson 10-1
Joe Biden 15-1
Mike Gravel 50-1
Dennis Kucinich 60-1
Chris Dodd 60-1
Wesley Clark 100-1

To win the Whitehouse

Hillary Clinton 2-1
Barack Obama 7-2
Al Gore 6-1
John Edwards 8-1
Wesley Clark 20-1
Joe Biden 50-1
Bill Richardson 50-1
Chris Dodd 100-1
Mike Gravel 100-1
Dennis Kucinich 200-1

I think that Gore is keeping his options open. Hasn't made up his mind yet what he will do.

If you ask me - I think Gore-Obama would be the strongest ticket in 2008.

The best thing we can do right now is organize our own Live Earth House Parties on July 7th.

By getting behind Al Gore's current work, we can make it more likely that he will decide to run.


Let's all find ways to show our support for Al Gore! :patriot:

Visit Al's site www.algore.com and read his blog http://blog.algore.com

Get ready for Live Earth on 7/7/07: www.liveearth.org

Sign the petitions at www.algore.org and www.draftgore.com

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I think the next VP should be young enough to take over the Presidency in January 2017.

I can see Wes Clark serving as Sec of State or Sec of Defense.

Congress can make exemptions to the 10-year rule. They did it before.

Here's a much smaller diary on the blog Raising Kaine about the same 'rumor'. An update to the rumor is included.

http://www.raisingkaine.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=9141

If he's really cancelling engagements, maybe he just needs time to finish his next book.