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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:09 PM
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AL GORE speaks out on gay rights, in favor of same-sex marriage
Via current TV. Video here:

http://current.com/items/88817757_gay_men_and_women_should_have_the_same_rights

Thanks, Al, for supporting true equality for GLBT people.
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Adenoid_Hynkel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:12 PM
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1. why lord, didn't he run?
he'd blow these uninspiring centrists in our primary out of the water
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:13 PM
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2. I don't know.
I really wish he had.
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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:15 PM
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4. Still not too late...
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JFN1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:47 PM
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14. I think it is too late (missed filing date?)
But I sure wish he would have run...
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:55 PM
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27. Brokered convention
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Kittycat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:16 PM
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6. Probably didn't feel like dealing with the Clinton Spin Machine.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:02 PM
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29. everyone I wanted to run, didn't.
I am cursed.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 12:15 AM
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38. I know the feeling of that.
I am cursed too. :pals:
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dorkulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:27 PM
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37. If he was running, he probably wouldn't endorse gay marriage anyway. /nt
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:17 PM
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44. Because presidential politics sucks
he can and is doing more without it. Think of all the bullshit a president would have to deal with. (not Bush of course, but a real president) Without that burden he can focus on the issues that matter to him.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:14 PM
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3. K&R. Thanks for posting this.
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Kurovski Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:16 PM
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5. K&R. I miss the days when presidents used to live in the White House.
Thank you for posting this.
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thunder rising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:26 PM
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7. Put a fork in Al ... he's done ... get the fuck out of the way.
He ignored the highest call. After the election he'll be another ex-VP (nobody) His popularity was only propped up on the hopes he would run. Now that he has turned his back on this country, I don't want to see him again.
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IndyOp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:29 PM
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9. Dr. King said, "If you don't know how to forgive, you don't know how to love." Peace. (n/t)
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RevolutionStartsNow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:32 PM
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11. Good God. Is being President the only thing he can do?
He's done a whole lot to educate the world about the environmental disasters that are looming, and if he takes up this cause, too, more power to him. He's established himself as a respected statesman.

I wanted him to run, too, but I respect his decision and even understand it. He would not have been our President Savior. I think he can do more good from the outside.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:32 PM
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12. Thanks for pissing in a nice thread.
I'm a gay man and I appreciate Al Gore's comments.

I'm sorry that you had to laugh at this thread.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:49 PM
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15. I can't wait until you are outed for the
Edited on Tue Jan-22-08 08:52 PM by Jamastiene
troll you are, FReeper, bless your heart. :D
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:00 PM
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19. it's not all about you buzzkill.
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GOPNotForMe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:02 PM
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20. Well isn't that sweet of you.
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:02 PM
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21. You're full of it
What he is doing now is answering the highest call. If you truly think being president of this country is the highest call, you are seriously deluded.
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mondo joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:08 PM
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22. Screw that. Al Gore is speaking out for more good than any candidate for
President is managing to do.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:11 PM
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23. Whatever.
:boring:
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earth mom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 11:19 PM
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36. I'm not mad at Al because I know what the B.S. machine would have done to him.
Not only that but...

Look at all the suspicious crap going on with the Caucasus.

Look at how they are ignoring Edwards.

Those bastards would rev into overdrive if Al had decided to run.

Yes, I believed for the longest time that Al would save us.

Guess it's up to Edwards now.

Barring that, we are TOTALLY screwed.

:yoiks:
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salin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 06:12 AM
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40. good luck with that.... ("I don't want to see him again.")
I somehow doubt the Noble committee was thinking about the US presidential campaign. So get ready to turn your tv off whenever he is on, or to skip pages in magazines/newspapers. Al Gore isn't going anywhere. He has parlayed his ex VP position unlike anyone before him - and certainly doesn't fit the box that you seem to chose to put him in.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:26 PM
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8. A few years ago, Al and Tipper Gore brought out a book about families.
They both wrote it...and Tipper took some wonderful pictures of the families they encountered.

And...there were same-sex families. Families, with 2 dads or 2 moms, with their children. And it was clear that the Gores thought that those families were just as honorable, just as loving, as the hetrosexual ones.

All I can say is: thank you Al and Tipper Gore. And thank you, Al, for your remarks.
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:15 PM
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25. Yes, Joined At The Heart, and The Spirit of Family
Great books, highly recommended.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:32 PM
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10. Al is still my candidate
I don't blame him for staying out of this mess. He'll be back.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:42 PM
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13. I wish I could give him a big big huge hug.
That made my day.

Al Gore is a kind, caring soul.
:patriot:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:56 PM
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16. With affection and respect to Al . . . thank you from the bottom of my heart.
THIS is what a non-pandering affirmation for equality sounds like!
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FredScuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 03:38 PM
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43. And look.....not a gospel singer in sight!
Big Ups to Al Gore
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:58 PM
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17. Al & Tipper Gore.
The best in America.
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 08:59 PM
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18. Recommending for a truly great human being...
And in total agreement with his words. As I wrote in his thread, love should be rewarded not penalized in this world. Thank you Nobel laureate Gore for being such an integral part of the American and human debate and standing up for all people.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:11 PM
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24. Bravo, Al Gore!
:applause:
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rjones2818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:39 PM
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26. He's gonna endorse Kucinich!!!!
:evilgrin:

Go Dennis! :woohoo:
http://dennis4president.com
Vote your conscience, choose peace!
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 09:59 PM
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28. Yet another reason to lament (but respect) his decision not to run.....
.... He's the only candidate whose potential run got me excited. The others? I'll vote for the nominee but not with tons of enthusiasm.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:09 PM
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30. What a beautiful Statesman.
"What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions." - Aristotle.
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:36 PM
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31. I love that quotation, and it fits perfectly.
Thanks, Jack. :hug:
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:59 PM
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35. It's a perfect fit for this gentleman.
:hug: :pals:
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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:40 PM
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32. He's still my first choice. n/t
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teleharmonium Donating Member (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:49 PM
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33. thanks Al
It's welcome, and still too rare, to hear a major party figure come out on the right side of this moral issue.
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troubleinwinter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-22-08 10:54 PM
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34. Yesyesyesyesyes!! Truth and thought spoken by a truly great man.
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eridani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 05:22 AM
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39. Coming around to a position Kucinich has held for years
First Al gets on board with single payer, and now marriage equality. What next? I think it's great--who knows how far he might go following Kucinich's lead?
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 03:03 PM
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41. Kicked for enlightenment, recommended for compassion
Thanks for the thread, Harvey Korman.
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dbackjon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-23-08 03:29 PM
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42. Awesome - thanks AL!!
I may still write in his name on Feb 5th. He was my candidate.
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