my freak flag is flying high for AL GORE

[nashville_brook]

ah saturday morning...



getting my FREAK on



those were the days; sunshine daydream etc...



INSTEAD OF THE NIGHTMARE WE FIND OURSELVES IN



2000 stolen dreams. what a difference ONE VOTE



what a difference ONE YARD



the GENTLE GIANTS of Tennessee



WILL HAVE THEIR COMEBACK SEASON



when we get PAPER BALLOTS!

[ms liberty]

1. Now THAT is a President! Gore/Anyone in '08! n/t

[NYCGirl]

Lordy, lordy! Especially those two B&W shots. What a gorgeous man!

You might almost say "gore-geous"! No wonder Tipper fell in love with him. And he's brilliant, too.

[nashville_brook]

4. GORE-geous! i love it!

i've always had a "celebrity" crush on al. he's a beautiful man with that roman nose and towering build. the tennessee gentleness and his great big brain. i just love him. he's a great role-model.

[Snotcicles]

25. Now find something nice to say about George W. Binge. n/t

[nashville_brook]

32. omg -- i have never seen George W. Binge

HAR!

[FreedomAngel82]

37. Most definitley

:loveya: I've always said us democrats have some of the hottest guys.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

42. Hell, yeah! n/t

[Lisa]

49. don't forget his sense of humor!

I've always thought that dignity and the ability to laugh at oneself are quite the intriguing combination.


This actually is Al Gore, heard at the end of this song ...

http://www.cartoonbank.com/newyorker/slideshows/040913algore.html


An explanation:

http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040913fa_fact

[WritingIsMyReligion]

39. Whew! Gotta love those shots!

I'm getting myself an eyeful here, especially of the B&W.... yee-haw! Go Gore!

:silly: Nice pics!

[yellowdogintexas]

80. Tipper took those black and whites nt

[VolcanoJen]

2. Thank you for that.

:loveya:

[nashville_brook]

3. whoever votee, thanky

everyone needs to see the real AL -- these pics are tipper's and really capture him without the layer of crap the freaking PR establishment keeps heaping on him.

let al be al and he'll be fine.

so fine.

[New Earth]

5. wow

that second pic of Gore is HOT :o

[CatBoreal]

6. My Gods...

He looks like Mickey Rourke before he screwed up his face!

DAMN! That's hot!

[nashville_brook]

8. a little elvis too.

that curled lip smile -- be still my heart.

[nashville_brook]

14. al pacino in air force two

can you imagine pacino playing gore in the hollywood version of stolen 2000?!

wow. have that come out during the slow movie months before the general election. holy cow. it might bring back the divine right of kings.

[nashville_brook]

15. jeff goldblum in The Fly after he gets all animalistic

jeff goldblum could play a lumpen intellectual sympathetic al gore Hollywood version of 2000.

[genieroze]

16. That's Gore, OOOOooooooh whadda man.

Gotta be fair here is one of Bush

You pick

[bee]

19. roflmao!!!!!

:spray: good one. :rofl:

[nashville_brook]

22. that pic of boy W makes me want to hurl

he looks insane.

[bee]

27. IS insane. ;-) n/t

[CatBoreal]

23. EEEEEWWWWW....

Georgie Porgie looks like a total geek! (apologies to geeks everywhere - I married one after all) But not the brainy types, the ones who would run around, snapping women's bra straps because they they thought it was funny and cool? Kind of like Himey from the old Frantics routines.

And what's with the cro-magnon monobrow????

[nashville_brook]

26. to me he looks like the trust fund trash that he is -- you know the kind

frat boy bully. coke head. never had a creative thought and never allowed creative thought around him. the kind of guy who beat up skaters. my friends.

[Im with Rosey]

47. Trust-Fund Trash!

I love it, can I use it?

[FreedomAngel82]

40. He reminds me

of the character Stiffler in American Pie. Heh heh. Of course at the end of the third movie Stiffler sort of grows up a little bit. Bush hasn't at all.

[Lisa]

50. I think that's more of a dork than a geek ...

I've dated 2 geeks (and work with a whole building full of them) and Bush just doesn't have that innate spark of curiosity which seems to characterize a geek -- the techie "braniac" you mentioned, or the artistic, or philosophical types.

[drummo]

61. Don't insult geeks. I am one.

[CatBoreal]

76. Hey, I married one....

and love him to pieces.

The term 'Dork' eluded me. That's exactly what he looks like.

Again, apologies to all geeks out there.

[FreedomAngel82]

38. No contest hon

What was up with Bush's hair? Didn't he own a comb? :eyes: Give me Al anyday.

[SammyWinstonJack]

41. No contest, in every way.

[Castilleja]

53. bush looks like Horshak.

And, damn his eyebrow looks like a overhanging ledge with ferns growing on it! Squirrely!

[loudsue]

64. boosh looks like a serial killer....Ted Bundy type....

Al looks....., well,

Al looks hotter than Texas asphalt.


:kick::kick::kick:

[sickinohio]

78. He doesn't look like a Ted Bundy type -

he actually looks like he's Bundy's Twin!!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

65. Isn't that Ted Bundy in the first pic?

[SaveAmerica]

68. W looks like Eddie Haskell, gee you look lovely today Mrs. Cleaver

Slimy liar, he could never tell everyone saw through his smarmy lies either.

[Kahuna]

82. bush looks like a psycho in that picture.

:scared:

[nashville_brook]

7. he's is totally HOT -- can't understand why they don't let him let it FLY

[AlGore-08.com]

21. Don't forget - - The Kiss!

After that, all through the 2000 campaign, Gore and Tipper would get a huge hand when they'd kiss on stage, no matter how light the kiss was.

At a Michigan rally on Oct. 29, 2000, Tipper was introducting Gore and the crowd started chanting "KISS HIM! KISS HIM! KISS HIM!" She laughed and said "You want me to kiss him?" and the crowd roared "YES!!". So she kissed him - - and the crowd went nuts.



They kissed again at the 2004 Dem convention and brought the House down...

[nashville_brook]

29. The Kiss reminds me totally of when me and hubby got married

we "just did it." didn't have any money or anything. my mother couldn't be there -- it was almost like eloping except we'd been together almost 10 years.

when it came time to kiss the bride -- you know how you're supposed to be cool and just do a little fake kiss -- john grabbed me and we just had so much emotion welled up we totally forgot people were there. kinda embarrassing, but i can totally imagine the emotional welling of the convention...the hope, anxiety and knowledge of all that depended on victory -- THE KISS, i saw as totally human. all too human for some. may they one day find their freak.

[FreedomAngel82]

43. It's so cute!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

44. Never thought I'd be jealous of Tipper Gore...

...but woo--ee!

[Lisa]

57. the two of them did a very funny spoof of this, for the SNL episode

... which Al hosted.


In the sketch, Al is so intent on kissing Tipper that Tracy Morgan has to zap him with a taser, so he doesn't suffocate her!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

85. LOL Woulda paid to have seen that! n/t

[Lisa]

88. that episode got limited release on DVD

It was distributed to people in the industry who were voting on the Emmy Awards -- so copies sometimes turn up on eBay. Search under "gore" (or "phish") and SNL. That's how I got mine ...

[bee]

9. totally.

adding:
Im never going to be able to look at him the same again. lol.
thanks to the OP for the pics. excellent.

[nashville_brook]

13. this tennessee girl never has always seen him this way -- it's his rep

what the DLC did to him was unforgivable.

[bee]

17. agreed.

The thing about Al is that Ive always gotten the feeling that deep-down hes an incredible person. I sooooooo hope he decides to run again. :loveya:

[nashville_brook]

20. the "experts" of political king making need to STEP ASIDE

i've heard the DLC doesn't want a GORE run b/c they can't imagine the narrative. they have no imagination. we need imagination. vision. grace.

we need to DO A STEADY FOR AL

it was rightfully his and he is the only philosopher-king we have. everyone else is a worker bee -- bought out. we need THE SECOND COMING.

a messaiah?

a hero?

superman?

it's gonna take some major shitkicking to clean up georgie boy's mess.

[FreedomAngel82]

45. If Al does run again

I think he could be our version of FDR.

[Turn CO Blue]

74. The Presidency is rightfully Gore's. Totally agree.

High time for "what should have been" to line up with "what is".

[laruemtt]

i'm SO ready! let's

return Gore to his rightful office - the presidency! Gore / Clark in 2008!

beautiful pix - thanks.

[nashville_brook]

12. hmmm -- never thought of clark as a running mate.

wouldn't it be great to skip primaries and just go out with a ticket. it would scare the hell out of any last remaining repubs.

they are gonna have to steal 2008 by absurd margins if GORE runs.

[renate]

91. be still my heart

That would be one good-looking ticket, boy howdy.

[nashville_brook]

18. GORE/CLINTON -- AL-ILLERY

???

[gulfcoastliberal]

10. What a guy! Words fail me. Thanks Sandra Oconner, you whore.

Al Rocks! Al in 08!

[nashville_brook]

11. it's sick, isn't it? --- so sad that he played the overtime of 2000 by the

rules -- the other team didn't. his handlers need some schooling. THIS IS A LEADER. no tweaking necessary.

paper ballots.
free access to voting.
kill the poll tax.

[Kazak]

24. NBG!!!

Nominated.

[kansan]

28. shaving lather

Be still my heart!

[nashville_brook]

30. hey! welcome to DU kansan!

thank you for your third post... :)

i'm such a groupie for al. i think he's a very rare kinda man. the kinda person grown of rural family where the life of mind was as important as getting the cows fed and the tobacco cured.

[alittlelark]

31. I hadn't seen a few of those pictures!

Damn, he's hot! Hot and smart!

Al Gore '08!!!

[nashville_brook]

33. you what kinda cracks me up is seeing Conyers "say"

"Damn, he's hot!..."

:) same for bongo

[randr]

34. REELECT AL GORE!

[tinrobot]

35. I love, Love, LOVE that man

Did I mention I love him?

His speech was incredible last night in LA. Everyone MUST go see his movie when it's released.

Re-elect AL Gore!

[novak goes postal]

36. Great Pic's THANK YOU a Great Leader

[TNMOM]

46. where did you get those photos?!

He looks great. I would vote for him again.

[nashville_brook]

62. all these photos are from a wonderful book Tipper did... "Picture This"

they are all her photos. she's really an AMAZING photographer!

all the proceeds from the sale of the book went to the National Health Care for the Homeless Council headquartered here in Nashville.

[blue neen]

48. Whoa. Those are some al-licious pictures.

:yourock: Thanks!

But, I think I like the last one the best. That picture shows us his soul.

[Castilleja]

51. What a neat post!

Handsome guy. Competent guy...

[Z_I_Peevey]

52. We have to figure out a way to get this man in the White House

where he belongs.

[dpbrown]

54. I saw President-elect Gore in St. Paul talking about global warming

Man, that was the most powerful presentation I've ever seen on global warming.

I voted for him in 2000, and I'd vote for him again.

Nice work, Al.

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[Field Of Dreams]

55. Bush looks likes a young Ted Bundy above.

eom

[spuddonna]

56. whoa... I'd never seen most of those pics! What a handsome man!

Tipper, holy cats! :) You are a LUCKY lady!

Ok, I love him for his mind too... (Can I love him for his mind with his shirt off?)

You know, I've seen early pics of Dean and he is hot too!

Why do the young male dems look so yummy?
And vice versa, why do so many of the young repugs look like snotheads?

I am, of course, overgeneralizing... I'm sure many young repugs look like douchebags also... :D

[AlGore-08.com]

58. Some more fun photos

With his daughter Sarah


In his Vice Presidential office


Another one Tipper took - - he's speaking with Jimmy Carter (then in North Korea) on one phone and National Security adviser Tony Lake during the North Korean nuclear crisis of 1994

[Mabus]

66. But, but, but

that's not a very good photo-op. Bush knows you can't look like you're working unless you're wearing the appropriate outfit, have appropriated the right people for props and the lighting is appropriate. :sarcasm:


*****

Actually they are great pictures. Thanks for sharing.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

86. Ahhhh....

...how peaceful! How delightful!

Ahhh...

:loveya:

[drummo]

59. What's written on his face on the river picture?

And why is it there?
And when was that pic shot?

[AlGore-08.com]

63. "Live To Paddle" and the other side said "Paddle To Live"

Karenna painted them as "Good Luck Mottoes" on his face during a white water rafting vacation on the Colorado river. There's no date in the text, but it has to be from 1996 at the latest.

[Tatiana]

60. Damn, that man is fine!

Gore/Clark '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[wakemewhenitsover]

67. RE-ELECT PRESIDENT GORE!

[drummo]

69. I think Al will hate to see how disappointed we'll be

if he doesn't run.

But what if he really doesn't run? Will you forget him? Or hate him?

[AlGore-08.com]

71. He's already proved that he fights the good fight out of office

Why should we forget him, he'll still be fighting for us?

And we already lived through one cycle where he didn't run. You see any hate here? You see us forgetting him?

[drummo]

72. It's different now.

There was no such great demand for Gore before 2004. At least not here on DU. Same is true to Kos.
Now he beats everyone. Hillary, Clark you name it.
Don't you think if after this he doesn't run people will feel he let them down?

[AlGore-08.com]

73. But there was a great demand for Gore before 2004

Until he dropped out in 2002, he was the front runner for the 2004 nomination. National polls gave Gore a 30 point lead on every Dem who did run, and a 20 point lead on HRC.

[Kahuna]

83. We will just have to draft him AND Wes Clark in 2008.... The only

reason I believe Gore didn't run last time is because the big money people let him know that they would not back him. WE proved that we the people can and will fund the candidate of OUR choosing. Gore saw that with the Dean movement. He won't have the hesitation this time.

I was talking to a repuke last Sunday from Ohio. Who basically acknowledged that * is a dissapointment, but doesn't see any leadership potential from the Dems. I said to him, what would this country look like now if Wes Clark had won? And what about Al Gore? This would this would be a far different and better country if Gore were in office. He begrudgingly nodded in agreement.

DRAFT GORE/CLARK in 2008. We'll do a two-fer this time around.

[SammyWinstonJack]

90. Haven't forgotten him so far and I could never hate him.

I hope he runs, I voted for him in 2000 and would do so again, in a heartbeat!

[BrklynLiberal]

84. That is a great bumper sticker!!!!

I think Gore/Clark '08 is a winning combination.

[Tennessee Gal]

70. In person he is even better looking!

The man is absolutely drop dead gorgeous!

:loveya:

[Turn CO Blue]

75. Bookmarking for these amazing pics of Al Gore

[sickinohio]

77. Wow -

Does anyone remember the speech he made for MoveOn? I have that on CD. What a powerful speech that was!!

GORE/(Clinton?) 08!!

[yellowdogintexas]

79. wow, wonderful wonderful

The fury and frustration that radiated from him when he went down to evac the critically ill to Tennessee was so very evident.

Truly we need this man!

[GetTheRightVote]

81. After reading about his assistance to the Katrina victims, I vote Gore !

Any day of the week, he would be my man, he would come to our rescue !! And he voted against the war in Iraq, he fought for his right to be president and it was stolen from him. I believe he is our man to pick up the pieces that will be left behind GW.

:kick:

He is our Phoenix (from the fire).

[ourbluenation]

87. damnation - what an effing hunk of burning love and a brain to boot!

the best combination....come on Al - run, run, run!

[Mob Mama]

89. I met him around the timing of that last pic....

and now I get why my granny used to swoon over him all the time. He rocks!

[confludemocrat]

92. Al Gore looks like a giant among pygmies. Think he'll run

Now be ready to defend him all out from the sure attacks.

[Uncle Joe]

93. Well said. n/t