Looking back: Gore was acted like real mother in King Solomon story

[Justice]

you know, the one where Solomon has to decide which of two woman is the real mother of a baby.

Like the real mother about her child, Gore had the concern of his whole country at heart. Gore preferred to see his country alive and well in someone's care (Bush's) than to have only half a country.

When the appropriate time came, real love for America was displayed by Gore, even at the expense of his political career and legacy. Bush showed (and continues to show) he will willing to tear the country in two just to win.

I imagine Gore is heartsick today over the depths that we have sunk to in this country.

[Pirate Smile]

1. Bush chose to lead through polarization instead of consensus.

He was willing to divide and inflame the country if it kept him in power.

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[Melodybe]

4. Agreed I weep that I did not vote for Gore in 2000

I was robbed by the media of getting to vote for a worthy man.

I'll never forgive myself or the media.

[mithnanthy]

3. You are correct...

I truly admire everything he tried to do for our country. I'd vote for him again, in a heartbeat.

[PurgedVoter]

5. Sadly our judges did not have the wisdom

They gave the baby to the wrong parent. That parent is eating the poor waif.

[autorank]

6. I think Al Gore is a first rate thinker and human being...

This was part of it. The other part was the total weakness of his supporting cast. He should have gotten Alan Dershowitz to run his legal strategy for starters, Dershowitz knew about the 'felon' purge and that was a strong legal and public case. He knew, however, that he had a vile Quisling as a VP who gave up before any one asked. And Ed Rendel caved too (the DNC guy, a real turn coat). How do you fight a war when the generals are all hiding in their tents or toasting the opposition.

LIEberman is odious. The rest of the Democrats caved. Clinton was a total wimp. The AG could have acted but didn't. We let them steal it, we the people and our leaders. That's the way the cookie/country crumbles/crumbled.

[CottonBear]

7. My dream ticket: Al Gore and Elizabeth Edwards w/Carter as SoS.

I can dream. can't I? Wesley Clarke would be Sec. of Defense and Bill Clinton would be posted to the UN.

[mithnanthy]

8. Yes, you can dream

And I'll join ya! What a great line-up. We need to place Dennis Kucinich in a good position also.

[CottonBear]

10. Dennis Kucinich could be Secretary of Labor.

We'd bring back Gov. Bill Richardson too! Maybe Bruce Babbitt could be Secretary of the Interior again. Of course, we need to find a job for Walter Mondale too! Maybe Hillary Clinton could work on health care issues (again but more successfully!) :)

[flpoljunkie]

9. Agree, but Gore campaign ought to have asked for statewide recount,

rather than cherry picking four Democratic counties. More Democrats being cautious and, in the end, again making the wrong choice--as Gore would have won with a statewide recount. There were Florida advisors urging to do exactly that, but the beltway advisors prevailed.

[eridani]

11. I heard that some of his advisers told him to do that--

--he should have listened. Standing up for the voters, even in districts that tended against him, would have gone down very well everywhere.