Call me fickle - Al Gore '08 - here's why...

[burythehatchet]

His credibility on global warming issues

His credibility on alternative energy

His character as evidenced by not fading away after having the election stolen

He is bulletproof against Rove's bullshit

He knows the inner workings of DC but now he's considered an outsider

NO DLC consultants

No Donna Brazierre

Grass roots support all the way


The world can't wait
Al Gore '08

[AtomicKitten]

1. Do you have a link for a bumper sticker?

[burythehatchet]

2. You like? I just made it up

I'll have it in my cafepress shop momentarily

[AtomicKitten]

3. sweeeeeeeet

[burythehatchet]

11. here ya go

http://www.cafepress.com/burythehatchet.51065672

[AtomicKitten]

27. I just ordered it.

Thanks a brazilion.

[wordpix2]

38. nice job, love it!

[durrrty libby]

4. He is my #1 pick.

He has fire in his belly. Someone please fan the flame.

[ZanZaBar]

5. I like Al Gore, but

he BLEW IT in 2000. Lieberman?? I mean, come on! LIEBERMAN?!?!?!?!?!?!

[burythehatchet]

16. DLC

'nuff said

[hexola]

6. Back On Track

Dont forget Tipper - Every CD with "Fuck" on it now has a warning sticker on it thanks to her efforts. A bigger moral victory than anything the GOP has ever gained. And goes along way to endearing them to a more conservative crowd.

[ZanZaBar]

7. Naughty language is the least of the problems facing this country

[Pirate Smile]

9. Who cares? I buy them for myself - like Green Day's American Idiot

but I wouldn't want my 8 year old to get a CD and then find out it has explicit language on it.

It is a friggin sticker. It is for parents. If you are buying your own CD's, who gives a sh#$.

[hexola]

10. Not trying to start a debate!!!

Talking about the appeal of a candidate to nation of diverse views...

Not the wrong or right of stickers on records...

[Pirate Smile]

13. Ahhh. I gotcha now. The Tipper bashers come out in force occasionally

and I wish we could just let it go.

I reread your post and now see exactly where you were coming from and I agree. I must of skimmed it too fast.

:hi:

[Pirate Smile]

14. Dupe

whoops

[wordpix2]

39. hey, Tipper could help win the "Christian culture" vote- would be sweet

[BillZBubb]

8. I would like to see Gore run.

But, I don't think your points are all correct. For instance, I don't think Gore is bulletproof against Rove (or the rights') bullshit. They'll still mock him as wooden and an elitist, etc. It will still stick with the sheeple. They'll still call him an extremist and it will stick with the sheeple. When he mops up the floor of a Repug in a debate, they'll call him an "pushy intellectual" and the sheeple will bleat in unison.

Still, if he can avoid the DLC, the handlers, and the Donna Brazilles of the world, he's got a good shot.

[burythehatchet]

12. Have to remember, Rove is a bacterial infection

once you get infected and survive, you're innoculated.

[Warpy]

15. No DLC consultants?

Sure, he broke away from the assholes as soon as the election was stolen from him, licked his wounds for a few months, and then came out swinging, but what makes you think he won't accept the "help" from those corporate lobbyists turned DLC "handlers" again?

I'm afraid we need someone who is building his own organization and will be in a position to tell those lobbyists to go pound sand when they turn up to manage his campaign.

The last thing we need is another timid campaign that's afraid of offending the nutballs and another stupid do nothing platform cribbed from the DLC website.

If Gore can deliver that, I'll wave a flag and be all for him. If not, forget it.

[burythehatchet]

18. He has clearly broken away from the establishment

Howrad Dean wants to break away from the corporate money. The $20 donations WILL fund his campaign.

[1932]

34. Because the establishment knows he'll never win or because he's

gone through a late-life conversion to liberalism?

IMO, there isn't much farther Gore could go right without having to switch parties.

[ldf]

35. try that line where someone will believe it

that's crap, and you know it.

:grr:

[1932]

36. I recommend two books for you:

Arthur Levitt's book on his time as Clinton's SEC Chairman and Joe Stieglitz's Roaring Nineties.

[NYCGirl]

32. Gore has said, "If I run again, I'll let it rip"

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2002/06/29/gore-retreat.htm

[valerief]

17. Gore-Feingold ticket?

[burythehatchet]

19. Hell yeah!

[rfkrfk]

20. global warming is fading as an issue

to me, global warming is a lot like the weather,
people gripe, but don't do anything

[valerief]

21. I think the rising tides and migrating animal populations and change

in vegetation will do it for us.

[burythehatchet]

22. Must disagree

By this time next year global warming will be THE issue. All the studies are raising the red flags and no one has more cred on this than Gore. His documentary is coming out later this year on that very issue. This is his ace.

[rfkrfk]

24. global warming seems like a one-person issue

that person would be Gore.

Few others, {in the political leadership}
seem to be willing to spend any 'political goodwill'
on global warming.

[burythehatchet]

25. And when exactly have the political leadership

led on ANY issue? It should be clear that "we the people" are driving the debate now. Name one thing that government has done in the past five and a half years that reflects the legitimate concerns of the people.

In my opinion, Leadership, with a capital L, is about bringing issues that matter to the forefront. Politicians bring issues that matter to their cronies to the forefront.

[rfkrfk]

29. global warming, more 'hot potato' than 'hot button'

the possums in the US Senate are doing a great job
of issue avoidance

[NYCGirl]

33. Tell that to the people who are dreading the next hurricane season. NT

[Southsideirish]

23. The bunion on Al's left pinkie toe is more courageous than all Senate

Dem's put together. Feingold one exclusion.

[burythehatchet]

26. Al had a choice after 2000. He chose the road

to redemption. He gives me hope now.

[Steely_Dan]

28. Gore's Campaign Slogan:

"Re-elect Al Gore"

-P

[wordpix2]

40. nice! "Re-Elect Al Gore in '08, World Can't Wait"

[LittleClarkie]

30. No leadership PAC... no fundraising... no announcement

If he's gonna do it, he needs to get a move on. We don't want him to "Clark" himself by getting to late a start.

[burythehatchet]

31. I don't feel he needs to do anything until after the mid-terms

The dynamic could change significantly.

[wiggs]

37. I'm down with that. nt

[realFedUp]

41. I like him and would support him also.

Just hope he gets better advice on a Veep candidate.

[burythehatchet]

42. I don't think Joe will be getting the call.