If the party turns to Al Gore at the convention ...

[Alhena]

I hope they handle it like in professional wrestling when a superstar unexpectedly comes out of retirement and shows up to do battle. The convention will be deadlocked, with Hillary and Obama supporters yelling at each other and neither candidate winning on the first ballot. And then all of a sudden techno music starts playing, strobe lights start flashing, and Al Gore highlights start playing on the Jumbotron. People wonder "could it possibly be true?" and then Al Gore bursts out to a huge pyrotechnic display. The crowd goes nuts, and we're headed towards victory in November.

I've got two more posts left today.

[XemaSab]

1. I could support that under one condition:

Richardson has to be dressed like a luchador. :patriot:

[silverweb]

2. That would be some spectacle!

But I really don't think it's gonna happen.

[lapfog_1]

3. As much as I love Al Gore... and I do think he is tops

There are many reasons why this would be a bad idea.

Starting with the fact that the convention is only 9 weeks from the election. 9 weeks.

[PetraPooh]

18. And ending with the fact that he is clearly singularly focused these days, in a way that

would put off many of the independents and legitimate crossover republicans. BAD idea all the way around, he has lost as much respect with the non-greenies as Obama has gained with so many over the past year or so.

[cali]

4. Fuck that delusional crap

Oh and no way will I vote for Gore if he was actually drafted. I'm militantly against it. I'll vote for Clinton if by some chance she's the nominee, but I won't support such undemocratic bullshit as giving the nomination to someone who didn't receive a single vote.

[Shae]

6. agree

The two remaining candidates have worked their asses off for the better part of a year.
And the nomination would be handed out as a "prize" for someone who hasn't lifted a finger for it?
No way. Never. Never. NEVER.

[merwin]

8. Didn't he already win an election once?

That should seal the deal :)

[cali]

15. Sorry. He hasn't won a vote in this one

and that was 8 years ago. It's ancient history to many voters and i you don't think the SDs don't know that a lot o voters feel like I do, you're fooling yourself.

[still_one]

22. but if no one gets enough votes on the first round, then it is open isn't it?

Don't misunderstand me, with superdelegates that most likely won't happen, but if it did, then it is possible Gore's name could be submitted for subsequent votes at the convention I believe

[krkaufman]

34. There's not much difference really...

... in Gore receiving the nomination than Clinton. Sen. Clinton can only win the nomination by the superdelegates subverting the will of the voters, so it's only marginally different from Gore winning the nomination the same way -- *plus*, Hillary herself has already advocated that the superdelegates exercise judgment in selecting the nominee and not strictly adhering to the pledged delegate distribution.

[still_one]

5. After the way the country has misrepresented Gore and Obama,

ridiculed Dean, swift-boated Kerry, killed John, Bobby, and Martin Luther King, they don't deserve anyone with a vision of hope for the future. They deserve to wallow in the cesspool that they have created, not only economically, but through wars based on lies

Of course, I hope the country is given another chance, and doesn't blow the opportunity, but it seems the only way we learn is if we pay for it

[crispini]

7. Okay, that made me laugh. nt

[azmouse]

9. Wake up.

That won't happen.

[Mike03]

10. Gore was my favorite as well, but this kind of thinking is just a distraction.

Gore does not want to be the President. He's made that clear.

We can recruit him or draft him, but we do so at our own peril, because he has his own fish to fry, and they are not the issues that concern us.

This draft Gore movement, as much as I was obsessed with a Gore presidency 9 months ago, is a dangerous fantasy. Dangerous to Al Gore, dangerous to us.

[totodeinhere]

11. Why turn to Gore when we already have a great candidate?

With all due respect to Al Gore, a man whom I admire and who won in 2000, Gore had the chance to run and he decided not to. So why turn to him when Obama has been working his heart out for the past year? Obama deserves it. Gore does not.

[jackson_dem]

14. If needed to unite the party Gore is the obvious first choice

Gore deserves the White House having been robbed of the presidency. No one else can claim they "deserve" it.

[totodeinhere]

17. In that case I think Edwards is the obvious choice.

At least he took the trouble to run. Of course, what happened to Gore in 2000 was one of history's greatest travesties, but now it's time to move on.

[PetraPooh]

19. Not obvious to me, Kerry would be more of a uniter and was equally robbed.

[LWolf]

16. Because there is no candidate left

who is even "marginally tolerable as long as I hold my nose and put my blinders on," let alone "great."

[nsd]

12. No.

The nomination of our party is decided by the people who vote in the primaries and caucuses, by ordinary people -- not by the party "elite".

Al Gore would be a great president, but he did not put himself out there this year. He did not run. Obama and Clinton ran. One of them should be the nominee.

[LWolf]

13. I'd cheer myself hoarse, and FINALLY

have something to celebrate in the political arena.

[woolldog]

20. lol

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

21. "Please, southern white savior! Save us from that black man!"

Yeah ... let's just let that Racist Genie all the way out of the box. :eyes:

I really get nauseated with the subliminal race-baiting and pandering to the bigot bloc. A HUGE part of my adamantly independent (anti-partisan) liberal stance was my exposure to the party politics of the 60s in the south ... and all over. I lived in George Wallace's Alabama. I lived in Apartheid Detroit. I was born during a "race riot" and lived in the 'inner city' during the 1967 Detroit "race riots" and declaration of martial law. As a white male, I've had to deal with folks who've assumed I was of like mind(lessness) and, once they confronted my opposition, been called a 'n____-lover' ... and I'm sick of it long, long ago.

Gore's a decent fellow. I'd hate to see him make such a mistake.

[krkaufman]

37. wow. That's a bit of a leap.

How would Gore becoming the nominee over both Clinton and Obama be strictly racist? At a minimum, you should have also summoned the Sexist Genie from the bottle.

And then there are those that simply view Gore as the most prominent, accomplished, experienced Democratic leader aside from Bill Clinton (who can't run again). He's the best of Hillary and Obama wrapped-up in one -- except for a slight difference between Gore and Obama on the inspirational speaker front.

Personally, I take the OP as a joke (having posted a similar thread earlier today, for fun).

[Nexus7]

23. Why exactly Al Gore, loser of 2000?

After 8 years of Bill Clinton, with the election in the bag, Al Gore had to go out there and "be his own man." Are we going to invite that kind of stupidity on us again?

[musicblind]

24. That was one of the most entertaining posts I have read all day.

I may be a Hillary supporter but gosh darnit if I don't enjoy some professional wrasslin'!

and seriously, if it is what is needed to heal after this mess. I have no problem with Al Gore as president. The more I think about it the more realize it kicks SOOOO much butt. He's one of the smartest men on the planet. Boy did we miss this boat back in 2000. Damn we coulda been sailin' on a Royal Caribbean first class Freedom of the Seas Fun Ship! Instead we choose to bum a ride on the McBush Titanic. :(

[Joe the Revelator]

25. That would be fucking awesome...

[shadowknows69]

26. And Jim Ross starts yelling

[Joe the Revelator]

27. "IT'S ABOUT TO BE A REAL SLOBBERKNOCKER HERE

[musicblind]

29. He's whippin' him like a government MULE!

BBQ SAUCE, BBQ SAUCE!














-- I love JR.

[greyghost]

28. I would bet even money that Al's phone has been ringing at 3 in

the morning.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

30. Yeah, But Then Barack Needs To Run Up And Hit Him Over The Head With A Chair, While Hillary Jumps On

his back.

Then, as Hillary accidentally gets hit by the chair as well, barack stares at her in awe and mouths "I'm sorry!". Then, while distracted, Al clotheslines his ass and finishes walking up to the stage.

[krkaufman]

31. I'm howling.

And can your third post be a wish for three more posts?

[Johnny__Motown]

32. No, it won't be deadlocked. Obama will win the pledged delegates and the SD will not overturn that

This should all be over by mid June

[Johnny__Motown]

33. double post, delete

[Skoods]

35. HAHAHA

Thanks for a good laugh and an interesting picture in my head during this time of dismay for the Democratic party.

[IDemo]

36. Good gawd it must be Spring, the Gore threads are coming up like dandelions again

And they are about as welcome, I might add. It is pure fantasy, and not very good fantasy at that, to believe that supporters of either candidate would simply drop them like yesterday's dirty laundry if Gore were to expect the nomination after zero investment of time, effort, or money.

[quakerboy]

38. so what would be his special trademark move?