Newsweek: Gore vs Hillary in 08

[ourbluenation]

Gore Redux
The former veep is refusing to play overt campaign politics. But could his focus on the environment be his ticket to the presidency?

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Gore told NEWSWEEK that he’s in the middle of a campaign, but it’s not a campaign for a candidate. “Been there, done that,” he said. Nobody believes him. By not playing the overt political game, Gore may be putting in place the first issue-driven campaign of the 21st century, one that is premised on a big moral challenge that is becoming more real with soaring gas prices and uncertain oil supplies. A senior Democrat who once ran for the White House himself but harbors no illusions the party will turn to him in 2008 looks at Gore and marvels, “This guy is running the best campaign I’ve seen for president.”

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Whether he is or isn’t running almost doesn’t matter. Gore has the luxury of waiting until late in the political season to announce. He has universal name recognition, a proven ability to raise money, and he can tap into the MoveOn.org machinery to launch a grass-roots campaign. Unlike front runner Hillary Clinton, there is no doubt about where Gore stands and what he believes in. He opposed the Iraq war, he was against the Patriot Act and he spoke out forcefully against President Bush’s torture policies and warrantless eavesdropping. Gore has become the darling of the left, yet global warming is not, or shouldn’t be, a partisan issue. The days when the first President Bush mocked Gore as “Ozone Man” are over, relegated to the dustbin of history. Conservative evangelical Christians see themselves as stewards of the earth. When asked at a screening of his film in Washington this week what he would say to Bush’s claim that global warming needs further study, Gore quipped, “I hope he finds the real killer,” adding quickly, “I shouldn’t have said that.”

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Once you’re bitten by the presidential bug, you stay bitten. The only cure is formaldehyde. This is his Richard Nixon remake. “He would get in if the timing’s right,” says a Democratic strategist. “The question is—is he willing to challenge ?” That’s a question not even Gore seems to be able to answer.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12535070/site/newsweek/

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i.love.the.al.

[derby378]

1. The question of "Gore vs. Hillary" may be moot...

...once Russ Feingold throws his hat into the ring.

[KaryninMiami]

5. I'd be fine- VERY FINE with a Gore -Feingold ticket.

That would in fact, make me (and many other people)very happy. Think if enough of us started writing now we'd have a shot at making it happen? I'm game!

(PS I spoke to Gore when he was in Miami and asked what we could do to inspire him to run. He said "I'm not really thinking about that right now but thank you so much for asking". I took that to mean - not saying no)

[electropop]

16. Gore/Feingold, Gore/Boxer, Gore Conyers...

All OK by me!

[iconoclastNYC]

11. What a glorious conflict

It would be to have to pick between Feingold and Gore.

[MissWaverly]

2. He is still my president.

I know the election was stolen from him but he was the duly elected president.

[otohara]

3. My Dream

President Gore 2009

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

14. Gore may snip Clinton,s coat tails off.

Gore ran a clean campaign,come back Clinton did some serious damage to it. Now it,s Hilliry,s turn to spin off of Bill what she may feel she so richly deverse,s. Gore did not snap on the issues in the campaign when he ran against Bush. If he had looked moreso on top of the issues rather than agreeing with his opponent (Bush) as he did, he may have captured more votes than a few more though not enough for a clean straight unopposed win.Hilliry used the phrase those republicans are running things like a plantation, she went on to say, I think you know what I mean.,when speaking in New York some time back. The thing of it is ,some people refer to the Gore,s as the Rockerfeller,s of the South.So than she may also feel some resentment to the Gore,s because the Gore family is very wealthy.Make no mistake about it ,I question everything.For Hilliry if the shoe fits be satisifed ,don,t eat it.It is always better to have the shoe on the right foot ,rather than in your mouth.The white house is a very big house,and it takes plenty of tending,if you know what I mean. I really don,t think she has enough of a leagal cover to cover the intire White House.


































gore,ms to

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

4. The Day He Announces He's Gonna Run Oughta Be A Wild Time On DU!

I'm still undecided on if he could pull off the victory, but holy shit would it be exciting for him to be in the game. And if he did pull it off, I could think of nothing prouder to sport as a bumpersticker than "Gore Won, Get Over It" :evilgrin:

[ourbluenation]

6. Gore won, get over it! 2008

Love it!!!!!!

[0007]

7. Senator Feingold is who I wanta see. Not Kerry, Not Gore

Not Hillary.....Kerry & Hillary play real nasty, guess who'll be running?

[iconoclastNYC]

12. How do they play nasty?

[0007]

20. Nice link ya got there.

[NYCGirl]

8. I love this —

When asked at a screening of his film in Washington this week what he would say to Bush’s claim that global warming needs further study, Gore quipped, “I hope he finds the real killer,” adding quickly, “I shouldn’t have said that.”

[ronnykmarshall]

10. I adore him.

When I met him in 2003 at a book signing w/ Tipper ...... I told him that I had been to a CD signing the previous night w/ former members of the Supremes ..... "The Supremes one day and you the next ... life is good". Gore: "Now I don't think I came come CLOSE to the Supremes!" :loveya:

[NYCGirl]

15. He is so cool. And what's even cooler is that with this movie, everyone

will have a chance to see how very geniune the guy is!

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. When the media refer to Hillary as frontrunner, what are their sources?

I mean, do they get that by polling Democrats, or do they just pull it out of their asses?

[iconoclastNYC]

13. Great point.

I think you are right they pull it out of thier ass.

They really think a Hillary campaign will be great to cover. They also think that if a Democrat must win the Presidency once in awhile (to prevent a revolution) it should be a DLC coprorate sycophant like Hillary.

[IntravenousDemilo]

23. Thanks, I'd wondered...

It's just that so many people in the press who are saying it, I just figured they must have some information we're not privy to. Since we're not exactly privy to the media's colons, that must be where they got it.

[Uncle Joe]

17. Even in a complimentary column, more MSM B.S.

"This could be the ultimate remake for Gore, whose struggles with his persona during the 2000 campaign made him an object of ridicule. He’s older now, 57, and the pounds he’s put on have robbed him of that princely patrician look that the voters never liked anyway."

It was not Al Gore struggling with his persona in 2000 making him an object of ridicule, it was a totally dysfunctional corporate ass kissing MSM that was intent on trying to turn him in to an object of ridicule, regardless of the truth. I believe a large part of their motivation in doing so was precisely because he empowered the American People when he championed the internet. This meant, they could not be the sole gate keepers to the truth anymore and they resented him for it. I have never heard or read of anyone slamming him for his "princely patrician look" except for the MSM, and if this is the primary worry for the voters the MSM is so concerned about, we as a nation are in deep fecal material.

[NavyDavy]

18. all are good to me as long as they are democrats....

the ither details will be worked on after we win.....or are we going to let the repugs divide us over bullsh** again

[KoKo]

19. I'm a Gore Supporter but this article made me BARF...waiting for her

to rake in the *Bucks* when she does her "anti-Gore" articles if he gets into the race.

This quote from further down in the article was what set my blood boiling. The very same "Pundits" who trashed Gore before 2000...NOW want to raise the question of "Is Gore the last hope for America."

This could be the ultimate remake for Gore, whose struggles with his persona during the 2000 campaign made him an object of ridicule. He’s older now, 57, and the pounds he’s put on have robbed him of that princely patrician look that the voters never liked anyway. He seems more approachable, and he’s a first-rate teacher as he explains in “An Inconvenient Truth” about the inescapable march of global warming, along with its consequences, that first captured his imagination as a college student. The film is not apocalyptic; you don’t leave the theater feeling all is lost. Gore says he deliberately left out recent scientific predictions that the world has just 10 years to reverse global warming or a tipping point will be reached beyond which it cannot be stopped. Reflections about the 2000 presidential race (“It was a hard blow, but you make the best of it”), a childhood split between farm life and a hotel room in Washington and his beloved sister’s death from lung cancer interspersed with the slide show give the movie a biopic feel that makes viewers wonder what might have been if history had taken a different turn.

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

22. 96 years and global warming is up front.

The scientist.s have bee telling governments for over 80 years about this problem of global catrastrophic consequences. Remember Gore too is a politican. All politicans will one day explain theirselves, and also acknowledge why it is ,it has been denied. If for instance Gore,s film was completely truthful ,than it will not have made it,s way to public view. The truth about the war in Iran ,Iraq is kept from public view for similar reasoning.You see it is perfectely OK to know the truth, it just is not perfectly Ok to speak to loud about it, or inform the masses too far along. So does necessity predict the outcome? Find out just where that is not the least bit funny.The old oil corperation saying you would be surprised what you can hide is on it,s way into hiding. Is not the apparent also inevitable?

[faithnotgreed]

24. "what might have been if history had taken a different turn"

arrrgh

there are no words for the hypocrisy they continue to spew

[Jack Rabbit]

21. Gore vs. Hillary? Wow, man!!

Will the GOP be so hard up in 2008 that they have to nominate Hillary?

Whazzup? Are the real Republicans all going to be doing time?