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3 Minutes of Al Gore That Will Inspire You This Spring - WOW!! (Original Post) tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 OP
With calls for an AMERICAN SPRING, Bernie Bird arrival sure is symbolic tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #1
I don't think he ever finished law school. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #9
Not a requirement... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #16
I think you're right but it's not a prerequisite.. Duppers Mar 2016 #17
Thank you, Mr. President!!!!! Tom_Foolery Mar 2016 #2
i just finished his book The Future...sadly or lucky for me it was at a dollar store dembotoz Mar 2016 #3
What is the main theme -- the environment, politics, a myriad of things? Samantha Mar 2016 #5
Wow. Good for Gore! Wilms Mar 2016 #4
Political will is a renewable resource. That's a great line. mnhtnbb Mar 2016 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author IHateTheGOP Mar 2016 #7
Thank you for posting this...what a great, great man! Glorfindel Mar 2016 #8
Gore for VP Again backing up Bernie Sanders! andrewv1 Mar 2016 #10
Awesome speech. nt Live and Learn Mar 2016 #11
If Bernie wins the WH..... Duckfan Mar 2016 #12
Really a true statesman Iwillnevergiveup Mar 2016 #13
Fucking A. byronius Mar 2016 #14
Since 2000, I have always referred to him as President Gore. joanbarnes Mar 2016 #15
K&R. Hell of speech, Go Gore! appalachiablue Mar 2016 #18
April 27, 2012 hourglass1 Mar 2016 #19
Exactly, way too long to be not listening to the call tomm2thumbs Mar 2016 #20
Remember 2000? greenman3610 Mar 2016 #21

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
1. With calls for an AMERICAN SPRING, Bernie Bird arrival sure is symbolic
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:04 PM
Mar 2016

Supreme Court nominee puhleeeeeeeease!!!!!!!!!

The irony of that would not go unheard by history...

mnhtnbb

(31,384 posts)
9. I don't think he ever finished law school.
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:36 PM
Mar 2016

Reading through Wikipedia, it says he quit law school to run for Congress.

Wounded Bear

(58,648 posts)
16. Not a requirement...
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 12:17 AM
Mar 2016

the Constitution says nothing about the qualifications of the candidate the Pres nominates.

There have been justices with very little or no history on the bench.

I'm not sure that's the best way to use Al's talents, but I suspect he'd be a good one. He would certainly do wonders on environmental issues.

dembotoz

(16,802 posts)
3. i just finished his book The Future...sadly or lucky for me it was at a dollar store
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 10:30 PM
Mar 2016

wonderful book
strongly suggest you read it....and hell my copy only cost me a buck....

the book provided me with insight as to what is going on.
helped me connect some dots that i know were there but not so much how they related to each other....


this man is seriously bright

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
5. What is the main theme -- the environment, politics, a myriad of things?
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:00 PM
Mar 2016

I didn't even know he had published a book entitled The Future. I love Al Gore. I have an autographed copy of An Inconvenient Truth. I had heard him speak and gone to one of his book signings. I followed his political career forever....

Sam

Response to tomm2thumbs (Original post)

Glorfindel

(9,729 posts)
8. Thank you for posting this...what a great, great man!
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:33 PM
Mar 2016

He will be remembered in history along with Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Adlai Stevenson, and John Kerry as someone who "would rather be right than be president."

andrewv1

(168 posts)
10. Gore for VP Again backing up Bernie Sanders!
Sat Mar 26, 2016, 11:44 PM
Mar 2016

This time backing Climate Change & remembering we would have not had 911 & what followed...

byronius

(7,394 posts)
14. Fucking A.
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 12:07 AM
Mar 2016

Al Gore is still President-Elect, and will forever remain so, because I don't think the crime that robbed him of his terms and robbed the nation of its soul will ever be expiated.

So he will always remain the first Forever President-Elect Of the United States Of America.

hourglass1

(175 posts)
19. April 27, 2012
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:19 AM
Mar 2016

President Elect Al Gore made this speech in April of 2012. It's high time he was listened to.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
20. Exactly, way too long to be not listening to the call
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:26 AM
Mar 2016

he's should be in the limelight more now that Spring has arrived

greenman3610

(3,947 posts)
21. Remember 2000?
Sun Mar 27, 2016, 03:21 PM
Mar 2016

He was said to be a "corporatist", a "clintonite"' "in the pocket of big business", and we were told " there's not a dime's worth of difference between Al Gore and George Bush".

Turns out there was a big difference.
Just sayin'

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