Al Gore - reborn to run?

[CHIMO]

Al Gore - reborn to run?
The former vice president is on the road again, promoting his climate change movie. Many wish he would run again for the White House.

When I worked for the Guardian in the United States, there was one conversation with the London office that depressed me more than any other. Through 1999 and 2000, as the presidential election neared, I never seemed able to persuade London that the contest between Al Gore and George Bush really mattered. This would be a defining American election, I would argue. It would shape America domestically and internationally, and we needed to give the readers plenty of coverage of events that mattered to them. You've gone native, London in its wisdom would respond. American politics is not as interesting as it was in the 1960s and 70s, they would say. Gore and Bush? Two sides of the same modern political coin. Two boring, cautious, middle-class, middle-aged politicians trying to appeal to the centre ground. Bore and Gush, they liked to call them. It became clear to me that bien-pensant London's heart that year was with Ralph Nader.

Well the whirligig of time has brought in its revenges. I was right. And they were wrong. But the cost of what happened in 2000 has been too great to give way to any sort of smugness. At least, six years on, bien-pensant London sees things differently now, though whether it has learned from experience is another question. Bush's position as the Ugly American of the early 21st century was set in stone long ago. And today there is even a revival of interest in Al Gore. The man most Americans wanted to be their president in 2000 is in Britain over the next few days. He will appear at the Hay festival on Monday (you can watch him here LIVE at 7pm GMT). He is here to promote his new global-warming documentary An Inconvenient Truth, which has just opened in the US, helping to produce exactly the boomlet in Gore shares that we can now expect in the British media too.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/martin_kettle/2006/05/al_gore_reborn_to_run.html

[spag68]

1. Al Gore

I attended last nights discussion at the Town Hall and bought an autographed book. The panel was great and Al was in rare form. I sure wish he had exhibited some of that humor in the 2000 race. still I think we would get the Nader vote this time.

[robthehood]

2. Al Gore running for President

I hope that Al Gore is nominated for the Democratic Party,in
2008.  He won a office that was stolen twice and the American
people did nothing to protest and picket and march and
demonstrate like other countries do when the election is
corrupt.  Its time for America to wake up and come back down
to Earth.  John Kerry did not even protest, what a joke on us.
 Al Gore is my pick and no other Democrat including Hillary
Clinton will do for me.  Clinton's seem to be Republicans in
drag and buddies with the Bush clan.  No thanks had enough of
the lies, and deceit regarding these two associates.
Al Gore was the people's choice and he won both ways.  To say
he didn't win the Electoral vote was a joke on America again.
Our Supreme Court is a big joke too.  Bought people who need
to be impeached yesterday.  Congress and Senators that never
stood up for Gore need to go also.  They didn't do their jobs,
in representing the American people.  Contributions to their
campaigns need to Start at the State Level where they are
elected.  Every State needs to write legislation that
prohibits them from taking money, gifts, trips, from any
Corporations in this country or abroad. Their family members
should not be lobbying for any CORPORATION.  Ownership (stock)
in Company's should be against the law, while they are in
office. Since they can't seem to do it once they get to
Washington DC then we the people need to write it for them in
the States that they are elected.  Felony's for accepting any
funds should carry stiff fines and 20 years in the State pens,
not the nice cushy Federal Pens.  We the people need to take
back our Country before its too late.  Since going to Congress
is all about them getting rich and taking care of their
families, while the rest of America goes to hell.  They are
suppose to represent the people of their respective states and
not their own bank accounts.  The rest of the world is awake
and understands well whats going on in their country and ours.
 Why is it we don't seem to understand?  Why are we such a
hated nation in the world?  Could it be that the corruption of
this government and our unseen government has made other
nations dislike us?  If so, why have we not fought for the
FREEDOM and the CONSTITUTION that we once had?  We are losing
it fast, and the crooked and corrupt people have taken our
FREEDOM of SPEECH and gave it to the CORPORATIONS, yet they
can take our jobs out of AMERICA, and then sell their goods
back in AMERICA. That in my view is TREASON.  Anyone who can
topple our Nation under the guise of low wages etc, when
GREED, and TOTAL CONTROL of the AMERICAN people, who bow to
their corruption is a TRAITOR to America.  When John Kerry
said we can't stop the jobs from going overseas, well then let
them buy the goods that they make, and if they come back to
AMERICA then set the tariffs so high we won't want to buy like
other Nations do to protect their people. We need to know why
and how did AMERICA become so indebted to certain nations? 
Where did our money go and who was responsible for it leaving
AMERICA?   Hope to see AL Gore back where he belongs, in the
White House with Tipper.

[Dervill Crow]

3. Welcome to DU!

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[BleedingHeartPatriot]

4. robthehood, welcome to DU, you're among friends and great 1st post.

BTW, I believe Gore would take the presidential oath, to protect and defend the constitution, seriously. MKJ

edited to add...I feel your pain.

:pals:

[dalaigh lllama]

6. Wow. Welcome to DU

:hi:
Great first post, robthehood. Looks like another patriotic American is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore.

[GetTheRightVote]

5. I would love to see Al Gore run again, he has all the positives needed

for this country to get back on track again and return to a great nation as well as neighbor.

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