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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:06 AM
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RE-ELECT PRESIDENT GORE!
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pbartch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:39 AM
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1. he has MY vote
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imaginary girl Donating Member (345 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:47 AM
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2. AMEN to that !!!
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Peggy Day Donating Member (859 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 01:21 AM
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3. me too!
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 01:41 AM
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4. lets draft this guy!
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:44 PM
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9. I don't think he's interested...
...at least that's what he's said a few dozen times...

:eyes:
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lvx35 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:00 PM
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11. A "recovering politician", right?
Isn't that we he called himself? What a riot. Its too bad. But if he did run, to be good, he'd have to stay as open and honest as he is now...And that seems to be tough for all politicians, they seem to get very contrived as soon as they step into office.
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:07 AM
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5. I want that on a bumper sticker! (nt)
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Borgnine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:41 AM
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6. Gore would be our most viable candidate.
There are four reasons:

1. He's an actual, honest-to-God progressive who gives more than two shits about progressive issues.

2. Name value. Seriously, he's probably the only big name Democrat that hasn't been terribly tainted by the Republican smear machine, and the best thing is, they already used up their ammunition on him in 2000. Would the liar lie really fly again? More importantly, would we let it?

There's no way Hillary would win the general election. I'm sorry, but she's the right-wing's most hated figure, and even many Democrats see her as someone who doesn't hold true to our ideals. Gore, on the other hand?

3. He represents lost oppurtunity. If Bush hadn't been installed in 2000, can you imagine how better off EVERYTHING would be? Three years from now, people will be even more weary of this criminal misadministration and will be looking to turn back the tide.

4. He's learned from his mistakes. I don't think he'd allow himself to be handled like he was in 2000. That experience put to death the old, stiffer version of Gore and from the ashes rose Phoenix Gore - firey, passionate, and a captivating public speaker.

Don't forget that Gore didn't just automatically cave in with the Florida fiasco either. He fought for over a month, which seems all the more incredible today after Kerry's measily 12-hour fight. If any single candidate, barring someone like Conyers, would be willing to fight to stop election theft, and fight to stop it before it happens, then I think it would be Gore.

In the end, he's simply a strong candidate all around, and he also works well with any number of VP choices (in my mind, Gore/Clark would be the best ticket).
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:20 PM
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16. Agreed. Americans would be captivated. Lost opportunity indeed.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:53 AM
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7. Gore is a solid choice for 2008, but could we drop it for now, please?
Draft Gore? Absolutely.... some time around July 2007 would be great.

Until then we need to concentrate more on the following....

1) Electro fraud voting

2) Getting rid of the DLC

3) Waking up the people to the total complete failure of the Bush Criminal Empire and this sickening neocon agenda.

4) Having a plan of our own, to be presented by our 2006 congressional candidates. Contract For America comparisons are valid, though ours would actually be FOR America

5) Whatever changes we can get in the media would be welcome. I believe Air America is helping. I believe the whores temporarily being human in the face of the Katrina carnage helped bring the reality of that nightmare home, the way that they have refused to bring home the reality of Iraq. That temporary adjustment was a great reminder of what the media used to be in this country. Too bad it didn't last.
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renie408 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:16 PM
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13. I disagree...
I think it might be a good thing to try to get one or two guys supported early and out in front of the public. Think about it. Gore, Clark or even Edwards are not currently in office and are free to be just guys who are talking about how things are going. They can start framing a campaign NOW. The thing about Republicans is that they are ALWAYS campaigning. Always. Maybe we should do some of that. It doesn't mean we can't tackle the problems you listed, just that we could start laying track for '08, also.
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 03:51 AM
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8. Doesn't mocking Al Gore for wanting a Social Security lock-box...
...seem ludicrous now?
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drummo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 02:19 PM
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39. It does.
And those who mocked him are ridiculous themselves.
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Xenotime Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 12:56 PM
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10. We should start a petition to get him into power.
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AJH032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:10 PM
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12. Al Gore, co-founder of DLC
just like to remind all you anti-DLCers about that.
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Gloria Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:02 PM
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21. For the record: the current DLC is not the original DLC....
it has altered considerably....
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AJH032 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:23 AM
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32. true, but
would the current DLC exist if not for the original?
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 02:10 AM
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34. Why such animosity toward the DLC?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:18 AM
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38. That's a silly way to look at it.
The organization you have a problem with may have evolved eventually from the organization that Gore started, but they are not the same creature.
That's like hating the dinosaurs because you don't like horses.
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Time for change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 08:49 AM
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41. Or more to the point, it's like blaming Lincoln
for what today's Republican party has become.
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AzDar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 02:25 PM
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14. Anyone remember Al's TRIUMPHANT appearance on SNL??
Edited on Wed Sep-14-05 02:30 PM by AzDar
Must've been 2003...Anyhoo, he was masterful; witty, charming..very personable. When the show was over, I crowed to my hubby "whoo-hoo, that's Bush's death knell we've just witnessed."
Then, (irrc),the following Monday, he announced he wouldn't be seeking the nomination in 2004.
I was STUNNED. Didn't get out of bed for 3 days.
I want my Al Gore back.
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 04:03 PM
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15. Gore is a man of conscience. Perhaps thinking about how many lives...
...he would have saved during Hurricane Katrina, if he were President, will make the crucial difference, and motivate him to run again.

It's mind-boggling to think how much this one man would have changed history, especially if you read his speech -- could he have prevented 9/11, as Bill Clinton prevented 1/00 from being a day that lived in infamy, by simply doing the job he was elected to do?

If Al Gore does not intend to run again, why not tackle the issue of election fraud? The movement to restore democratic elections to the United States of America needs a spokesperson.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:25 PM
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:58 PM
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19. Your wrong. Bush never won an election.
At least not a prezeldentail one. He stole both of them.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:00 PM
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Cobalt Violet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:06 PM
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22. He stole both pretzeldential elections.
History will not be king to you lord god bush. And it won't be good to you bots either.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:11 PM
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23. You're a douche-bag...
...enjoy your short stay.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:14 PM
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:15 PM
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26. Your viewpoint is not wanted here. Read the Rules for posting...
...in fact, I can't believe you've been allowed to rant this long.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:16 PM
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:19 PM
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28. See post #26.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:20 PM
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 11:56 PM
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31. Whoa, what'd I miss?
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 03:09 AM
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35. Typical freeper troll....
...came totally out of the closet on several threads. Did the usual yadda, yadda, yadda, about how Ray-gun and Bush were the greatest Presidents ever, we're all tree-huggers, and that he's tired of our tax dollars going to help people on welfare. He was a total RW moonie, and I felt like taking a bath after posting to his rants. Same old, same old.
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wakemewhenitsover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 04:51 AM
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36. Wish our tax dollars WERE going to people who really need help...
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 05:02 AM
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37. No shit. If only they were....
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EndElectoral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 07:48 PM
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18. Good slogan...boy how different would America be now...
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:12 PM
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24. I'm all for it.
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GrantDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-14-05 08:22 PM
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30. The title says it all...
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The Doctor. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-15-05 12:37 AM
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33. The mention of insurance companies was no mistake.
There is a major war brewing (if not already frothing) between large industrial interests and insurance companies.

-And now those 'industrial interests' are in the government. There is no doubt that if you find the people in the insurance industry with the most to lose from domestic disasters, many government officials would be face indictement for their negligence or complicity.

I wonder if that one company that insured the WTC has asked any questions? ...or perhaps the company that insured the insurer...

Either way, at the end of the chain, someone lost out big time due to incompetence or worse.

The insurance companies could become this administration's biggest enemy.
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Uncle Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 02:41 PM
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40. Simply the best ,and to think
that he was trashed by the corpwhorate owned MSM simply because he empowered us when he championed the internet.
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joeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-17-05 09:00 AM
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42. The Gore Slogan
Vote Gore to see what you missed out on
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