As much as I want Gore to run, I can't bear the media assholes trashing him again

[PlanetBev]

I believe the pundocracy wants him to run again, so they can take another turn at de-valuing this good man and once again turn him into a caricature and a clown.

I love that man dearly and I don't think I can witness the same media atrocity again.

[FrenchieCat]

1. Yeah....but what about this country?

We all have been suffering long enough.

If Vice President Gore cares as much as I think he does, he will run and save us from ourselves!

The Dems desperately need his experience......because even with the sorry sucky GOP candidates running, with the media's help they can still defeat us.......when one looks closely at the "top tier" candidates.

[karynnj]

10. I agree with you and with the op

With you, that the the top three candidates have major flaws along with their merits. Joe Biden's position in the debates shows there is a desire for a strong, knowledgable, experienced person not named Clinton. Biden, himself, is far too much of a loose cannon.

But, I agree with the OP, if Gore entered, he would be blasted by the media and likely by the Clintons, which could get brutally ugly. Gore has worked very hard to get where he is. He also won and was cheated out of the Presidency. The idea that he could go through that again is something very serious to consider.

The tough thing is that the country needs someone like Gore or Kerry (or Clark for that matter), but it seems clear that the Clintons and media allies are prepared to destroy anyone in their path.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Maybe this time...

He would respond in a more muscular fashion...

He has changed a lot, you know...

No more handlers, for one thing...

:shrug:

[amitten]

3. Aw, he can take it. You don't get to his status in life by being

fragile or sensitive, y'know.

[LaPera]

4. They already have...and I'm sure the DLC will also do their part in trashing.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/31/opinion/l31brooks.html

To the Editor:

Here we go again! Al Gore isn’t even a candidate (yet), but the attacks are already happening.

David Brooks suggests that Mr. Gore doesn’t relate to people, just to machines. At least Mr. Brooks isn’t accusing him of claiming that he invented the Internet, just wondering if he ever “actually looked” at it.

Also, how awful that Mr. Gore writes in his “best graduate school manner.” At least the “almost president” can write.

One can only imagine what the Republicans will dredge up about him this time.

Of the two candidates who ran for president in 2000, the one with the true intellect, who can actually write a coherent book, is the one bombarded with these absurd attacks.

Gloria Sklerov
Woodland Hills, Calif., May 30, 2007

[Mabus]

5. They will do it to whomever our nominee is

The problem the political media has right now is that Gore, by not declaring his intention either way, stays out of their mitts. Sure they cover him but they are now competing for the public's attention with all the other coverage Gore is getting publicizing both global climate change and his new book TAOR. Gore has been featured in everything from the Sierra Club magazine to GQ and the public is seeing him through fresh eyes. They are seeing Gore as the compassionate, intelligent, witty man that he is.

By bypassing the poltical media Gore is getting his message out and charming a lot of people. He has been able to get more exposure on his ideas by not catering to the political media. The American people have seen Gore speak passionately and eloquently on global climate change on everything from the morning shows to Oprah. He's reaching a very wide audience that would otherwise be almost inaccessible to him and people are responding to him. They are more willing than they would have without AIT to listen to him.

By the time Gore announces (if he does, and believe me I want him to) the American public will know the man and the political media will be severely weakened when they try to trot out the old memes like Gore is wooden, boring and stiff.

[Apollo11]

8. Strongly agree

The right wing talking heads and their corporate paymasters are collecting ammo against every possible Democratic nominee.

We already know that many people view Hillary negatively, and she trails Giuliani by about 7 points in hypothetical match-up polls.

Obama is seen as relatively inexperienced and either "too black" or "not really black" - depending on who is talking.

Edwards is a slick trail lawyer with too much money, smooth hair, who changed his position on Iraq and other issues.

In fact Al Gore has a big advantage because they already used all their ammo against him back in 2000.

Gore is very careful with what he says to avoid any accusations of "exagerating" his accomplishments.

And there are many reasons why Gore would be a stronger candidate now that he was in 2000.

He has so much more relevant experience than any other potential candidate - Democrat or Republican.

Let's all find ways to show our support for Al Gore! :patriot:

Visit Al's site www.algore.com and read his blog http://blog.algore.com

Get ready for Live Earth on 7/7/07: www.liveearth.org

Sign the petitions at www.algore.org and www.draftgore.com

:kick:

[OneBlueSky]

6. with a little luck, they may be reluctant to bash a Nobel Peace Prize winner . . . n/t

.

[Mojambo]

7. Tune them out.

I haven't watched a second of cable news in the last 3 years.

I know they'll still be slinging, but there is no reason to pay it the slightest attention. More and more people I know (left and right) are tuning this shit out.

They are more irrelevant than you think. And besides, Gore has just written a book ON THEM. I think he's got the game down.

[skyblue]

9. Sorry but millions do listen to Faux News and others. Not everyone has heard of Moyers etc.

Do we ignore the millions of listeners of Faux News and expect that everyone believes the way we do? Can I put up an anti-religious billboard even in the heartland? Do I want to take that chance and say everyone thinks and will view things as if we're from Canada or Europe?

[Mojambo]

11. Of course we don't ignore those people who listen to that crap

But that doesn't mean we roll around in it too.

You don't reach those people by trying to catch the shit that the whores are flinging, holding it up and saying, "you see, this is shit!" All you get when you do that is shit on your hands, if you're lucky, and shit in your face if you're not.

I see so many people on DU unbelievably frustrated by the things they read and hear from the media whores. "Did you see what Blah and Blah said!? What a fucking asswhore! How do we respond?" Well, stop going to this asshole's house first of all.

Ignoring the media whores is much different than ignoring the American people who often fall under their sway. I'm advocating the former, not the latter.

[skyblue]

16. I would not lend credence to that fecality.

by drawing attention to it or sponsoring it by becoming an addition number in it's audience ratings. But it's best not to ignore what could become a continuous wake of liquid lunch that Democrat's should not have to swallow because they forgot how to spit. On the other hand if the shit is ignored no liquid lunch may come about maybe. Right now you can't beat them audience wise so you have to watch them because American people do fall under their sway. Having said that I dk about Gore.

[Uncle Joe]

12. The way I see it, we only have two options

1. Fight.

2. Die.


I used to think of the American Press aka: Mass Corporate Media as American as Apple Pie, Baseball and Fourth of July picnics, not anymore. They're not American first, they're corporate first, the sooner the American People realize it, the better off everyone will be.

[Grandrose]

13. I hear ya!!!

I desperately want a Gore/Obama ticket...but dread the vicious MSM.

However, my recent observation of interviews he's had, I see a different and more outspoken and take no prisoners attitude.

I have the hope, that if VP Gore feels he is really needed, just maybe he will do what is best for the country!

I also believe some Americans are so fed up with the Bush/Cheney cabal fiasco, they will not tolerate what happened in 2000 and the hard lessons learned!

No. I am not naive or delusional.:patriot:

[last_texas_dem]

14. I'll be dreading that as well

Gore's 2000 run taught me just how biased and unprofessional our corporate media is. They- and not just the pundits but often the allegedly unbiased reporters- treated that election like a Junior High popularity contest. I'd like to think the media has woken up to the effects of their biased bullshit; as their cheerleading played a significant role in giving us the biggest disaster of a President ever, but I wouldn't be surprised at all to see most of them (Chris Matthews and Maureen Dowd are two of the worst offenders that come to mind) revert to their catty, smarmy, dishonest tactics all over again as soon as they thought there might be a good chance of Gore making another run for it. Still, I'd like to see Al Gore run as I think he's in better shape to take them on now (though he took them on better than he is generally thought to have in '00, but with a biased media, the American people never knew) and I think fewer of the American people are lulled into the complacency that they were in in 2000.

[AtomicKitten]

15. I'm jonesin' for some more Gore

MSM Heathers be damned.