Gore will probably endorse one of the candidates. Not Hillary.

[illinoisprogressive]

OMG!!!!!!!!!!! this is just soooooooooo cool.


Gore's hint

From the AP:

Democrat Al Gore says he will probably endorse one of his party's 2008 presidential candidates. And it won't necessarily be Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of his former boss.

Er, one guess on this one.

If/when he goes with Obama, there'll be a lot of chuckling about Howard Dean and the kiss of death. But I think Gore '08 is a very different figure from Gore '04, with much less of the loser's taint.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[terrya]

1. I've read that there's no love lost between Gore and HRC.

[surfermaw]

2. I would think he is going to get into the race soon

[rusty charly]

3. ben smith?

who cares what he says?

not i.

[msongs]

4. nothing here to support your view. it is all opinion..

as the post says, it won't necessarily be HRC. well that means it might be her. you have read it to say it will be your person.
it doesnt say that either.

You have already said you will not vote for the democratic nominee if it is HRC, not that you are biased :-)

Msongs
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[catgirl]

5. While I'm not for Hillary, your title is misleading

and I hope Gore endorses the best person- himself.

[illinoisprogressive]

6. I have heard it as well about Gores dislike of Hillary.

[AlCzervik]

32. so what, that doesn't make your thread title accurate.

[paulk]

7. as others have pointed out in this thread

that isn't what the article says.

you have reached a point of zero credibility on this board.

[Ethelk2044]

10. If you take a look at politico - she pulled the info from that site

[paulk]

16. that's what you get for using right wing sources

to dig up dirt on Democrats....


and that, in itself, says something about the OP.

[Ethelk2044]

8. This is what the article said.

NEW YORK: Former Vice President Al Gore says he will probably endorse 2008 Democratic presidential candidates. And it will not necessarily be Hillary Rodham Clinton, the wife of his former boss, former President Bill Clinton.

"Uh...no," the former vice president told 02138 magazine when asked if he feels "some obligation" to endorse the senator from New York.

"I have friendships with her and with other candidates, and they're all on equal footing at this point as far as I'm concerned," he said.

Gore said several candidates had called and visited him to seek advice. He declined to name them.

In the interview, Gore again declined to completely rule out a presidential run next year but said "it doesn't feel right at this point." He also said he doubted he would ever completely rule out a return to politics in the future.

Illinois only posted what Politico said. She did not make up what was said on Politico

[Colobo]

11. I hope he endorses Obama. What a great thing that would be!

[wyldwolf]

12. Show me at the Politico where Smith said what the OP subject claimed?

[SoxFan]

15. It's a verbatim quote

The OP quoted the Politico article word for word. If you have a gripe, it should be with that site.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[wyldwolf]

17. no it isn't. Show me where it says "Gore will probably endorse one of the candidates. Not Hillary."

it isn't there, now is it?

[emilyg]

23. No - it's not.

[BeyondGeography]

13. "Uh...no."

Sounds like Hilly's a longshot at best with Al on the endorsement front.

[wyldwolf]

14. "uh... no." In response to the question "do you feel obligated to endorse Clinton."

:shrug:

I'm positive every endorsement she's gotten didn't come from someone who felt "obligated."

[BeyondGeography]

19. The question as phrased invited a negative response

one can't help but notice that Gore was more than happy to oblige.

[wyldwolf]

20. your perception. One can't help but notice how you're buying into Smith's spin.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. he knows Hillary will just give us Bush II-lite

like Bill gave us Bush I -lite

[emilyg]

24. Nice to see you are inside his brain.

[JDPriestly]

21. Edwards, Biden or Richardson?

Obama for vice president, one of the above, most likely Edwards for president. That's my opinion. Why? Edwards is strong on poverty and on the environment. Biden is strong on foreign policy. Richardson was in the Clinton administration. They probably know each other very well.

[surfermaw]

22. Gore is going to get in the race

I heard a few words from his daughter and wife..it is going to be as I said Gore & Edwards

[JI7]

25. this is misleading

[AlCzervik]

27. it's totally misleading. talk about creative editing.

[AlCzervik]

26. Where Does it read "Not Hillary".

nice try.

[ElizabethDC]

28. Nowhere, of course.

But there are just some people on DU who like to make things up.

[AlCzervik]

29. really it's just a handful of them, they just post so much bullshit it seems like they're

a crowd.

[AZBlue]

30. ...

What's bothering me are the ones who are so obviously on the payroll. They post nothing, respond to nothing, have no interest in anything other than rhetoric on their candidate. I don't mind the issues and information, but enough with the fluff. "Oooooh, Mr. X shook hands at a rally!" or "Look, Ms. Y walked into a room and people clapped!" Enough already!!

[AlCzervik]

31. i don't even want to debate that becasue there is no proof but i know what you're saying

it's the same posters over and over again that either ring and run or comeback maybe once and respond to there own op. Personally i think they're piss poor reps for their candidates.

[AZBlue]

33. Yeah, they do shade my view of their candidates just a little negatively.

I'll of course make up my own mind and vote for my choice, but they aren't helping their candidates when I automatically ignore anything that they post, possibly missing something that could even make me chose that person! And, anything good they say I take with a grain of salt. Plus, I do wonder if they aren't on the payroll and, if that's the case, I'm not impressed with that canidate's campaign tactics.

All in all, it's pretty counterproductive.