Is Al Gore running a dead issue? Maybe not

[ooglymoogly]

Dear Friends,

We are entering the final stretch of this campaign, energized by a wave of enthusiasm and the hope that a Gore candidacy may be just weeks away. No, we cannot promise you that. But our candidate has left the door wide open and now it's up to us to try to persuade him to walk through it. Events over the next few weeks could affect this decision - and with it, the course of history. Some of them are out of our hands, such as the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize on October 12. But what we can do is make our voices heard to let Al Gore know that our call to service is backed by our willingness to fight for him. Please read on and join us on this historic journey.

Help us take out an ad in the New York Times


This will be our biggest bang of the campaign: a full-page ad in the New York Times with a powerful open letter to Al Gore asking him to run for president. But this ad is extremely expensive and we cannot afford it without your contribution. This is a one-time request and a unique opportunity for you to let Al Gore know how strongly you feel about him running in 2008. This is one letter he is sure to read. Please help us make it a reality by making a contribution today.
Organize locally on our new website


This week we launched a new version of the Draft Gore website, complete with organizing tools and boards that allow you to form local chapters, communicate, organize events, and help set up an army of supporters that could soon become the core organization of a potential Gore candidacy.

Please visit our website and explore the various ways in which you may become involved in this historic effort. To start a chapter, click on the "Gore Supporters in Your State" link and follow the simple instructions.



It may seem hard to believe that a group of grassroots activists like us could have a real impact on the choice of candidates for president. But as Margaret Mead once said:


Never underestimate the power of a few committed people to change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.


Thank you for your continued support of Draft Gore.

Sincerely,


Monica Friedlander
Draft Gore

[AndyTiedye]

1. KicketyKicketyKick and Recommend

:kick::kick::kick:

[Der Blaue Engel]

2. Never say never

I donated yesterday. I'll keep begging him to run until the election if I have to. ;)

[ooglymoogly]

7. Al Gore-Robert F Kennedy Jr. dream ticket

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

3. Might As Well Donate...

Because if Al Gore does not enter the race, the amount that I plan to contribute to any of the current leaders is:

ZERO!!!!!!!!!!

[ChenZhen]

4. Oh Boy! I hope he runs with Lieberman again!

[Der Blaue Engel]

5. You're fucking hilarious

Not.

[ChenZhen]

6. Not a Gore/Lieberman fan I take it?

Come on now, its a big tent.

[Der Blaue Engel]

8. Lieberman is not a Democrat

Perhaps you missed that somehow in your very sincere post.

[ChenZhen]

10. Hes more of one than Nader, or he wouldn't of been the VP nominee in 2000.

Seriously...between the two, Gore/Lieberman and Nader/Laduke, Who Would Jesus Vote for (WWJV, registered tm)? Who would you?


You should pledge to vote for the Presidential and VP pick, no matter who they are. This Lieberman criticism is scary.

[Der Blaue Engel]

12. What part of Lieberman isn't a Democrat don't you understand?

And this is a nonsense conversation, as you well know, since your mention of Lieberman was only meant to discredit Gore. But perhaps you also missed the fact that Gore won the 2000 election, even with that boneheaded running mate. It is of course moot now, as Lieberman is no longer a Democrat. Nice try.

[ChenZhen]

17. Look, I just thought he did a heckuva job picking his running mate in 2000

It showed great judgement. Taking your point seriously, I can only hope that if he runs he picks a democratic running mate very much like Lieberman. Alan Colmes is a registered democrat, right?


Don't be upset with me because that is the reality of the situation. If I am discrediting Gore to you, I apologize. I don't think I am mischaracterizing anything he did in the past (he did pick Lieberman). Im sorry that you do not like Lieberman, or people that are still democrats like him. Fortunately Gore does not feel the same, and this can remain a big tent party.

[ooglymoogly]

26. Vice Presidential candidates are rarely chosen by the presidential

candidates. A well documented example, Johnson was not chosen by Kennedy. He was foisted on him by powerful interests hedging their bets and who could effect the vote, as are most vp's chosen. If you can't figure out why Lieberman was "chosen" by powerful interests hedging their bets, you have not been paying attention. I am by no means saying that I believe all vp's are not chosen by the pres candidate.

[ooglymoogly]

11. Bus off silly person

[Bucky]

14. Heh.

I'll bet you pop balloons just to hear 'em pop.

[ChenZhen]

20. Ocassionally I do...

But there is some point to pointing out Fantasy Gore 2008 isn't exactly the same as Gore 2000. But then again, politics goes hand in hand with delusion, and Im not going to change that.


But I guess I can look forward to everyone forgetting about Gore again in a year until there is no one exciting (and, ahem, "viable") running in 2012. Undoubtably, the anti-NAFTA, pro universal healthcare, anti-corporate cronyism Super Fantasy Gore 2012 will be uber-better than Fantasy Gore 2008.

[AtomicKitten]

9. Never surrender.

Re-elect Gore 2008.

[Bucky]

13. Al Gore isn't running.

He says he isn't running and isn't interested in running. Why are supporting someone if you think he's a liar? I'm not happy with my choices, either. But those are our choices. It's time to gut up and pick. If you can't pick someone you want to win, at least support whoever you think should stay in the race the longest. But quit waiting for Godot.

[Ninja Jordan]

15. Good God give it a rest.

He isn't running.

[Bucky]

16. Shut up. I'm going to tell you exactly why I'm supporting a Clark-Warner ticket!

Or, failing that, Carnahan-Wellstone

[ooglymoogly]

19. Ah, I see the chicken gizzard readers are here in force nt

[Der Blaue Engel]

23. What I don't get is why they care so damn much that we still hope

What's so upsetting to these people that they have tell us how "stupid" we are to still keep hoping Gore will throw his hat into the ring? What's so damn threatening?

He may not, it may well be too late. Whatever. So what? How's it hurting somebody else if I keep wishing for what they consider to be the impossible? And seriously, where are these infallible chicken gizzards they've gotten ahold of that tell them the future? Could fuckin' used those in 2000, doncha think?

[ooglymoogly]

24. because we are not bukling under and supporting the offered

DLC candidate or the candidate they support.

[Fly by night]

18. Gore/Richardson '08

Experience, empathy, earth-friendly, intelligent. Would eat any Rethugligan competitors for breakfast.

Would also like to see Dennis Kucinich accept a position as the head of DEA in order to dismantle most of that agency. When he's done accomplishing domestic peace, he can move on to the newly created Department of Peace.

I hope Gore wins the Nobel Prize, and uses that announcement as the springboard for his campaign.

[illinoisprogressive]

21. they say after Oct. 1 it is too late. And we just closed 3 quarter. I think it is.

[TheDoorbellRang]

22. Who is "they"?

October 23rd is the last day to file candidacy in Michigan, and I believe that's the earliest last day of any of the states. So the "they say" I'm listening to are the ones who are guesstimating Al will announce sometime between October 12-22. :)

[ooglymoogly]

25. and people are asking just what irrefutable law,statute or rule verifies this pronouncement?

...that "they" are saying..."and what political group or candidate are 'they' proselytizing for".