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fujiyama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:01 AM Original message |
What were Gore's biggest mistakes and how can we learn from them? |
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jsw_81 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. Don't pick Joe Lieberman for VP! |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A Dead Flounder would have been better than Joe |
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izzie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 05:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. My sister and I talked about this and I am not anti-Jew but,,,, |
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buckeye1 (630 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. Hear! Hear! |
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Must_B_Free (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. Gore's biggest mistake is not running in 2004 |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:09 PM Response to Reply #2 |
45. Yup. he legitimized Bush by doing that. |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:31 AM Response to Original message |
4. Where Do I Begin?? |
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mike from ri (214 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
41. he mishandled his relationship with clinton |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. All those homespun antidotes he continually |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 04:38 AM Response to Original message |
7. Gore didn't fight back |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Hey! Great minds.... See my response below.. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
52. He didn't fight back on the recount either or had a support group |
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bushwakker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 04:57 AM Response to Original message |
8. He distanced himself from President Clinton |
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NicRic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Agree ! |
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earthsea wizard (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 05:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. Gore's Errors |
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Awsi Dooger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
11. So many gaffes |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:52 PM Response to Reply #11 |
53. Elian Gonzalez |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 07:19 AM Response to Original message |
12. He wasnt buddy buddy with the press |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:11 PM Response to Reply #12 |
46. Maybe the press didn't want to be buddy buddy with a dem... |
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patricia92243 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
13. "Unlikeable" - and we're getting ready to do it again. |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
14. It was the worst campaign by a good candidate I ever saw |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
15. Good comments above. Adding... |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:51 AM Response to Original message |
16. Gore's mistake (aside from picking a Republican VP) was CONCEDING |
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Piperay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 06:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. "Time for me to go"... |
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Cuban_Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
17. His major mistakes: |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. I think you summed it up |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
18. He tried to run a clean campaign against despots. Bad bad bad |
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DaveSZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Gore ran a horrible campaign |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
22. Gore only made two mistakes |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:34 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. agree. gore was unprepared for the onslaught of media and gop lies |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 04:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
36. He should have been. |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 05:24 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. True |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
24. Beware GOP plants posing as make-up artists. |
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Leilani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
51. That is very clever! |
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RobinA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gore's Mistakes |
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Sly Kal (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
26. no rapid response team and he should have let people hit he streets |
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littlejoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
27. He listened to too many advisors, who gave bad advice. |
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SEAburb (985 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ducking the hostile press corp was a mistake |
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katieforeman (785 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. We can nominate Edwards. |
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dansolo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 02:22 PM Response to Original message |
30. Listening to the DLC |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
31. Agreed with Bush too much and used vague slogans |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. Speaking as someone who |
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Raya (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. Gore was fine. The "Left" betrayed him just like they are doing with Kerry |
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Mr.Green93 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Conceding |
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mot78 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
37. Several things |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
40. geting into politics |
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union_maid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. Interesting that you should say that |
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arewethereyet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:34 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. he was just following in the family business, heart not in it |
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JHBowden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
42. I go with the "Distance from Clinton" theory. |
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jenk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
43. Gore's biggest mistake was being Al Gore |
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robbedvoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
44. Once the coup started, he said "It's just a court case" instead of civil |
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goddess40 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
47. His biggest mistake was that he wasn't Republican |
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MurikanDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-28-04 10:41 PM Response to Original message |
50. Gore's biggest problem was the media fucking him and propping |
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