Just thought I'd point out, Al Gore made more money than the Clintons

[ShaneGR]

He invested wisely. So did they.

[polichick]

1. Yeah, but Al's The Man!

[ShaneGR]

5. But, why is it different?

Gore invested heavily in technologies he promoted. He joined the boards of many of those same corporations. It's not unlike Bill Clinton's efforts for Africa. Clinton also invested in the types of things he was promoting. Both were good causes.

[polichick]

6. I was just being silly - there's no difference imo...

...as long as the money was made legally and ethically in both cases.

[Samantha]

50. Al Gore made 50 million dollars alone in investing early in Google

That was reported last year on the cable news. The fact stayed with me because it was such a large sum of money.

Al said when he left office he needed to earn some money for his family. In being in public service over 25 years and attempting to keep a distance between himself and the appearance of financial impropriety, he did not indulge in questionable financial dealings for his self-benefit. That standard left him, despite all his achievements, with not enough money in the bank for him and his wife. The fact they are where they are today (in just 8 short years) is a real tribute to the effort he has made in making up to Tipper what they both sacrificed for so many years.

I do not think one will find a number of questionable transactions in his financial sheets that rival those of Bill's and Hillary's -- just my opinion on the matter.

Sam

[stop the bleeding]

2. .

:beer::popcorn:

[MichiganVote]

3. Noooo! You're ruining the whining party!

[dkf]

4. Well he does owe Apple and Google.

Fortunately, those are two of the better corporate citizens.

[joshcryer]

24. Yes, Apple and its cheap assembly plants. And Google and its user tracking.

Those are real upstanding corporations.

[dkf]

25. Better than most I'd say.

Do you know of better corporate citizens? I hope you are not going to bring up Hillary's Walmart.

[Frank Booth]

33. Glad to see other people recognize that Apple and Google also have skeletons in the closet.

Just because these companies have clever marketing campaigns does not mean that they're any friendlier to us citizens than any other multi-billion dollar corporations.

[Erin Elizabeth]

7. Is he running for the nomination?

[ShaneGR]

10. No, but the "OMG WHERE IS THE TAX RETURN" is

And Bill's the breadwinner in that family.

[Hieronymus]

8. Gore deserves every nickel. No scandal around his money.

[MonkeyFunk]

47. And no scandal around the Clintons' money, either

I'm happy for both of them.

[thewiseguy]

48. Ok inspector Gadget!

[Forkboy]

9. Now you did it.

:D

[KAZ]

11. What, you have his returns? What's the basis of this OP.

[Deja Q]

13. Well, he's either baiting a flame with a can of gasoline...

or baiting a shark with his genitalia...

It depends on your point of view.

[KAZ]

15. Tend to agree with you. Getting tiresome.

[ShaneGR]

17. I'm gonna let that comment settle overnight, I'll reply with some facts in the morning

[KAZ]

18. Why? You fired off the OP. Prove it. What do you know about ..

.. Gore's return. Come on hot-shot.

[frogcycle]

51. his net worth was publicized a year ago

he did make a ton of money. So what?

The OP is meaningless as to pertinence to anything, but AG was said to be worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100M. Proving that, though , would prove nothing as to the presumed intent of the post.

[truebrit71]

12. Just thought I'd point out that Al Gore isn't running as a "populist" "friend of the working man"...

..candidate...

The $109,000,000.00 they "earned" is more than I will see if I worked for the next 1,500 years....

So yeah, they understand what it's like to be me REAL well....:eyes:

[ShaneGR]

16. Same for me.... but this is America... I don't begrudge making money

Isn't that what the American dream is? Can you point to something in that income that you don't like? Speaking fees bother you? What about the book he sold? That's bad? I would bet Bill Clinton made 20 million just in book sales, royalties, and speaking engagements within one year of leaving office. Easy. I'm supposed to be upset about that? So what, he was a good President, he spent how much on legal fees dealing with Republicans in the 90s? Pay the man.

[truebrit71]

19. Me either but don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining either...

..so what, the first $40 million wasn't enough?

Just another pair of rich white folks cashing in...

Tell me again how these multi-millionaires feel my pain?

:eyes:

[Moochy]

32. "how these multi-millionaires feel my pain?"

they dont, but with good enough speeches and acting coaches, they may fool enough of the proles!

[truebrit71]

34. Wow that was insightful...

...NOT....:eyes:

[Moochy]

40. who shat in your porridge?

[tabasco]

14. Just thought I'd point out, Gore did not get kickbacks for uranium deals with murderous dictators!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/us/politics/31donor.html?pagewanted=print

[Cha]

21. Thanks tabasco ..somebody had to point it out..

Al's out saving the Planet and clintons are trying to save their ass.

[KAZ]

22. You rock tabasco. Thank you!

[BeyondGeography]

20. Al did more of an honest day's work

Bill was overpaid for flapping his gums.

[dsc]

36. that is ridiculous

Gore made his money by investing. Since when is that work?

[BeyondGeography]

38. OK, Gore's a corporate whore, too

Satisfied? At least he had the good sense not to try to get back to the White House and have everyone wonder whether his corporate buddies would receive preferential treatment.

[dsc]

39. I didn't say that

but you offered the purely stupid notion that Gore worked hard for his money which is pure nonsense. Actually, as the 60 Minutes profile pointed out Gore gave away most of his earned money. It isn't my fault you choose to make ridiculous assertions.

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[emilyg]

29. Why the name calling?

[McCamy Taylor]

27. Gore is smarter. He knows all that technological stuff. That is why the press hated him.

Because he was such a brainiac. They always get rich.

[Tom Rinaldo]

28. Few on this board are motivated to slame Gore

God bless double standards.

[emilyg]

30. Or Kerry who is profiting from this war.

[jackson_dem]

43. Really?

[emilyg]

44. Yep see link

http://www.capitaleye.org/inside.asp?ID342

[Lucky 13]

31. As a Nobel prize winner should.

[Vinca]

35. Earning money is not a bad thing, depending on where it comes from.

If I supported Senator Clinton, however, I'd be hard pressed to give $10 of my grocery money to a hundred millionaire.

[dogday]

37. People yelling for weeks, where are the Tax Returns

So they come out and the best you got is they made a lot of money... Does that mean they could make money for the country? Does it mean they are elitist Democrats like the Label they tried to pin on Kerry? What does it mean exactly that these people are successful?

Did they cheat on their taxes? Is there anything there that is unlawful?


No wonder I can't get behind either candidate.. It is accusations like this that makes me hesitant to get behind either candidate...

[JoFerret]

41. Eat the rich. Obama included

feed them to the red-tailed hawks.
the riches of the few are the savings of the many. And etc.

[blm]

42. Al is highly paid by the same BCCI figures Clinton protected in the 90s? I didn't know that.

Are you sure?

[Bigleaf]

45. Speaking of Gore, he is at this moment at the Leafs-Canadiens hockey game with David Suzuki in

Montreal. I just saw them on CBC.

[marlakay]

46. But he isn't owing small businesses money in a

campaign so it makes no difference how much he makes. But he also gives a huge chunk of his wealth to his causes. And not a Gore foundation either! I believe all of his charities and eco causes are set up with other people.

[cornermouse]

49. Yeah but.

If he isn't totally and completely on board with Obama right this minute, he's a traitor and not a democrat. Me? I'm a disruptor for pointing this out. At least that's what I've been told.