GORE WON'T RULE OUT PRESIDENCY

[kpete]

In unscripted moment, Gore says he's a 'recovering politician' who has to worry about 'relapse'

RAW STORY
Published: Tuesday May 16, 2006

Former Vice President Al Gore gave yet another vague hint yesterday in Atlanta that he might be open to a run for the presidency in 2008, RAW STORY has found.

Gore told a reporter for the Atlanta Progressive News, a nascent politics site, that he was a "recovering politican," but added, "You always have to worry about a relapse."

The exchange took place following an Atlanta screening of “An Inconvenient Truth,” the Tennessee Democrat's new global warming film.

Kalee Kreider, Gore's communications director, did not immediately return a RAW STORY call seeking comment.

more at:
http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/In_unscripted_moment_Gore_says_hes_0516.html
and:
http://www.atlantaprogressivenews.com/news/0055.html

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. Sounds like a candidate to me!

:bounce:

[stop the bleeding]

2. Good

now if we could only get him completely off of the wagon.

[Jersey Devil]

5. Have to wait for the movie to be a big hit

He's a star now and must make a melodramatic entrance. Cue the harps!

[stop the bleeding]

9. As much as I would like for the movie to be a big hit

I am resigned to the fact that it won't, hell it is not even showing in my town of Tampa, FL and we have a brazillion people that live here.

Mccain or Hillary - no Gore would be the best thing going in light of these 2 possibles

[Jersey Devil]

13. I think we will be surprised by the movie's popularity

I believe people are thirsting for someone who will tell them the truth about what we are doing to our environment and they will be forced to show it in more and more theaters until it becomes a "happening", the Rocky Horror Picture Show of the 21st century.

Al Gore will emerge as a hero and will sweep into office.

That is my dream, but then again, I am also a bit melodramatic when it comes to Al.

[stop the bleeding]

15. good dream

we can hope ;)

[ktlyon]

60. Will there be singing and dancing and transvestites?

liked that movie watched it again a few weeks ago. Fun songs.

I too want Gore as my President. I think he is the best man for the job, but if I were him I wouldn't run unless the voting machine issue is resolved and all votes are assured to be counted and all people are allowed (encouraged) to vote.

[AuntiBush]

29. Regardless of the Movie, Gore Would Win Big.

That's my strong belief.

Gore/Kerry
Gore/Feingold
Gore/Edwards

You name it - winning ticket, but please NO Hillary!!

P.S. That movie has everyone intrigued, to say the very least. Not playing in my part of town either, but I know about it.

[Turn CO Blue]

44. You'd be surprised how many people will rent it later...

remember F 9/11? People went to see it in the theater, but it was nothing compared to how many people rented it when it showed up at Blockbuster.

They say this is how most films (that are not the summer blockbusters) make their money anymore -- rental.

I am holding out big hope that the few theaters it's in will pack the houses - because that kind of success will prompt a wider release.

I suggest we all call the local theaters requesting them to get it/show it - so that they will pressure the movie company and distribution company.

[ShortnFiery]

3. Good for he's the only DLCer that many of us Liberals will vote for. n/t

[iconoclastNYC]

40. The DLC really dislikes GORE

http://www.al-gore-2004.org/editorials/pagetwo.htm

At last week's Democratic Leadership Council conference titled ''Why Gore Lost, and What's Next for Democrats,'' many reasons were floated to explain Gore's defeat. But none, unfortunately, included the Ralph Nader factor, the election process in Florida, or the selection process for the United States Supreme Court.

Ironically, some members of the centrist-leaning council - of which Bill Clinton, as an Arkansas governor, was a founder and Gore, then a Tennessee senator, a member - sounded distinctly Republican in their explanations. For example, Al From, president of the DLC and a longtime ally of Gore, was quoted in news reports as saying that Gore lost because he came across as a ''liberal advocate of big government.''

''Given the fundamentals, the good economy, the fact that crime and welfare were down, the vice president should have won by a comfortable margin,'' From said. But, he continued, Gore failed to reach the high-tech workers who reflect the new economy. He added that Gore argued the liberal and populist themes of the past that suggested Gore was talking to ''Industrial Age America, not Information Age America.''

Another strong critic of Gore's campaign, Will Marshall, chairman of the Progressive Policy Institute, wrote earlier in Blueprint, the DLC's magazine, that Gore suffered from abandoning the Clinton-Gore ''reform-minded centrism'' and used instead a ''business-bashing populism.'' He said further that Gore often looked and sounded like a throwback to the doomed Democratic campaigns of the 1980s, replete with vintage class warfare themes and appeals narrowly tailored to constituency groups.

Gore had some defenders at the conference. Steve Rosenthal, political director of the AFL-CIO, said Gore gained votes (although not enough) by appealing to, rather than rejecting, his base of Democratic support.

The DLC's critique was aimed at the next election as much as at the last one. DLC officials apparently want to ensure that someone other than Gore - someone who better reflects their philosophy - will be the Democratic nominee in 2004.

One Gore backer, political scientist and author Ruy Teixeira, believes the true reason Gore lost was voter resentment of Clinton's scandals. He says the DLC's criticism has an ulterior motive: exorcism of the party's faithful.

''They are trying to portray liberals in the party, the base of the party, as somehow being completely mired in the past and lost in the future, and this does not pass muster,'' he says.

[aquart]

4. Fine by me.

[Crazy Dave]

6. I think a Gore/Clark or Gore/Edwards ticket

Would be a landslide win. About the same ratio as Bush's poll ratings but the right wing would still claim it was stolen and yell fraud. Hell they invented it so why not.

[LibDemAlways]

18. Gore/Clark would be a powerhouse ticket.

At a book signing a couple of years ago, I shook Gore's hand and politely told him I considered him the President and I hoped one day he'd claim the office that was rightfully his. He graciously thanked me for the kind words. I hope he took them to heart.

[OnionPatch]

23. I'll second that one!

What a dream ticket! Gore to set things straight domestically and work on alternative energy and global warming, and Clark to get our military straightened out and our foreign policy back on a respectable track.

[xxqqqzme]

38. Gore/Clark is my 'hoping will happen' ticket.

[diamondsndust]

26. I've been mulling the idea of a Gore/Edwards ticket myself...

I think it would be a hit! They both show a passion for this country. Just from my personal observances I think Gore comes out stronger than Kerry on the issues. I'm not taking anything away from Kerry, I voted for him, but it just seems that Gore comes more from the heart, where Kerry comes more from the brain at times.

[lildreamer316]

46. I would like that too;

the only argument I have heard against it that makes any sense so far it the fact that they are both from the south.....someone thought that might be a liability. Hm?

[eviltwin2525]

50. The axis of enlightened Bubbas has worked before

While I truly love Edwards, I too feel the Ark-Tenn connection with Clark is the best bet. Johnny-boy will just have to settle for Domestic Policy Czar.

[AlamoDemoc]

7. He's my candidate in 08

[caligirl]

8. Yeah!!This is the one politician I postively get excited about running.

[Pirate Smile]

10. RubyDuby in GA just posted that in her thread on the event. She was

there live.

"That was the first question in the Q & A session
Edited on Tue May-16-06 10:06 AM by RubyDuby in GA
He said to the whole audience that he was "a recovering politician and was only on step 9" - got a good laugh, but afterwords a friend of mine was able to talk to him and again encouraged him to run because having him in the White House would be a huge benefit to enacting the types of protections that this film suggests and he this is his direct quote: “Like I said, I’m a recovering politician. But you always have to worry about a relapse.”

Please relapse Mr. Gore!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1202861&mesg_id=1202962

[bowens43]

11. Gore's smart enough to know that if he couldn't beat the idiot

he has no chance against a real candidate. I too am very worried about a relapse. I believe that Gore is an honorable man and that he will do what is best for our party and our nation, he won't run.

(if he does get the nomination, I will of course , support him)

[Reverend_Smitty]

14. Gore is not the same man he was 6 years ago

he wouldn't make the same mistakes twice...personally I'm excited at the prospect of him running out of the potential candidates in 08, he's my favorite

[jaysunb]

16. Remember VP Richard Nixon ?

Well.......

[maxsolomon]

19. point of order: he BEAT the idiot

the Supreme Court took it away from the voters.

Gore/Clark is fine with me.

[calmblueocean]

43. Amen!

Gore won, the election was stolen. He won the popular vote, and when all the votes were counted by a consortium of media, Gore won in Florida under every standard. This cannot be repeated enough.

[Pirate Smile]

22. Bowens43, who do you like? You've made it very clear you

strongly dislike Gore for some reason (you post that opinion on almost every Gore thread that is posted - your right, no problem and there have been a lot of Gore threads lately).

What kind of candidate are you looking for or do you want to support?

I see a lot of negative responses but I haven't got any idea re who or what kind of candidate you would support.

[dalaigh lllama]

45. Hmmm. But can you think of a real repub candidate? n/t

[we can do it]

58. Uh - Hello - Gore Won

[Midlodemocrat]

59. He did beat the idiot.

The SCOTUS handed the idiot the keys to the WH on a silver platter.

[EminenceFront]

12. That's good.

nt

[BlooInBloo]

17. Then I won't rule out voting for him!

[Balbus]

20. I'm not going to deny my support for Sen. Clinton,

but I'm quickly becoming a Gore fan.

[lonestarnot]

21. Woah! Excited just thinking about the prospect.

[magellan]

24. If Gore runs it will be our "Bring it on" moment to the Repugs

He'll certainly get my wholehearted support.

[RobertSeattle]

25. Run Al Run!

I'll donate my Bush "tax cuts" to your campaign!

[Ganja Ninja]

27. I support Gore more than any other possible candidate the...

Democrats have. I hope he runs.

[AuntiBush]

28. Run Al, Run!

He's come back strong, and has all significant global issues down pact! And, he'd bring back our Constitutional rights.

Run, Al Gore, run... please! We need ya more then ever.

[Diane R]

30. I would be honored to vote for Al Gore again n/t

[npincus]

31. I think that's reading a bit much into his remark

I think he was being polite in response a flattering suggestion. That said, I PRAY for a President Gore in 2008. He'll get us out of the Iraq quagmire and place environmental rescue at the top of his priorities.

[BlakeB]

32. I say we start a Draft movement!

I really hope Gore comes out and declares himself a candidate. I'm a Clark supporter but I would be hard pressed to not support Gore 100% if he came back. A Gore/Clark ticket would be a dream come true.

[RedStateShame]

33. You can't write drama this good

In 2000, people voted for Bush because of what? His experience? Nope. Military service? Ha, ha, no. His business savvy? Right, the only guy who could not find oil in Texas and trade Sammy Sosa.

He was elected on name recognition alone, and the GOP knew it. They hoped to turn voters off in 2000 by linking Gore with the then-scandal-ridden Clinton, and they did that by having their candidate be the son of the man Clinton took out to the woodshed. Now, Gore could run again, and win, based on his connections with....Bill Clinton.

[ronnykmarshall]

34. Go for it Mr. President!

[xxqqqzme]

35. after watching the SNL monologue...I think he will run

Do we know who wrote that piece? It was brilliant...the part about inventing the tornado & hurricane deflector was prime. I loved how the audience reacted 2 him. Oh, please, oh, please, oh, please....

[iconoclastNYC]

41. I was watching the SNL credits

And there was someone credited named Gore...it was a girl's name. Maybe it was his daughter who helped write the opening sketch?

[stubtoe]

36. The right man for the job.

A Gore presidency can't happen too soon for me.

[mdmc]

37. I like the new , new Al Gore

I am not sure that I will support him right off the bat. I may support a progressive first. Hopefully Gore will run on a liberal ticket and I can support him right out the gate.

[RubyDuby in GA]

39. That is exactly what he said. I heard it with my own ears!

He was in fine form last night. Very relaxed.
The film is magnificent! Please see it when it comes out.
www.climatecrisis.net

[faithnotgreed]

42. check out location/dates of his movie "an inconvenient truth" >>>

http://www.climatecrisis.net/findatheater/

see it if you can and maybe we can add to the list

[neuvocat]

47. Gore will run.

Here's a man with a very powerful friend in Howard Dean. Gore is no friend of the DNC-which in the past was extremely influential when it came to money matters.

But...

who better than Howard Dean to lead fundraising for Gore?

After all, he's done extremely well in the past, as we all know.

[wisteria]

48. My vote will still go to Kerry. He was the better candidate.

Gore had an easy race and managed to lose it. Gore is good on the environment, but Kerry is better. Gore retreated for two years after conceding and never mentioned voter disenfranchisement or fraud. Kerry, stayed in the senate and continues to fight on our behalf on the fairness in voting, health care for children, accountability from our leaders who lie and mislead us,help and protection for our soldiers,Alito,NSA wiretapping,Downing Street Minutes, loans and a helping hand for the people and small businesses in New Orleans, a plan and a call to bring and end to the war in Iraq and a date to bring the majority of our troops home. Senator Kerry is well respected overseas, is a well respected member of the Foreign Relations Committee and has proven himself to be a leader and a fighter. VP Gore or President Gore if you like, is just alright compared to Senator Kerry. My advise to Gore would be to stay where he is and continue being a well respected global warming spokesperson.

[katinmn]

52. Gore already won once. He can do it again!

[wisteria]

56. Possibly, but if he did,it was by a very, very small margin.

Kerry actually had more people voting for him in 2004 than Gore did in 2000. I think it is an over simplification to assume that a marginal win one time would equate to a win a second time out. For instance, I voted for Gore in 2000, but if it came down to a choice between Gore or Kerry, I would go for Kerry- so Gore can not count on my vote again.

[katinmn]

62. Ditto for Kerry! I didn't like his stance on the war but figured

like so many that if we elect a D. that we could influence them after they get elected. I don't believe that anymore. What you see is what you'll get.

Before anyone else tries to drag me into a Kerry vs Gore pissing match know in advance that I'm not playing.

Like I said earlier, I would support Gore if it were 2008. Now I am focused on electing progressive anti-war candidates this fall.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

63. So you wouldn't vote for Gore against a Republican? Please elaborate. -nt

[Warren DeMontague]

49. President Gore!!!

Man, I like the sound of that.

:woohoo:

[katinmn]

51. I hope he runs. I'll be ready to start working for him after November.

[SammyWinstonJack]

53. I hope he has a relaspe!

:-)

[leeroysphitz]

54. It would be difficult for Gore to rule out the presidency at this time

Seeing as how he has already been ELECTED to it...

[in_cog_ni_to]

55. I'd vote for him...IN A HEARTBEAT! I LOVE the NEW and IMPROVED

Al Gore. Run, Al, Run!

[janx]

57. kick

[Copperred]

61. EDWARDS/CLARK in '08!!!!!

[thatsrightimirish]

64. My prediction

Gore/Sebelius