Who wrote Al Gore asking him to run in 2008?

[helderheid]

Many of us DUers after watching Al Gore's speech were moved to write him asking him to run again. I hand-wrote on a thank you card a request for him to run and threw in a twenty. It went out in my mail today.

Did you write him?

[helderheid]

1. original post:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x153441

[helderheid]

2. For those of you who haven't but plan to:

Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Ave
Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

and please keep :kick:ed

[Sugarcoated]

3. Paul Begala was on Wolfe's show today

(after several typical clueless questions) Wolf asked him if Al was running and Paul seemed to think it sounded like he was. (running)

[helderheid]

4. Holy moly, REALLY????

[Sugarcoated]

12. I got the sense that this was Begala's opinion

[helderheid]

19. Well, he could be testing the waters... I say jump on in!

[Nay]

5. Actually, THREE handwritten notes, all with money. I got DH and DS

to sit down and write with me.

[helderheid]

8. Absolutely EXCELLENT!

:yourock:

[davidwparker]

6. I blogged a few days here that Gore shouldn't run, but after his

speech, I'm in a wait and see position. It would certainly be interesting if it were a Gore/Kerry ticket. Two Dems chosen to be president but never got sworn in.

The Dem party is great when there is leadership a la Dean, Clark, and Hackett.

[helderheid]

7. Gore 2008 support sites:

http://www.algoresupportcenter.com/

http://www.algore-08.com/

http://www.electgore2008.com/

http://gotv.blogspot.com/2005/12/al-gore-2008.html

http://www.cafepress.com/beatbushgear/482406

http://www.cafepress.com/votedem2008/682129

http://www.cafepress.com/shop/dean/browse/store/electionblues/884543

http://primary2008.typepad.com/presidentail_primaries_20/2005/02/al_gore_08.html

http://ostroyreport.blogspot.com/2005/09/al-gore-could-be-our-next-president.html

Feel free to add to the list!

[iconoclastNYC]

9. Cash in the mail?

Better to donate to his PAC (if he has one) over the Internet. It's illegal to send cash thru the USPS.

[helderheid]

11. it is???

I've never heard that!

[iconoclastNYC]

13. Hmmmmm.

I thought it was illegal but i can't find where that is the case. It certainly is discouraged tho.

[helderheid]

15. well, it's a risk if someone gets their hands on it but honestly, I'd

rather someone get a hold of a $20 bill than a check that could be used for identity theft.

[iconoclastNYC]

16. It seems untoward to be sending cash to politicians thru the mail

But that's just me.

[helderheid]

17. I hope he's not offended

:shrug:

Ah well.

[Inland]

10. Bless Gore, but he's the worst campaigner ever.

I voted for him, would do it again, but I can't ever encourage him. I still want to slap him for his debate failure. Anyone would have known better than to try the shit he pulled.

[iconoclastNYC]

14. I think it was Clinton's team and the DLC that made him that way.

Also the media had it in for him from the outset, and every candidate will face that. We could reanimate the gipper or JC himself and he'd be swiftboated, potrayed as "weak on the war on terror", and a bleeding heart liberal.

Mostly I think it was he tried to follow the "New Democrat" snakeoil that the DLC and the Clinton's were selling.

[helderheid]

18. agreed.

[Inland]

20. That can't be entirely true.

Nobody with decent judgment would have pulled off that shit Gore pulled off at the debates. Mindboggling bad. I was embarrassed for him.

[helderheid]

21. his speech style was also booooring in my opinion but after yesterday

I'd say that has changed!

[iconoclastNYC]

22. As if the debates mean anything?

Look at how Bush did....and how the media tried so hard to make it seem like he hadn't been destroyed by Kerry. In 2000 they took a couple sighs and made it into this huge deal. Gore won the debates in 2000 despite the impression you might have got from the corporate funhouse mirror media.

[helderheid]

23. excellent point!

[Inland]

24. The debates meant something to Gore

I was using it as an example of crappy campaigning, but it hurt him bad.

[iconoclastNYC]

25. I disagree.

In the media universe it hurt him bad. In reality the debates don't change people's attitudes towards a candidate. Polls bare this out.

[helderheid]

26. .

[PBass]

27. Al Gore gave a great speech...

but I don't think he should be running for President again. He had a shot at it already, and I think we should move on. Is there really a huge shortage of other good presidential candidates, that we need to go backwards to Gore (or Kerry)?

I would definitely vote for Gore, sure. But I'd rather see a new fresh face up there, and not go with nostalgia.

[helderheid]

28. there is a huge shortage of those who have had the experience and

are speaking out.

[helderheid]

29. Well, there are 80,000 members here. Nuff said.

[Rosco T.]

30. kickey for the night shift! n/m