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Sat Oct-13-07 05:29 PM
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200,000 signatures for Draft Gore!!

Edited on Sat Oct-13-07 05:43 PM by IndyOp

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/algore2008/signatories-3195.html

Signer #200,000 says: "Al, Congratulations on the great honor of winning the Nobel Peace Prize. PLEASE RUN! You can be far more effective as President leading the response to the climate crisis, restoring participatory democracy and the Constitution, and reversing the Unitary Executive. You are uniquely qualified to serve as President, and can be far more effective than Hillary Clinton in responding to ALL the crucial issues facing us today, as you outlined in Assault on Reason. Your service as President, rather than as a private citizen, is the most effective means for us to go as far as possible as quickly as possible, to refer to an Old African proverb. I can not even fathom how you could come to the opposite conclusion. But I trust your reason and judgment and know that you will make the right decision. I just hope that my reason leads me to the same conclusion that yours does. With great respect, David"

:woohoo: B-) :party: :bounce:

:toast:

Way to cute: Signer #199982, Claire, says: "Because I'm 8 and I want a good country when I grow up too. Thank you Mr. Gore."

Wow - more signature statements:

Sylvia - Dear Vice President Gore, You are probably still ecstatic from your Nobel Peace Prize, and very contented from your work with Global Warming, but I and thousands of Americans are imploring you to run and give our divided and distressed nation the visionary leaddership we desperately need. You were and are right regarding this evil and unnecessary Iraqi War, the Palestinian/Israeli Crisis, and a multitude of foreign and domestic problems.I know you do not like to campaign, because it is highly tainted with dirty money, but you and I CANNOT let the morally challenged, Machiavellian Hillary again occupy the White House. In addition Tipper is a great campaigner, and she may even win over few "Religious Righters" with her fight for decency since the 1980's. In conclusion, I respectfully ask you to lead our country out of the unacceptable morass that Bush and his war profiteering Neocons have selfishly plunged us into.

Charles - On the news they were asking about this possibility. I found myself closing my eyes and saying to myself how much HOPE it would bring to the world if ONLY Al Gore chose to become (the election would be practically a formality) President. I don't know what would make him choose to do so. What he's doing now is very important too, however, as President I'm sure he could do even more, given all of our support. God bless you, Mr. Gore.

:wow:

Can you feel the :loveya: Al? You deserve it, no matter what you decide...

Al Gore & The Dream Team (Barack, John, Joe Biden, Dennis & Bill Richardson)

Al, I decided this morning, that no matter what happens next with the campaigning and elections - you will be my next President. Whether your desk is in the oval office or elsewhere, your leadership will allow millions (billions?) of concerned people to take action to contribute to solving our dire ecological problems and to take action to make the most of our opportunity to make meaningful, long-lasting, amazing progress.

I know that you trust your instincts. I trust your instincts, too. If they guide you to step into the race so that you can use the campaign to educate or, if at the Democratic convention, the people call for you and you answer -- that would make my heart sing.

If your instincts guide you to continue on your current trajectory then I thank you. For a man who has been groomed all of his life to become President, to be willing to give that up to take on a task that you believe is more important for the good of us all, that is tremendous. I think we all know that the people who simply MUST live in the spotlight are rarely the ones who do the most important work in our world.

At this point, though, I urge you to think about the following opportunity to unite the Democratic Party and to become our Presidential candidate: Call Barack or John now and ask them to be your VP - run as a complete ticket. If Barack or John were very smart they would call you and ask to be your VP. Then make clear who would be in your administration:

Barack - VP ... 8 years as VP and then -> :)
John - Sec of Labor ... his heart is in this issue
Joe Biden - Sec of State ... he has the experience, he just needs to be convinced we want the US empire to be o-v-e-r
Dennis - Sec of Peace ... head of the new Department of Peace
Bill Richardson - Sec of the Interior ... in recognition of his success at getting New Mexico to meet Kyoto goals
Chris Dodd - some position where he can revive the United Nations, Peace Corps, Universal Declaration of Human Rights

I know this leaves out Hillary. I just think she is so tremendously valuable to New Yorkers as their Senator that you should allow her to remain their representative. :eyes:

If you run as part of a team, you won't have to waste extraordinarily valuable time raising money and you will have people who can represent you wonderfully well on the campaign trail so you won't have to spend as much time on the trail.

It is time for some really new ideas to become reality. The Democratic Party needs to be unified at this time and your running with a dream team could do that.

Sincerely, IndyOp :hi:

President Al Gore