Check in here, if you want Al Gore to step up and run!!

[madinmaryland]

:hi:

[XOKCowboy]

1. No thanks...

[Nutmegger]

R&K!!!

I want to see so many people in the race, especially Gore.

[sharesunited]

2. I used to. But now I wouldn't wish it on him.

[shireen]

3. that would be a dream come true!

If there's a way to make it happen, I'll work for his campaign!

[madinmaryland]

5. I think he may be the only one now who can RE-unite the democratic party

after months of chaos.

He's been elected once, and can be again.

[ecstatic]

20. Yeah. Unite Clintonites and Obamites AGAINST Gore

for the sheer unfairness of it.

[xchrom]

4. recommend with enthusiasm.

[keep_it_real]

6. No his time has past. Obama's wife said this is a one time run.

So let's seize the time and focus on the here and now, not the past and what could have been in Gore but what CAN be now in Obama. Time moves on and one of the only constants in the universe is change.

[madinmaryland]

7. Your response is the exact reason why a Gore run could

really get the entire base fired up!

[keep_it_real]

11. Obama is the man of the hour. He is the idea whose time has arrived.

Gore would do best to help the man of the hour whose time has arrived.

[earth mom]

19. You obviously aren't "keepin it real".

:eyes:

The time is NOW for fighting global warming and fighting the corporate bastards primarily responsible.

Obama is a corporatist through and through. He's NOT gonna do jack shit to stop global warming.



Gore is the man of the hour and the time. This country needs him a helluva lot more than it needs to prove a point about race.

[MADem]

23. With his ties to the coal industry, of course not. NT

[ThomWV]

29. A person is not an 'idea' and an hour is a fleeting thing.

[Zynx]

48. A person can reflect an idea or a movement, but they themselves are not it.

[Zynx]

47. I don't really subscribe to the "heroic" view of history.

I think people are made by the circumstances and individuals do not make them. FDR could not have implemented the New Deal in the 1920s no matter what he tried. The Civil Rights movements would not have been as effective 30 years previous. Reagan could not have pulled off what he did without the public turning against the left on the grassroots level as they did. I can go on and on.

[KaptBunnyPants]

15. Agreed. It's too late for Gore.

[InsultComicDog]

8. how about...

[madinmaryland]

9. how about..

six more months of division.

:wtf:

[donheld]

17. Look at your own sig line

[madinmaryland]

46. Do you mind if I snag that gif?

:hi:

[Pastiche423]

10. Checking in w/bells on!

[ClayZ]

12. I want him to run to a news camera and endorse OBAMA!

[Chulanowa]

13. Seconded

I love Gore, but it's too late for him to enter the race and do anything but be divisive. However if he stepped up and threw his chips in with Obama - or Clinton! - It would probably settle the damn argument pretty handily.

[TomBall Democrat]

50. AYE!

[Exultant Democracy]

14. Run for what? Run a marathon for gobal warming sure.

[greyghost]

16. Gore/Obama and give Hillary a Senate leadership position...

PROBLEMS SOLVED!

[malaise]

25. That could work n/t

[davidinalameda]

18. he had his chance

[emilyg]

21. Nope.

[BigBearJohn]

22. Let it please be him, oh dear God, it must be him.

[mitchtv]

52. Vickie Carr as VP?

[BigBearJohn]

56. My best friend used to be city attorney for Cathedral City.

How's the weather lately?

[mitchtv]

62. Finally starting to warm up

Our City Councilman, Greg Pettis got the nod from the Dems to run for 80th AD (out Gay man). It will be tough going I think

[peace frog]

24. His time has passed

and that's his choice. We have a fine candidate and future nominee in Barack Obama.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Yes!

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

27. Fuck him.

He made his choice to the detriment of the nation. Now he gets to live with it- if America survives.

[ldf]

44. unfortunately, i agree

gore is the only one smart enough to even start solving all the problems we are facing.

but his time was before the deadline to jump in this election.

he has shown that he can't be bothered, and is already almost irrelevant, as far as global warming. he doesn't get near the air play he used to.

so much for feeling he could do more "outside" politics.

a bully pulpit can always be used to the occupant's advantage.

now we will have to do it on our own, and i don't have a whole lot of confidence in the two options we have, and even less in the american people.

:shrug:

[ThomWV]

28. He prefers his global warming cause to his nation, he would be a poor President

His focus is on global warming, this nation needs a President who's focus is on his Constitutional duty. So much for Gore, which is a shame, he would have probably been our best. Such a shame.

[deutsey]

30. I believe his moment has passed...n/t

[npincus]

31. Love Gore, but he's missed the boat.

[laylah]

32. Absolutely but won't happen nt

[mnhtnbb]

33. I think Gore knows he can be more productive outside government.

[Jennicut]

34. I wanted him to run but don't blame him for not

Look at all that Obama has gone through already and its just the primaries! Anyone who upsets the status quo is dragged through the mud. Obama seems tough enough-after all just look at his background. He had to fit in in many different places. As for Gore, I think any hatred towards this man is utterly vile. Who had th guts besides Keith Olberman to take on th Bush administration in the early days? Who spoke out against the Iraq war from the beginning and was already a well known politican? Who has taken a cause no one wanted to touch (climate cahnge) and carried it on his back, alone for so many years? Who else could bounce back from the devestation of having a presidential election "stolen" from them? He is a good man, and a great patriot and has spoken out about our loss of freedoms starting from the patriot act on. As far as running for president goes, I think Gore realizes that alot of hatred and vitrol would have been spewed at him by the right wing and might have distracted from the problems this country faces. He also might have thought that climate change should be his number one cause and with the Iraq war and the economy and health care that it would be pushed to the bottom if he ran for president. That is his life cause and he needs to concentrate on that as the future of or world and mankind depend on him and others to put pressure on businesses and government to change their way of doing things.

[lildreamer316]

35. Do I even need to say anything.

Foregone conclusion.

[madokie]

36. the more I see and read about Barack the better I like him

Big Al is not going to step in anything especially this mess that is what is now.

[Smarmie Doofus]

37. Yes. nt

[BreweryYardRat]

38. It'd be a long step up from Obama or Hillary. n/t

[wrando]

39. YES!

but i'm afraid it would not please Obama's cult members

bill from ct

[Echo In Light]

40. Frankly I think the entire process, by substantial degrees, is a sham...but I'd go yes for Gore

[we can do it]

41. Go Al

[Uncle Joe]

42. I would happily accept Al Gore as President whether he runs or is drafted.

I believe our nation and the world definitely need his vision and leadership.

I also believe he paid a heavy price for essentially using his leadership in helping to bring about through technological means, Martin Luther King's dream by empowering the American People via championing opening up the Internet to them. I believe the Internet is the greatest enhancement to Freedom of Speech since the First Amendment was originally drafted.

In conclusion, I believe any political leader; who comes along and sincerely represents the interests of the American People and a commitment to the Constitution and rule of law benefits from Al Gore's contribution.

Thanks for the thread, madinmaryland.:hi:

[LWolf]

43. PLEASE. I want someone to vote for. n/t

[pacalo]

53. Ditto.

My avatar reflects how I feel about this election.

[LWolf]

61. I didn't put my avatar up until Edwards dropped out,

leaving me with no choices. I'll change it when I can support someone on my ballot.

[Tektonik]

45. I don't think he should, but hell if he did,

there'd be at least one candidate I could be excited for.

[TomBall Democrat]

49. Thanks, all over that

My candidate is looking pretty good in this race.

Think I'll leave my money where it lays.

:D

[TomBall Democrat]

51. Obama/Richardson

Yea, that's the ticket!

[Pachamama]

54. Checking in...

That would be wonderful...better yet, a Gore/Obama ticket.....

:bounce:

[zalinda]

55. Yes, yes, yes

I want Gore/Edwards. Let Obama grow up and let Clinton do what she wants. I want grown ups leading the country, not either of these two ego driven people.

And if Obama is only a one shot deal, then let him pass. Damn, what arogance, it's now or never? Please, make it never.

zalinda

[earth mom]

57. Please Save Us Al!

:cry:

[fujiyama]

58. A little late now

Hey I'd have voted for him, but it's kind of unfair to declare yourself a candidate when most of the states have voted.

[NoodleyAppendage]

59. He needs to ENDORSE OBAMA and put a steak in Hillary's black/cold heart.

Now would be a fine time for Gore to throw some karma the Clinton's way, particular after the way Bill's sociopathic sexual escapades made it difficult for Gore to gain a healthy early support margin in 2000.

J

[mitchtv]

63. that's the way to win Dems to your religion, er side

[orleans]

60. he didn't want to. he's over and done as far as that is concerned.

we needed/wanted him. he said no.

i don't like being jilted.

one time and i'm done with them.

let him go do whatever it is he is doing.

i don't go crawling back to someone who tells me they aren't interested.

[DFW]

64. I want him as president, but I don't want him to run for the nomination

It would be ludicrous if he were to jump in at this point. He'd have no delegates
and no base at the convention. The only way for Al Gore to be the nominee of the
Democratic Party in November will be for a hopelessly deadlocked convention in
Denver to turn to him in desperation. This would mean that both Hillary and Obama
would prefer to see the boat sink rather than bow out gracefully. I think that
if one of them should see a hopeless situation in Denver, that they would not
want to be known as a spoiler forever at this crucial moment in history. Should I
be wrong about that, and the convention is deadlocked, I'm betting Howard will call
Gore into his hotel room or meet him in some unlit back alleyway somewhere, and say,
Al, you have to go up to that podium and tell us, in the most eloquent speech you have
ever given, why the Democratic party MUST win this election this November, and then
say that if the party cannot agree on one of the very capable candidates vying for
the nomination, that you will lead the party's ticket if they want you to.

I don't give that much chance of happening, but if it does, you will hear shouts of
Gore, GORE, GOOORE!!!!! so loud that a panicked Colorado Department of Public Safety
will be sending inspectors to check for structural damage to the Convention Center.