Al gore is one of those guys who reinvents himself every ten years...For instance, he ran for Prez in 88' and he was a VERY moderate democrat who was pro business.....Ed Koch even supported him over the more popular choices and he was seen as he up and coming star,,,,infact, I listened to one of his speeches and I swore I was listening to a republican....then he gets nestled in with Clinton and becomes left wing liberal......then he runs for prez. in 2000 as a more moderate candidate to stay the course....and now, he's like a new age tree hugger with a new set of principals....I don't get him or know who the real Al Gore is ...
Ya know...IN 88' he seemed like a dem that i could possibly cross over to...swear to god...kind of like Lieberman. I'd rather have joe then GW or any of the other clowns being bandied about....Its kind of sad to think that ....a former 1st lady and two 1st term senators ( obama and edwards) is all the dems can come up with...if i was them id be wheeling the likes of Bradley, Lieberman, and the old guard democrats out...appeal to the middle ground...they keep saying that the right wing has hijacked the republicans,,,,but really, the ultra libs have harmed the dems just as much.
. The Nation March 23, 2007 âAl Gore, Global Statesmanâ By: Nicholas von Hoffman Al Gore is not one of those Power Point politicians whose standard spiel is to pledge to carry on: ⢠The war against cancer ⢠The war against terrorism â¢The war against sexual exploitation of children ⢠The war for medical insurance coverage for all ⢠The war against poverty ⢠The war against the war against the middle class â¢The war against drugs â¢The war for family values â¢The war for God â¢The war for diversity Plus other wars which momentarily slip my mind. Al Gore does not play those politics. Instead of a war-against list, Gore can speak on a single topic for half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half. He has facts. He has figures. He has long thought out complicated ideas. The man has something to say. There Gore was testifying before Congress the other day on the subject of global warming, and he pigmy-tized many small-minded Senators and Representatives. They dwarfed out when they were caught in the same room with him. On the subject of global warming Gore has more to contribute than the politician's standard ethanol pitch and the promise that if you wait, the science boys will come up with something to save us from having to make changes or adjustments or do anything at all. Some of his ideas are sweeping and some are intriguing. He proposes an immediate cap on any further growth of carbon dioxide emissions. To stop emissions growth everything from industrial plants to lawn mowers and snowmobiles would have to be rejiggered in a serious way. To achieve that goal he would require that no new electric generating plants be built without carbon dioxide traps to prevent the gas from puffing out into the atmosphere. He would strictly tax carbon dioxide emissions by businesses, providing a sharp and painful incentive for businesses to find ways to green up. The money, which there would be a lot of, would be used to cut payroll taxes, which include Social Security, Workers Compensation, etc. That would put more money in people's paychecks, a lot more for the millions whose Social Security tax is larger than their income tax. It would also make it cheaper for employers to hire people, thus creating more jobs. Another Al Gore idea would be to require corporations to include an energy/carbon dioxide audit statement in their annual report and stock prospectus. Companies which do not have their energy emissions under control would be less desirable as investments than those which do. Gore would end the era of the incandescent light bulb. They burn too much electricity. He would fix a date about ten years from now after which their manufacture would be illegal. From then on, instead of bulbs, our bright ideas will come in the form of those high-intensity, low-power squiggly bulbs which, Gore says, are getting better. Gore has something of the 19th century about him. He is almost courtly in his manners. He can talk to Republicans, at least of the non-flat-earth variety. He has a deep voice and sometimes he thunders as few modern politicians can. At the same time you would be hard-pressed to find another major public figure so conversant with such a wide span of technology and with the earth, air, fire and water problems which are reaching crisis proportions in our century. It has been so long since we have seen one that we may not remember what one looks like. We may not recognize that Al Gore has become a statesman. Source: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070409/von_hoffman .
. SouthAmerica: Reply to TM Direct I am sure Al Gore will be the democratic presidential candidate for 2008. The discussion right now should be about who Al gore will choose to be on his ticket as the vice presidential candidate. Here is a short list of people to be considered to be on his ticket as the VP: 1) Former President Bill Clinton 2) Bill Moyers 3) Ralph Nader 4) Jerry Brown 5) John Edwards .
. April 4, 2007 SouthAmerica: I donât know why all these people are getting on the Hillary Clinton bandwagon without having to make a commitment at this time. It seems to me that they donât have a good foresight about the presidential race in 2008. I wonder what all these people are going to do when Al Gore enters the US presidential race for 2008 and immediately becomes the front-runner. The truth is: The Republican Party it doesn't have a candidate that can beat Al Gore in 2008. After Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2007 â we might as well start calling him the "new president elected" one year in advance to the big day. I have no idea why most people canât grasp that Al Gore is already running and have been running for a while in the presidential race for 2008. He has not made official his entry into the race as yet, but for all practical purposes he is running as hard as he can. If you are a donor donât waste your money with the candidates who are the preliminary players and are just doing a warm up job before the main act â wait to give your money when the main event starts â that is when Al Gore makes it official that he is running for president in 2008. ******* Yesterday a New York newspaper report the following: New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine endorsed U.S. Sen. Hillary Clintonâs presidential bid, calling her âsomeone who I know as a leader,â adding: âI hope the American people will recognize that she is the most qualified person to be President of the United States.â ⦠A slew of other New Jersey officials, including two congressmen and two former governors (although not James McGreevey) announced their support of Clinton today. A full list appears after the jump. Governor Jon Corzine Congressman Rob Andrews Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. Former Governor Brendan Byrne Former Governor Jim Florio State Assembly Speaker Joe Roberts State Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman State Democratic Party Chairman and Assemblyman Joe Cryan State Senator and Bayonne Mayor Joe Doria State Senator Barbara Buono State Senator Nia Gill State Senator Ray Lesniak State Assemblyman Tom Giblin Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes Elizabeth Mayor J. Christian Bollwage Former Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Bass Levin Atlantic County Democratic Chairman Ron Ruff Burlington County Democratic Chairman Richard Perr Hudson County Democratic Chairman Bernie Kenny Hunterdon County Democratic Chairman David Del Vecchio Monmouth County Democratic Chairman Vic Scudiery Warren County Chairman David DeGerolamo .
Al is wasting time. The campaign money is going to the current contenders. There won't be any left if Al wants to run. It kind of looks obvious Al is not going to be in the 2008 race. What if he doesn't win the Nobel Prize? Would he still run? Is he waiting to see if he wins in order to run?
$$$$ is the key.....all these other machines have already been pumped and greased....they are not going to suddenly switch gears now....also, ANY chance Al had at running ended when he appeared at the Oscars and at Cap. Hill....Yes, all the glitz and passion makes for great reading and even ratings....but it also took him WAYYYY left of middle and there goes the south and midwest as well as any crossover repubs.
SA. I will not only bet you that Al Gore won't be the next president, but that the next Pres will be a Republican. Now, how much do you care to wager?