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Title: Al Gore Will Not Only Run, but He Can and Will Win in '08
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ABC News
URL Source: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=2907998
Published: Feb 28, 2007
Author: ANDY OSTROY
Post Date: 2007-02-28 11:27:35 by Brian S
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Comments: 30
Feb. 27, 2007 — - Make no mistake: Former Vice President Al Gore will be our next president. I am as confident about that assertion as I am that George W. Bush will go down in history as America's worst president ever. Gore is the right man at the right time, for many reasons. And it's clear that the momentum and buzz is shifting his way big time. At Sunday's Oscar ceremony, Gore's movie producers took home the coveted prize for best feature documentary for "An Inconvenient Truth," his scorching red-flag raiser on global warming. Gore joined them on stage and was graceful, poised and presidential. And it didn't hurt his hipness quotient any to be getting a little Leo DiCaprio love either. The politician also joined the Hollywood star on stage during the Oscars. That's right, Al Gore is suddenly cool. It gets even better. In October, Gore will also likely be the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for being the planet's biggest advocate in the fight against climate change. His prestigious nomination in this exclusive club puts him in the company of such independent thinkers, statesmen and activists as Dr. Martin Luther King, President Jimmy Carter, Elie Wiesel and Mother Theresa. Now let's talk chops. Gore's an enlisted Vietnam vet who served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, two terms in the Senate, and eight years as vice president in one of the most successful administrations ever. Let's not forget that he won the popular vote in 2000, and as many say, the Electoral College as well. So wait, he's hip, he's brilliant, he's highly experienced. Is America ready for a real leader after two terms of a guy who makes Jim Carrey's "Dumb and Dumber" character seem downright cerebral? You bet your asinine Bush-isms it is. I even have the perfect campaign slogan for Gore: "Imagine how it would've been." Just imagine what the country would be like today had he become president in 2000 and not Bush. Imagine an America without this bloody debacle in Iraq. Imagine an America that commands the respect of its allies and is feared by its enemies. Imagine an America that puts the environment before big corporate interests. Imagine having a president who strives to bridge the gap between rich and poor, where the middle class, not the wealthy, gets the tax breaks, and where the minimum wage is not a shameful $5.15. Pretty powerful stuff on the campaign trail, huh? Yes indeed, 2008 is the right time for Al Gore. Don't think for a minute that he doesn't know this. It's not 2000, and Gore is a changed man, an older, wiser, more relaxed, confident version of his former self. What's more, the country is as different a place for him today as it was in '68 for that other "Comeback Kid," Richard Nixon. When Gore announces, which I suspect he will likely do in September, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will have canceled each other out, and he will leapfrog over the carnage to the front of the line. At that time, he'll have tremendous political and financial currency and support from which to launch a successful campaign. And in this writer's opinion, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney will be coughing up dust. Andy Ostroy is editor and publisher of The Ostroy Report, a New York-based blog that aggressively combats the powerful right-wing spin machine, taking on Bush, the Republican Party and the conservative media.
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#1. To: Brian S (#0)
Yep, this just proves the Democrats have Beach Oosers also among their ranks.
I even have the perfect campaign slogan for Gore: "Imagine how it would've been." That could work, especially if he picks the right VP.
Victory means exit strategy, and it’s important for the President to explain to us what the exit strategy is. ~George W. Bush Considering the repuklicans will most likely nominate Rudy or McCain, I could easily cast a vote for Gore. If Obama survives the primary process without scandal, a Gore/Obama ticket could make things interesting.
uh..Andy just lost all credibility.
I'll vote for him if he does. Shit, he's the only Democrat who really looks interesting to me. Hillary is a complete AIPAC sellout, Obama is an empty toothpaste ad, and no one else has the cachet to take either one of them out. Now if he can just get over his fear of Bill Clinton's reaction and run...
How many deaths will it take till he knows, that too many people have died?
Not so fast. Gore was featured favorably in Rolling Stone and cracked up a lot of people on SNL. Like it or not, he really IS hip.
How many deaths will it take till he knows, that too many people have died?
Gore also was an early opponent of the Iraq war, and has delivered powerful speeches attacking the Bush administration's assault on civil liberties.
Katrina was America's Chernobyl.
hehehe..i guess it all depends on your definition of hip. :P
I don't know how the Entertainment community can just ignore his wife's role in the PMRC or his historically pro-war record with one glorious exception, but I guess that is just commentary on this failed political system.
I guess it is just a matter of desperation. Anyone but the current crowd of neocon's can 'fill the bill'.
He is thought to be one of the dirtiest fighters going, so I would love to see Gore hammer Hillary on a blast from the past like Iraqgate, but alas, I don't know if that is really still part of this version of Al Gore and he knows that if he doesn't go all out with the private investigators, the very impressive media ops (recall the drunk driving story and the still unidentified tipster), he won't win.
I'm picking up hints and rumors that the file is very thick on Bill's life after the White House. Hillary is going to have all she can do trying to clear up THAT mess.
He lost me right there. Personal pet peeve: "It gets better." Sounds like a breathless sales pitch. Which it is.
I'd rather eat broken glass than cast my vote for any of these corrupt bastards in a rigged system. VOTING ONLY ENCOURAGES THEM.
Yes. A lifelong politician from a family of lifelong politician's is going to "save" the country. Here's a clue; insanity is voting for a republican OR democrat and expecting change or not expecting massive corruption.
Here's a clue; insanity is voting for a republican OR democrat and expecting change or not expecting massive corruption. I go along with both of you. Obvious voices of reason. Others seen to forget in a hurry just because some joker is on the Electronic..ahh..TV. ;)
"If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may know peace." -Thomas Paine In a CorporoFascist capitalist society, there is no money in peace, freedom, or a healthy population, and therefore, no incentive to achieve these. Hell, it is like rape and a chance to select your rapist. If it is inevitable, you might just as well lay back, spread 'em and enjoy it. A 'stay at home' or 'third party' vote doesn't even put you in the game. Game of losers...sure, but at least there is a bit of a thrill while playing.
i'm with you.
A Dem Presidor like Gore would find it easier to launch another war, like against Iran, than a GOPER Presidor would. Is there any better illustration of how contrived and sclerotic our national politics has become than the resurrection of this cardboard DC apparatchik's career? A year ago this guy was a national joke and anyone who even suggested he would have a shot at the elected dictator's seat would be laughed at. But, overnight- Gore has a new image and all the same whored out pundits who bad mouthed him a year ago are penning absurd paeons to him today.
Who is your choice, Burkeman...that even stands a remote chance in hell to win?
Choice? My choice between Gore and McCain or Rudy and Hillary? Do you really think it matters at all? We have a congress that can't even vote on a MEANINGLESS resolution that would express dissaproval over sending in 20G troops to Iraq despite the fact that this war is about as popular as the neighborhood registered sex offender and I am suppossed to think that one of these lifelong DC Beltway apparatchiks is any different from the next one? Give me a break.
See my post #17... /chuckle
Burkeman, you are too good at word images. Federal politics does seem so bleak, now that you put it in those terms.
If it makes you feel better about things- go ahead and vote for him. But I am not sure what is more absurd- thinking your vote actually matters at all in a nation of 300 hundred million in which your vote is only even remotely meaningful if you vote along with the majority of your state or that there is any meaningful difference whatsoever between the two apparatchiks of the Beltway we are spoon fed as candidates. The very notion that in elections involving a hundred million voters spread out over 50 jurisdictions picking between two put up jobs that your vote "counts" is simply silly. I don't vote in federal elections. Indeed- even voting for Governor is pushing the limits of rationality when it comes to the worth of a vote. A true Republic is only feasible on the level of a city state at most. Any polity larger than that is just an Oligarchy which uses elections as a veneer to cover their rule.
Special delivery for you, Burkeman: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,- 6448013,00.html "Democratic Leaders Revamp Anti-War Plan" March 01/07 WASHINGTON (AP) - House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.
Choice? My choice between a firing squad and a hangman's noose or a guillotine and lethal injection? Do you really think it matters at all?
Only a retard could be this optimistic or delusional, and if Gore does run, you can bet Hillbillary will be on the ticket. How's Al's health doing these days? I would imagine that would change pretty quickly if Hillbillary were his VP.
Treason is commonplace, and an accepted behavior in the halls of Congress, the senate, and of course, the oval office. Betrayal of your people may not be rebuked on earth, but it will indeed be punished when you are burning in hell.
Ron Paul is my guy. IMO he's the only one who would strictly uphold the constitution.
If it weren't for ridiculous NeoCommies like algore, slick willie, sKerry, Hussein Obama et al...the NeoCons like whorege, DICK!, mcTraitor et al would never have a chance, let alone have destroyed the GOP/Conservativism-Constitutionalism. I hope algore gets in and then has to defend his World Communist global warmist bull...although mcTraitor is one and the same so algore would never be called on it. Aren't these Establishment selection games FUN!?
It gets even better. In October, Gore will also likely be the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for being the planet's biggest advocate in the fight against climate change. His prestigious nomination in this exclusive club puts him in the company of such independent thinkers, statesmen and activists as Dr. Martin Luther King, President Jimmy Carter, Elie Wiesel and Mother Theresa.
#2. To: Brian S (#0)
So wait, he's hip, he's brilliant, he's highly experienced. Is America ready for a real leader after two terms of a guy who makes Jim Carrey's "Dumb and Dumber" character seem downright cerebral? You bet your asinine Bush-isms it is.
(About the quote: Speaking on the war in Kosovo.)
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#4. To: Brian S (#0)
So wait, he's hip
#5. To: Brian S (#0)
Al Gore Will Not Only Run, but He Can and Will Win in '08
#6. To: christine (#4)
So wait, he's hip uh..Andy just lost all credibility.
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one of the most successful administrations ever
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Al Gore Will Not Only Run, but He Can and Will Win in '08
#16. To: Hayek Fan, BLUEGRASS, eoghan (#15)
Yes. A lifelong politician from a family of lifelong politician's is going to "save" the country.
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- - IndieTX
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#21. To: Brian S (#20)
Who is your choice, Burkeman...that even stands a remote chance in hell to win?
#22. To: Burkeman1 (#21)
Give me a break.
#23. To: Burkeman1 (#21)
We have a congress that can't even vote on a MEANINGLESS resolution that would express dissaproval over sending in 20G troops to Iraq despite the fact that this war is about as popular as the neighborhood registered sex offender and I am suppossed to think that one of these lifelong DC Beltway apparatchiks is any different from the next one?
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#26. To: Burkeman1 (#21)
Choice? My choice between Gore and McCain or Rudy and Hillary? Do you really think it matters at all?
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..Gore will also likely be the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for being the planet's biggest advocate in the fight against climate change."
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