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at a reception before the fundraiser for Boxer this coming Thursday. The Nobel Peace prize will be announced later that night (actually early the next morning, like 2am). I'll try to find a new way to ask him "the question" :-)
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by MarkInSanFran on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 11:13:15 PM PDT
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"It's hard to think straight when you have a crooked mind." ~ Snidely Whiplash
by Bugsby on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 11:19:49 PM PDT
the right man for the job!!!
by la urracca on Mon Oct 08, 2007 at 11:57:24 PM PDT
Perhaps America's only opportunity to get back on the right track.
PLEEEEEEEEASE. LET. THIS. HAPPEN!
THANK YOU FOR NOT IMPEACHING THE WAR CRIMINALS AND TERRORIST ENABLERS. Next Stop: Iran. You're on a roll, Congress! -- FUCK, YEAH!!
by STOP George on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 01:33:55 AM PDT
I'm seriously thinking about contributing a donation to the Draft Gore Campaign.
...and I'm a Canadian.
(Hey, my dollar equals your dollar now :>)
by STOP George on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 01:52:49 AM PDT
by jdmorg on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 05:59:46 AM PDT
world needs Al, not just Americans. Go Al, go!
Err...Sic Transit Gloria?
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:29:05 AM PDT
and American..you're right, the world needs Al!!!
I like a little rebellion now and then. It is like a storm in the atmosphere ~ Thomas Jefferson
by valadon on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:19:26 PM PDT
they've got the tightest deadline (Oct. 23) and they need all the help they can get.
by limpidglass on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:49:19 AM PDT
Al Gore's progressive 2000 GE Democratic Platform:Prosperity, Progress and Peace
by NeuvoLiberal on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 02:06:58 AM PDT
GoreAma ;-)
Searching for corrupt, lobbyist loving John McCain?
by Lisa Lockwood on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 03:38:45 AM PDT
AlAck GorAma
by NeuvoLiberal on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 03:42:03 AM PDT
Town Called Dobson: Blue Life In Red America - Daily Political Cartoon
by StormBear on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 05:22:30 AM PDT
A word for what I'll experience on election day next year.
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
by pureproductofamerica on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:56:48 AM PDT
That sounds like a movie you wouldn't want kids watching.
I will sell things"Running For Progress"
by Abraham Running For Congress When I Turn 25 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:18:51 AM PDT
of course Rpgs will try to claim Al Ack has something to do with Al Qaeda...
Politics is like driving. To go backward, put it in R. To go forward, put it in D.Give to Populista's Obamathon 2.0!
by TrueBlueMajority on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:38:07 AM PDT
might get jealous.
by Abraham Running For Congress When I Turn 25 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:19:31 AM PDT
go raibh maith agat
by jersy on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 04:26:29 AM PDT
Once in awhile you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right...
by Glic on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 04:47:32 AM PDT
if (obviously not if it's Clinton) the nominee chose Al as their VP? It would definitely set precedent.
At this point, it may well be too late to get in, unless he's on someone else's ticket. He would get the platform he needs, and the issue is the thing, right?
I have wanted an Edwards/Obama ticket, but I'd swap Gore for either of these gentlemen.
But back to the "too late" thing, I have wondered who, and how many, get into the race AFTER Iowa and New Hampshire. I think the primary system and it's foibles are going to be blown out of existence simply because so many states have gotten greedy. But will it be a Rep, a Dem, both, several? My money is on SEVERAL.
You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia. - Vezzini
by leslietfj on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:51:11 PM PDT
by jdmorg on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:00:16 AM PDT
Perfect blend of seasoning and spice!
by fatcatnichols on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:23:27 AM PDT
Pretty Bird Woman House has a new house!
by betson08 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:12:54 AM PDT
by fatcatnichols on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:20:08 AM PDT
That's the Dream Ticket!
by Asinus Asinum Fricat on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:30:32 AM PDT
MY DREAMMMMMMMMMM TICKET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Confucius say: Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
by bluecayuga on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 04:58:09 AM PDT
by victoria2dc on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:04:02 AM PDT
another breaking of precedent. Not that I'm opposed.
by leslietfj on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:53:23 PM PDT
...if Gore decides to run his running mate has to be a fresh-er face...maybe a W.Clark or Richardson,if he doesn't opt for senate run. Needs to be someone outside the beltway but with obvious experience/qualifications/capability.
Our nations quality of life is based on the rightousness of its people.
by kalihikane on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:33:51 AM PDT
Clark endorsed Clinton. That made me think that there's been no coordination between Gore and Clark. That aside, if Gore taps Clark it will look a little odd for Clark to accept, though probably no more odd than Reagan picking Bush Sr. after the latter's "voodoo economics" comments.
Gore/Richardson makes no sense with where Richardson's campaign is now days. He would be dead weight on the ticket.
-6.38/-6.26 Bush is studiously anti-science, a man of applied ignorance who has undernourished his mind with the empty calories of comfy dogma. - Richard Cohen
by mofus on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:21:19 PM PDT
Richardson would be a great Senator from New Mexico - sure hope he decides to run.
McCain not Principled, just Wrong!
by VA Gal on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:33:17 PM PDT
and not vote at all.
by au8285 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 01:49:16 PM PDT
I prefer Gore/Obama, but Kuci deserves some credit and appreciation.
Please check out this video on what Kucinich's thought process is made of, and perhaps post what you find objectionable.
by NeuvoLiberal on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 03:24:43 PM PDT
WORST way for Gore to campaign against global warming.
Right now he's the most effective spokesman the cause has. But if he announces he's running for the Presidency his message gets instantly trivialized, dismissed as mere politicking in service of personal ambition.
Gore is a far more intriguing and authoritative figure today-- and therefore a more effective spokesman for the environmental and alternative energy causes-- than he was as a Presidential candidate in 2000. I think it's because it's now apparent he's outgrown electoral politics and recognized that it can't deliver meaningful change.
The great irony is that Gore would make a good president, but he and his message would be taken much less seriously the moment he decided to run.
by LanceBoyle on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:28:04 AM PDT
Sure, the right will say that Gore was only promoting global warming to promote his candidacy but if he enters,
Also, Gore can do much more for global warming as President than he can as Citizen Gore. He may not want global warming to become a partisan political issue, but guess what, it already is. Gore's entry into the race won't make it more of a partisan political issue; Gore's refusal to enter the race won't make it less.
by BennyToothpick on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:51:56 AM PDT
As a Democratic president with a democratic majority in congress, great environmental things could happen.
by jackandjill on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 07:53:04 AM PDT
But without someone who actually gives two shits about the cause (re: all the other candidates), it won't.
Someone! '08
by aschupanitz on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:20:43 AM PDT
Bush
by jackandjill on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 01:14:43 PM PDT
...it would definitely be spun as a political issue.
It shouldn't... definitely shouldn't... but it would be.
by Spunkmeyer on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 07:54:20 AM PDT
will spin anything , no big deal .
"The fussy armchair jackboots"
by indycam on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:03:56 AM PDT
Gore's been doing this since his college days. It's only the world that's finally caught up. If this was such a scam and so meaningless, why wasn't it used against him in 2000?
And, as the most powerful man in the world, he will have no better position from which to direct his program of change.
(-7.75, -7.69) No matter how cynical I get, I just can't keep up - Lily Tomlin
by john07801 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:27:19 AM PDT
I take him very seriously on climate change. His passion on the subject is obviously genuine, and that's made him the most effective single spokesman for environmental concerns since Rachel Carson.
But as soon as he announces he's running the media will dismiss everything he's been saying over the last 7 years as posturing, as preparation for a revanchist presidential bid. Most Dems will still embrace Gore enthusiastically (I'd join them), but the media would work feverishly to belittle his message and peel independents away from him. Meanwhile Republican resistance to environmental and energy reform legislation would stiffen considerably in order to "stop Gore."
If Gore won the election do you really think Congressional Dems would show the guts and imagination to ask the nation to make the kind of sacrifices necessary to start seriously addressing the climate change problem-- heavy gasoline taxes, for just a start? Can you see all the K-street lobbyists and CEOs responsible for blocking action on global warming suddenly routed and running for cover? Would President Gore be sufficiently unencumbered by obligations to donors to lead to the utmost? I doubt it, even though I credit him for the best of intentions.
How you envision this turning out depends a lot, I suppose, on just how much faith and hope you place in presidential politics. If you really do believe the POTUS is the "most powerful man in the world," then you could indeed expect the White House to be the best position from which to direct a program of change. If you see the POTUS as the captive of special interests and the need to perpetually triangulate and compromise, you won't expect as much, and you'll have to consider whether having Gore on the outside, pushing, as a insurgent with maximum credibility isn't better than having Gore on the inside, reacting, with his motives questioned and his hands tied.
Don't get me wrong; I still want to elect a president committed to addressing global warming, among other problems. But I think real change isn't going to begin with the White House or Congress (the latter, in particular, lacks the will and imagination), but with the White House and Congress finally bending to a mass movement demanding immediate action. The strongest argument being used today by the opponents of environmental protection is that "the American people don't want it," don't want to pay gasoline taxes or give up their SUVS or use public transport. They have to be proved wrong. The public's response to Gore's message has begun to prove them wrong, suggesting Gore is the right person to inspire and direct such a mass movement.
by LanceBoyle on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:05:00 AM PDT
"the media would work feverishly to belittle his message"
You mean the media that's been telling us about climate change for all these years? (Today there are 21,000 articles about it)
I think the wingnuts will try what you're saying, but the media knows global warming is a real issue, and they also know that we need action fast. Right now we have a lot of agreement that global warming is very real, I don't see them undoing that.
They're jackals, but they have kids.
"we must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for civilization" - Al Gore
by racerx on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:51:31 AM PDT
"but he and his message would be taken much less seriously the moment he decided to run." Respectfully , B.F.S !
Nobel prize winner ? Election landslide winner ?
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Al Gore as the leader of the free world , holder of the highest office in the country , backed by a blue hill . His message would be taken much more seriously the moment he takes the oath of office . Leaders from all around the globe will be happy to see Al Gore .
by indycam on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:01:51 AM PDT
Gore.
Al Gore.
PATRIOT I+II, MCA, FISA CAPITULATION, NOW TORTURE. YOUR COUNTRY IS SLOWLY BEING DISMANTLED. WHAT R U GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
by maxschell on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 03:07:16 PM PDT
Gore is a far more intriguing and authoritative figure today...
So what? Celebrities can raise awareness, but only politicians can change policies.
Don't get me wrong. Consciousness raising is a first step. But until politicians are ready, willing and able to stand up and lead on this issue, all you'll get is lip service, corporate PR, and political theater. Nothing happens without leadership until the crisis is undeniable.
Progress on an issue like this doesn't fail for want of good intentions. It fails for want of a political leader whose policies are recognized as credible.
We can take the opposition of our enemies as given. What is not given is the effective cooperation of our friends. There is not a lot of time in which effective action can be taken on this issue. This is not to disparage the other candidates, but obedience to authority is not a conspicuous character trait of the Democratic party. Nobody has the credibility and trust of the party on this issue that Al Gore does, and anything less than complete credibility on this equals an opportunity for delay.
If this is the most important issue of our time, then there is no real substitute for Al Gore in the White House.
But just because a Gore presidency represents the best chance for getting something done in time doesn't mean he's going to run. That's wishful thinking. I'm not even sure it means he has a duty to run. If the Democratic party can't get off the dime on this, it's not really his responsibility.
I've lost my faith in nihilism
by grumpynerd on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:46:09 PM PDT
that issue is only a fraction of why we need Gore for president now, it is only one of the things he could make the most and best difference with.
He knows that without him in the race it is surely Hillary. I bet that he is troubled at her Iran vote vote too...
by joynow on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 04:08:41 PM PDT
and I have a good signal, I might live-blog it from my iPhone :-)
by MarkInSanFran on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:02:17 AM PDT
by Bugsby on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:11:51 AM PDT
pacific time, with the main fundraiser thereafter, so I would post at around 6pm. I still have my trusty Treo (on trusty Verizon) so I can always use that if AT&T on the iPhone lets me down (damn that Steve Jobs:-)
by MarkInSanFran on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:15:47 AM PDT
by Bugsby on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 12:28:11 AM PDT
If you have + news, send it. If negative please keep it to yourself because I can't take any bad news after reading that these #$%^$#@! Dems are caving on intelligence. What is wrong with them? They need a real leader and our Goreguy is it. :-)
by victoria2dc on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:06:52 AM PDT
by MarkInSanFran on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 11:56:19 AM PDT
"don't ask", he can't tell you and it just puts him on the spot. Maybe just tell him that if he runs you are ready to work. Then tell him he doesn't have to answer, but tell him that we need him because no one else is stepping up, not just on the environment but on all the other issues he talked about in his last book.
by MollieBradford on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 03:29:37 AM PDT
by Mother of Zeus on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 05:10:18 AM PDT
the race or he risk losing his credibility on these issues. By not running he loses much of his political steam to actually do something about the things he cares about. Just sayin...
Yes, I am psychic...or was that psycho? I always forget which.
by Farradin on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:07:53 AM PDT
It's interesting how the narrative is shifting; it used to be that he would lose credibility if he ran and it was "just political" the whole time.
Now that there's been so much speculation, I think there'd be a public letdown, even a disenchantment, if he just kept doing what he's doing. And I think he knows that, and it's informing his thought process.
by pureproductofamerica on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:59:25 AM PDT
...Dems leadership, body politic, and possibly create a psuedo third party, if HRC/OBAMA refuse to step aside...and that scenario could lead to ruin for Dems chances at 08 WH election.
by kalihikane on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:39:50 AM PDT
or not .
by indycam on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:08:52 AM PDT
step aside...whoever wins the nomination will get their undivided support but they will run hard and long through the primary season and ultimately taking and giving shots at each other that will create adverse/negative ripple effect within the voting public.
by kalihikane on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:46:07 AM PDT
Gore is pretty much untouchable right now.
by AngryFinn on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 11:37:29 AM PDT
which of these candidates has the brains to stop the oil insanity and slap down the oil company profits? Which of the candidates will say no to corporate America when he has to? Who has encough gravitas and connections to governments around the world so we can promptly apologize to the world for the Bush cabal? And who has the guts to close down Blackwater and bring our troops home to a good life?
Al Gore is the only one who can do that... and even then it will be hell to do. Say a prayer every day the protection and reconstruction of our constitution. He simply has to do it.
by victoria2dc on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 06:11:25 AM PDT
that will be full of GOOD NEWS.
Anyone see this Newsweek article.
A Nobel Candidate.
One thing I liked about it, except for the first sentence (a fact at this time, nothing else) is that they linked to DraftGore.com and America for Gore.
If you can squeeze in a question, ask him how many pennies he's received? :o)
A ship adrift in a sea of rhetoric & recycled clichés.
by Terre on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:01:00 AM PDT
Kossacks will drop everything to work for him if he runs?
by betson08 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 08:12:20 AM PDT
...trying to get signatures to put him on the CA ballot.
Rubus Eradicandus Est.
by Randomfactor on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 09:37:34 AM PDT
That made CNN last night, did you know?
by betson08 on Tue Oct 09, 2007 at 10:35:31 AM PDT
wide narrow
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