No More Begging
Aug 8th, 2007 at 7:12 pm by Susie
You have to admit, the guy has a point:
Dear Al,
Can I call you Al? (I’m picturing you saying, “You can call me Al.” and then us chuckling over the clever Paul Simon joke).
Al, the love-ins are over.
No more Oscars. No more Leonardo DiCaprio kissing your butt. No more Time Magazine back-scratching. No more pretty, graphically pleasing websites begging you to run.
Clearly, none of this has worked. It’s time for a new tactic.
This time, we’re just telling you that you’re running.
That’s right. The option really isn’t yours anymore. We’ve decided.
You’re a candidate for President in 2008.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Please start preparing a platform.
Sincerely,
America
You heard her, Al.
Get crackin’!
Please, God, can you work your magic on Al?
Oh, and smite Mitt Romney while you’re at it.
p.s. Obama will be your VP
PLEASE!!! I CANNOT STAND IT OTHERWISE.
Please.
Had his chance and blew it. Hang out with Dukakis and Kerry.
Gore/Edwards08!
The two most pressing national problems are energy and poverty, with a side of health care.
nymhr:
Gore won, but the Supreme Court decided to stop counting the votes.
Gore didn’t “blow” it.
Who’s GW Bush going to “hang out with” after January 2009? Jim Beam and Jack Daniels, no doubt.
Hey, what’s wrong with Edwards?
Nah. I voted for him in 2000, and I wish to hell the SCOTUS/Brooks Brothers Rioters hadn’t stole it.
But if I have my druthers, Al sits out and keeps on keeping on with his Earthy stuff.
He midwifed NAFTA, which has been an unmitigated disaster for working people. I’d rather have an anti-NAFTA president.
I like Edwards, I really do. But damn, I’m so IMPRESSED by Al.
You don’t see Al pussyfooting around. He knows exactly what these bastards are up to, and calls them on it. See anyone else of national stature doing it?
hieronymus, nothing wrong with Edwards (okay, there kinda is, but like you meant it, there isn’t), except this country is in a heap o trouble, and Gore will have no learning curve to deal with. It’s Life During Wartime: We don’t have time for that now! Let’s hope he picks a better VP this time. LIke, maybe Edwards.
Um, you forgot the Nobel Piece Price.
Once we give you that, it’s time for you to put your trohpies away and get to scootin’
And then you need to take Obama under your wing and get this ticket moving.
Er, Peace. sorry, I meant to preview first.
Kucinich!!!
Sorry, folks, Al ain’t running.
1. He’s doing something he believes in. And making a difference doing it.
2. He’s happy doing what he’s doing.
3. I really don’t think he’s any longer interested enough in being president to put himself through what would be required to get there.
Please, purty please, Al.
RUN.
RUN and SAVE America.
1. Gore/Clark
2. Gore/Obama
3. Gore/Edwards
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999. Non-Republican Candidate X not named Biden
Damn, how things have changed. Just 6 or 7 years ago many Dems and liberals wanted to throw Al under the bus for “losing” to Bush in 2000. It is nice to see that Al had rehabilited himself, at least in the eyes of people like us. I don’t think the media will be so nice and welcoming to the thought of Al Gore running in 2008.
Y’all never learn.
If Al runs, I’ll probably vote for him. But, we have a good field. It’s not like we need him. In the primary, I’ll vote Edwards at this point. If either Hillary or Obama win the primary instead of Edwards, I could get behind either of them.
I’d like Al to run.
But we don’t need him.
damn straight, susie.
Screw Al. He ran with Loserman (unforgiveable), and then barely put up a fight in Florida.
Give me Russ Feingold!!!
How about Gore/Dean ?
Gore blows the current field out of the water. In the defining test of political judgment of our era, Gore was right about Iraq way before it was cool. He also recognizes the constitutional challenge which I’ve never heard any of the current candidates address adequately.
If anyone gets a chance, I’d love to see this question put to Al in a public forum: “Can you name one person who is more qualified than you to be president at this time?”
If he can, fine, then he is off the hook. But he won’t be able to because there isn’t any. I agree that this isn’t really his choice any more. It is a matter of duty. Unless he can honestly tell us that he is no longer psychologically capable of performing this duty, he is fucking running as of now.
Great post!!!
Al, you must run, your country (and the world) need you NOW. The karmic reason for the first *defeat* was to have you available to help us now.
Kenny, y’all are an ignorant redneck, and out of your league here.
Al, you must run, your country (and the world) need you NOW. The karmic reason for the first *defeat* was to have you available to help us now.
That’s utterly delusional.
Gore/Clooney
America had it’s chance. I’d vote for him in second, but I can’t really blame him.
Rick Taylor
“Run,” hell.
Al’s President. Now.
We can skip the part where Dick and King George the Turd say “we’re not leaving,” and go right to “yes, well, buh-bye.”
Capt. Twelve A.M. Midnight, E.S.T., C.E.
We, the Sheeple, await liberation!
Run, Al, run, and the heads of wingnuts everywhere will be bursting in air!
Run Al, run! What are the odd’s he will run. 100 to one is my guess, but over here http://www.bodog.com/sports-betting/political-props.jsp it is 5/1, so who knows. Maybe there is hope.
Feingold
Why aren’t you running?
…just write the brainiac in….
it can be done
Whole-brain goodness,No artificial flavoring. Accept no substitute.
He’s really the guy.
If Gore ran he would be crucified by the media, the GOP, and the rest of the so-called Democrats running. Why on earth would he put himself through all that?
Unless he has a campaign organization that has already been secretly put in place with really sharp key people (meaning none of the traditional Dem consultants), and heavy financing all lined up, he wouldn’t have a prayer.
I say again, why would he put himself through it?
I intend to write him in on my ballot, in both the primary and general elections, not that it will change the fact that sickeningly enough, Hillary Clinton, She Who Has Been Annointed By The Media As The Winner, will be our next president.
Incredible. A vacillating, indecisive former (add titles) goes Hollywood and that makes him presidential material? I don’t think so.
Much as it pains me to say this, Al is not running. Not now, not ever. I live in Tennessee, no one would like to see the Tennessee wrestling match of Al vs Fred more than I. But, it’s not gonna happen.
Sorry.
Le sigh…
At this point, stuff like this is more depressing than inspiring. I think it’s really time to abandon the state of denial and accept that Al Gore’s not running for president. We’re five, possibly four, months away from the Iowa……
the right candidate is staring us in the face but america can’t seem to get past it’s shallow appeal to all that’s bright and shiny.
His name is Dennis Kucinich and he can make things right.
grow up america.
Al, we got your back. We’re ready for a full-on media beat-down. 2000 aint happening again. No sir.
You heard the word Al - we’re waiting. The country needs you now more than ever. Obama will lose to Hillary - Hillary of all people - but will then fit nicely into your campaign as a VP candidate, where you can pass on lessons learned so he can run again after your two terms.
Just do it.
Personally I would never vote for Al Gore, simply because of all the years he actively supported censorship of music lyrics.
This is why when he did run and picked Holy Joe as his mate, I voted for Bush. Would I do it again, knowing what I know now? In a heartbeat.
–mort
Mr. Gore will not run for President.
That he won’t is a reflection on the office and electoral process.
If Al Gore decides to run it OBLITERATE any credibility he has on Global Climate Change. It would be dismissed as propaganda to bolster a Presidential run.
The PoTUS also has a duty to look out for US interest and there are many aspects of fighting run away greenhouse that will come in conflict with that duty.
Please Al don’t run? You’ll set back Climate recovery work 10 years if you do…
You know, I didn’t care much for the PMRC stuff either, but the idea that warning labels on records is somehow worse than what Bush has done is pretty silly.
2000 aint happening again. No sir.
2000 has been happening again to Hillary, Obama, and John Edwards for months. I doubt that empty promises will do much to convince Al. He’s a smart guy - he knows he won’t get a fair shake. If I were him, I wouldn’t waste my time either.
If Gore runs, and wins the nomination, (2 very big If’s)I would expect him to name Obama as his running mate.
I am not giving a dime to any other campaign until I am certain that Al is not running.
Dear Susie,
If Al Gore runs for President on the Democratic ticket in 2008, I will not vote for him.
Just like I did not vote for him in 2000.
I will even vote for Nader before I vote for Al Gore.
Yes, I will vote for Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, etc.
But Al Gore?
No.
Why do you ask? Well, Tipper Gore and Joe Lieberman.
Al Gore surrounds himself with right wingers.
Al Gore should not be President.
Sincerely,
The Democratic Base
Sean Says:
p.s. Obama will be your VP
I’d prefer Edwards but Obama will do.
While I am cerainly hoping Al Gore will run, if he doesn’t I’m available.
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It’s bigger than that. They wanted to throw him under the bus for his association (complicity, if you prefer) with Clintonian centrism, which many progressives regarded as a form of betrayal. Nader’s campaign was explicitly premised on this, and inarguably positioned Bush to swipe the election. Nice going.
#54 refers to #19, BTW. I messed up the block quote function.
56 comments and counting!
That’s astronomical for this blog.
Most items get zero or one, and hardly any ever
go into double figures.
How come so many on this particular topic, which
has been discussed here many times before?
What has made all the lurkers suddenly speak up?
Al Gore is a briliant man, an advocate for important issues, and a gifted communicator when he isn’t trying to sell himself. He is not a good political candidate. I am in awe of the man and would be proud to call him my President, but I think if he were to run it would be more likely to end in embarassment than victory.
It got linked to by Atrios’s site.
“Al Gore surrounds himself with right wingers.”
While Hillary Clinton is one.
/just sayin
Don’t run Al.
We need a winner, not a loser.
He ran an election campaign that put him in a bind then let himself be steamrollered by a better organized, more aggressive, tougher Republican political machine.
He pussied out in 2004.
Let him do what he does best. He can speak up as an elder statesman and ’speak truth to power’ as necessary.
Don’t run Al. You are not good enough at it.
Sadly, I fear that grepthis is right.
Forget them all - Only Russ Feingold has his priorities right - SAVE THE CONSTITUTION FIRST - then address the minor details. Draft Feingold!!!
Personally I would never vote for Al Gore, simply because of all the years he actively supported censorship of music lyrics.
I know when I look around the world and at my country these days, music lyrics certainly rank right near the top of things requiring urgent attention.
This argument ranks just above “who would you want to have a beer with?” when one is considering who should be in the White House.
Oh, and get this, it wasn’t about censoring anything, it was about a labeling program that is remarkably like the movies.
But I guess that was enough of a threat that it was necessary to turn the country over to Bush/Cheney.
If Al Gore runs for President on the Democratic ticket in 2008, I will not vote for him.
Just like I did not vote for him in 2000.
I will even vote for Nader before I vote for Al Gore.
And how did that work out for you?
Cretin.
You know what? Frank Zappa’s widow, Gail Zappa, is really good friends with Tipper Gore. Maybe Tipper’s not the censoring witch you suppose her to be.
Too late.
The time for this was three months ago. All this would do now is solidify Hillary’s position.
We only have two choices this year: the Hillary-Borg or the Un-Hillary. And since Gore wouldn’t enter the race in a timely manner, all he does is squander the un-Hillary vote.
Personally, I don’t care who I vote for, as long as it’s not Hillary. And if she wins the nomination… well, let’s not go there.
Al has the resume. He has the credibility, not just USA credibility, but world wide, foreign policy cred. He values others as smart or smarter than himself.
I used to work in the medical world. Good docs refer to good docs, and bad docs refer to bad docs. So, always check with O.R. Nurses etc. to find out who the good docs are.
Same goes for the political game. Bush hires people he feels superior to/smarter than. ‘Nuff said.
I think it was Lee Iacocca who wrote about addressing a group of Fortune 500 CEOs, (in the times of Ronald Reagan) as asked how many of the CEO’s votes for Reagan. All hands went up. Then he asked how many of them would put Ronald Reagan in as THEIR (company’s) CEO? No hands went up.
Gore’s time in the Wilderness, i.e. outside the beltway, has done him a world of good IMHO. I hope and pray that he heeds the call of his country and enters the race.