Carville: Obama Should Pick Gore for Veep

[TeamJordan23]

The former Clinton supporter/long-time confidante says on CNN’s “The Situation Room”:

“I would ask Al Gore to serve as his vice president and energy czar…and send a signal to the world, the American people, the Congress, to everybody that America is getting serious about this horrendous problem that we face.”

http://thepage.time.com/2008/06/11/carville-obama-should-pick-gore-for-veep/

[ericgtr]

1. I really like Gore but he still hasn't even endorsed has he?

[dansolo]

2. How about Secretary of Energy

Though I'm not sure if Gore would be interested.

[PVnRT]

3. He's repeatedly said he will not be a part of any Democratic administration

Not out of spite, just wanting to focus on doing his own thing.

[hokies4ever]

10. He doesn't need a cabinet position to have power and sway

He can draw crowds and media attention without an official political position.

[elfin]

4. Carville must be reading DU

Saw it here some time ago -- too lazy to look for DU link.

I LOVE the idea - don't know if Al would.

If not, then agree to head the search committee -- yet another DU idea earlier.

[Indenturedebtor]

13. I posted the idea a few weeks ago and got a truckload of manure for my troubles hehe

I think that if nothing else Obama should at least offer him the Energy Tzar post :applause:

[elfin]

21. No poop from me eom

[Freddie Stubbs]

28. How do you know he isn't a member?

;)

[PoliticalAmazon]

29. Eewww. I feel unclean. n/t

[babylonsister]

5. And the obligatory 'who cares what Carville thinks'? nt

[zanne]

18. Exactly. Carville can go to hell. nt

[Carolina]

38. exactly, serpent head needs to slither back

his snake charmer Mary Matalin :puke:

[shadowknows69]

6. Umm, Gore could have had the main job on a silver platter

I don't think he was staying out of it so he could net the number two job again.

[ErinBerin84]

7. uh, why does Carville have to use a VP choice that is never going to happen in a million years

though surprising that he is advocating anyone but Hillary for VP (though I guess it doesn't really count, since it's more of a "land of make believe" choice, instead of picking from all of the more plausible choices out there).

[PoliticalAmazon]

31. Because he's a dick? n/t

[elocs]

8. Why, why on earth would Gore ever want to have anything to do with politics again?

He has found his calling in life and it is far, far greater than being vice president of the United States. He has been there, done that.

[Cha]

9. He should be on the VP

Vetting commmittee as grant has suggested.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6345749

[Fleshdancer]

11. I can't imagine Gore accepting the VP role again

He seems to be enjoying his time out of the political arena right now.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to have him, but I don't see why he would want to.

[oldtime dfl_er]

12. He's bigger than the Vice Presidency

or even the Presidency for that matter. Also, he's already been vice pres and I'm not sure he could do another term.

[book_worm]

14. If Gore would accept it would be the best choice.

[MrCoffee]

16. Not for Gore it wouldn't

How could another vice presidency possibly help Gore?

[PoliticalAmazon]

32. ITA. From what Gore has said, he's avoiding positions that will...

put him in a position that might reflect badly on the Nobel.

It would seem to me (and I'm just guessing here) that this would rule out almost any political job.

[newmajority]

15. This may be one of those extremely rare occasions where Carville is correct

But why would a man who has already been elected President go back to being VP for another 8 years?

[Muttocracy]

17. I want Gore for U.N. Ambassador! nt

[Hart2008]

19. Carville should be expelled from the party. Let him spend time with his GOP, WHIG wife.

Mary Matalin, Carville's Bush Co. Inc. wife, is named as an accessory to subverting the U.S. Constitution in Article 1 of the impeachment articles now in the Judiciary Committee:

ARTICLE I.--CREATING A SECRET PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN TO MANUFACTURE A FALSE CASE FOR WAR AGAINST IRAQ

In his conduct while President of the United States, George W. Bush, in violation of his constitutional oath to faithfully execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty under Article II, Section 3 of the Constitution ``to take care that the laws be faithfully executed'', has both personally and acting through his agents and subordinates, together with the Vice President, illegally spent public dollars on a secret propaganda program to manufacture a false cause for war against Iraq.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has engaged in a years-long secret domestic propaganda campaign to promote the invasion and occupation of Iraq. This secret program was defended by the White House Press Secretary following its exposure. This program follows the pattern of crimes detailed in Article I, II, IV and VIII.. The mission of this program placed it within the field controlled by the White House Iraq Group (WHIG), a White House task-force formed in August 2002 to market an invasion of Iraq to the American people. The group included Karl Rove, I. Lewis Libby, Condoleezza Rice, Karen Hughes, Mary Matalin, Stephen Hadley, Nicholas E. Calio, and James R. Wilkinson.

The WHIG produced white papers detailing so-called intelligence of Iraq's nuclear threat that later proved to be false. This supposed intelligence included the claim that Iraq had sought uranium from Niger as well as the claim that the high strength aluminum tubes Iraq purchased from China were to be used for the sole purpose of building centrifuges to enrich uranium. Unlike the National Intelligence Estimate of 2002, the WHIG's white papers provided ``gripping images and stories'' and used ``literary license'' with intelligence. The WHIG's white papers were written at the same time and by the same people as speeches and talking points prepared for President Bush and some of his top officials.

The WHIG also organized a media blitz in which, between September 7-8, 2002, President Bush and his top advisers appeared on numerous interviews and all provided similarly gripping images about the possibility of nuclear attack by Iraq. The timing was no coincidence, as Andrew Card explained in an interview regarding waiting until after Labor Day to try to sell the American people on military action against Iraq, ``From a marketing point of view, you don't introduce new products in August.''

Carville can defend his repuke wife, or defend his party and the U.S. Constitution, but he can't do both.

:puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke::puke:

[Barack_America]

20. So Gore can turn him down?

Um, no thanks.

[rocktivity]

22. Rocknation: Carville Should Take a Flying Leap

because he sleeps with the enemy.

x(
rocknation

[SoFlaJet]

35. Exactly right

who frigging CARES what that idiot thinks anyway? I want him and his buddies as far away from Obama's campaign as possible.

[Guaranteed]

23. Now that we have our nominee, I actually agree with this.

I could see Gore doing some amazing things with the Vice Presidency- again.

[madrchsod]

24. carville and his wife should retire from public life and get real jobs

[iamahaingttta]

25. It would be historic!

Only two men have been vice-president in two different administrations.

George Clinton under Thomas Jefferson from 1805 to 1809 and James Madison from 1809 to 1812. Clinton died in office before finishing the second term.

John C. Calhoun under John Quincy Adams from 1825 to 1829 and Andrew Jackson from 1829 to 1831. He resigned, along with most of the rest of Jackson's cabinet, over the Petticoat Affair.

No vice-president has ever served for more than eight years in that office.



George Clinton (of the Funkadelic Party?):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clinton_%28politician%29

John Calhoun (who was one scary looking guy!):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Calhoun

Not as scary looking as the guy at the top of THIS page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice_President_of_the_United_States

[shaft]

26. I thought had already said no

that he wasn't interested in the VP job again.

[PoliticalAmazon]

27. Uh-oh. Carville's edorsement is the kiss-o-death, IMO. n/t

[Zhade]

30. Man, that'd be a great choice - but I don't think Gore would do it.

NT!

[Jackpine Radical]

33. Why in God's name would Gore want it? (nt)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

34. I wish, I wish, I wish!

go on Al be our VP. This would be the best line up we've EVER had.

[Douglas Carpenter]

36. a GREAT idea!!! But I doubt that he would accept it.

[Political Heretic]

37. Shut up sit down you big bald fuck.

That's all I have to say to Carville.