Gore/Obama 08'

[Dawgs]

That is all.

:-)

[cspanlovr]

1. Oh, baby!

That is all!

[LSparkle]

2. Gore and ANYONE would be my dream ticket ... but esp. Obama

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

23. Gore and ANYONE?

Gore and HRC? scary

Gore and WJC? I wonder if that's legal ...

[tavalon]

26. Gore/Lieberman?

Like in 2000? I think not. I am, however completely on board with Gore. I'm on the fence about Obama because he lacks experience but I think the time may be right for a black man to be in the White House and I certainly think that the black vote will overcome the whites who would never vote for a black vote. Certainly I don't want a black man simply for the sake of having a black man in there - Obama, while inexperienced is highly intelligent and a good politician and likeable which seems to be so fucking important to Joe Sixpack (as you can tell, I don't have much respect for Joe Sexpack).

[npincus]

3. I thought of posting that, too!

Nominating Obama is risky.

I support Gore all the way-- goddamit, won't he change his mind?

[originalpckelly]

4. I don't know if I believe in weird superstition, but Nixon and Gore have historical parallels...

Both former VPs, both lost in close Presidential election where fraud was alleged, and if Gore gets elected in '08, it'll be forty years after Nixon did.

It's pretty weird. I guess we have to hope Gore wouldn't pull a Watergate, he doesn't exactly seem like that kind of person.

[racaulk]

5. I would support that ticket 100%!!!

That's my absolute dream ticket for 2008! :)

[SCantiGOP]

6. agree

100%

[Drifter]

7. That would be an unstoppable ...

ticket. I am quietly praying that this comes to be.

This would not only set us up for the 08,12 cycles, but most likely for the 16,20 cycles.
This should quell the Obama inexperience issue (which I am a part of).

Cheers
Drifter

[DavidDvorkin]

8. I'd prefer Gore/Edwards

Although I doubt if Edwards would want to run as the VP candidate again.

But I'd be happy with 8 years of Gore/Edwards, followed by 8 years of Edwards/Obama, followed by 8 years of Obama/Someoneorother, and so on.

[tavalon]

29. Wow

I was just talking to another family member and I said the exact same thing except I called Someoneorother, someone Dem. Then I followed it up by saying that 24 years of Democratic rule might fix the fuckups wrought in the last 6 years!

[DavidDvorkin]

30. Great minds think alike!

24 years could also mean a generation growing up thinking of Republicans as just some local looney Southern party that should never be considered as important on a national scale.

[milkyway]

9. That's my ticket. Would demolish repugs and rule for 16 years.

They balance each other nicely--Gore's experience with Obama's youth and charisma. And it would give Obama time to gain experience.

This is all dependent, of course, on Obama and Clinton having trouble in gaining enough popular support to win both the nomination and the general election (Obama because he's too young and too black, Hillary because she's too female and too Clinton), and Gore coming to the rescue.

Gore/Obama would crush any possible repug ticket and maybe usher in a generation of Democratic rule.

[porphyrian]

10. I could get behind that ticket. - n/t

[applegrove]

11. Love it!

[Subdivisions]

12. A one-two punch! ---->

[xultar]

13. Why not Obama\Gore?

[Ron Green]

20. Move to the back of the bus, xultar.

:*

[Party Line]

21. Because...

...Gore has already been VP. It makes no sense for him to take that office again. Do you really need this explained to you?

[xultar]

39. Because I'd like to see a BLACK MAN in the front seat. Do I need to explain that to you.

Don't reply to any of my posts EVAH again.

[IntravenousDemilo]

43. Xultar, Gore deserves it more because the presidency was stolen from him by the BFEE.

It would be a long-overdue do-over, a correction to the mistake of 2000. It's Gore's turn. There's no need to butt in line. Soon Gore will be too old to assume the presidency that's rightfully his. Obama is much younger than Gore and his time will come.

[xultar]

57. He 'deserves it?' I don't think he deserves anything.

[Apollo11]

58. Let Obama wait a while ...

He can always run for President in 2016 or 2024.

xultar - were you born annoying, or did you become a PITA later on?

[xultar]

61. I think white folks have run shit enough. Blacks shouldn't have wait any longer.

Don't respond to any more of my posts.

[IntravenousDemilo]

62. Sure he does. He was cheated out of something rightfully his. I think his nomination would be just.

On the other hand, I do like Obama very much (despite his voting for Rice for SS), and if Gore didn't run, he's the guy I'd want to see in the White House. And not because of the colour of his skin, but for the content of his character.

Meanwhile, Oprah has caught Obama fever, which can only be good for Barack:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/72231,CST-NWS-oside26.article

BTW, you'd love our head of state up here in Canada, Governor General Michaelle Jean -- a stunningly beautiful, gentle, articulate, and intelligent black woman originally from Haiti. She also speaks both English and French, which is two languages more than your current head of state can ever hope to master.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. Gore-Feingold is my dream ticket, but Gore-Obama would work fine, too.

:thumbsup:

[cascadiance]

34. Gore/Feingold is mine too...

I'm still needing to see more of Obama's actions before I become sold on him. He's being heavily marketed now, which is one thing that bothers me. The other is that his voting record, as light as it is, doesn't give me full confidence that he's not too tied to corporate influence. That's my huge requirement now for those I want to run, in addition to other progressive priorities. Is that they aren't close to corporate money in terms of how it influences them, etc.

[Warren DeMontague]

38. I agree about the marketing.

I'm suspicious when the corporate media wants to tell us who our approved "front runner" is and who our approved "alternative" is. There's an article on the front page of the SF Chronicle today about how the "left" of the Democratic Party is supposedly going gaaa-gaaa over Hillary and Obama. I'm, like, what planet is Marc Sandalow living on??? I call Bullshit. From where I sit, talk of a Hillary nomination draws groans and eye-rolling.

[cascadiance]

45. And for me it's not that the person is a woman or Afro-American...

I'm all for having someone with those attributes as president. I'd love Barbara Boxer to run, but she's already said herself that she doesn't want it and would rather help someone else of her stripes win it. I'm not sure that America is ready to elect someone like her yet too, but I look forward to that time.

For me, it's a matter of:
1) Can they distance themselves from corporate influence enough to put things like public campaign financing in place and nominate judges that will shut down or at least bring down to earth corporate personhood, and corporate "free speech".
2) Do they have the right personality, name recognition, likability, etc. to win.
3) Do they want to work on a progressive agenda in ending the Iraq War, single payer health coverage, fighting global warming and other environmental disasters, restore constitutional guarantees for civil liberties and rights to privacy, stop the outsourcing train to other countries, rebuild our image as a country to follow with our examples of international behavior rather than to fear.

Al Gore is one that fits all of those criteria for me. I'd hoped earlier that Russ Feingold would be it, but I'd love to have someone like him or Boxer in at VP.

I think Obama could evolve into someone I'd like, kind of the way that Al Gore has. Obama does fit item 2, but I'm not sure about item 1. I went from supporting Gore a lot before he and Clinton were in office, to not caring for his campaign in 2000, to liking what he's become since then ever since he's thrown off his DLC shackles. Perhaps Obama could do the same, but I'm not seeing evidence of that yet. I still don't feel like I *know* him yet.

And I do feel that America is ready for the right black person or woman running too. I'm just not sure yet if there's someone that has the complete package yet that I could get behind. I just can't get behind Obama JUST because he's a black man. I need more than that to support him. Just like, more obviously, most people here wouldn't support Condi Rice just because she's a black woman.

[IntravenousDemilo]

44. Before I looked more closely, I thought your picture of Sibel Edmonds...

...was of Michael Jackson wearing his mask.

[Dawgs]

49. That's my top two as well.

I like the way you think.

[Party Line]

15. This is the ticket...

...that I really want to vote for. Ever since the press started taking Obama seriously for president I thought he would make an excellent running mate for Gore.

Have these two men met each other?

[mzmolly]

16. I'm in like Flynn!

;)

[Lerkfish]

17. make it Gore/Conyers and I'm there.

[mod mom]

53. wow! would that be cool or what?

[wildeyed]

18. Yummy n/t

[wildeyed]

19. dupe

[freefall]

22. My dream ticket. And my prayer that it becomes a reality. n/t

[bunny planet]

24. That's what I'm talking about!!!!!!!

[DianaForRussFeingold]

25. K&R But What Do We Really Know About Obama?How About Clark/Feingold

I want to know which candidate is going to be best! Please check their Bios. Gore did not do his homework on LieBerman! I want loyalty to America and our troops,I want a true patriot and leader,I like Murtha,but he is not electable,like Clark and feingold! This time we should not rely on the hype! This is too important!4 Star General Wesley Clark a retired Four Star General, says that Bush was derelict in his duty as Commander-in-Chief; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6A0dG9mtno Senator Russ Feingold (D), tells it like it is on Iraq, video from Keith Olbermann's Countdown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GenpKP2M2d8

[bleedingheart]

27. Gore and anyone...I just want Gore to be president.

[DesertRat]

28. Works for me!

:-)

[madokie]

31. as long as there is a Gore in there I'm all for it

we have so many possible good candidates who I could get behind, just saying

[mnhtnbb]

32. I could support that. I'd support Al at the top with anyone, except Lieberman

[Homer Wells]

33. NOW, That is a Ticket I Could Live With!!

Kicked and Recommended!!!:kick: :kick: :thumbsup:

[bluewave]

35. I like Gore as a person, but his personality kills him

He doesn't act natural. That kiss with his wife looked so forced it looked closer to rape than affection. And now he's gained weight.

I think he'd make a great Prez... as long as Lieberman was NOT his VP.

[SheWhoMustBeObeyed]

36. Sober Truth and Radiant Hope

A firm grip on reality and a beacon for the future.

That's what that ticket would represent.

It's been my dream for a while now, and I would love to see it come true.

[byronius]

37. It's It.

[DefenseLawyer]

40. Keep repeating that

to anyone who brings up 2008. Gore Gore Gore Gore. Oh, and Gore.

[ClayZ]

41. Louder! K and R

[Matariki]

42. Beautiful!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

46. Ditto.

:kick:

[bajamary]

47. my thought exactly

Great post.

Let's keep repeating that great mantra:

Gore/Obama

Check out www.DraftGore.com

[HCE SuiGeneris]

48. That would be the ticket...

to bring this country back to the economic and mental health we so critically need.

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

50. Fine by me!

I hope so much Al gets into the race... he'd have tremendous credibility and gravitas, and an Oscar to boot!

[Harper_is_Bush]

51. I would give 1000-1 odds, won't happen.

Gore is not running.

Mark my words.

[AtomicKitten]

52. orgasmic

[dysfunctional press]

54. what is the sheeple-like fascination with obama anyway???

i'm from illinois, and i just don't get it...:shrug:

you'd think that people had never seen an articulate mulatto before.

[Hailtothechimp]

55. Listen to his speech (the 2004 keynote).

If you heard it and weren't inspired, then maybe you should read his books. Either one will do.

The man clearly gets it. And he can help you to get it too. But you have to decide you WANT to get it first.

[dysfunctional press]

63. one speech does not a candidate make.

sheeple who can be mesmerized for years by one average speech are the ones that don't get "it"...:eyes:

[RestoreGore]

56. This makes the greatest threads?

Amazing. Someone can just put a speculative title with no substance attached and "that's all" in a post, and hoards of people jump on it with one line answers and it gets to the greatest page. But someone who takes the time to actually think out a substantive and heartfelt entry about the REAL climate crisis and the work Mr. Gore is doing has to watch it fall off the radar screen like a lead balloon. Don't then wonder why he has stated this political process is "toxic", that he has fallen out of love with the political process, and that we have an uninformed citizenry. It gets proven every day on sites all over the Internet daily. And I really state that with all due respect. So yes, please, run Al, run. Run as far away from the speculation as you can.

[Olney Blue]

59. Excellent!

[Apollo11]

60. Pointless speculation

First of all, if Gore wants to be President then I hope he will enter the primaries and seek the nomination. My guess is that right now he is keeping his options open. Over the summer he will think about it some more, talk to people, before he has to make his decision.

In any event, we won't know who is the Democratic nominee until sometime in the Spring of 2008.

Then - once the primaries are over - the nominee gets to pick a running mate.

I can see the point of thinking about who would make the best President. After all - there is already a lot of speculation in the media, and some candidates already started campaigning.

But to speculate now about who should be on the ticket for the VP slot is a waste of time.

I respect the right of the nominee to choose his/her running mate - when the time comes.

But in the meantime I have no objection if people want to express their enthusiastic support for Al Gore and call on him to (re-)consider running for President in 2008 ...

In Gore We Trust :)
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com
www.draftgore2008.org
www.patriotsforgore.com