Al Gore is Proven Leadership with Unmatchable Experience, Stature and Vision

[LindainCinci]

I wrote a diary on Democracy for America when another candidate's supporters went just a bit to far with their lies, smears and attacks on Al Gore in an effort to try to get more support for their candidate. I couldn't understand why they constantly felt the need to resort to such tactics on a fellow Democrat, let alone Mr. Gore, with his incredible record, that they resort to the same lies we complain of from the reich wing and special interests. Why can't thy try stating why THEY support their preferred candidate.

My advice is to try educate themselves about the facts, instead of being lead by lies or propaganda put out by opposition, Lobbyists or Corporate Special Interests that have ulterior motives, and they would probably be much happier learning how to deal with realities and be less angry smearing good people.

Why do I want Al Gore to serve as President of the United States, where he once already won the popular vote, but didn’t have the chance to serve the American People in the position he was elected? Because Al Gore has a tremendous record of accomplishments and experience with a priority of doing good for the people and our world-from his years of public service and beyond in to private life, from when he volunteered to serve in Vietnam (even though he was against the war), becoming a reporter for the Tennessean for 5 years upon his return, serving in the US House, serving in the US Senate, serving as US Vice President and now spending his time in private life working tirelessly getting attention to recognize and solve the Climate Crisis. Al Gore is a proven leader with stature, vision and unmatchable experience and has been proven to be correct on some of the most important issues we still face, like the Iraq war, the deficit, health care, over-reaching powers, trampling of our Constitution, the environment and Global Warming. We deserve him to be our president. He is asking us to rebuild our democracy and for citizen activism to bring about the change we need. Please add your voice and show we know we deserve the best to be in the Oval Office to make the agenda and policy to solve the many crisis we face.

You too can vote FOR Al Gore in the Democracy for America Presidential Pulse Poll. Click on “Other” and write in Al Gore.
http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll?s=1


Here is an incredible video that shows so well why we need Al Gore making policy in the Oval Office.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARoNENPSIGw

You can give your 2 cents by writing Mr. Gore personally here:
(enclose 2 pennies and tell him you'll send more when he announces)

Office of Former Vice President
The Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue, Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

If you want to see his dynamic speech at Constitution Hall about our Constitutional Crisis and the overreaching powers by the Executive Branch, here is the entire speech on video:

Constitution Hall Full speech, video Jan 16, 2006
http://www.acslaw.org/node/2096

And then, only a couple weeks ago, Mr. Gore made 3 video shorts reaffirming his positions on 3 important issues we still face.

1. The Iraq War
2. Health Care
3. Our Rights

you can view them on his television networks site.

http://current.com/people/algore

And remember, show your support for Mr. Gore. Vote in Democracy for America's Presidential Pulse Poll for Al Gore.
http://democracyforamerica.com/pulsepoll?s=1
Click on OTHER and write in Al Gore.

If you haven't yet signed the petition on line, please do so here.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/algore2008/

Join the growing support that we want to reElect Al Gore. He will not only move us forward being the true Progresive he has been for decades, but he also stands the best chance to win the General Election, as these many polls show.

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1383
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/25/opinion/polls/main3411229.shtml
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=2dbaa9be-dfa7-499e-9aa6-e748067ea7ca
http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReportEmail.aspx?g=a0a4a697-5434-4b4a-af49-b144eb929d80

[Az]

1. Its a pity he does not want to be president

As he repeatedly has stated.

[Uncle Joe]

3. Lie #1 Al Gore never said he didn't want to be President. n/t

[LindainCinci]

4. Actually, he's NEVER said that. He has said he may re enter politics

and that he "doesn't have to run a 600 or 500 day campaign"

Mr. Gore was quoted summer in Denver even for saying he "would love to be President".

So, why don't we do what he asks. Democracy is not what you have, it's what you do.

[Az]

10. I still think he is more valuable doing what he is doing

Look at the state of affairs in US politics. No matter who you are the corrupting influence of Corporations and the necessity of power dictate the path you have to walk. Even if you resist it you will be overcome by other politicians who will destroy anything you try to create with what power they have.

Al Gore is doing real things right now. Al Gore is making a real difference right now. Al Gore has never had as much power as he has right now. You don't have to be sitting in office to make a difference. In fact sitting in office can limit the difference you can make.

I would be enormously happy with Al Gore as president right now (or in a year). But I think that would be limiting him and distracting him from doing real things and force him to do campaign things.

[Uncle Joe]

13. By that logic, it literally makes no difference who becomes President.

I honestly can't think of anything more that Al Gore can accomplish in the private sector to influence the nation? Global Warming has become too big for the corporate media to hide anymore, any political leader bucking this trend can kiss their careers goodbye, even Bush has been forced to give it lip service.

The clock in ticking on the tipping point of global warming and if a political leader comes to power that only gives it lip service as Bush has, time will run out on most if not everybody. The only way Al Gore can be assured this critical issue will be addressed is as President of the United States.

[Az]

16. No thats not true

Al Gore has become a champion of the Ecology and Reason. He is getting an idea out there and is doing a great job of it. There are individuals that have good political sense and are not currently focused on championing particular ideas that would make admirable presidents. Unfortunately such ambitions do not sit well with the current methodology of campaigning so we get the alternative. Politicians that work polls, statistics, and numbers in order to get the win and then are constrained by those polls, statistics, and numbers.

[Uncle Joe]

18. I believe that's why Al Gore is reinventing campaigning.

He has been putting his message out to the people via 21st century means, if enough people believe his message, they will demand him to be their leader, if not conventional campaigning will carry the day and I believe we will have four more years of the status quo or at best status quo lite.

I also believe Al Gore's issues are the preeminent issues of the day for everyone and thus requires a leader with the vision to recognize those issues a head of the pack, because that's the type of leader most likely to work toward the correct solutions.

I'm not taking anything away from the announced candidates regarding their good political sense, but I believe Al Gore not only has great political sense, he is the best qualified person for the job and the times are screaming for his leadership.

[Az]

20. Ideas need to lead. Not people

It doesn't matter who runs if the people do not have any strong and valid ideas to contemplate. If people had real ideas the presidency would count for less. The office would be forced to follow the will of the people as in a real Democratic Republic. But as it is now the people are overwhelmed by ignorance and information overload. This creates a vacuum into which power hungry individuals leap in an attempt to emotionally control people. This is the NeoCon agenda in a nut shell. And it works.

More than any leader we need the people to be informed. Real information. Not the noise of the media these days. And such information needs champions. And Al Gore is one of those champions.

The religious right stayed out of politics for much of history because it saw the conflicts of politics as a corrupting influence on their beliefs. The thing is they were right then. They made a mistake in entering into the political arena. Now the religious right is caught in the mess that is politics and they have become corrupted in many ways.

The same is true of reasoned and rational ideas. Entering into the political arena changes the identity and the path you have to walk. It corrupts ideals. And ideals need to be spoken and represented. Politics is no place for ideals. It is a system of compromises. But if the society has ideals placed before it by well spoken champions then politics takes its lead from society and ideals can lead politics.

[Uncle Joe]

21. I agree sort of and the people have been receiving the strong and valid ideas

of the looming catastrophe of global warming, the shredding of the Constitution, wars based on lies, our dysfunctional one way press with their monopoly on information and history of manipulating the American People all for their own agenda. Al Gore has been on the forefront of bringing these ideas to the people whether it be through conventional means such as his best selling books "Earth in The Balance", "An Inconvenient Truth" The Assault on Reason" or new age ideas such as two way national communication through the Internet or Current Television.

I believe the point has been made, the cat is out of the bag regarding these issues. Should Al Gore run for President or be President, there is no going back on these ideas, however should someone less enlightened or corrupt come to power, I fear we won't have a democratic republic much longer. To my way of thinking it's illogical to take that gamble.

Regarding the religious right, they had good reason to be careful with politics as the Constitution recognized the inherit danger of religion and government becoming too intertwined, the same can't be said for reason, that was the basis of our Constitution, that people should govern them selves by reason. Thomas Jefferson had great ideas, this didn't prevent him from entering politics, the same can be said for Abraham Lincoln.

[madmunchie]

24. This is what I posted about that:

That is exactly what I see, Gore is rewritting the plan on running

Posted by madmunchie in General Discussion: Politics

Sun Jun 24th 2007, 04:34 PM


for public office. He will not fall into the "mainstream" trappings of the big political machines and the news media lap dogs that follow it. He is actually revolutionizing a process as we speak, and I feel, too many people aren't seeing it happening right before their eyes.

I have felt for a long time that Gore would jump in, but on his own terms and further into the race. These candidates now are going to fizz out or cancel each other out, the public is going to be fatigued of the whole TRADITIONAL boring race, then Gore will enter and SUCK the air out of the room, all of the attention will go to him and with a magnificently planned campaign and a time in history unlike any other, we will witness the first "Perfect Candidate" and maybe the rebirth of our political system.

[shireen]

27. disagree

i believe he wants to be president.
it's the ridiculous political circus that he can't stomach.

Gore wants to be a problem solver. He wants to get things done. He wants to inspire people to make the world a better place. He has little patience for the petty superficial farce known as American politics. I feel the same way.

[Uncle Joe]

2. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, LindainCinci.:thumbsup:

[Cronus Protagonist]

5. Albert Gore is THE ONE

http://cronus.com/gore for details...

[LindainCinci]

9. The One Gore Nobley :)

He looked great in that beard!

[Trajan]

6. I am sorry to report ....

But DU is another of those places where good candidates are sacrificed on the bloody altar of political expediency ....

You will find no shelter here ....

I love Albert Gore, but I heard from his own lips: He will NOT pursue elective office of any kind .....

Yeah ... He hasnt said 'N' 'O' ...... But I take him at what he has said, not what he hasnt said ....

Welcome to DU, and good luck ....

[LindainCinci]

7. You take him at what he said, "even though he didn't say NO". GOOD

We agree. He didn't say he didn't want, or wont' run.

SOLVED!

[Uncle Joe]

8. Al Gore never said "will not"

he said "he has no plans" there is a subtle and yet major difference.

[Trajan]

17. I saw him in Portland just over one year ago ...

I saw his body language, and heard the stresses in his articulation as he spoke ...

You may choose to parse the words in any way you wish, but I'll make you a wager ....

IF Al Gore decides to enter an already crowded Democratic Party field, I will come to this forum and proclaim myself an absolute fool, and unequivocally declare Uncle Joe the most wonderous human being of all time ....

And likewise; .... well, you get the picture .....

[Uncle Joe]

19. I'm not guaranteeing that he will run, I'm just not going to slam the door until he does,

and even then I will be hoping, praying and begging for a draft.

P.S. I already believe you to be a wondrous human being, Trajan.

[cali]

11. Tomorrow is the deadline to file in NH

The odds of his running have become very slim indeed.

[lame54]

12. here's a Gore video you left out

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Nnph3zkHNw

[LindainCinci]

14. Yes, I did. Thank you for posting.

[OzarkDem]

15. Excellent video, thanks!

Run, Al, Run!!

[Pastiche423]

22. After my 23rd viewing of this video

I have decided, I love it more than I did the 1st time.

[madmunchie]

23. Woo Hoo!!!!!! I was #5 to vote to put this on the Greatest Page to salute the Greatest Candidate

possible for the Democrats and for this country! Keep kicking and voting!!!

[Fly by night]

25. Gore/Richardson '08. That's the ticket.

[aikoaiko]

26. oh you tease....... if only it were true.