Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:50 AM

Al Gore, progressive leader one minute, wanting to cash in big time the next...

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/03/al_gore_pushed_for_sale_before_higher_taxes.html

Al Gore Pushed for Sale Before Higher Taxes
Interesting tidbit from the New York Times on the sale of Current TV:

"Mr. Gore and his partners were eager to complete the deal by Dec. 31, lest it be subject to higher tax rates that took effect on Jan. 1... But the deal was not signed until Wednesday."

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Al Gore, progressive leader one minute, wanting to cash in big time the next... (Original post)	graham4anything	Jan 2013	OP
I voted for Gore,	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#1
I'm sure you would wait to sell until you could pay higher taxes	lunatica	Jan 2013	#4
Silly...	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#15
Some political hay.	Fawke Em	Jan 2013	#17
I am not the least bit concened about the 'informed'.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#20
AlJezeera's programming "coming out of the ME" is some damn fine journalism. I used to watch their	Erose999	Jan 2013	#73
Hear, Hear!!	dorkzilla	Jan 2013	#101
I agree...	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#109
If this country made all its decisions in fear of the "field day Fox will have," nothing would ever	Erose999	Jan 2013	#124
I guess my real problem is that I've never been that crazy about Gore.	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#137
and I would guess that if you took time to read "The Assault On Reason" you'd become...	stlsaxman	Jan 2013	#146
So you recommend	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#160
I apologize, sincerely. No offence meant.	stlsaxman	Jan 2013	#161
LOL...	Sekhmets Daughter	Jan 2013	#164
Unrec. Do you try to make the least on your investments?	FSogol	Jan 2013	#2
I have been known to	newblewtoo	Jan 2013	#21
Did he sell to Beck?	FSogol	Jan 2013	#24
Who said Gore acted irresponsible.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#49
Response #21 and you. What is the point of your crappy OP if you don't even agree with it?	FSogol	Jan 2013	#55
You don't put people on pedestals and expect them to be 100% perfect to all	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#72
Pedestals? You are ripping Gore for making a pragmatic business decision.	FSogol	Jan 2013	#81
Same as the Wall Street people cashing in	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#86
I've noticed that back-handed compliments are...	LanternWaste	Jan 2013	#134
Do you think it was "socially irresponsible" for him to sell to Al Jazeera? They're a fine news	Erose999	Jan 2013	#77
Al Sharpton is the best. He works for MSNBC	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#88
That's you're opinion. I think he's an idiot. But of course that's my opinion.	brew987	Jan 2013	#169
Vast majority of people on this site would disagree with your dislike of Al.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#171
Agreed.	rosesaylavee	Jan 2013	#126
What would you do?	lunatica	Jan 2013	#3
Did you vote for Bush by any chance? nt	Zorra	Jan 2013	#5
Voted for democrats 40yrsplus-Obama08 Obama12 Hillary16 Hillary20 Michelle 24 Michelle28 etc.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#99
You got an evasive answer. You should have asked whether the poster voted for Nader in 2000.	bluestate10	Jan 2013	#155
Al Gore has done more for this planet than you will do for a lifetime	malaise	Jan 2013	#6
Who said he didn't?	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#51
Reference[s] for Bloomberg claims please. Thanks in advance.	GeorgeGist	Jan 2013	#57
Charity given in 2011 $311.3 million in one year $279 million in 2010 for starters	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#80
$2.4 billion in charty total, all liberal causes	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#82
PUH--FUCKING--LEEEEEEZZZ	Gman	Jan 2013	#7
+1. Faux Outrage January continues.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#30
Exactly.	Neon2012	Jan 2013	#153
i don't remember Gore being a progressive on taxes	Enrique	Jan 2013	#8
President Obama is on the Placemats of Presidents. You gotta win it to be in it.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#96
your headline is highly misleading. bullshit.	spanone	Jan 2013	#9
Par for the course.	FSogol	Jan 2013	#12
So do you skip the Standard Deduction, just so you can pay more?	Jeff In Milwaukee	Jan 2013	#10
What an unbelievable stupid Op	trumad	Jan 2013	#11
I wrote a thread just what you said about something almost the same the other day	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#45
Bull fucking shit...	trumad	Jan 2013	#128
You post the most absurd RW bullshit constantly.	ProSense	Jan 2013	#13
Fucking crappy ass jury voted 2-4 to leave it alone.	trumad	Jan 2013	#14
Every post is crafted for division and disruption, and uses backhanded slaps at Dems to do it.	blm	Jan 2013	#27
The patented "hit it & quit it" thread	Vinnie From Indy	Jan 2013	#16
Who hit and quit? I was at the doctor's.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#44
Oh good grief nt	SunsetDreams	Jan 2013	#18
So the fuck what?	WeekendWarrior	Jan 2013	#19
i sense the evil hand of ralph nader in this..	KG	Jan 2013	#22
And what the fuck is bernie Sanders' problem??!! While we're at it. :-p	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#34
And don't forget the evil hand of the NRA.	tradecenter	Jan 2013	#43
Damn, I really miss UnRec on OPs like these. nt	Jamastiene	Jan 2013	#23
Me, too.	GoCubsGo	Jan 2013	#40
Did you not vote for Al Gore?	kentuck	Jan 2013	#25
I always thought he should live in a van down by the river	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#26
Really. The greedy bastard.	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#29
A van? Well, look who's all high and mighty!	NoPasaran	Jan 2013	#114
Neither option has plumbing	BeyondGeography	Jan 2013	#116
A "hole in the ground"? My god, have you no concern for your carbon footprint?!	Bucky	Jan 2013	#148
Oh my God!	Buzz Clik	Jan 2013	#28
Are you going to blame Nader for this too?	hobbit709	Jan 2013	#31
I personally blame those dicks Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#33
Aww, this thread didn't turn out as planned. Did it little buddy?..... Or who knows maybe it did. nt	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#32
What is wrong with you?	RevStPatrick	Jan 2013	#35
Wealth takes care of wealth	regjoe	Jan 2013	#36
Nice post newbie.	trumad	Jan 2013	#38
Thanks old timer	regjoe	Jan 2013	#121
so when you do your taxes..	trumad	Jan 2013	#131
Oh, I take the standard deductions	regjoe	Jan 2013	#165
I own and run a business, and if I don't pay attention to the vagaries of current tax law and the	Ikonoklast	Jan 2013	#47
Liberals & progressives are WAY better at business than conservatives.	JaneyVee	Jan 2013	#37
I see it differently. Being able to view a concept different than your own is part of freedom of the	jwirr	Jan 2013	#39
I never said this was a bad thing. I would do the same. So would Bernie and Dennis	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#41
Your implication was that it was a bad thing	tradecenter	Jan 2013	#50
I am a 10 year member of the Al Gore boards.(still currently there).	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#59
Your OP implied that what he did was a bad thing,	tradecenter	Jan 2013	#66
So do you agree there should be 100% pro-Obama media and pro-Hillary media?	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#92
Your ducking and weaving again.	tradecenter	Jan 2013	#106
But when push comes to shove, they get the votes, as winners always do	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#115
Amazing.	tradecenter	Jan 2013	#119
hahahahahahaha	brew987	Jan 2013	#170
You are now saying you don't have a problem with it.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#98
Why do media put down Obama, Hillary, Daschle, Gephardt, Durbin, Menendez? I never do.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#103
Either you replied to the wrong person, you have had a brain fart,.....	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#111
I lived in NJ for decades and did not ever see the media go after Menendez	karynnj	Jan 2013	#162
Bullshit, the title of your OP is an obvious slam against Gore	Uncle Joe	Jan 2013	#52
"Hillary45 in 2016. She won't be stopped"	ProSense	Jan 2013	#54
Gore is in SF now. We already got California in the bag.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#62
Please see post 87. eom	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#71
you have said this 20 times. There is NO post 87	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#94
Pardon me	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#102
that was written 30 minutes after the first post said it.Much like Fox would do	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#105
See post 87	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#108
Perhaps you have Trajan on ignore?	Electric Monk	Jan 2013	#122
I have nobody on ignore. It is quite immature to be afraid of debate on a debate board.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#127
post above written 11:25 AM. Post 87 was written 11:51 AM- 26 minutes after.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#107
See post 87.	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#113
Is this a new internet game? I never heard of it.What is its origin? Enlighten me	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#120
Business and Politics	4Q2u2	Jan 2013	#42
kr	Norrin Radd	Jan 2013	#46
Nobody should be criticized for using every possible legal avenue to minimize their taxes (nt).	Nye Bevan	Jan 2013	#48
Not Illegal	4Q2u2	Jan 2013	#53
What technicality? You mean tax law? nt.	NCTraveler	Jan 2013	#100
Why not? nt	Romulox	Jan 2013	#140
Didn't you just post something anti-Nader a couple of days ago?	MKITEM	Jan 2013	#56
That is Like Shooting	4Q2u2	Jan 2013	#61
I believe in going forward. So my posts are anti-Jeb Bush. W is in the past	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#64
Any real Gore fan does not like Ralph Nader after 2000. Include me in on both counts.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#69
But you hate both Gore and Nader	MKITEM	Jan 2013	#78
I love Al Gore. I am still on his boards. I believe in going forward.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#84
You have got some weird logic	MKITEM	Jan 2013	#97
Actually, he doesn't. From the posts I've read of him	BlueCaliDem	Jan 2013	#118
He usually posts attacks on Kerry.	blm	Jan 2013	#70
A Gore fan does not like Ralph Nader after 2000	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#74
See post 87. eom	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#75
Divisive comments on Dem boards is all you ever offer.	blm	Jan 2013	#76
100% of my posts are Pro-Obama, Pro-Hillary45,Pro-Durbin, Pro-Daschle, Pro-Gephardt,Pro-Crist	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#83
Those are sicky-sweet posts full of backhanded slaps at ALL of them.	blm	Jan 2013	#93
I like threads where I can tell a lot about the	Lex	Jan 2013	#58
this	obamanut2012	Jan 2013	#141
If you don't want this misinterpreted as an attack on Gore you should change	WI_DEM	Jan 2013	#60
Apparently if you're a progressive, you're not allowed to make money. WTF kind of	Lex	Jan 2013	#63
Who said that? I would do the same, though I am just a liberal, not a progressive.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#65
You said that. Don't be coy. nt	Lex	Jan 2013	#68
"mis-"?	2ndAmForComputers	Jan 2013	#168
Please see post 87. eom	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#67
You're just having the button pressing time of your life here	whatchamacallit	Jan 2013	#79
+1	bigtree	Jan 2013	#91
...	stevenleser	Jan 2013	#85
graham4anything	Trajan	Jan 2013	#87
.	Guy Whitey Corngood	Jan 2013	#90
EXACTLY!!!!	blm	Jan 2013	#95
+1 n/t	FSogol	Jan 2013	#104
!^This^!	Solly Mack	Jan 2013	#135
+1	Blue_In_AK	Jan 2013	#145
+1	Tuesday Afternoon	Jan 2013	#150
CORRECT	Skittles	Jan 2013	#151
sigh	WilliamPitt	Jan 2013	#89
But ya gotta love a good dogpile	RomneyLies	Jan 2013	#110
So???	Taverner	Jan 2013	#112
the fact that this only got 3 recs is an encouraging sign	grantcart	Jan 2013	#117
Epic Fail then, I guess Al has to pay up. He really does have bad timing.	eilen	Jan 2013	#123
Today's edition of posting silly sht for the sake of posting silly sht.	marmar	Jan 2013	#125
So what?	rosesaylavee	Jan 2013	#129
It was in the Huffpost, NY Times and Taegan Goodard, like thousands of other posted stuff	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#133
Ok. Specifically why choose to repost here?	rosesaylavee	Jan 2013	#156
D'oh! I cost money to do good in the world.	Coyotl	Jan 2013	#130
He is a private citizen who was fucked out of the Presidency that he won.	MADem	Jan 2013	#132
This thread a few days ago...note my post #8.	graham4anything	Jan 2013	#136
Nader could take bloviating lessons from you, your OP was a textbook example of bloviating n/t	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#138
The word bloviate...	Oilwellian	Jan 2013	#157
You talking Al "Mr. NAFTA" Gore? He's been selling working people out since the 90s.	Romulox	Jan 2013	#139
Why shouldn't a progressive get to take advantage of a lower tax. It's even more important	Raine	Jan 2013	#142
This thread is interesting.	Z_I_Peevey	Jan 2013	#143
More right-wing trolling by the usual suspect(s)	RetroLounge	Jan 2013	#144
Oh hogwash. He's a businessman looking to maximize his profits.	Bucky	Jan 2013	#147
And he's still not a vegetarian.	undeterred	Jan 2013	#149
If Al Gore has more money	Neon2012	Jan 2013	#152
The press is scared because the news bubble might be popped by an actual news operation	underpants	Jan 2013	#154
Wouldn't that be the ultimate irony? n/t	Oilwellian	Jan 2013	#158
Is your last name Palin?	donheld	Jan 2013	#159
Some of you Gore sycophants just need to say "It's a good thing ya done, boy!" and move on...	Romulox	Jan 2013	#163
In the end we're all hypocrites one way or another	marshall	Jan 2013	#166
This message was hidden by jury decision.	Winterlion	Jan 2013	#167

Response to graham4anything (Original post)

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:56 AM

Sekhmets Daughter (7,485 posts)

1. I voted for Gore,

but without enthusiasm. Perhaps he, more than any other politician, illustrates the hypocrisy of our politicians.

Al Gore, progressive leader one minute, wanting to cash in big time the next...

1. I voted for Gore,

4. I'm sure you would wait to sell until you could pay higher taxes

15. Silly...

17. Some political hay.

20. I am not the least bit concened about the 'informed'.

73. AlJezeera's programming "coming out of the ME" is some damn fine journalism. I used to watch their

101. Hear, Hear!!

109. I agree...

124. If this country made all its decisions in fear of the "field day Fox will have," nothing would ever

137. I guess my real problem is that I've never been that crazy about Gore.

146. and I would guess that if you took time to read "The Assault On Reason" you'd become...

160. So you recommend

161. I apologize, sincerely. No offence meant.

164. LOL...

2. Unrec. Do you try to make the least on your investments?

21. I have been known to

24. Did he sell to Beck?

49. Who said Gore acted irresponsible.

55. Response #21 and you. What is the point of your crappy OP if you don't even agree with it?

72. You don't put people on pedestals and expect them to be 100% perfect to all

81. Pedestals? You are ripping Gore for making a pragmatic business decision.

86. Same as the Wall Street people cashing in

134. I've noticed that back-handed compliments are...

77. Do you think it was "socially irresponsible" for him to sell to Al Jazeera? They're a fine news

88. Al Sharpton is the best. He works for MSNBC

169. That's you're opinion. I think he's an idiot. But of course that's my opinion.

171. Vast majority of people on this site would disagree with your dislike of Al.

126. Agreed.

3. What would you do?

5. Did you vote for Bush by any chance? nt

99. Voted for democrats 40yrsplus-Obama08 Obama12 Hillary16 Hillary20 Michelle 24 Michelle28 etc.

155. You got an evasive answer. You should have asked whether the poster voted for Nader in 2000.

6. Al Gore has done more for this planet than you will do for a lifetime

51. Who said he didn't?

57. Reference[s] for Bloomberg claims please. Thanks in advance.

80. Charity given in 2011 $311.3 million in one year $279 million in 2010 for starters

82. $2.4 billion in charty total, all liberal causes

7. PUH--FUCKING--LEEEEEEZZZ

30. +1. Faux Outrage January continues.

153. Exactly.

8. i don't remember Gore being a progressive on taxes

96. President Obama is on the Placemats of Presidents. You gotta win it to be in it.

9. your headline is highly misleading. bullshit.

12. Par for the course.

10. So do you skip the Standard Deduction, just so you can pay more?

11. What an unbelievable stupid Op

45. I wrote a thread just what you said about something almost the same the other day

128. Bull fucking shit...

13. You post the most absurd RW bullshit constantly.

14. Fucking crappy ass jury voted 2-4 to leave it alone.

27. Every post is crafted for division and disruption, and uses backhanded slaps at Dems to do it.

16. The patented "hit it & quit it" thread

44. Who hit and quit? I was at the doctor's.

18. Oh good grief nt

19. So the fuck what?

22. i sense the evil hand of ralph nader in this..

34. And what the fuck is bernie Sanders' problem??!! While we're at it. :-p

43. And don't forget the evil hand of the NRA.

23. Damn, I really miss UnRec on OPs like these. nt

40. Me, too.

25. Did you not vote for Al Gore?

26. I always thought he should live in a van down by the river

29. Really. The greedy bastard.

114. A van? Well, look who's all high and mighty!

116. Neither option has plumbing

148. A "hole in the ground"? My god, have you no concern for your carbon footprint?!

28. Oh my God!

31. Are you going to blame Nader for this too?

33. I personally blame those dicks Matt Damon and Ben Affleck.

32. Aww, this thread didn't turn out as planned. Did it little buddy?..... Or who knows maybe it did. nt

35. What is wrong with you?

36. Wealth takes care of wealth

38. Nice post newbie.

121. Thanks old timer

131. so when you do your taxes..

165. Oh, I take the standard deductions

47. I own and run a business, and if I don't pay attention to the vagaries of current tax law and the

37. Liberals & progressives are WAY better at business than conservatives.

39. I see it differently. Being able to view a concept different than your own is part of freedom of the

135. !^This^!

89. sigh