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Homer Wells

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Tue Oct-30-07 11:52 AM
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42. I think it would be personally DISASTROUS

for Al to run for and WIN the Presidential race for 2008.

There is such a messianic call for him by people who have given up on all the other candidates, that were the reality of his presidency to occur, with the normal day-to-day political give-and-take required of the job, and with the extremely slow process it would require to extricate this Country from the massive Republican-built quagmire we find ourselves in today, he would be reviled by many who formerly idolized him.

Overblown expectations seems to be the rule right now, and that can only lead to great disappointments later. That being said, I would still support a Gore candidacy, should he decide to jump in at any time.

:shrug:

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Vote for Gore, or die.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 02:57 AM	#0
John Edwards will strangle you in your sleep.	Basileus Basileon	Oct-30-07 03:02 AM	#1
LOL.	emilyg	Oct-30-07 03:05 AM	#2
Four of the six you mention,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 03:07 AM	#4
In all seriousness,	Basileus Basileon	Oct-30-07 03:11 AM	#5
Exactly.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 03:17 AM	#6
"I can't imagine why any informed person would back anyone but Gore. Seriously."	Bucky	Oct-30-07 05:17 PM	#62
Actually,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:45 PM	#82
The entire field? WTF?	GrpCaptMandrake	Oct-30-07 11:45 AM	#40
I don't really think Kucinich is actually running in the same sense.	Basileus Basileon	Oct-30-07 11:54 AM	#43
Did you happen to see the Chicago AFL-CIO debate?	GrpCaptMandrake	Oct-30-07 12:35 PM	#50
Yes! Kucinich is the only worthy candidate. Why is he ignored?	The Wielding Truth	Oct-30-07 12:37 PM	#51
I love his message, but he's got a weird factor following him.	Milo_Bloom	Oct-30-07 01:34 PM	#55
Honestly, you need to see if those weird statements were real?	The Wielding Truth	Oct-30-07 01:46 PM	#57
Deleted sub-thread	Name removed	Oct-30-07 04:34 AM	#16
Deleted sub-thread	Name removed	Oct-30-07 11:15 AM	#35
What would Kucinich do?	kenfrequed	Oct-30-07 01:46 PM	#56
Well, I figured DK would probably be on the OP's okay list, but	Basileus Basileon	Oct-30-07 05:41 PM	#65
No pressure, Al.	tuvor	Oct-30-07 03:06 AM	#3
People Don't Take Global Warming Seriously Enough	lligrd	Oct-30-07 03:17 AM	#7
I do. And I want Gore to lead the world on global warming with a strong person in the WH.	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 03:19 AM	#9
Her style is about compromise,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 03:29 AM	#11
This is her record on global warming legislation:	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 02:20 PM	#59
You make my point.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 05:12 PM	#61
You have a good point on the IWR. I think she voted wrongly. Yet, of the pack of candidates	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 06:01 PM	#67
Twenty or thirty years ago,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:07 PM	#71
I will take the liberty of correcting you on this: Feminism incorporated ecology in the 1970s:	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 07:35 PM	#79
I think we are mainly on common ground.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 08:00 PM	#83
I can try to rationally explain her vote this way:	Captain_Nemo	Oct-31-07 12:34 AM	#90
Trying to get someone to run who doesn't want to run is a waste.	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 03:17 AM	#8
Electing someone	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 03:24 AM	#10
I would vote for him if he were running. But he is not. And I won't waste itme trying to get him	Captain_Nemo	Oct-30-07 02:19 PM	#58
Tell that to the people who	JTFrog	Oct-30-07 04:04 AM	#14
Someone who doesn't want to run	Californian Dreamer	Oct-30-07 03:34 PM	#60
I'm done with wars	Cronus Protagonist	Oct-30-07 03:50 AM	#12
What would you do if Al died tomorrow?	JTFrog	Oct-30-07 04:04 AM	#13
I would fight on.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 04:32 AM	#15
I agree with you	JTFrog	Oct-30-07 04:52 AM	#18
would love it if you posted something here:	flyarm	Oct-30-07 11:43 AM	#39
Tried several times.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:36 PM	#80
Hero worship is a sickness. Thinking Al Gore is the hope of	cali	Oct-30-07 04:49 AM	#17
I think you are misconstruing.	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 05:10 AM	#19
I don't think so.	cali	Oct-30-07 05:23 AM	#20
Why is it a false paradigm?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 05:53 AM	#21
No. I don't see Gore as wholly responsible for Kyoto	cali	Oct-30-07 06:12 AM	#22
Here's the proof on Kyoto:	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 06:25 AM	#23
Thanks. I'll read it while you sleep.	cali	Oct-30-07 06:27 AM	#24
This isn't about deifying Gore... It is about looking at the "best" of our options.	calipendence	Oct-30-07 11:41 AM	#38
Thank You...This Needs to be Said N/T	FuJun	Oct-30-07 07:01 AM	#27
Oh please...	Kazak	Oct-30-07 08:09 AM	#28
Did you read the flippin' thread title?	cali	Oct-30-07 11:00 AM	#33
Good Lord, this sounds like something Dick Cheney said in the last "election!"	RestoreGore	Oct-30-07 06:42 AM	#25
I think you forgot the sarcasm tag. n/t	yibbehobba	Oct-30-07 06:45 AM	#26
YANA	HypnoToad	Oct-30-07 12:32 PM	#48
Tell that to Gore.	SmokingJacket	Oct-30-07 08:11 AM	#29
K&R n/t	simpleone	Oct-30-07 10:49 AM	#30
If I posted something like this....	danagsk8	Oct-30-07 10:50 AM	#31
The Op sounds dumb enough w/o you.	robcon	Oct-30-07 11:51 AM	#41
Can you back that up?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:10 PM	#73
Petition for Gore in NY >	Stephanie	Oct-30-07 10:57 AM	#32
Prepare for the worst. Hope for the best. Live in the now. nt	Dora	Oct-30-07 11:11 AM	#34
So, if I vote for Gore, I won't die? Sign me up.	tandot	Oct-30-07 11:19 AM	#36
My point is that	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 06:58 PM	#69
If we elect a Democratic President and have a majority in the House & Senate,	tandot	Oct-30-07 10:20 PM	#85
Have you seen An Inconvenient Truth?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 10:56 PM	#88
Yes, I have. And I am certainly worried about climate change.	tandot	Oct-31-07 12:05 AM	#89
Neither "frantic" nor "despondent"	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-31-07 02:09 AM	#91
Want to save the world. (your ass) Here's the first steps YOU must take.	bagrman	Oct-30-07 11:23 AM	#37
That stuff is all good	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:02 PM	#70
Lead by example. Why should they if we don't.	bagrman	Oct-31-07 09:58 AM	#92
Get a hearing aid. n/t	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-31-07 08:04 PM	#95
I think it would be personally DISASTROUS	StephenB48	Oct-30-07 11:52 AM	#42
how about - vote Gore or fall into fascism	lame54	Oct-30-07 12:08 PM	#44
Ridiculous. Stupid	robcon	Oct-30-07 12:26 PM	#45
i'm saying that he would be the only one willing to fight and	lame54	Oct-30-07 10:46 PM	#87
Great Eye Catching Title !	weeve	Oct-30-07 12:29 PM	#46
So will you turn on him when he doesn't get into the race?	cali	Oct-30-07 01:14 PM	#54
Hyperbole is relative	HypnoToad	Oct-30-07 12:31 PM	#47
no flames from me	cali	Oct-30-07 12:34 PM	#49
Surely you are kidding?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 05:34 PM	#63
Gore, you inhuman bastard! You're killing us all!	EstimatedProphet	Oct-30-07 12:40 PM	#52
These are the types of posts I expect to see come november 13th.	Javaman	Oct-30-07 12:44 PM	#53
An interesting, if misleading	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 05:42 PM	#66
It wasn't a criticism of Gore, it was a criticism of the OP	EstimatedProphet	Oct-31-07 12:13 PM	#93
I have a tendency to distrust authority and when someone demands	walldude	Oct-30-07 05:39 PM	#64
Would you care to, um,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 06:55 PM	#68
No I don't. And I don't believe if someone besides Gore is elected	walldude	Oct-30-07 07:10 PM	#72
Ever heard of James Hansen?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:13 PM	#74
Read the edit to my post.	walldude	Oct-30-07 07:15 PM	#75
Since you seemed to answer both yes AND no in your response,	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:32 PM	#77
If you are talking just about Global Warming	walldude	Oct-30-07 09:52 PM	#84
Have you seen An Inconvenient Truth?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 10:45 PM	#86
It will be inconvenient	Retired AF Dem	Oct-31-07 07:21 PM	#94
Vote or not	Retired AF Dem	Oct-30-07 07:25 PM	#76
Any kids?	Admiral Loinpresser	Oct-30-07 07:33 PM	#78
My logical conclusion is that Al Gore is humanity's best hope for survival as President	Uncle Joe	Oct-30-07 07:37 PM	#81

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