Breaking: Al Gore Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize!!!

[politmuse1]

And you thought two Oscar nominations for "An Inconvenient Truth" was big news?

Al Gore has just been nominated for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. And boy, no one deserves this more!

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/gore.nobel.ap/index.html


And please sign the petition asking him to run for President. What other candidate has ever stepped into a presidential race with (possibly) an Oscar and a Nobel Prize in his pocket?


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

Thank you.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Bravo!

[welshTerrier2]

2. Gore's efforts have been nothing short of heroic

he deserves an award for his tireless efforts on this critical issue.

[PresidentObama]

3. Go President Gore, Go!!

:patriot: Chimpy is just keeping the WH warm for you!!

The real leader will take office in January 2009!

[politicasista]

27. I wouldn't mind calling him President Gore either n/t

[welshTerrier2]

4. self-deleted

weird. when i posted this reply, i received an error saying it could not be posted. hence, a dupe.

[PresidentObama]

5. I've been having the same problem.

Strange, indeed.

[Doctor_J]

7. Same thing happened to my post 6, and it doesn't show up in "My DU"

:shrug:

[Janice325]

17. I've had problems, too with trying to post on this thread.

:argh:

[Doctor_J]

6. Bush has both of those

His autobiography "A promise To Keep" won a Nobel Literature prize for "Best Work of Fiction", and his cumulative press conferences garnered an Oscar for "Worst Actor in a Leading Role".

[Hippo_Tron]

24. LMAO "Best Work of Fiction"

I almost fell off the bed laughing.

[Hippo_Tron]

25. LMAO "Best Work of Fiction"

I almost fell off the bed laughing.

[youthere]

8. I predicted this..

the first time I watched "An Inconvenient Truth".

[Uncle Joe]

12. I was thinking as youthere, but not as humorous

:rofl:

[krispos42]

9. Here's a CNN link:

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/01/gore.nobel.ap/index.html

Go Al!

[marlakay]

10. Can you imagine him on campaign trail??

How can they put down a man trying to save the world through the environment and peace??

[marlakay]

11. Posted twice...i got an error message

sorry...

[Uncle Joe]

13. Thank you for this thread politmuse

My second try at posting, kicked and recommended

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

14. To Clarify....He's NOT Nominated For Academy Award

The film has been nominated, for Best Documentary & Best Song, but Mr. Gore would not receive either of those awards if the film wins. The Best Doc award would go to Davis Guggenheim, the director, as is the custom for any documentary.

This is not to say Al's contributions won't be duly noted, but he technically would not be the recipient of the Oscar, nor could he claim it as his own. He was an "actor" in the film, but actors in documentaries are not nominated for anything.

[Janice325]

15. I know, but still Al's appearance and narration brought in viewers

who might otherwise not have been interested.
Just my two cents.
Go Al!!!

[FrenchieCat]

16. Wonderful!

[hippiechick]

18. ... and all poor George is nominated for is a Darwin Award!

:freak:

[Doctor_J]

20. That's right - his photo op on the tractor almost made the reporters

Darwin honorees.

[The Backlash Cometh]

19. We voted for someone who was most like us, and they voted for...

the same thing. I really don't know how it is that Republicans can hold their heads up in public any more.

[struggle4progress]

21. Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize

Nomination to the Nobel Peace Prize is by invitation only. The Nobel Committee sends confidential forms to persons who are competent and qualified to nominate. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later ...

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

[AlGore-08.com]

23. Yes, but some who submit nominations spill the beans

Which is what happened here - - some lawmakers who submitted Gore's name to the committee went public with that fact.

[struggle4progress]

22. Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize

Nomination to the Nobel Peace Prize is by invitation only. The Nobel Committee sends confidential forms to persons who are competent and qualified to nominate. The names of the nominees and other information about the nominations cannot be revealed until 50 years later ...

http://nobelprize.org/nomination/peace/

[Fire Walk With Me]

26. Neat. Good on him, making a difference in the right way.

[mtnsnake]

28. Gore is truly doing whatever he can to save this fucking world

Kudos to Al Gore, one of the best guys on earth, period.