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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 06:56 PM
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Gallup Poll Shows Growing Support For Al Gore
He's up to 14% apparently, only 7 points back of Obama & already ahead of Edwards.

http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/gallup-poll-shows-growing-support-for-al-gore/77536.htm
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Phredicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 06:57 PM
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1. Good - I think strong polling data might be what's needed to
encourage him top take the plunge...
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 06:57 PM
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2. And Hillary is at 40%!!
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ohioINC Donating Member (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:00 PM
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3. Global Warming
Intuition suggests it's real.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:03 PM
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4. If Gore runs, we must see to it that he wins! Our and our children's
future depends on his understanding of the damage that's been done to this country and this planet.

NO ONE ELSE EVEN COMES CLOSE TO WHAT WE NEED.
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roamer65 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:07 PM
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7. Yuppers. Gore is the "anti-Bush".
He could set about reversing just about everything Raisinbrain has done, and very few would question him on it.
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jimmyclyde Donating Member (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:14 PM
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10. Gore at least keeps it real
Gore at least keeps it real. Hillary is a pant suit blowing in the wind. (Same old crusty, empty black pant suit stinking up America.)
If Gore runs, I'll support him.

He was elected once already you know.
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:45 PM
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15. Welcome to DU, jimmyclyde!
You'll find a very large Pro-Gore contingent here on DU...and you're right - he was elected in 2000!
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DKRC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:22 PM
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19. Welcome to DU!
Edited on Wed Feb-14-07 08:25 PM by DKRC
:hi: :hi: :hi:

Came back to say, we were livin in FL in 2000, and Gore was elected President. The Supreme Court appointed G'Duh in his place.
So we will be voting for Gore again when he runs.
:toast:
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Desert Liberal Donating Member (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:26 PM
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20. Hello jimmyclyde
and Welcome to DU!

:hi:
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Kahuna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:36 PM
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22. Welcome to DU! But please your description of HIllary leaves
Edited on Wed Feb-14-07 08:38 PM by Kahuna
a very distasteful mental image...Even if there is a breath of truth to it. :hi:

P.S. I forgot, Run, Al run!!!!! DU loves Al Gore.
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 09:29 PM
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24. Welcome jimmyclyde!
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Doctor Panacea Donating Member (223 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:10 PM
Response to Reply #10
32. Yes
Re-Elect Gore - 2008!
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Felinity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:06 AM
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44. Welcome to DU
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 09:09 AM by Felinity
Edit to delete excess.

Please feel free to express yourself, but I do not understand your venom for Hillary, or your inclination to paint her with the (exceedingly trumped up) misdeeds of her husband. That is what the Freepers are for. The entire nation and the Congress of the United States was obsessed with this topic for months, while Al Quaeda grew in strength and held little interest for members of Congress.

Let's move on.
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buckybadger2007 Donating Member (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:58 PM
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50. I know I'm in the minority...
But I kind of feel like he had his chance. YES, HE WON! But we needed him to win by more to make sure to counter republican dirty tricks.

I used to be the guy that would vote for the person I thought would be the best for the country, not the person I thought needed the votes. My mindset has changed a little bit after 8 years of Bush.

I guess what I am saying is that I REALLY want to win. But the more people in the primary, the better! Hopefully we pull 2008 off!
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:59 PM
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54. Wow! Great first post!
:eyes:
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:06 PM
Response to Reply #10
60. Hi jimmyclyde!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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snappyturtle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:18 PM
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13. I'm out of hearts that were so graciously bequeathed....
Edited on Wed Feb-14-07 07:26 PM by snappyturtle
or I'd give you one! I really do think, all in all, Al Gore makes a lot of sense.....I would feel like we'd have some breathing space if he were running the country! At the very least, I sense he considers what he does before re-acting in a knee jerk type manner!

edit: I've read about the "heart" thing....I don't really understand because I was out of the loop for a few days due to the death of a beloved Grandson....so if I've said something wrong in regard to this...forgive me....I'll get back to my normal self soon...I hope!
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Subdivisions Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 09:34 PM
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25. Thanks so much for the kind words, snappyturtle! And
my condolences for the loss of your grandson.
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Control-Z Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:03 PM
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30. snappyturtle
Edited on Wed Feb-14-07 11:16 PM by dancingAlone
The news of your grandson is so very heartbreaking. I am deeply sorry for your loss.

You know we're all here for you if you need us.:hug: :hug: :hug:

on edit: the hearts are a symbol of DU love and friendship. Please don't worry about anything you've said. There is nothing to forgive. People here just care about you.:hug:
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:04 PM
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5. I Read Some Articles Today
Which suggested he's waiting until September, and he wants to enter when it would be a 2 candidate race between him & Clinton. He doesn't want to appear as if he's pushing Edwards or Obama aside, if they have a chance to catch Clinton.

It just may be a matter of his polling #'s getting above 20%, and into a 2nd place position. Between the potential Oscar and Nobel Peace Prize, he could easily do that between now and September.

That would still give him 5 full months before the February primaries to campaign.
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lancdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:09 PM
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8. That doesn't make a lot of sense
In this day and age of hugely expensive campaigns, no one can come in late and wins the nomination. He has to declare a lot earlier than that. Frankly, I don't believe he's going to run.
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OrangeCountyDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:14 PM
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11. You're So Completely Wrong
Al Gore is not just anybody. Have you noticed the enthusiasm he generates here at DU? Do you really think that people don't know who he is or his background at this point? The guy received over 50 Million votes in the 2000 election, and but for the Supreme Court, should have won.

If his name is on the California ballot next February, I'm voting for him, and I bet a lot of others would also. Regardless of whether he announces now(a full 12 months away), or in January 2008.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:16 PM
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12. Gore will sweep every other candidate
into oblivion. Go Al.
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fooj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:11 PM
Response to Reply #5
9. I believe that his #'s would be much higher...
if people believed that he was actually running. IMO, if he decides to run, HE WILL WIN!
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:57 PM
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53. It's already a two way race
between Edwards and Obama.

I think people should be asking why a former nominee and vice-president is polling so low. Everyone knows Al Gore and has already made up their mind about him. Polling below 20% is pretty pathetic for a national figure of his stature.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:05 PM
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6. A stealth non-campaign
SWEET!:thumbsup:
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:23 PM
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14. Go, Al!! In a landslide!
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jelly Donating Member (312 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 07:51 PM
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16. Gore is the Republics' worst nightmare.
Run, Al, run!!
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Myrmidon Donating Member (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:38 PM
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47. Um... you mean the Republicans' worst nightmare?
I think we're all for the Republic.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:05 PM
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56. I think the poster meant Mr. Gore is a nightmare for the Republics
not for the Republic. :)
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foo_bar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:13 PM
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57. it's a grammatically incorrect riposte to "Democrat party"
I imagine this is how Newspeak evolves, exchanging literal meaning for partisan shibboleths. I think we're halfway there when "values" means "values" to Democrats, and "repealing the Magna Carta" to another quarter of the populace. When I hear "Homeland" I think "Vaterland", and to the base it means "Christian Homeland", but to the other 70% it's synonymous with "nation", as in "National Security" (which is already on the linguistic slippery slope to a Fatherland). Even Orwell would have never predicted "Freedom Fries", although Milo Minderbinder was on the right track.

To that end, calling them "Republics" is like calling us "Democracies"; it's barely an insult, yet it manages to confuse. The historical precedent for modern republicans isn't Jefferson's notion of the Republic and (Democratic-) Republicans, but John Adams' Federalists who passed the Alien and Sedition acts, nearly ended the American experiment with preemptive wars of aggression, and concluded speeches on the premise that God blesses America.

"Progress, far from consisting in change, depends on retentiveness."
- George Santayana

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DesertRat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:15 PM
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17. That's no surprise to me. Run, Al run!
:bounce:
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BlueManDude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:22 PM
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18. The nomination is his if he wants it.
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CATagious Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 08:34 PM
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21. I haver never volunteered
to work for a campaign.. I have only donated money. But, if Gore runs, I will donate my money, time, and energy to get him (re-)elected!
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sweetladybug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 09:02 PM
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23. CATagious, I have heard ALOT people say the same thing as you.
Edited on Wed Feb-14-07 09:03 PM by sweetladybug
Al Gore will be our next President IF the 2008 election is not stolen. I will work my butt off to help him get re-elected!

Gore 2008!!!!!!!!
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:30 AM
Response to Reply #21
39. Amen, Cat. Me, too!
I'll quit my damn job and go door to door.....
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FourScore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 10:16 PM
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26. Happy to give it the 5th rec!
GORE/FEINGOLD 2008
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emmadoggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:13 PM
Response to Reply #26
63. I enthusiastically second your
GORE/FEINGOLD 2008!!!!!!!

:loveya: :woohoo: :loveya: :woohoo: :loveya: :woohoo: :loveya: :woohoo:
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sellitman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:04 PM
Response to Reply #26
66. My dream ticket too!
I'd sign on the dotted line in a NY minute.

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davidwparker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 10:30 PM
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27. I'm waiting to wear Re-elect Gore t-shirts. He'll pick Obama as VP.
Clark, time is ticking ....
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usregimechange Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 10:38 PM
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28. k & r
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Olney Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:02 PM
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29. I will work my ass off for him if he runs.
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mzmolly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:04 PM
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31. *whistling a happy ditty*
In all honesty, I think this is all according to plan. :evilgrin: Either divine, or otherwise. ;)
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kimsterdemster Donating Member (237 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:16 PM
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33. Yes...
Gore!!!

Bush, Clinton, Bush, Gore!!!!!!!!!
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Janice325 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:31 PM
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34. Man, I really, really want Gore to run!!!!
k&r
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ourbluenation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:42 PM
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35. Gore/Clark 08
:)
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CabalPowered Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:36 PM
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52. Keep repeating it. This ticket is unbeatable IMHO.
:)
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flaliberal Donating Member (57 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-14-07 11:46 PM
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36. Proudly Displaying my Gore 2008 bumper sticker!
Save the Planet
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:09 PM
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61. Hi flaliberal!!
Welcome to DU!! :toast:
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w4rma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:11 AM
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37. And this is support *before* he has declared he is running. (nt)
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:22 AM
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38. If there is a God.......
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 12:26 AM by utopiansecretagent
then Al Gore will be running for President in '08.

Gore/Obama in '08!!!

I got a feelin'...........



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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:39 AM
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40. If Colonel Sanders ran
Chickens would vote for him cuz they recognized the name.

I am grateful Al is saving the planet and that's prime. But NAFTA has ruined the middle class.
Corporatists are doing a fair bit of damage to America, me thinks. We need a party NOW!
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:26 AM
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41. Do some research before you blame Gore for NAFTA's
shortcomings and/or failures.

If you've seen An Inconvenient Truth, you'd understand that he believes our country can compete or dominate (for lack of a better word, right now) global markets based on environmentally friendly technologies. It's not about sending our countries jobs overseas, but rather creating techs that create jobs here and improve global economies and environments at the same time.

Gore's position on Free Trade and NAFTA circa 2000 (it's possible he's changed some of views since then):

Link trade to environment and labor

* Gore is clearly torn between his instinctive support of free trade and his need to win the support of unions. Gore:wants to “continue to knock down the barriers to free and fair trade” (make countries open their doors to American products)
* supports linking trade agreements to labor and environmental standards
* wants to obtain “fast-track” negotiating authority that includes power to negotiate labor and environmental standards
* supports making the WTO more open and accountable.

Source: The Economist, “Issues 2000” Sep 30, 2000

Fair trade: standards for child labor & environment
We must welcome and promote truly free trade. But I say to you: it must be fair trade. We must set standards to end child labor, to prevent the exploitation of workers and the poisoning of the environment. Free trade can and must be -- and if I’m President, will be -- a way to lift everyone up, not bring anyone down to the lowest common denominator.
Source: Speech to the 2000 Democratic National Convention Aug 18, 2000

Agrees with unions on 90% of issues, but not on free trade
Asked about reverberations among unions , Gore replied: “Some of them have not yet endorsed me because of the fact that I’m in favor of this legislation. Others have endorsed me in spite of our disagreement on this legislation because I agree with them on 90% of the issues.” Still, on the campaign trail, Mr. Gore hardly mentions the trade agreement.
Source: Richard Berke & Katharine Seelye, NyTimes.com Mar 11, 2000

Open Europe & Japan to genetically-modified farm products
Gore talked tough on farm policies, demanding that foreign markets be opened to genetically modified commodities. Europe and Japan resist those products. “We can’t let Europe and Japan determine our farm policy,” said Gore, who said “sound science” should govern.
Source: Associated Press in the Brockton (MA) Enterprise, p. A7 Jan 9, 2000

Use Fast Track to encourage new markets
America must maintain its role as the world’s leader. Al Gore has repeatedly called for the passage of Fast Track trading authority, to allow the President to open more markets.. He has fought for a trading system that includes strong safeguards for workers, for health and safety, for children, and for a clean environment. And he has called on other nations -- such as Japan and the nations of Europe -- to jump-start their own economies, and live up to their shared responsibilities for global growth
Source: www.AlGore2000.com/issues/econ.html 5/14/99 May 14, 1999

Free and fair trade means economic growth and jobs
A champion of free and fair trade for his entire career, Gore has been a national leader in opening markets around the world, and tapping into the 96% of the world’s consumers who live outside our borders, while at the same time protecting labor and environmental rights. With one third of America’s growth due to exports in the past six years, and export-related jobs paying 12-18% more than other jobs, Gore has fought for free and fair trade to improve the lives and livelihoods of American families.
Source: www.AlGore2000.com/issues/econ.html 5/14/99 May 14, 1999

Protectionism only protects us from prosperity
All developed countries -- whether in Asia, Europe, or the Americas -- must play a role, and keep tearing down trade barriers. In the end, in this global economy, protectionism will only protect us from prosperity itself.
Source: Speech at APEC Business Summit Nov 16, 1998

more here:

http://www.issues2000.org/Celeb/Al_Gore_Free_Trade.htm
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upi402 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:38 AM
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42. Gore went on CNN's Larry King touting NAFTA against Perot
Gore had a prop for the sheeple. A pic of Smoot-Hawley.
I watched it. There was scant debate. Review EXTRA's! tally regarding air time given to anti-NAFTA vs pro-NAFTA. Pro-NAFTA pundits and minutes had a huge majority of time and proponents given air time.

I was a delegate fighting NAFTA. I was in marches, on committees, donated money, involved with unions.... I LIVED the fight against Clinton/Gore's march to a corporate state.


Propaganda in the corporate media rules the day in this "democracy". I feel that you may need to do some research to see the big picture. You seem to forget or are in denial.
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:22 PM
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46. NAFTA does get bashed around
a lot in liberal and progressive circles. NAFTA apparently does have some areas for serious improvement, but people should not ignore the following aspects about it:

1. Mexico was near bankruptcy around the time NAFTA passed. Clinton/Gore's loan guarantees and NAFTA may have helped stave off bankruptcy and then growth. Had Mexico gone under, there may have devastating consequences on immigration front, as well as much harm to life and living condition in Mexico as well.

2. Our trade is much better balanced with NAFTA countries (around 72 cents exported for every dollar imported) versus the rest of the world (around 50 cents exported on the dollar imported). In 2005, we exported 130 bn worth to Mexico (imported 170 bn), and exported 210 bn to Canada (imported 290), which are not unhealthy figures, if one considers that the GDP of either nation is a small fraction of the US GDP.

Gore has acknowledged unforeseen negative effects of his support of NAFTA as witnessed in this 2006 interview with Larry King:

-SNIP-

KING: We're back with Al Gore. Before we talk about immigration, a look back at then Vice President Al Gore debating Ross Perot in 1993. The most viewed regularly scheduled cable show ever happened right here. Well, it happened in Washington. The subject is how NAFTA would improve our relationship with Mexico. Watch.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

GORE: The best way to eliminate our influence down there is to defeat NAFTA. The best way to preserve it is to enter into this bargain, continue the lowering of the barriers. We've got a commitment that they're going to raise their minimum wage with productivity. We've got an agreement for the first time in history to use trade sanctions to compel the enforcement of their environmental standards. As they begin to develop and locate better jobs farther south, we cut down on illegal immigration.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

KING: Has that happened?

GORE: Well, it's hard to say that illegal immigration got any better. It obviously got a lot worse. But it might have been worse still without the effort to try to boost the economy in Mexico.

You know, during the Clinton-Gore administration, we faced a couple of big challenges on that front. There was a financial crisis in Mexico and we took the bold step of shoring them up. And then when it came to this agreement to try to strengthen their economy and get more good jobs down there to slow down the flow of immigration, I think we did the right thing.

I think other developments in the aftermath of those years, principally the rise of China and the movement of jobs from Mexico to China and to other Asian countries, made the situation worse than it would have otherwise been. But without the agreement that was made and without the shoring up of their economy back then, it could have been much worse still.

-SNIP-

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0606/13/lkl.01.html


That said, I believe NAFTA was a disaster and there is plenty of data to back that up. In fact I believe deregulation has sold America down the river of no return. I also believe that global warming is real and the effects of it would certainly change the face of civilization and because of that global warming is probably the most important issue of our time.

Bottom line is that people need to examine all the aspects when critiquing anything, the good and the bad. Constructive solutions can only come from honest analysis and critique.

This issue really deserves a thread of it's own, especially if/when Gore decides to get in the race. But lets not throw the baby out with the bathwater.
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:45 PM
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48. But...it's important to separate his support on Larry King against Ross Perot
from more recent statements since then. I was totally against NAFTA and well remember being angry that the Clintons were in favor of it.

The consequences of NAFTA as it was passed and not modified are visible to everyone. I believe Al Gore sees this more accutely than anyone else given his work on the Environment and watching what it has wrought on the American Citizens.

I would think all our Dem Candidates would be infavor of severely amending NAFTA. Don't you think?
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SlowDownFast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 01:33 PM
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51. Absolutely, KoKo01.
"The consequences of NAFTA as it was passed and not modified are visible to everyone. I believe Al Gore sees this more accutely than anyone else given his work on the Environment and watching what it has wrought on the American Citizens.

I would think all our Dem Candidates would be infavor of severely amending NAFTA. Don't you think?"

Mistakes are for learning from, indeed.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 02:02 PM
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55. No, I don't.
The dominant centrist/corporate wing of the Democratic party still believes in the NAFTA model of "free" trade. I think some candidates will talk about "reforming" a system that is inherently destructive and then do little to nothing to change it. The Clintons are still defending that style of trade and I'm looking for someone who acknowledges that it is little more than neo-colonialism of the type that harms workers in all nations involved.
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cui bono Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 06:20 PM
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62. Agreed. nt
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Felinity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 09:00 AM
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43. Yippee!
I hope he stays out of the race till September, as another thread suggests. Hillary & Obama are going to start to wear thin; they will regret starting the campaign this early.
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stubtoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 10:53 AM
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45. and he hasn't even announced yet! not bad at all.
:)
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 12:51 PM
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49. I thought the interview on the site was interesting
Edited on Thu Feb-15-07 12:54 PM by RestoreGore
Mr. Geier in the interview seems to think Mr. Gore might not really be willing to give up the life he has now... And I don't blame him one bit. And actually, the outright obsession with this running for president over the substance of his message I think will actually show him that people really don't want to help with this crisis, because all they think about is speculation.
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samsingh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:24 PM
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58. gallop has shown themselves to be biased and meaningless
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focusfan Donating Member (884 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 03:58 PM
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59. I wish Al Gore would run
I would vote for him
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:22 PM
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64. Run Al Run!
:thumbsup:
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emmadoggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-15-07 07:27 PM
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65. No one even comes close to the perfect resume that Al has for the job.
He is the perfect man for the job. He's our best hope for getting out of this sinkhole that * has dragged us into.

I think he is very wise to wait until later this year to announce (IF he does). And until I am absolutely 100% positive that he will NOT be running, I just can't get excited about anyone else.

PLEASE, AL, WE NEED YOU!!! :loveya:
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