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Al Gore: ex-next POTUS to next POTUS. What a difference 7 years make

rollingstone.com — If the Democrats were going to sit down and construct the perfect candidate for 2008, they'd be hard-pressed to improve on Gore. Unlike Hillary Clinton, he has no controversial vote on Iraq to defend. Unlike Barack Obama and John Edwards, he has extensive experience in both the Senate and the White House. The Bush admin's most eloquent critic.

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  • JCSaint, on 10/12/2007, -24/+197Seriously, I'd vote for him in a heartbeat and I think after two terms of Bush, people realize they made a mistake.
    • GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -71/+26Gore hemmoraged everything Clinton built up over 8 years and still couldn't convince fence sitters to vote for him. Recall, the economy was doing so fantastically awesome...until election day. Then it suddenly diverted south. The surplus was gone overnight. The deficit was back. All that was good was now bad.

      The Gorebots need to recognize that Gore was an awful selection in 2000. Bradley had a better shot at winning, but the party faithful couldn't deny their own VP a shot at the White House. Gore faced a tougher battle than expected with Bradley. As the sitting VP it's usually a cakewalk to the nomination, but Gore struggled against a simple Senator from New Jersey. A freaking NY Knick for crissakes.

      I never thought I would say this. But, Al Gore, stick to acting.
    • CraigB12, on 10/12/2007, -66/+14He couldn't win because he never really did a damn thing. He's like Dick Cheney but without all the distruction, making him basically just a person that sits in an empty office that you never see (is he even really there). He kept Clintons coat tails for 8 years, and then claimed he invented the internet. The only thing he's done positive is make a movie about global warming, outside of office, and complained about the current state of the government. IMHO he could do better for the country if he just stays the hell away from the white house and keeps lobbying for the environment.
    • Groovemaster, on 10/12/2007, -33/+33"people realize they made a mistake."

      Some people realize Diebold made a "mistake".
    • EmmSee, on 10/12/2007, -74/+12Gore is a horrible candidate. The man is morbidly obese. That's a problem.
    • kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -21/+72Who would vote for the smart boring guy when you have this folksy talkin' fourth generation oil millionaire on the other ticket! Who, natch, promised everyone who voted for him a pretend $300 tax "rebate".

      I know more than one person who voted for Bush on that basis alone. But as the wise man says, Fool me once...
    • bobcrotch, on 10/12/2007, -57/+29Al Gore is not the solution to your George Bush hating.
    • killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -47/+18Then there is this:
      http://www.gambits.com/childers/gore-convention-kiss.jpg

      Unelectable.
    • Eleo, on 10/12/2007, -15/+127Al Gore never said he invented the Internet, damn it.
    • Mitchl, on 10/12/2007, -49/+14As a Tennessee voter, who voted for Gore, before I voted against him-- this would be a big mistake on the Dems part. I voted for Bush both times, the second time holding my nose big time, but don't regret either vote because of Gore and Kerry. I am ready and willing to vote for Hillary, probably would vote for Obama, and would really prefer Richardson, Leiberman, or Biden. But I will vote against Gore again, even if I have to vote for Buchanan.
    • TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -21/+13"I know more than one person who voted for Bush on that basis alone. But as the wise man says, Fool me once..."

      Well considering he got re-elected, I believe that's shame on you.

    • kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -11/+38"unelectable"

      They said the same thing about Republican Governor Schwarzenegger, after his early career in gay pornography became publicly noted...

      He's still around.
    • mattsidesinger, on 10/12/2007, -12/+9@killinger777

      He had to convince people that he is not a robot and that he has feelings.
    • kremvax, on 10/12/2007, -10/+34"Well considering he got re-elected, I believe that's shame on you."

      That's a shame on *all* off us.
    • pgoetz, on 10/12/2007, -18/+13@CraigB12

      You are beyond a complete ***** idiot, as well as an ignoramus. As Mark Twain famously opined, better to remain silent and have all think you a fool than to open your mouth and remove all shadow of a doubt. Stick to watching Fox News and blogging about everything you learn there. And pay no mind to the t-shirts: we care DEEPLY about your blog.
    • quine, on 10/12/2007, -33/+24Hell no! And have Tipper Gore as first lady!? Oh, hell no! Does anyone not remember this wench? I know it sounds horrible to vote on basis of a candidate's significant other, but if history has taught us one thing so far (*cough* Hillary Clinton/Health Care) the first lady is much more than an bystander.
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13GabrielS to be specific the economy started to turn south well before the 2000 election, and the bursting of the .com bubble (which was artificially inflating the economy) had been predicted by most economists for a few years before that.
    • Harbinger67, on 10/12/2007, -21/+20He has my vote.

      Well, as soon as he rids the world of manbearpig.
    • ThinkFr33ly, on 10/12/2007, -18/+101"I voted for Bush both times, the second time holding my nose big time, but don't regret either vote because of Gore and Kerry"

      I guess you haven't been paying attention to the last 7 years. You ***** up.
    • Langford, on 10/12/2007, -5/+35Gore has a better chance of winning than Hillary Clinton. That woman is evil. Obama is popular, but I can't say that I know much about him, and I doubt that I am alone, so that may be a sign that he might be a hard sell. If Al Gore ran, I would probably vote for him. If Obama ran, I would probably vote for him, at least based on current information. If Hillary ran, I would have to throw my vote away on a third party candidate or something. I don't know if the Republicans would stand to get any votes from me, they kinda blew their last job, so it would take an absolutely amazing candidate this time.
    • lj535i, on 10/12/2007, -4/+18"I never thought I would say this. But, Al Gore, stick to acting."

      Yeah! Just like Ronald Reagan! Oh wait...
    • johnrwaite, on 10/12/2007, -15/+2I would vote for him if he had a heartbeat.
    • geekee, on 10/12/2007, -16/+4"Al Gore never said he invented the Internet, damn it."

      "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
      -Al Gore

      Judge for yourself.
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -13/+1"Yeah! Just like Ronald Reagan! Oh wait..."
      Al Gore is no Ronald Reagan...

      That man was, unfortunately, our last good president.
    • xenuxenuts, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Actually, I'd say Ford was the last good president. The rest since had some pretty major flaws.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37""Al Gore never said he invented the Internet, damn it."
      "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."
      -Al Gore
      Judge for yourself."

      At least he never said "the Googles".
      Yes, that was taken out of context. He WAS the head of committee in the 70's to create legislation making the Internet public and opened it up to universal accessibility and the first public laws while most other people were busy figuring out how to use the revolutionary "three copy carbon".
    • Eleo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23@geekee
      And look up in Wikipedia the number of things he did to advance the Internet and help make it as mainstream and widespread as it is today. Taking initiative in creating isn't the same as inventing. People manipulate and re-interpret his statement. He never intended to even imply that he single handedly invented the theory, technology, and implementation of the Internet. Too bad people would like to think he did. All he meant is that he took action to help make the Internet what it is today.
    • dvfreelancer, on 10/12/2007, -6/+28"I voted for Bush both times, the second time holding my nose big time, but don't regret either vote because of Gore and Kerry."

      That's one of the most pathetic excuses ever. All you're doing is trying to deflect the blame for your own lack of judgment. Both of them are better men than Bush, both are smarter, better managers, more honest and I trust either of them to do a better job than W. The country would be light years ahead of where we are today and you damn well know it.

      Republicans will blame everyone but themselves when things go wrong. Some of them are still trying to blame Clinton! Anything but own up to a bad decision. Iraq is a mess because Iraqis aren't stepping up to do the job, or the generals didn't ask for enough troops, not ever because it was a bad decision and you put a failed CEO in charge of it. No, never that. Katrina was a mess because of the Louisiana governor and Brown. Not because of the top spots at FEMA and DHS being filled by fund raisers and party faithful instead of qualified people. Couldn't be that.

      We're in the ***** we're in now because of spineless, pathetic creatures like yourself. I would respect you more if you just came out and admitted you made a mistake but the people who are so damn quick to tell other people what they "need" to do just can't do that.
    • rushman69, on 10/12/2007, -10/+5"If Hillary ran, I would have to throw my vote away on a third party candidate or something"

      God I hate it when people think that's a good idea. If you don't want any of the candidates to be president, then don't vote, or write in yourself or mickey mouse. Throwing a vote to another person is not the answer if you have no good reason to want that person to be president.

    • oldman, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13It is AMAZING that all of these Bush lovin' fanatics think they got all the information on all the Democrats and the responsibility to tell everyone about it. Go sit down and watch your O'Really, listen to your Limbugger and leave the thinking to the qualified.
    • vuzman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+25"[A]s the two people who designed the basic architecture and the core protocols that make the Internet work, we would like to acknowledge VP Gore's contributions as a Congressman, Senator and as Vice President. No other elected official, to our knowledge, has made a greater contribution over a longer period of time.
      Last year the Vice President made a straightforward statement on his role. He said: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in creating the Internet." We don't think, as some people have argued, that Gore intended to claim he "invented" the Internet. Moreover, there is no question in our minds that while serving as Senator, Gore's initiatives had a significant and beneficial effect on the still-evolving Internet. The fact of the matter is that Gore was talking about and promoting the Internet long before most people were listening. We feel it is timely to offer our perspective."

      --Statement by Internet pioneers Vint Cerf and Robert E. Kahn on 2000-09-28
    • Dumbledorito, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15I wish every Republican who cites "nobody knows enough about Obama/Gore/whoever to get him elected" would get a dope slap. YOU people elected Bush based on him being "a guy I'd have a beer with." If you actually analyzed his past in business and government, you might have noticed his penchant for quick-fix long-term disaster policies.

      Not to mention his speaking skills going WAY downhill since his gubernatorial days. Was that an effect of detox or re-tox?
    • argoff, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1"think after two terms of Bush, people realize they made a mistake."

      Oh yeah. Our mistake was not voting in a Libertarian.
    • xGORDOx, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I still think Bill Richardson would make a better President.
    • lj535i, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5@Langford
      "they kinda blew their last job"

      *giggle*
    • extremophile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6but Bush invented the internetS
    • sathias, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Well considering he got re-elected, I believe that's shame on you."

      No, I believe its "Well considering he got re-elected, I believe that's shame on - shame on you. Fool me - you can't get fooled again"
    • marinist, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"...and the bursting of the .com bubble"

      And, it's possible we're going to see another "bursting" event, after Greenspan "saved the economy" with quick-fix liquidity. Just guess what that's done to credit abuse, mortgage equity withdrawal, and growth in several key sectors. When things eventually hit the fan, I wonder which admin. will take the blame? This is a topic that continually misses Digg's radar, but is already playing itself out in very real terms.
    • Konrad9, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I'd probably vote for Gore, but I'd rather vote for Obama.
    • cptn_cardboard, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2The number one factor that I use for choosing a president is "is he smarter than me."

      So far bush is out of the race

      Number two is "could I manage to stay in a room with him/her for more than an hour without killing myself"

      so thats kerry and hillary out of the race.

      and the last is "Did he/she invent the internet."
    • jsg7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Of all the current candidates, I'd prefer John Edwards with Obama a close 2nd.

      But if Gore runs, he'd probably be the best candidate.
    • Kyderdog, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1>Gore has a better chance of winning than Hillary Clinton
      Now if Gore would have Bill Clinton, as Vice President... that would
      stop the War President republican canidate
    • deesnutz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I wouldn't mind to see Al Gore run for president. But for me it would be between Gore and Obama.
      http://www.algorepresident.com
    • ericdano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I'd rather vote for Liebermann. He makes sense. Good Jewish man in the Office would straighten everything out.

      I think a great ticket would be McCain/Liebermann. But that won't happen.

      Where is Pat Pulson when you need him!
  • conradpaul, on 10/12/2007, -20/+11This is a really great article.
    • killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -18/+11That is a really great comment.
  • conradpaul, on 10/12/2007, -8/+20sorry: This is a really great article, AND while I kind of believed him when he's said recently that he doesn't plan to run, this story makes me think he could have a really good shot.
    • CraigB12, on 10/12/2007, -13/+5I think its all just a ploy so when he does annouce that he's running it makes people think he hasn't been planning it for a while.
    • FearlessFreep, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"I think its all just a ploy so when he does annouce that he's running it makes people think he hasn't been planning it for a while. "

      Ross Perot says "Hi!"
    • Langford, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Somebody needs to go tell him that on Digg he has already won the election. Maybe it would convince him to run.
  • baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -11/+62if he ran, i would shoe polish his name on my car 19 months in advance . i would talk about him to every person i met. this man would blow everyone else out of the water. he has been burned and redeemed himself. i love him
    • chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -26/+10LOL. You WERE joking, right?
    • rasterbator, on 10/12/2007, -20/+4i too would talk about him to everyone i know. i would remind them of what a jackass he is, and tell them that the reason he seemed to be doing nothing in the white house is because Hillary was busy keeping herself and Bill in the press and shunning Al from the press. He was content to become an idealog, to turn supposed global warming into a political strategy. For shame, Al. Global climate change should have nothing to do with politics, just as it has ntohing to do with the Industrial Revolution, although he revisionist history movie would make you think so.

      I would like to see a Democratic candidate of substance, that doesn't use fear as a main ingredient in everything they say to the American people. And someone with a solution to REAL issues our country (yes, it is OUR country) faces today.

      This is not a comment to bait others to start spamming. It is my honest opinion, and I am entitled to it without someone blocking me or Digg suspending my account.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14"i too would talk about him to everyone i know. i would remind them of what a jackass he is, and tell them that the reason he seemed to be doing nothing in the white house is because Hillary was busy"

      Yeah, things were horrible for America in the 90's, unlike today.

      /sarcasm
    • hablo4u, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10It's refreshing to hear that someone is genuinely excited about a potential leader. It goes to show how tired we all are of the current administration. It takes a lot to cut through the cynicism and I think Gore does just that.
  • gummih, on 10/12/2007, -9/+41Very good article. I would expect Gore as president with Obama as vice president. Good combo and they would really support each other. Just consider if Guliani would run, how would you win New York? With Clinton? I'm sceptical, also consider California and the south.

    And just Imagine. Imagine if Gore had been president instead of George W. Bush ;o)
    • chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -14/+13The Repubs MUST run Giuliani - the man just gets it. Plus, with the Dems not getting New York, it would be a defeat of epic proportions.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13Can a pro-life adulturer (sp -5) bring the religious right to the poles?
    • TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -5/+28What you fail to understand (and this is coming from a New Yorker), is that there are plenty of people in NY that don't like Guiliani. It just happened to be that 9/11 happened at the end of his shift, so he got blown up as some kind of national hero.
    • jfreeman, on 10/12/2007, -22/+4You'd probably lose the black vote because they'd think Gore was trying to be Obama's "massa."
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+10I like Guliani as well but unfortunately the religious right pretty much owns the Republican party right now. The way the primary system is rigged it's rare that the most electable person gets nominated by either party.
    • quiltmaster, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11Oh man, a Gore, Obama Ticket would rock my socks. I sure hope Hillary doesn't get the nomination because I would probably vote for Guilliani before Hillary, and I don't want my first vote to be a Republican one.
    • killinger777, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11"Can a pro-life adulturer"

      You meant pro-choice. And consider that Giuliani said if he had to appoint supreme court justices, he would appoint people like John Roberts.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@killinger

      "you mean pro-choice"

      wow, I borked that one

      thanks for the catch

      Basically he is not part of the religious right, that was my point
    • happyclam, on 10/12/2007, -2/+16Giuliani will get torn up in the primaries. He's too liberal for the GOP and he's got some questionable business partners that will be a huge liability.

      I agree that a Gore/Obama ticket would be truly excellent. Both have shown that they have a long-term vision that this nation desperately needs.
    • bmurph83, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Agreed - Gore/Obama would be great for America!

      EDIT: ^what they said.
    • TomRitchford, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17Giuliani was a disaster for New York City. He took the largest budget surplus the city ever had and squandered it. He denied the firefighters the money they needed for radios so they all died in the World Trade Center, then spent $35 million on security for City Hall. Despite warnings from each and every expert consulted, he insisted on putting the disaster center in WTC 7 so it was destroyed before it was ever used -- it's not a coincidence that WTC was owned by his biggest campaign contributor. While crime stats show reduced crime during his tenure, the crime rate went down even further in most major cities in the US -- and just try to report a mugging or a minor theft during the time or no, the police simply don't accept these reports.

      And he's a self-confessed adulterer and a cross-dresser ("only for fun" supposedly -- but he kept doing it on network TV). I think these are good points :-D but the result is to make him unelectable.
    • drmobutu, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6@chrizcoo

      Seen that video of Giuliani in drag with Trump?

      No? Well, you will. The man is not presidential material, my friend.
    • skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4What do you mean "confessed...cross-dresser?" Is dressing in the clothes that traditionally are normally worn by the other gender some kind of crime? Who wrote that men must wear certain clothes and women must wear other clothes? I'm not saying a guy in a women's dress won't appear foolish to many, but what objective, non-arbitrary reasoning says that it's wrong?

      At worst it's a symptom...but it's not a disease. People like Eddie Izzard can explain it well...they just don't care about conforming to arbitrary societal laws.
    • ToddML, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2@TomRitchford

      Wow, is this a political troll paid to drop by blogs and bash candidates? All of your criticisms about Giuliani are flat out wrong. Not even kinda sorta wrong, but flat wrong. New York's drop in crime rate hugely exceeded national trends, making it the safest large city in the entire country. He rescued us from huge budget deficits inherited from Dinkins, slashed welfare roles, and cut unemployment by a greater percent than the national average (from 10-5), a much larger percentage drop than the rest of the country, which went from the mid sixes to the mid fours. All the while, cutting taxes, reducing crime in minority precincts, reducing conflict between minority communities and the police, hugely increasing tourism and business development in the city, and smashing mob operations and ridiculous union handouts.

      Do your research before you troll. Some people are interested in candidates and what they actually accomplished for our country, not ignorant hack and slash insult flinging.
    • drmobutu, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Yeah, but what if Giuliani shows up for his first State of the Union, and he's wearing the same dress as Nancy Pelosi?

      Boy, would that ever be embarrassing...for the Nation, I mean.
    • rossmcd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Personally I'd like to see a Gore/Feingold ticket. I think both of those guys have a lot of integrity.
  • GabrielS, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1Link is borked.
  • ian87, on 10/12/2007, -2/+42I saw a great documentary by Spike Jonze, going on vacation with Gore at the very start of the 2000 campaign. For those who care to see it, it was packaged with McSweeny's #18 and the DVD is called Wholphin #1 (get it on Amazon maybe, or go into a big box book store and take your chances). Anyway, Gore was fantastic in the documentary, really self-deprecating and honest. Almost made me cry to think about him instead of GWB for the past six years.

    If Gore ran in 2008, I'd vote for him without hesitation. And all the negative crap stigma attached to him in 2000 was, in my mind, more a result of the media's demonizing him than his lack of ability, etc.
    • chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -21/+4Problem is, you put Gore in front of a camera and he's stiff as a board.
    • TheCount, on 10/12/2007, -1/+42Have you seen "An Inconvenient Truth"? He's actually pretty engaging in the documentary.

      I don't need my President to be entertaining in front of a camera, I can go to the movies to be entertained. I want a President that is competent and willing to at least acknowledge when he's wrong.
    • mattsidesinger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+37"Problem is, you put Gore in front of a camera and he's stiff as a board."

      Did you see his recent SNL appearence? I think he has been reprogrammed.
    • alecks, on 10/12/2007, -16/+1which is precisely why we shouldn't vote for him!
    • EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22I've noticed a marked difference in Gore's demeanor on television in recent years. He is confident, engaging, and quite personable (at least compared to his old self) in his appearances. I think if he had acted that way during his campaign he would have won easily. Hopefully it will carry over into a future race. I fear the stiff personality was the result of the stress of campaigning and having millions of people fret over every word he said. I wouldn't blame him--that fear would make me stiff as a board too--but if true it means we'll likely be right back to the old Gore in a new campaign.
    • mantar, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1@chriskzoo:

      Yeah, but he's hung like a horse!
    • tedfa, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Gore has given thousands of lectures and global warming power point presentations over the last few years. I think the extra experience has helped his on-screen image.
    • bizchris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I searched both YouTube and Google Video - no link to Gore's most recent SNL skits. Anyone have a link?
  • jfowler27, on 10/12/2007, -2/+28What I would like to see is Al Gore run and then see Bill Clinton support him over Hillary.

    Gore is the perfect candidate in my mind after the fiasco of this current administration and, like the article says, he has the experience to pull the job off better than anyone else on the ticket. What I would like to see is him step away from the Democratic Party though. Run as an independent. But with our country's political system as screwed up as it is, I doubt an independent could win the White House.
    • GRTWHT, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19No independent will ever win, the deck's stacked too severely against them for that to be allowed. The 2 party coin toss (heads we win, tails you lose) is the only choice we're given, which suits both parties just fine.
    • EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I wouldn't say no independent will ever win the Presidency, but it's unlikely to come out of nowhere. If we want more independent and third party candidates we need to work at the local and state level. Volunteer to help out local politicians you respect, you can really make a difference. After building a strong base we'll have more success getting candidates elected to National office.
    • quiltmaster, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Sadly GRTWHT is probably right. Independents are just lacking the resources that the Big 2 are. A splinter party candidate however could probably win.
    • mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I would like to see Bill Clinton run with Al Gore as his vice president again. Seemed to work the first two times.
    • geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"What I would like to see is Al Gore run and then see Bill Clinton support him over Hillary."

      He means in the primary, I think
  • Simcom, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17I'd vote for him, but Obama is still my favorite.
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11"why what has Obama done?"

      As an ex-Republican now Libertarian I can tell you that I rather like Obama, he's kind of liberal but at least he's honest about it rather than changing positions based on the latest polls (*cough*hillary*cough*). He's also not been in Washington very long so he's not absolutely corrupt & inept yet.
    • quiltmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Obama is not a Muslim, and if he is I don't see why it would matter. Way to bring religious bias into the page!
    • ImOscar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8He's Protestant, right? It shouldn't matter.
    • pants428, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14CapNCash must get his all his news from Fox..
    • lucid270, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1@ raitchison

      So how do you reconcile Obama's anti-gun stance? Obama might be a nice guy, but many of his policies cut against the libertarian values.
    • StarManta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I was rather iffy about Obama until recently. I liked him, sure, but I didn't see any compelling reason to vote for him.

      But his memo to Fox News made one thing clear: Obama has the balls to outright challenge everything that is hated about the government, corporate, media world. And if there's one thing severely missing from anyone who has a good idea of where the country should be heading, it's a set of cajones.
    • KennMac, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8@CapNCash

      He's not Muslim, tardbucket.

      http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/muslim.asp
    • betacmag4u, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6I would rather vote for an Atheist than someone who believe in Santa Claus.... umm I mean God. Religion is a psychiatric illness. If I were to become President my first Executive order would make Stalin's purge look like a 5 years olds birthday party.
    • cprincipe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4@CapNCash

      Obama co-sponsored a bill to track federal pork projects, and worked aggressively to ensure veterans got benefits fairly. That's just off the top of my head, but I'm sure a little review of his voting records instead of listening to whatever is spoon-fed you by your favorite "news" sources will turn up more.
    • MikeFromAmerica, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5If the democrats want to court any red-state votes, a relatively-unknown like Obama is a lot better than Gore.
    • meepus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6CapNCash: there's nothing wrong with studying Islam. If you studied it, at least you'd understand what it is that you're blindly hating. Obama has a voting record you can look at, he has testicles, and he has a damn good degree and a brain to suit it. Regardless of your misinformation with regard to his supposed involvement in Islam, I don't think you can deny that.

      Why exactly does a person have to have been thoroughly run through years and years of different political offices in order to be qualified to be president? A clear and defined understanding of the functions and history of our government (Obama was a constitutional law professor) and a level head go a LONG way. George W Bush clearly had none of that going into office, and it seems to me that you voted for him. I'd say your criteria for what makes a person 'electable' are complete garbage.
    • EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9"why what has Obama done?"

      Obama will have twice as much experience in public office in 2008 as Bush had when he was elected. In particular Bush had *no* experience in international (or even national for that matter) politics when he was elected. I agree that it would be nice if Obama had more experience, but why was it OK for Bush but not for Obama?
    • g30ph, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5@ CapnCash

      I was raised Jewish and yet I don't own all the banks and control all the media, so why can't Obama be raised as a Muslim and not grow up to be a sane and rational person? How do you control your urge to wear white sheets and burn crosses on peoples lawns?
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"So how do you reconcile Obama's anti-gun stance?"

      I'm not a fan of it, though I've yet to vote for a candidate who I agreed with 100%. I voted Libertarian in 2004 but if it was Obama in a race against some nutjob like Brownback or Santorum my vote would be easy.
    • heffae, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2@CapNCash

      Obama is not Muslim (though I like how that is thrown around as something that would automatically make him a bad person). He lived in Indonesia from the age of 2 to 10 and attended both a predominantly public Muslim school and a predominantly Catholic school (as he described them). Also he is named after his father who is from Kenya hence the odd (to American ears) name. His mother is from Kansas as some one mentioned above he attends a Christian church though not regularly. As of now I am planning on voting for him though I think he really should have put in more time in the Senate and had some more experience but listening to him speak give me hope for the future something that a political candidate hasn't done for along time. Still it's a long time until the election and things may change.

      I don't think it is a good idea for Al Gore to run. Not that he wouldn't make a great president but the country is really split these days and though it didn't start with the election of 2000 that election made things much worse. I think if Gore were to get elected it would split the country farther apart. Not due to anything he has done just due to his name. (Though it won't divide the country as much as if Hillary wins). Besides if Gore's real goal these days is to save the planet he will do a much better job by trying to distance him self from the political game. Hell even now conservatives think that every time he mentions global warming it is some how part of Liberal conspiracy (to accomplish what besides not getting us all killed I don't know) imagine if he were running for office again.
  • jsmith39, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8All I really want is for the Democrats to put someone, anyone up front that actually has a chance of winning. Please?
  • Coffeedemon, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Don't forget he has also ridden the mighty moon worm.
  • Cleotis, on 10/12/2007, -31/+4...Next to Michael Moore, there's not a bigger libtard crock-umentary film maker alive.
    • pgoetz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+16It's hard to top an expression like "libtard", but then the libtards do have a full vocabulary to draw from for insults, which kind of levels the playing field a bit. Now get back to molesting your sister, Cleotis.
    • EntropyMan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9You know, Cletus, I got to thinking about this whole "Libtard" expression you keep using. It's really not working for you. Here's why:

      Liberal+tard = Libtard, right?
      So Republican+tard = Retard.

      So you see, every time you say "Libtard," all you do is remind people of the fact that "Libtard" makes no sense and "Retard" is a perfect fit.
  • republick, on 10/12/2007, -11/+1He already had a chance,, crawl into your hole.
  • bdkarl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23Gore was one of the most involved Vice Presidents in recent history (in a good way, not a Cheney way). Global warming is now a front-page issue, thanks to him. Like the article says, imagine what the past 6 years would have been like under a Gore administration. Run Al, Run!
  • FearlessFreep, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1"Gore....most eloquent..."

    boogle
  • shagz7, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12The question isn't Should he run. The question is WILL he run.
  • DeepDoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I do not agree with Gore's vision, but at least he seems like he has one. He is the only prominent person from Team Donkey that seems to actually believe most of what they claim to stand for and I can respect that.
    All the rest seem like they are only saying what they think will get them elected.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4If only he had had a vision when he ran for President.

      I am a democrat by the way, and will vote that way.
    • PeteLP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"All the rest seem like they are only saying what they think will get them elected."

      Obama campaigned against the war, BEFORE the war, when he was starting his incredibly long-odds run for the US senate (seeking to be the only black senator), and at a time when the war was hugely popular.

      No one has better proof than Obama of their willingness to take an unpopular position DESPITE its likely impact on their political goals. (While Gore was against the war, he wasn't planning on running at that time. Others have taken a stand against the war, but none had goals so likely to be damaged as Obama)

      The fact that Obama won his primary race (against many more likely opponents) while the war was still very popular indicates his effectiveness in bringing clarity to the public. A president needs to see the right direction and move people in that direction. Obama has done some of both.

      Gore has experience, has shown good judgment, and I'd vote for him. But Obama deserves more credit than you've given him, and I'd vote for him too.

      Pete
    • spodbox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Obama campaigned against the war, BEFORE the war, when he was starting his incredibly long-odds run for the US senate (seeking to be the only black senator), and at a time when the war was hugely popular."

      Long-odds run? What are you smoking? He ran essentially unopposed in a highly blue state.

      I think the real reason some people are a little leery of Obama is the fact that he has never won a close election. In fact, all of his elections have been gimmies. They have no idea what he'll do when polls start looking less than 3-to-1 favorable for him.
  • Malshew, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5An article the other day pointed out that the country has been by Bush, then Clinton, then by Bush again.

    I don't want Clinton to win on principle.
  • martin308, on 10/30/2007, -3/+3Damn, was I the only one who had no idea what POTUS was when I clicked on the link?
    • meepus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2President Of The United States? It's a military acronym also used in newspaper headlines.
    • Popdmb, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2You need to watch a little more West Wing : )
  • fober, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1Al Gore invented ex-next POTUS.
  • krazz, on 10/12/2007, -14/+3It's shocking to see what a sad state the left has become in this country. To actually consider electing that do-nothing robot is a disgrace to the Democratic party. Might as well stand behind a concrete statue of Jimmy Carter; the personality and political achievements of the two would be equal. His resurgence was based on a ***** MOVIE for Christ's sake...a MOVIE!!! He has done NOTHING else. *****....all of you.
    • Firehed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Better to have a president that does nothing than a president that does a lot of stuff and none of it right, ***** over the entire country in the process.

      That's the real benefit of a single party not controlling all three branches of the government - they always vote against each other, and no stupid laws get passed.
    • Velireon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3You obviously live under a rock. Since you don't like any of us anyway, why don't you go back there? We won't miss you -- we'll even get Al elected without your vote (for OR against).


      "DISMISSED! That's 'Starfleet' for 'GET OUT'!"
      - Captain Kathryn Janeway
    • krazz, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0@Velireon

      You're a ***** nerd dude.
  • bigspruce, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14Gore has shown more leadership in the past 6 years (about America's and the world's future) than Bush and Cheney together.

    Had Gore been POTUS, Bush would barely be remembered at this point.
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Unless he ran & won in 2004.
    • argoff, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Inconvienient Truth is that he hasn't :)
  • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Anyone but Hillary. I'm going to assume the Republicans are going to pay to have her win the primary, then laugh all the way to the Oval Office running a trained chimp like usual.
  • chrisinsocalif, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3McCain 2008! That is who i am voting for.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Is that because you think he is an open minded moderate?

      Go look at his voting record, Bush republican all the way. Actually backed down on torture (signing statement), and he was ***** tortured!!
    • quine, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Then you can also kiss your 'tubes' goodbye - CDA, CDA II, anyone?

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act
    • raitchison, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I don't like as much as I did in 2000 (voted for him over Dubya in the primary) bu McCain is a lot more moderate than any of the others who stand a chance of getting nominated (Guliani is more moderate but that's why he would never get nominated).
    • detlev409, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I only wish I was with you. He used to be my dream candidate, but then he folded like a soggy paper bag. The man has completely abandoned his stated principles.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Saying things that make you seem open minded and moderate do not make you open minded and moderate.

      Look at his voting record.
    • OriginalLucid1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It is ironic that if he had stuck to his original position of pro gun/pro life, he would have won his home state and the White House as a result.
    • geekee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Saying things that make you seem open minded and moderate do not make you open minded and moderate.

      Look at his voting record."

      Didn't people attack Kerry the same way? Remember the whole flip-flop thing? Voting records don't reflect opinions on issues as easily as you'd make it sound. But use this tactic and continue the tradition of making sure senators cannot become president.
  • wiremonkeymommy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Global Climate Change needs to be a 'first priority' for any presidential candidate, that right there should be reason enough for him to throw in!
    • OriginalLucid1, on 10/12/2007, -9/+3I guess when they detonate a thermonuclear device in Lower Manhattan, Global Climate Change won't seem like a high priority. Just guessing tho.
    • argoff, on 10/12/2007, -6/+0How about throw him out. It will save is a ton of hot air.
  • dodgingcars, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4Although I thought "Inconvienient Truth" was absolutely boring (don't get the praise for the film or Gore's "performance")... and I think Gore is a bit extreme in his environmental views, I did vote for him in 2000 (only after Bradley lost the primary). In 2008, I'd likely only vote for Gore as a vote against a Republican candidate I didn't like. But I'd probably vote Guliani over Gore, to be honest.

    In the primary, I'll likely vote Obama -- but this is still a wait & see. We have.. what? 18 months?

    • ThinkFr33ly, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Ya, gotta hate those extremists that just trumpet what the vast majority of scientists on the planet have been saying for the past decade or so.

      Wait... that's not being an extremist; it's being a realist. Man, we could sure use a realist in the White House.

      Run Al. Run.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14"Wait, Jesus will be back any day now, let him worry about the environment"

      That is the Republican stance on the environment right?
    • detlev409, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13"I thought "Inconvienient Truth" was absolutely boring"

      It's a documentary; you weren't meant to be entertained.
    • skankyBacon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Actually lots of documentaries are entertaining. That's sort of how you get people to watch them.
    • rossmcd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"Actually lots of action movies are entertaining. That's sort of how you get people to watch them."

      Fixed.
  • EmmSee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Frank Zappa wouldn't approve of Gore ... hello... PMRC anyone?
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1ignore this
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I for one am glad that we can listen to any music regardless of the rating when we are fighting in Iraq...or trying to survive a hurricane.
  • flink405, on 10/12/2007, -14/+2Al Gore: LOL.
    Obama. Double LOL
    Hillary: LOL and a half.
    • SpoBo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Bush: Double Cry ?
    • KidDynamo0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6And who in the hell would you choose...
      McCain - Mr. I will vote for torture being OK, which is just selling my soul...nice
      Giuliani - I don't hate the guy, but being there during 9/11, while helpful does not make a president

      You blow off the Democrats, but your choices are are way lamer. Of course you wouldn't know that these guys had issues if you watched Fox News and stayed blissfully ignorant.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5"Giuliani - I don't hate the guy, but being there during 9/11, while helpful does not make a president"

      Giuliani has made his career by being an opportunist. He is a political hack...
  • cleverhanz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+2Peace out y'all!
    • Zaphod2016, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Dugg up for the Futurama reference.
  • hmmmok, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5I'd absolutely vote Gore. Anyone who can deny illegal fundraising after getting caught redhanded is my kinda politician.
    /sarc
    • OriginalLucid1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1It was the tea I tell you! A man has to piss sometime!
  • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -8/+0The only one out of the bunch so far that I'd take is Obama, but he seems to have quite a few skeletons in his closet.

    I also like McCain and Frist...if they run.
    • sodypop77, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10The only 'skeletons' I've seen in Obama's closet were fabricated by Faux News.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5I understand that people like McCain because they think he is moderate.

      Why on earth would anyone like Frist?
    • ringworm, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the average American voter.
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Didn't he admit to having used Cocaine? Maybe I heard something false, correct me if I'm wrong.
    • JJsays, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Sorry, it has gone from never attended a Muslim school to he has attended, but it was very clean and nice. get ANOTHER MUSLIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE FOR YOU, this one is toast.
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the average American voter."
      I just posted three possible candidates that I am considering backing from two different parties, what is wrong with that?

      Sorry I don't agree with you, but I don't think that gives you the right to be so condescending. It's the snobbish "rest of America" attitude that has the left in trouble and the right holding too much power. Your opinion is not better than the rest of the country's.
    • sonaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Skeletons?
      what - that he's a smoker?
      that he *gasp* went to school in a country other than America?
      that he snorted a line of coke back in the 80s?

      throw an orange down a crowded street and you'll hit 4 former casual coke users before it hits the ground.

      get real man.
    • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5"Why on earth would anyone like Frist?"

      I wrote Frist a letter concerning how the National Visa Center was sitting on their hands instead of issuing my daughter her (approved) immigration visa. He called them and lit a fire under their asses..............the kid lives with me in Tennessee now.

      So I like Frist.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Sorry, it has gone from never attended a Muslim school to he has attended, but it was very clean and nice. get ANOTHER MUSLIM TO RUN FOR OFFICE FOR YOU, this one is toast."

      Um, he is of African descent and not a Muslim.

      Also, remember that whole freedom of Religion thing? WTF does this have to do with anything. As someone recently said...we have problems with a Catholic, let alone a black or woman. This is the US after all.
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"Um, he is of African descent and not a Muslim."
      1) There are plenty of African Muslims
      2) He's not African
      3) Muslim is a religion not a race
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2""Um, he is of African descent and not a Muslim."
      1) There are plenty of African Muslims
      2) He's not African
      3) Muslim is a religion not a race"

      1)This is true. He is not that.
      2)His father was African and therefore he was given an African name...which is not a traditional Muslim name (as the person I was replying too infered)
      3)Yes, this is true too...and the person I replyied to should understand this.
  • JJsays, on 10/12/2007, -13/+4the religion of Global Warming takes a lot of faith to believe in.
    • Jiffylush, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5Yeah, just let Jesus sort it out, right?
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Global warming is as much of a theory as gravity is.

      Whether or not it's being sped up by human excesses or is something that we can or should control is debatable.
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Yeah, Santa Claus Religion requires little faith. Just shop...it'll be ok.
  • DHracer, on 10/12/2007, -8/+1But he is like the Tom Cruise for Scientology. Freak show
    • jaycliche, on 10/12/2007, -4/+4VS all the non-freaks in Christian world? Do we really need to go down the list? At least Gore doesn't align himself with people like Pat Robertson or the rest of those sickos.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1Gore? Really? Al....Gore....for...PRESIDENT....Reaallllly...?
  • OriginalLucid1, on 10/12/2007, -9/+4Gore? That would be sweet! You wouldn't think the Leftists would be dumb enough to trot him twice, but one can hope. If GW can make Gore look like an idiot in a debate, imagine what Rudy or Mitt would do to him. Please nominate him. Please!
  • Eldorian, on 10/12/2007, -5/+5If I had to vote all over again in 2000, I would still vote for Bush over Gore, even knowing today what I know now about Bush. He was simply the lesser of 2 evils in my opinion... yes, I think Bush is the lesser evil than Gore.

    If the Democrats put up Clinton or Gore as their democratic nominee, they will lose. Simple as that.

    If they put up someone who has a fresh new take on politics (IE Edwards or Obama) they will win. The US wants something new, they don't want the same old.
    • jrstinkfish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5"If the Democrats put up Clinton or Gore as their democratic nominee, they will lose. Simple as that."

      I'm not one of those "BUSH STOLE THE 2000 ELECTION!!!" people, but let's not forget that more people voted for Gore than Bush in 2000, and only a few votes gave Florida to Bush. Considering that, I think Gore has a great chance, especially with people being war-weary from Bush's reign.
    • grandpajesus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"I would still vote for Bush over Gore, even knowing today what I know now about Bush. He was simply the lesser of 2 evils in my opinion... yes, I think Bush is the lesser evil than Gore."
      Wha............The.............Fu*****
    • apetrie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You honestly still believe that Gore is a bigger evil than Bush? Wow. WOW !! You must believe he is the anti-christ or something. Just insane.
    • wageslave1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4What *exactly* has Gore done in the last 7 years to make you like him less? I 'spose you believe Anthropogenic Climate Change is a hoax? Eh?

      Please stay home on voting day.

      Run Al, RUN!
  • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I'd go for anything to break the Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton cycle ... At the end of Bush's term, we'll have had a Bush or a Clinton in charge of the country for 20 years. Even if you love Hillary, the nation would be best served by new blood, new ideas, and new ideals. 24 or 28 years split between two families is too much.
  • Superthug, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3MANBEARPIG
    • Armed, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1If he'd have made the movie about MANBEARPIG, I would vote for him. But he didn't. So I won't.
  • sebnukem, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4...and he seems to care about the whole ***** planet. This point alone is way more important than anything else. Everyone can critic a monkey.
  • SuperSimon56, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2"The ideal candidate for the Democrats"
    How about considering an ideal candidate to represent the PEOPLE!?!??? Not just the goddamn democratic party.

    Why the hell bother posting garbage from Rolling Stone? Its the MTV of print media.
  • mgrucker, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2A McCain/Guliani combo would be unstoppable...
    • uptown, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1True ... but they're probably too far apart on the issues for that to happen.
  • right75, on 10/12/2007, -8/+2Please. Algore is horrible, and he's his own worst political enemy.

    Plus, the man is really, really dumb. I don't think he would have a chance.
  • EelfinnTy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3I would be interested in Gore's plan to get us out of Iraq before I voted for him.
  • HarryBauzonia, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5I'd like to see the Democrats run someone who likes and respects the United States and our way of life.
    Sam Nunn comes to mind. Phil Bredesen (governor of Tennessee) would be good too. There are plenty of good democrats that I would vote for (and sometimes have). Why do the dems always pick the socialist fruit loops as their presidential candidates? If I wanted to live in a socialist country I'd move to one.
    As it is, I'm where I want to be, yet the dems are running Obama and the Hillabeast, they made Pelosi the Speaker of the House, and they're all planning out how to force me to pay for the health care of crackheads and welfare whores. They want to take my money, give me well less than half of it back, and claim that they're providing me with services "for free". I don't care to have a pack of busybody women running my life and ruining my finances from Washington.

    Their vision of the future of our country is taken straight from that Kurt Vonnegut story, "Harrison Bergeron".
    http://instruct.westvalley.edu/lafave/hb.html
    • NetJoe, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The trouble with the health care issue is your already paying for the crack head and welfare whores. They go to the emergency room and the doctors cannot refuse them, it's horribly expensive.
    • rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Your icon is a confederate flag.
    • StateofMind09, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2That was a great read man. Thanks for posting.

      It's a lot more plausible than it should be unfortunately.
    • mindwalker, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4The problem with "universal health care" goes much deeper than merely being forced to pay for the health care of "crackheads and welfare whores." It means the government would start telling doctors how they must do their jobs, even more so than they currently do, never mind the interests or desires of the patient. It would severely hamper medical progress, innovation and specialization. As the saying goes, "there's no such thing as a free lunch," and it certainly applies to health care.
    • theboyqueen, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4"The problem with "universal health care" goes much deeper than merely being forced to pay for the health care of "crackheads and welfare whores." It means the government would start telling doctors how they must do their jobs, even more so than they currently do, never mind the interests or desires of the patient."

      Yes, it is clearly a better scenario to have insurance companies and malpractice lawyers telling doctors how to do their jobs. In the countries that have universal health care, they get better health care than we do (by whatever measure you wish to look at) at half the cost. Whatever they are "telling" doctors to do in those places seems to be working.
  • cornfednbred, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Well, if we're gonna talk like that, we should go back to 1988 and elect Ron Paul as in hindsight he would've been a better choice than Bush or Dukakis. BUT WAIT! Ron Paul is throwing his name out there for 2008, let's pick the right guy this time around.
  • myxyplik, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I'd be down for Gore in '08, so long as Lieberman isn't his running mate again.
  • ontain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I saw Gore at the Science and Society conference in Boston last weekend.
    He was witty, articulate and persuasive. If he had been like that in 2000 he probably would have won not just the popular vote.

    also he said he wouldn't be running for any office in 2008 but who knows if that will change.
  • Favre4Favre, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3After his carbon trading scheme gets put in place by pelosi then he will have plenty of $$ to run for pres.
    Flying all over the globe telling others to cut back while he burns tons of fuel. HAHAHA what a maroon!!! That would be like me getting all coked up so i could run around telling people not to do drugs, what a joke. He should know about web casting, after all he did invent the Internet.
  • Treoinmypocket, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Just reflecting further here...Teddy Roosevelt equated the Vice Presidency with "a warm bucket of piss".

    So...we have Gore...an 8 yr old warm bucket of piss ... who did nothing. Couldn't win his own state. Blew the election by basically being shrill and annoying...and generally disagreeable..oh and by turning beet red at the drop of a hat...

    and...now somebody correct me...with verifiable facts (like published information from the school itself) but while everyone keeps calling Gore "smart". or Smarter than Bush or all that kinda thing...I'm pretty sure - and please verifiable correct me if I'm wrong and I will happily acquiesce on this point - Bush had a higher GPA in college than Gore.

    You really think THIS is the guy who can win the big one?
    • michaelb1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think Gore lost because Red states wanted a beer buddy President that hates Fags and abortions.
      There was a conservative movement back in 2000. Those people HATE Clinton more than they love America.
      Look where it got them.

    • bubba9999, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0And a little election fraud thrown in for good measure.
  • galaxym100, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Gore is even more stupid than Bush---- Please something new ----
    • fober, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2"more stupid"?

      You win.
    • bubba9999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yeah - it should be "more stupider" anyways, moron.

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