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"Captain Compassion" |
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28 Mar 2007 10:13:35 PM |
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Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
Gore mulling third party run in '08
http://www.insightmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=5D3B38F8A2584DB5A77BA05660C6045C&nm=Free+Access&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=AF78CF08A2B54E6FBD091E5251011D58
Former Vice President Al Gore testifies before the joint hearing on
climate change on March 21. (AFP/Mannie Garcia)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton faces a possible new threat to her
presidential ambitions.
Former Vice President Al Gore has again been entertaining offers to
run for president. Gore has been discussing a run for a third party
nomination with family and close aides.
"Al Gore has been energized by the attention he's been receiving as
America's leading environmentalist," a political source close to Gore
said. "He believes this might present an opportunity to become
president or at least try again."
Sources close to Gore said Ralph Nader has sought to recruit the
former vice president to run as the candidate for the Green Party.
They said Gore has not rejected the offer and was consulting with
family and friends to determine the feasibility of such a candidacy.
At this point, Gore stands behind Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama in any
race for the Democratic presidential nomination. But the polls report
that many Democrats who support Clinton could switch their support to
Gore.
Still, Gore, largely estranged from former President Bill Clinton
since 2000, is said to have concluded that he stands no chance of
beating Hillary for the Democratic presidential nomination. But
sources close to Gore said the former vice president believes that he
could present himself as a genuine liberal in any general election
that would include Clinton.
For her part, Clinton has been monitoring Gore's feelers regarding a
presidential race. The sources said Clinton has expressed concern that
a third party effort by Gore could hurt her chances in the general
election.
"Gore is invulnerable on several issues," a political strategist
familiar with Gore's consultations said. "Unlike Obama, he can't be
attacked as inexperienced; he has much more experience than Hillary.
And, he was Bill's vice president."
Nader, a harsh critic of then-President Bill Clinton, was for a time
the leader of the Green Party. Nader has used the movement for
previous races for the presidency. Nader's campaign was believed to
have spoiled Gore's efforts for the presidency in the 2000 election,
particularly in the state of Florida where George W. Bush won by only
537 votes. In 1996 and 2000, Nader was the presidential nominee of the
Green Party.
Over the last month, Gore's profile has skyrocketed in the wake of his
Academy Award for his documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," which
examines global warming. On March 21, Gore testified to two
congressional panels that global climate change marked the greatest
danger in U.S. history and issued a 10-point plan that included an
immediate freeze on new emissions from cars and power plants.
"This is not a normal time," Gore said in his first appearance on
Capitol Hill since 2001. "We are facing a planetary emergency. I'm
fully aware that that phrase sounds shrill to many people's ears. But
it is accurate."
Although a handful of Republicans criticized and questioned his
research and the factual basis for many of his claims, many Democrats
on the Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee viewed Gore's appearance as a homecoming. The Democrats,
with Sen. Hillary Clinton sitting on the committee, said Gore was
leading a nationwide movement that sought drastic changes in the
environment.
"You have acted for us," said Senate Environment and Public Works
Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, California Democrat. "You have
acted more than anyone else."
The sources said Gore, who also serves as an adviser to Google, would
quietly test the waters in a series of polls in the spring of 2007.
They said his high profile will probably be maintained over the next
few months when he publicizes his latest book, "The Assault on Reason"
in May. The book is said to be an indictment of American politics.
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There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
28 Mar 2007 10:43:57 PM |
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On Mar 28, 9:13 pm, Captain Compassion <dar...@NOSPAMcharter.net>
wrote:
Gore mulling third party run in '08
This is the best news we right-wing-religious neo-cons have had in
YEARS ! !
The Amazing AlGore will split the democratic ticket, and Newt will win
in a walk.
Queen Hillary will be outa luck. Obama can save the drama for his
mama. Edwards can stay in NC and live in his new $20 million house.
(Gee I wonder if he got in on any of that "tax the rich" spew the
kommie-krats are so fond of.)
Everybody wins. (If you're a right-wing-religious neo-con, that is.)
The truth about Iraq is at http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv
.. You know - how Bush started the war without approval of any
democrats.
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| User: "Captain Compassion" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
28 Mar 2007 11:37:39 PM |
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On 28 Mar 2007 20:43:57 -0700, wrote:
On Mar 28, 9:13 pm, Captain Compassion <dar...@NOSPAMcharter.net>
wrote:
Gore mulling third party run in '08
This is the best news we right-wing-religious neo-cons have had in
YEARS ! !
The Amazing AlGore will split the democratic ticket, and Newt will win
in a walk.
Queen Hillary will be outa luck. Obama can save the drama for his
mama. Edwards can stay in NC and live in his new $20 million house.
(Gee I wonder if he got in on any of that "tax the rich" spew the
kommie-krats are so fond of.)
Everybody wins. (If you're a right-wing-religious neo-con, that is.)
The truth about Iraq is at http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv
. You know - how Bush started the war without approval of any
democrats.
Go Gore Go.
--
There may come a time when the CO2 police will wander the earth telling
the poor and the dispossed how many dung chips they can put on their
cook fires. -- Captain Compassion.
Wherever I go it will be well with me, for it was well with me here, not
on account of the place, but of my judgments which I shall carry away
with me, for no one can deprive me of these; on the contrary, they alone
are my property, and cannot be taken away, and to possess them suffices
me wherever I am or whatever I do. -- EPICTETUS
"Civilization is the interval between Ice Ages." -- Will Durant.
"Progress is the increasing control of the environment by life.
--Will Durant
Joseph R. Darancette
daranc@NOSPAMcharter.net
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| User: "Docky Wocky" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
28 Mar 2007 11:02:55 PM |
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the captain sez:
"> Gore mulling third party run in '08..."
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Wouldn't that be "mullahing?"
We have to remember. Algore has tapped into the cash available from the
moslem world and has partially abandoned the cash available from the Chinese
because the Clinton's have a lock on that cash.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
28 Mar 2007 11:07:20 PM |
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On Mar 28, 10:02 pm, "Docky Wocky" <mrch...@lst.net> wrote:
We have to remember. Algore has tapped into the cash available from the moslem world and has partially abandoned the cash available from the Chinese because the Clinton's have a lock on that cash.
Hey Docky - you bite your tongue - everybody knows Democrats don't
take bribes, graft or kick-backs.
Only those nasty neo-con religious right wing-nut republicans do that.
Now you get on Queen Hillary's web site and make a really HUGE
donation to her campaign fund RIGHT THIS MINUTE ! !
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| User: "Docky Wocky" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
29 Mar 2007 12:27:12 PM |
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trooth-giver sez:
"Now you get on Queen Hillary's web site and make a really HUGE
donation to her campaign fund RIGHT THIS MINUTE ! !..."
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OK.
This would be a great opportunity to use my insider scammed PayPal credit
card.
I can use it to debit Hillary's fund a couple of hundred thousand. They
would never miss that much.
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Gore mulling third party run in '08 |
29 Mar 2007 12:49:32 PM |
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On Mar 29, 12:27 pm, "Docky Wocky" <mrch...@lst.net> wrote:
This would be a great opportunity to use my insider scammed PayPal credit card. I can use it to debit Hillary's fund a couple of hundred thousand. They would never miss that much.
Docky you're a genius. Just plain genius.
Go hit Queen Hillary's pay-pal account and give a TOTALLY HUGE
donation to Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson and the Southern Baptist
Convention.
Icing on the cake - a few million Clinton-Bux to Bob Jones University.
That'll have 'em howling and slobbering for years to come.
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