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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 08:59 PM Original message |
I wish Al Gore would have gotten the chance to be President. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
1. you aren't going to get an argument here |
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goclark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
43. With you 100% nt |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. So do millions of dead Iraqis. |
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RepublicanElephant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. ....and thousands of dead u.s. troops. |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. the world would be completely different today |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. And I think to myself, what a wonderful world, |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
5. Life ain't fair. It sucks. nt |
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SharonRB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. I certainly second that emotion. |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. Gore would've been a superb president. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:14 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. that expression is one of the most infuriating in the universe |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:15 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. God? I'm agnostic. |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
32. you cannot be agnostic and believe in "destiny" |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. Well, I consider myself agnostic. And what you call "shit happens" |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
45. "Agnostic" simply means you don't KNOW----you can think anything |
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frogcycle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
63. well, I don't know about that |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. The chance was stolen from him |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
10. If ever I have the honor of meeting Gore... |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. Your words exactly mirror my thoughts. The pain and suffering |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
11. Hear, hear! k&r n/t |
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targetpractice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Here is a wonderful video of Al speaking today... |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:25 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. What I wouldn't give to have a boss like Al Gore. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
16. Every time I think about it, I want to cry. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:31 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I admire him more as the years go by. |
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BattyDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. I felt exactly the same way in 1992 |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Gore understood the urgency of the climate crisis |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:17 PM Response to Reply #31 |
39. Gore, and Kerry too were far more committed here |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 07:50 AM Response to Reply #39 |
52. Thanks for reminding us of this. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
17. I still cry over that |
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damntexdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:35 PM Response to Original message |
19. I wish Dubya had not had the opportunity to fuck up the country for 8 years. |
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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
20. I completely agree |
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Justice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. Agreed. I admire the way in which he has lived his life since that time |
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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
22. I wonder if Lieberman would have won in 08? |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Who knows? Maybe Gore would have gotten a new VP by 2004 |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:14 PM Response to Reply #22 |
38. i think Lieberman would have lost in the Primary |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #22 |
41. Not likely - Find either party having 5 terms in a row |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 03:54 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Last time was FDR/Truman 1933-1953 |
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karynnj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:24 AM Response to Reply #48 |
54. Oops, I missed that one - though forgetting FDR was elected 4 times takes doing |
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rvablue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:28 PM Response to Reply #22 |
60. No way. Even with 8 yrs as VP and an endorsement from Gore, Hillary would have trounced Lieberman |
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Just-plain-Kathy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:40 PM Response to Original message |
23. (sigh) Gore...Kerry... what could have been. |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
24. Yeah, I can go there, totally. He was robbed. |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. And so was the United States |
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Better Today (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Truer words have never been typed, nor will be. |
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Uzybone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Gore would have been an excellent president. As would have Kerry. |
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Carni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
30. This bush recession would never have happened |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:09 PM Response to Original message |
33. Absolutely. Imagine no Iraq invasion and occupation. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
34. Just think he wouldn't have cut the taxes on |
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JI7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. yup, Dems ARE Different and Better than Republicans |
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Samantha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
36. Al Gore was my President during the Bush* years |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Aug-05-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Can I go to jail for saying what I'd do if time travel were possible? |
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hfojvt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
42. I wish he'd won in a landslide instead of by inches. |
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jmondine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:45 AM Response to Original message |
44. The only silver lining about 2000 and 2004 is what Molly Ivins called the dead chicken effect |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:59 AM Response to Original message |
46. I have always felt he would have been even better than Clinton. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 03:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. I wish Gore was president NOW. Fighting Global Warming, Single Payer, Peace in the M.E., Green Jobs |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 08:03 AM Response to Reply #47 |
53. +1 |
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opihimoimoi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 04:09 AM Response to Original message |
49. We Wuz ROBBED...cost us Big Time...Them Bush years proved who really shoulda been President |
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trayfoot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
50. Oh, I SO absolutely agree!! |
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tomreedtoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 07:22 AM Response to Original message |
51. "Missed out"? No. We STRUCK out. |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:17 AM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I've heard that complaint before |
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dave29 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:28 AM Response to Original message |
57. . |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
58. He would have changed history (Bush did too, but for the worse). |
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hamsterjill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
59. I would have loved it if Gore had been President! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 02:26 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. The most incompetent president ever. |
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blm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Aug-06-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. I KNOW we missed out on our best chance for a truly accountable and open government due to theft of |
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Hutzpa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 02:31 PM Response to Original message |
64. Al failed to win his home state |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:08 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. last time he had to win his "home state" |
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Sheltiemama (892 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-07-09 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
65. Oh, honey, so do I. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 01:53 AM Response to Original message |
66. no question about that. |
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CTLawGuy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 07:07 AM Response to Original message |
67. I know people who voted for Nader |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
69. Al was elected. We the people elected him to be President. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-08-09 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
70. I feel the same way, undeterred. |
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