Gore says he not too old for politics

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and then he repeated the usual non-denial denial. He was in Singapore (see my other post about the Brand Icon of the Year award). I saw it on the MSNBC scroll.

[rosesaylavee]

1. Too old?

Nope, he's definitely has a few more years left in those "old bones". Criminy, he's only 59.

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2. MSNBC changed the scroll to read "Gore still young enough for politics"

or something like that. I was just grateful it went from "too old" to "still young" in less than an hour.

[Kira]

3. what is your gut feeling about him

will he get in the race. I can't stand it anymore!

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4. My gut feeling is: He'll get into the race

I don't expect to hear anything concrete until after Labor Day. That's when life starts settling down from summer vacations and family outings, school startings and other summer activities. People see Labor Day weekend as the end of summer and the start of the fall season. As September creeps along people get adjusted to the new school season (even if you don't have kids, you're aware of school crossing lights starting and "back to school" sales) and thoughts of the future. And although they may think of it in these terms they do begin thinking about like the quality of education, the economy (mostly because of things like Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year) and taxes. That's when they start getting interested in politics. As daylight decreases people end up watching more television and read more.

That's the prime time to declare. When average people are paying attention. Not now, or before then, because right now only us political wonks are paying attention.

[Kira]

5. Yes I totally agree

fingers crossed!

[DemBones DemBones]

6. I agree. I would guess that a lot of people are fed up with hearing about

all the other candidates because the news media started handicapping the race about January 21, 2005.

If you watch any news at all, you're exposed to it constantly.

[DemBones DemBones]

7. How old is he, anyway? 60? 61? Hillary will be 60 this year if she's

not already. Kucinich is 61, Biden, Dodd and Richardson about the same, I think.

Only Obama and Edwards are younger and they're far less experienced than Gore -- or any of the above, though Hillary has far less personal experience in government that the four "bottom tier" candidates.

Sixty is the new forty, anyway!

[JTFrog]

8. 59. n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

9. So he was born in 1948? Or will he be 60 this year. nt

[rosesaylavee]

10. Birthdate = March 31, 1948 n/t

[DemBones DemBones]

14. Well, he's just a pup!

;-)

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15. I found a Gore astrological chart: prediction Gore wins in 2008

Sorry. I couldn't help myself. I saw the birthdate and couldn't help myself. I had to see if there were any astrology charts predicting whether Gore would run and/or win in 2008.

2008 US Presidential Election

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Possibly the most important date in the campaign will be February 5, 2008 -- Mega Tuesday, when over a dozen states hold their Democratic primaries. The candidates must do well on this day for them to go on and win the nomination. Hillary's chart for Mega Tuesday seems quite mixed. Lots of oppositions in the transits which is not usually in a chart of someone who is happy with their performance. And yet her chart for election day is really quite good. She has an excellent configuration of a tertiary progressed Neptune station trining P3 Venus. Hard to see her coming away as a defeated candidate.

But Al Gore's chart is very active at this time. He'll be running Rahu-Moon dasha at the time of the election. Rahu is very well situation exactly conjunct the equal 10th house cusp showing power and status. He's been in Rahu dasha since 1992 when he was VP so this is in keeping with previous trends. Moon subperiod is extremely favourable since it rules the first house and is conjunct Jupiter in the 6th house of competitions. What's also interesting is that he won the VP with Clinton in 1992 while he was in Moon supberiod. Clearly, the Moon is very powerful for Gore. Another point of strength is that Moon is found in the D10 10th house.

The progressions are no less powerful. At the time of the election, P2 part of fortune is conjunct P2 Uranus and exactly opposite P2 Jupiter. Talk about favourable! In November 2008, P3 Jupiter and P3 Neptune will be only 6 months before their stations. In fact, both planets will be making declination stations at the time of the inauguration in January 2009. The P4 picture is even more favourable as there is a very rare 6 planet configuration involving Jupiter, Saturn, Rahu/Ketu, Uranus, Venus, and Sun all around 25 degrees of their respective signs.

Gore's 2008 solar return is also very promising since his 11th house Venus is picked up by the SR angles, and his SR Moon is bang on his natal descendant. A pretty happy combination. And to top it all off, his chart looks quite excellent at the time of the inauguration on January 20, 2009 with Jupiter and Sun closely aspecting the Ascendant. And at the most likely time of the swearing-in, at 12 noon, the transiting ascendant will be conjoining his natal 10th house Rahu. What better signature is there for being the most powerful person in the world?

rest at: http://modernvedicastrology.com/node/163

And no. I don't know what half of this means either.

[rosesaylavee]

16. Ahhhh, yes, Jupiter and his moon...

Uh, er, ummm. I don't know either but I will ask some friends who do this what they make of it. Great minds think alike - I was searching for something on this yesterday too. :)

[rosesaylavee]

17. Here's a link to the

DU astrology forum. I asked the folks in there if they had any more info...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=245&topic_id=50725&mesg_id=50728

<excerpt>Should Gore decide to run in the primaries, it seems extremely likely that he will prevail. The nearly-exact progressed Venus/Sun aspect will be set off by numerous small transits through the fall and winter months and then receive a strong boost from tertiary Jupiter square to natal Venus and semisquare the natal Sun from April through August 2008. In addition, the Jupiter station will be trine to Gore’s Midheaven from early April through May 2008, an indication of great success.

Although the aspects around the time of the election are not as clear, there are two that show enormous changes in Gore’s personal life and situation: progressed Ascendant square to natal Uranus, from August 2008 through September 2009, and the transiting Uranus station sesquiquadrate Gore’s Ascendant from October 1, 2008 to January 1, 2009. These both indicate lots of movement and a potential change in location. In addition, the same Uranus station will be conjunct Tipper’s Midheaven, so her chart also registers a big change of position in the world.

http://starlightnews.com/captain.html

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11. He has said that 59 is the new 58

I agree. He's proven himself to be one of the best statesman America has ever produced.

[Tesla]

12. PLEASE AL I'M BEGGIN YA............

RUN FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!

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13. I'm right there with you

I really do take it as a good sign that Gore is sending out signals about re-entering politics.