Meeting Al Gore Wednesday - what should I say to him?

[StellaBlue]

I just bought two tickets to his global warming roadshow in Houston, for Wednesday night. I intend to buy a copy of the book and get it signed afterward.

I will have probably ten seconds of the President's time.

What should I say?

[ThomWV]

1. Say: Please Run

I will not say that the times demand him to run, but I would not stray far from that message.

You might also say that Thom M, from West Virginia, supports him completely and is willing to work for his campaign full time without reimbursement for the full of any contest he might wish to enter. That is an offer of 100% of my time for as long as it takes.

[LisaM]

30. Tell him the world needs him as President

and that I've kept a picture of him (and his family) on my desk since 2001.

[Patchuli]

2. Please run, Al!! We need you!

America is in such a bad way and we can't think of anyone more qualified to get us back to where we once were headed. Please run, Mr. President! WE GOTCHER BACK!!!

[StellaBlue]

5. yes, I was thinking something along those lines

But I want to be respectful and strong in my ten seconds.

I want to look him right in the eye and say, "You're my president. If you will run, we will be behind you. The world needs you."

[Patchuli]

50. That is perfect!

I have a gut feeling he's going to let himself be drafted...Lucky you, StellaBlue. Love your name, by the way and I'm still Missing Him too!

[BlooInBloo]

3. PLEASE! By god the country needs a grown-up in charge!

RUN AL! RUN!

[leftupnorth]

4. i would ask him

to please run for president. And if he does, be Al Gore, not candidate Gore.

[StellaBlue]

6. good one

that is important.

[Bitter Cup]

Run as the man you are today!

nt

[blm]

7. If he does run, will he pledge to open the books on the BFEE and let

justice finally be served? There's over 40 years of books that need opening, even the stuff that he and Clinton let slide once before.

[Hestia]

16. What is BFEE?

I googled it and only found Bush Family Evil Empire - is this what ya'll are talking about?

[blm]

23. Yep - BushInc, Bush Crime Family

They go WAY back - all the answers to 9-11 and the current Iraq policy are rooted in IranContra and BCCI.

[i miss america]

31. Yes ... and here's a link

Spend a few hours reading any of Octafish's "Know your BFEE" posts.

A bunch of links are here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=4863411&mesg_id=4876440

Your time will be well spent, as you will learn far more about the true history of America during the last half century than you were ever exposed to in school or through the news media.

Octafish rocks!

[StellaBlue]

37. ooooh thanks .........nt

[blm]

52. And here's Parry's excellent article why - HEY DEMOCRATS, TRUTH MATTERS

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/051006.html

[i miss america]

53. What a great article

I have not yet read the Big Dawg's book so it is interesting to finally understand why he gave poppy a pass.

Too bad his kind gesture came back to bite him and then devour our democracy. :nuke:

In any case, thanks for posting the link, blm.

[blm]

55. Not too many of us think he did it JUST for the reason he stated.

Because when the CIA drugrunning came up a few years later, Clinton also quashed that talk, too.

Ruined the career of the superb investigative journalist who uncovered the story, too. That's a big part of what's wrong with this country today - the stifling of our best journalists.

[i miss america]

65. Please tell me more, blm, or point me in the right direction

Why did he squash the truth?

[blm]

66. It had to be to protect the operation put together by Poppy Bush.

Because what other reason could it be. Clinton was in office when the story first came out - he chose to ignore it, and Gary Webb got trashed - he was a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.

Google CIA drugrunning and Gary Webb

[i miss america]

69. Will do ... and thank you.

[wryter2000]

33. Welcome to DU

Bush Family Evil Empire :hi:

[warrens]

8. Tell him not to rule out running

What he's doing now is about right. No one should even be seriously thinking about it til after November, but if he rules it out, then runs, you can hear the FLIP FLOP screeching already forming.

[StellaBlue]

10. How about

"I know you cannot announce now, but there are millions of us who stand ready to support you should you decide to run."

Should I add that I voted for Nader in 2000? hahahahaha (no flames, I'm in Texas!)

[JuniperLea]

9. Adding mine to the unanimous outcry!

Please run and take back YOUR RIGHTFUL OFFICE!

[StellaBlue]

11. "I hope to have the chance to re-elect you in 2008."

How about that?

[JuniperLea]

13. Yes!

As a greeting, I would say, it's a honor to meet you, Mr. President.

[suffragette]

68. That's perfect.

And let him know that many, many, many feel the same as you.

[sweetheart]

12. Say hello and meet him

and send him a thunderbolt of love, don't push him, just love him
and see what the moment brings.

Give him double the love for me too, please, and you can probably
double that again so many times over--> thunderbolt.

If he is called, it will be out of love.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. Run, Al, run.

[StellaBlue]

15. Should I wear the green T-shirt I made in 1999?

DUBYA SUCKS - THINK GREEN.

[Jane Austin]

17. Tell him "Thank you"

for all he's given our country.

[shireen]

18. alternative energy

Please ask him how to make alternative energy sources, like solar, more affordable to regular people. I am really frustrated by our energy options. What can the government do? What can citizens do?

[StellaBlue]

20. good specific question

If he actually takes time to engage with the book-buyers, I will bring this up.

[shireen]

29. thanks, StellaBlue....

we desperately need to jump-start these technologies and create innovative programs. Thom Hartmann has talked about a program in Germany where the government provides loans so people can put panels on their rooftops. The people then sell back the extra energy to the power company for 8 times the going rate (has something to do with the profits being made by power companies) for a certain period of time. The panels pay for themselves after a few years. One of Thom's friends was making something like ~$100/month. Thom said that he noticed many rooftops with panels as he was riding the train -- people are really responding to this program. Thom spoke about it on Friday during the Bernie Sanders segment in hour 1, near the beginning, if you want to hear it. (whiterosesociety.org has it, PM me if you cannot access the archive.)

What alternative energy needs right now is real LEADERSHIP. Perhaps you can talk to Al about pursuing this issue with the same tenacity he shows for global warming. He has the ability to reach large audiences. He has the contacts in industry. He's not beholden to the parasites running the power companies using coal, nuclear, hydro, and natural gas that are degrading the environment. He's the perfect man to lead this effort -- it's far more important than running for president, IMHO.

Thanks, Stellablue ....

[xchrom]

19. just tell him we LOVE him!

that we follow just about his every move and we wish nothing but the very, very best for his whole life!

[WI_DEM]

21. Please run for president in 2008 as president you can really fight

for the environment and against global warming. We need you!

[ms liberty]

22. Say this:

Please run! Don't announce it til after the 06 elections, but don't rule it out! Many, many of us see you as the best candidate for the job in 08, we see you as the president this nation and our world needs! Visit us at DU and get the long version of this request!

[peacetalksforall]

24. Tell him we're proud of him. Tell him to keep on ignoring the vile

media who won't give up on the color of his shirts and all their other juvenile remarks.

[LSK]

25. say he needs to address economic issues of fighting global warming

I saw his movie the other night with a nonbeliever. The Non-believer was a little more convinced, but hes hung up on "factories being shutdown because of environmental issues". He said the factories can just go open up in some other country without regulations.

I think this is the biggest argument going against him. If I could tell Gore anything, I would tell him to focus on that part of the problem and convince people they will not loose their jobs to "tree huggers".

[savemefromdumbya]

26. Tell him he's got the Dem nomination

no primaries/no election - just tell him to go to the White House where he belongs

[knitter4democracy]

27. Give him my favorite Gore slogan for '08.

I read it here somewhere:

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Re-elect Al Gore!

[StellaBlue]

28. Should I wear a DU T-shirt???

nt

[LSK]

36. yes

[Brigid]

62. Oh, dear God, yes.

Perfect attire for the occasion.

[i miss america]

32. RUN!!! The country, heck, the whole planet needs him.

[bridgit]

34. RUN AL RUN!!!

:patriot:

[dogday]

35. Mr. President, the country needs you

That should do it... Have a great time!!! :hi:

[LiberalEsto]

38. I love you and I will bear your love child and for heaven's sake

****RUN!****

[dpbrown]

39. Run

The nation needs you.

[theplutsnw]

40. For our children's sake RUN

Saw the movie last night, he has to run, I see no other option for him!

[StellaBlue]

41. Oh, I think he's running

He's just being incredibly politically brilliant.

He can't announce now at all. No point.

He will run, and he will win. Unless there's a MIHOP/marshal law episode before Nov. 2006.

[Rosco T.]

42. Take him some of these bumper stickers...

http://www.cafepress.com/runalrun1
http://www.cafepress.com/runalrun2
http://www.cafepress.com/runalrun3

[elehhhhna]

43. Beg him to run. Please.

[Minnesota Libra]

44. PLEASE oh please just beg him to run in 08 and tell him we love him nt

[StellaBlue]

45. shameless kick

Back from the bar, even more excited.

:beer:

[El Fuego]

46. Please please please RUN, AL!!!

[bunkerbuster1]

47. "'And then there's the little-known third option.' Great line!"

Best line of all the speeches in the 2004 Democratic National Convention. I don't think he ever gets enough credit for that one.

(He'll know what you mean, but for those scratching your heads, here's the context: Al said he had moved on since the 2000 election, because, quoting here from his speech: "You win some, you lose some, and then there's the little-known third option." The implication being, of course, that the third option is, "you have some stolen from you"--only he didn't actually come out and say it, which was a very classy way of handling it.)

Plenty of people will tell him to run. Plenty will thank him for just being an all around great guy, and an inspiration.

I bet nobody compliments him on being a fucking brilliant thinker and writer, which he is.

So that's what I'd do, given the chance, since you asked.

[StellaBlue]

48. By Al, I've got it!

I want to tell him about what my father, a Republican presidential voter since Nixon '68, said to me two weeks ago:

"I think Al Gore shoudl run. I think it's his time, and he deserves a shot. I'd like to see what he could do. I might even vote for him."

[Cha]

49. Tell we love him and

not to sweat the mediawhores cause we don't!

[blogslut]

51. Gore is an Aries

Here's how you motivate an Aries:

1) Point out the injustice

2) Give an example of someone else who fought the injustice

3) Tell the Aries that you believe he can do a better job than the person in #2

[helderheid]

54. Run Al, RUN! We want to re-elect ya!

[benburch]

56. PLEASE Mr. President RUN AGAIN. nt

[Brigid]

57. "Please please run in 2008."

What else is there?

[leeroysphitz]

58. Ask him to run. Tell him we NEED him to serve again. nt

[RedStateShame]

59. Maybe a different approach would work....

like, "You know, I met Joe Lieberman, and he told me you were to blame for Bush winning, but he doesn't harbor any bitterness, because it was a clean election."

[progressivebydesign]

60. The only way he can stop global warming is by being President.

That is what I would tell him. I think he's doing great things educating people about the environmental threats. BUT.. it's nothing like having POWER to make the changes that will reverse global warming, or having the POWER to reverse all of the disaster Bush hath wraught on our planet. That's what I'd tell him... Oh, and tell him that we love him!!!

[johnaries]

61. Tell him to visit DU and read this thread!!! n/t

[foreverdem]

63. We need you! Please run!

[smartvoter]

64. Tell him you speak for millions when you say, "You've gotta run." nt

[Warren DeMontague]

67. RUN. You don't need to announce it now. Keep quiet. We're on your side.

Your country and planet need you.

[Uncle Joe]

70. Please tell him, I said thanks for empowering us all,

when he championed the internet, thereby democratizing information and giving the Davids of the world a few more rocks.

[LibDemAlways]

71. Do what I did when I met him

briefly at a book signing a couple of years ago. Respectfully suggest that he run again to not only right the terrible wrong that was done to him in 2000 but because the country needs his leadership.

He thanked me for the "kind words." I hope he took them to heart.

[Lisa]

72. this one is off the wall -- but see if you can borrow a fluorescent vest

... the kind people wear as safety gear if they're biking ... or out hunting. Act all relieved when you see him, and say, "I guess I won't need this anymore -- they told us the CURRENT VP was going to be here, so I'm glad it's you instead!"

I've heard that he has quite a sense of humor ... and anyway, people who are on book tour can get pretty tired and generally appreciate a laugh now and then.

And that should give you a lead-in to more serious issues.

[madokie]

73. Would you please be my President, the world needs you

[StellaBlue]

74. It's TODAY!!!!!!!

I am so excited!

I've decided to thank him for what he's doing and tell him that I represent millions when I say I'd like the chance to re-elect him in 2006.

Then, depending on time, we'll see where it goes from there. That's probably all I'll get to say.

[Ian_rd]

75. Say: AL! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SAVE US FROM A HILLARY NOMINATION!