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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:41 PM
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Why not run Gore again in '08?
The dream ticket - Gore/Kerry. Both of them actually won their elections, after all.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:44 PM
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1. I'd take Gore in a heart beat.
He has acquired a taste for justice, having been wronged by the government. His appreciation for what is right and good about this nations has only been cemented by the hate and evil fostered by the admin now.

I'd really rather the ticket be Gore/Boxer.

That lady has courage and backbone!

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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:47 PM
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3. How do we get Gore to run again?
I don't know about '08, but I'm pretty sure he's stated that he would rather not run in any future elections. But that was before the '04 election. We need someone like him in office. Can we start a petition urging him to run in '08?
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alkaline9 Donating Member (586 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:47 PM
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4. I'm afraid it'll be gore/clinton...
...which may be just as popular to voters as the gore/boxer ticket... although not nearly as popular around DU. I would like to see gore/conyers :D
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:16 PM
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15. Gore/Conyers would be great.
No more clintons in the white house, no dynasties -- I'm tired of the way she has moved to the middle and straddles the issues.

Her positin on the flag burning amendment did it for me - I can't stand the politician she is.



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Blue Belle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:09 PM
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30. What about a Gore/Daschel Ticket??
I just got off the phone with my brother and he threw out Daschel's name as a possible candidate. It's not a bad idea.
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:46 PM
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2. I'm a Green and I'd vote for Gore, no problem. Well- as long as he
doesn't pick Joe Lieberman again as a running mate, of course.
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:48 PM
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5. I wasn't too hot about his wife either back in the 80s
With the whole PMRC thing she helped orchestrate. But I could deal with that if it meant getting some real reform in the WH.
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Contradistinction Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:52 PM
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8. Don't get me wrong
I'd definately vote for that ticket, but what makes you think that they would win after both of them lost before?

Gore wouldn't win due to his anti-gun message & not to mention his non-charismatic personality.

Kerry wouldn't win due to his non-charismatic personality & his constant ass-covering he does.

Talk about a boring ticket!

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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:56 PM
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11. Wrong - Gore did win the 2000 election
Edited on Thu Dec-29-05 12:57 PM by BushOut06
I've seen numerous reports that show Gore actually did get more votes in Florida, therefore he should be our President now. As far as Kerry goes, chances are we may never really know because of all the corruption and hacking that occured in Ohio. But it's safe to say based on all the exit polling that Kerry probably should have won that one also.

I just wonder that if Gore did run and win, would the gophers then claim he couldn't run a 2nd time because he technically won in 2000?
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Marr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:16 PM
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16. Gore beat Bush last time, he could do it again.
Bush was installed by the Supreme Court and supported by the incredibly wealthy (and a swathe of intensely stupid regular people who respond well to the propaganda).
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:44 PM
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25. They both won. n/t
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:52 PM
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9. I think lieberman has lost the opportunity to ever
run for a national position on the democratic ticket.
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:49 PM
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6. BULLONEY
Tell us what you REALLY think

:popcorn:
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:53 PM
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10. Um, that I'd like to see Gore get another chance?
Honestly, I could almost care less who his running mate would be; Kerry was the first that came to mind because he also got screwed - but I think Gore would make a better President, IMHO. The man has tremendous insight.
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omega minimo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:11 PM
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14. Oh give us a fuckin break
What page is that shit on?

:hi:
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BushOut06 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:18 PM
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17. what the heck are you talking about?
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OPERATIONMINDCRIME Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:42 PM
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23. Tell Us What YOU really think.
I can't for the life of me figure out your point. :shrug:
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SharonRB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 12:51 PM
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7. It would be a great ticket, but
Gore has said he will not run (he left the door open a tiny crack, but I don't have my hopes up too high). Secondly, I don't see Kerry willing to run as second banana. Gore and almost anyone (Boxer, Clark, Feingold, even Hillary) would be a great ticket. Almost anyone but Lieberman, that is.
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Southsideirish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:00 PM
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12. Well, the Gore part, definitely, the Kerry part I'll have to mull over.
I'd rather seen Al with a governor - are there any good, progressive governors out there?
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:31 PM
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21. I'm liking Mark Warner
He's not as progressive as some others but he did a nice job in Virginia and I've read he is pro-choice and for LGBT rights which is good in my book!
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bambo53 Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:06 PM
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13. Sure
Gore & Kerry, but only if they have Bob Shrum & Donna Brazile running the campaign for them again. How could they possibly lose? What could go wrong?
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:18 PM
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18. Gore/ Feingold, Gore/Warner, Gore/Clark would be ideal
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tatertop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:22 PM
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19. All excellent tickets. (Gore/Feingold - Oh YES!!!)
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:43 PM
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24. Excellent choices
:thumbsup:
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 01:25 PM
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20. I would like that
Edited on Thu Dec-29-05 01:25 PM by FreedomAngel82
since he is a different person since 2000 and having been out of politics for a good while he'd have a fresh start and everything. I think he would do a lot better this time around and more aggressive with his campaign and all that. I don't think he's running again. Of course not any democrat has come out and bluntly said he/she was running in 2008 yet so now it's all spectulation and wishing and hoping. I would like a Gore/Warner or Gore/Feingold or even a Gore/Kerry ticket. Any of those three I'd happily support.
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Contradistinction Donating Member (45 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:40 PM
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22. Dammit with the "Gore won" crap
I'll stick with my original post that that would be a very uninspiring/boring ticket. We need someone with a personality & those 2 put together don't even come close to a charismatic Bill Clinton. Maybe even someone that has a backbone would be nice. Don't even think about running a woman. Again, not that I wouldn't support it (Boxer, Clinton) type, but it just isn't going to get us the presidency. There's still too many men in this country stuck in a time warp, worried about her pushing the button during that time of the month. Scary....But true.

Enough of these old hat, career politicians. Give me somebody to get excited about....Bill Clinton did that.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:47 PM
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26. Gore did win. And if you think he's boring, you haven't
seen any of his speeches. I'm a Green. I'd vote for Gore again in a heartbeat.
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lost democrat Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:49 PM
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36. yep AL GORE big tobacco & big oil
they ran him out of tenn. we need some good down to earth kick ass person. i would support a man/woman ticket. we could never get a woman/man ticket. hillary has so many skeletons and cobwebs that will never happen.we need another unknown quanity. i am from the south and we could get behind a dem. again easy. but what happens. we all start fighting the 3 g,s!!!! god, guns and gays.we really are losing the blacks go to atl. suburbs tlak about money blacks are rolling in big A.
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lost democrat Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:42 PM
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35. CAN I HAVE AN :A MAN:
very very good anology you got my vote.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:04 PM
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40. Networks gave Clinton 9hrs to get known by the public - Kerry got 3hrs
and 1 of those hours was Bill Clinton.

Anyone who thinks that the 1992 media and the 2000-2004 media were the same is out of their skull.

After 9-11, even Clinton couldn't convince the public that he was better on terror than Bush, and he had a book and a publicity tour to do so.

And that was with the public knowing him for 8 years.

Face it - the media has been tightly controlled by the GOP since the mid90s and was complicit in impeaching a president who didn't deserve it and making Bush into a heroic figure after 9-11 which he didn't deserve.
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:50 PM
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27. As long as he don't pick Lieberman, I would vote for him again!
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FlemingsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 05:53 PM
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28. I'm not sure which scenario is more pathetic:
The prospect that your post is trolling flambait, or it was presented in earnest.
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Duer 157099 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:02 PM
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29. Totally agree, Gore is about the only one I would happily support
how about Gore/Edwards? Although, Gore/Boxer sounds really good too.
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Faux pas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:14 PM
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31. Agreed! Gore/Edwards would be a great ticket.
:)
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:24 PM
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32. Gore is moving to San Francisco....
to run for Governor of California.....against Arnold. :) He has to establish a residence.
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:28 PM
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33. You think he's going to run for Governor of California?
Yahoo!!! That's good news for us Californians if it's true.
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lost democrat Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:38 PM
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34. WHY DONT YOU RUN
i mean im serious. i live in wester n.c. 10 min. from ga. and tenn. al gore could not get elected in his home state. kerry is content with his wifes life style not our life style.lieberman very very smart he only picks fights that benefit him. but you could run and do good.instead of us running around hollering the sky is falling and only supporting in reality 2 or 3 dems for presidency we need new un tested blood or this party is thru. we got to quit fighting republicans and agreeing with them, smile and go on.do not alienate them just talk to them softly, with crayons or pictures. then we win in 06 and 08
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walldude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:53 PM
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37. "we got to quit fighting republicans and agreeing with them"
Edited on Thu Dec-29-05 06:54 PM by walldude
What does that mean exactly? You want us to start agreeing with the Republicans? Your gonna last about 10 minutes here. Welcome to DU...

On Edit- Almost forgot, Gore swore he wouldn't run again. I doubt he will change his mind.
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lost democrat Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:08 PM
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43. yep 10 min is about all it takes
im just sick of all the dems fighting each other. i mean the republicans are split up a bit WE THINK!!! then westart fighting about the 3 g,s god guns and gays and we are thru.i know i know we gotta stand up for our rights, our bieliefs our dreams for our kids, our grand kids, the soldiers, our health care, the deficit. well for 30 years the republicans have been kicking our butts and all we do is want to fight them. let them fight us. we can easily win in 06 and 08 ir we get smart.
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countingbluecars Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:55 PM
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38. Seriously,
Who would you like to see run?
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 06:55 PM
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39. Gore Is The Only One I DO Support
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:05 PM
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41. From your keyboard
to God/dess's ears! However, President Gore has stated, unequivocably (sp???) he is NOT running again. I would vote, hell, I'd go door to door for that man if only we could convince him this country NEEDS him and needs him NOW!

Jenn
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StellaBlue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:05 PM
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42. I agree with the above posters - Gore is the only Dem...
...that I am remotely excited about.
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MrSlayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:12 PM
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44. He should run a "How ya like me now?" campaign.
And point out all the disaster he predicted that did indeed come to pass under Chimp.

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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:13 PM
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45. Excellent!
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long_green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:19 PM
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46. He's my first choice (with a better running mate)
nm
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mountainvue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-29-05 07:21 PM
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47. He says he doesn't want to. n/t
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