In all seriousness I think Al Gore would be ideal as our next SOS

[dsc]

He was right about the war, he visited many countries as Veep, and he is young and vigorous enough to do the job.

[still_one]

1. I disagree. Gore was a huge disappointment when he selected Liberman. Kerry would be a much better

choice

[JI7]

5. yeah, GOre should have picked Kerry

[dsc]

7. The Lieberman he chose isn't the Lieberman of today

He picked the Lieberman who went to the South to register blacks to vote in the 1960's, the Lieberman who sponsored and passed pro gay legislation in the 1970's (no that isn't a typo), and the Lieberman who broke a glass ceiling in 2000.

[JI7]

8. the pro civil rights lieberman is the same lieberman of today, he picked the Lieberman who went

after Clinton on the Lewinsky Crap, the "moral consience" of the senate crap , etc.

[dsc]

9. He didn't vote for Impeachment he did want to censure him

and frankly that seemed like a reasonable thing to do. Clinton's conduct with Monica was frankly censure worthy, just like Frank's with Steven Gobie.

[JI7]

11. yeah, but his criticisms of Clinton were why Gore picked him, not because of his civil rights record

or anything else. as far as that goes those things never changed.

[dsc]

13. It was a big reason

I think picking the first Jew was also a big reason.

[brooklynite]

25. None of of this is remotely relevant to his qualifications as SOS...

...for which, I don't don't see any particular skill set. I've also visited a lot of countries (32 last time I checked), and also objected to the Iraq invasion. Doesn't qualify me.

[dsc]

26. Being correct on the war is irrelevant to being qualified to be SOS?

that is patently absurd. And of course, there is the whole Nobel Peace Prize global warming thing.

[still_one]

10. Lieberman was a bad choice. His winnie voice didn't cut it, and he was republican lite even then in

respect to military might

Socially you are correct, in fact, socially he still holds similar positions, but that does not make him a good choice

[dsc]

12. He wasn't perfect

but he was a standard Dem on most issues that mattered back then. The war on terror changed him. Frankly my biggest problem was on financial stuff when it comes to Lieberman.

[still_one]

14. For me his true colors showed when he was the block for the public option or even 55 and older have

Medicare. That told me he was on the take, and was morally compromised. Of course, we did not know that at the time with Gore, but I have no doubt that would have been his position back then

[dsc]

16. actually it wasn't his position back then

that is one of the reasons his behavior was so outrageous. He was on the record in 2000 as supporting expanding Medicare to age 55 (it was the position of the ticket).

[still_one]

17. Really, I thought the insurance companies influenced him back then. I stand corrected

[dsc]

20. He likely wasn't the biggest advocate of it by any means

but he did support it as part of the ticket.

[JI7]

2. i don't think he would want from being VP to SOS

he might as well just try to run for President again.

[Michigan Alum]

23. It's a step down. He was elected prez and won an Oscar.

He did have the Presidency stolen from him but he was the true President and most of this country knows it.

[krawhitham]

3. Don't think he wants it

[H2O Man]

6. He doesn't.

More, Al Gore's strengths lay in other areas, primarily domestic.

[SheilaT]

4. I don't think Mr. Gore is at all interested in getting back

into the political fray in any form at all.

And he's my age. While 64 isn't exactly too old, it is getting up there.

[Overseas]

15. He could certainly wake our country up to urgent action needed on climate change.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

18. plenty of good folks to draw from - Kerry, Webb, etc

whoever follows Hillary will be great

[dsc]

21. I would have major problems with Webb

his gay rights record is not one that makes me think he would continue Hillary's work on gay issues.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

24. I'm basing this on his excellent work in Burma

I think he laid the groundwork for Hillary to get Suu Kyi released

[JI7]

22. not Webb, he leans too conservative on many issues

[Blue_In_AK]

19. John Kerry

Hands down.

[Suji to Seoul]

27. Sec. of Interior. Use his environmental cred in that position.