Gore replay on CSPAN now

[Syrinx]

Now.

[Coldgothicwoman]

1. Zing!

Watching it now, thanks for the headsup! :)

[Syrinx]

2. you're welcome.

That's our president! :)

[Coldgothicwoman]

3. He looks VERY comfortable.

Are there teleprompters on both sides of the stage or something? I haven't seen him look down at all or anything, and that was a LONG quote he just made...

Wait...okay, after the camera pan it showed a screen, but...its not facing HIM! Its facing the audience...

Anyone know?

<Edit> Damn right it is, Syrinx!! :)

[elperromagico]

5. I believe he's delivering the speech cold

No text, just a handful of notes. "Extemporaneous speaking" is the term for it; let's see Bush do this!

[Coldgothicwoman]

7. Thats what I thought!

Chimpy McCokespoon would just stand there and murmur some shit about September 11th. Meanwhile, the real President is as eloquent as I've ever seen him!

And they call President Gore BORING?!? :wtf:

[elperromagico]

And we wonder why

Bush has only had a handful of press conferences?

[elperromagico]

14. Oh, and they call Gore "boring"

because he deals in facts. The pundits prefer Bush because he always speaks in vague generalities.

I can't imagine Bush pulling all of these names and statistics (let alone three syllable words) out of his head. The only thing he's ever pulled out of his head is a booger.

[Syrinx]

9. He sounds strong!

I didn't think he would run. But I'm beginning to wish he would. He's hot.

:hi:

on edit: I meant he's on a hot streak speaking. :)

[Coldgothicwoman]

13. He still could, couldn't he?

Goddess I wish he would. Don't get me wrong, I love DK above all, and Dean/Sharpton would tickle me pink, but...

Just look at the man's presentation! :grouphug:

:hi:

[Syrinx]

18. hey I ain't looking at his presentation!

You.

:)

[Wonk]

4. Direct RealPlayer link here for those who don't get it on tv

http://play.rbn.com/?url=cspan/g2cspan/live/cspan1-g2.rm

[proud patriot]

6. This time I'm taping it

:-)

[Myra]

8. Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you...

syrinx9999!

[Syrinx]

11. Nice to meet you!

:hi:

[frank frankly]

10. take notes, Dem candidates

and go after that POS Bush!

[janx]

15. Gore is a magnificent statesman. That appellation fits him,

no? I hope he continues to lecture and to speak.

[frank frankly]

12. Gore you are doing so very well

what a magnificent speech!

:hi:

[lcordero]

16. Heh

After five minutes, even with some stuttering, he proves why he should have the Democratic Presidential nomination and the Presidency.

[elperromagico]

17. Oh, there's no doubt he could win the nomination,

and precious little doubt that he could beat Bush. But I wonder if he wants to put himself and his family through the same crap that went on in 2000.

Imagine being called a liar throughout the campaign, only to be vindicated by a victory in the popular vote, and then losing by dubious means in the Electoral College. It's got to hurt. Perhaps it has turned him off of Presidential politics (for the time being, at least).

Who knows? I certainly don't, but judging from Gore's comments in interviews, I would imagine that is his reason for not running next year.

[Momof1]

19. I love Al....Damn I want to vote for him next year. eom

[Myra]

20. Ohmygod!!

That was *the* greatest speech I've ever heard!
He nailed it, every point. How many times did
he refer to Orwell?

syrinx9999, I don't think I thanked you enough!
Thank you thank you!
Now I'm off to get the transcript.
I have to save it.

[Syrinx]

23. What about a Gore/Dean ticket?

Can we be friends?

[Myra]

24. Ooooo, syrinx9999

You drive a hard bargain.
I very much wanted President Gore to run
for reelection. It broke my heart when
he decided not to. But he's clearly working
hard to change things, and his decision seems
final. It's too late to change his mind, for 2004.

So I'm leaning Clark, tho' it's early.
I'd be up for Clark/Dean (Pres/VP) or
Clark/Kuchinich. I think that's my best offer.
But thank you for coming to the table.

---

Edited to remove remark that made me seem
like a moron. Please, let's say no more about
it.

[Hieronymus]

21. I just watched

the whole speech, what an orator, what a speech.:bounce:

[Isome]

22. My President just finished his speech on CSPAN.

Phenomenal! I rode on the same plane (out of D.C.) with him once; he was in first class while I was in coach, but still it was the same friggin' plane!!

Anyway, RW'ers think that facts are boring because they require you to study / contemplate / analyze, therefore anyone who can recite facts and provide a narrative for those facts must be boring too, and has too much book learnin'. They don't go for the elitist concept of education. Well, at least that's what their degreed leaders tell the ignorant followers... they're easier to control when they're under-educated. They don't know enough to ask questions.

[poppabear36]

25. Nobody Can Touch Him

We have some impressive candidates but he is head and shoulders above everyone!
He kept mentioning "1984," but seeing him up there and AWOL in the White House made me think of "Alice Through the Looking Glass."
Everything truly is upside down and reverse.

[ComerPerro]

26. And to think, I thought FReepers were worthless...

But at there website I found this:

http://www.moveon.org/gore/webcast.html

Video and transcript.

[ComerPerro]

27. And in case you were curious,

I saved you guys the trouble of seeing what the FReepers thought of the speech.

Their comments were mostly:

"Blah blah communist blah blah treason blah blah thank God for Bush blah blah Islamists have no rights blah blah Second Amendment blah blah terror blah blah democRAT blah blah thank God he wasn't president, imagine the mess we would be in."

Well, I have said it before and I will say it as often as I have to:

If Al Gore had actually been allowed to serve his term as President, there would have been no 9/11. The government wouldn't have needed it to happen.