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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:13 PM Original message |
Daily Kos: Obama should pick Al Gore as VP |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
1. In before Gore supporter shitstorm |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:43 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. What's a "Gore supporter shitstorm"? I've been a "Gore Supporter" for a long time |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:50 AM Response to Reply #29 |
34. I'm talking about all those "Gore for President" and "Draft Gore" holdouts |
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mckeown1128 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:56 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Yeah I wrote a post a few months back saying that Gore |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:57 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Happens to all of us. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Sorry for posting Mr. Gore's OWN WORDS saying he would take nothing but the POTUS.. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:10 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. I know he doesn't want anything but the POTUS and that's cool. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. Eh. The man made it pretty clear he didn't want to do it. |
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The Velveteen Ocelot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. But does Gore WANT to be VP - again? |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Exactly. Not going to happen, |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. It would be kick ass if he did and Gore accepted |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:22 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That's where I'm at, too. |
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KoKo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
55. Why would Gore want to be a VP to someone so junior to him in stature and experience? |
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lastliberalintexas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
62. That was my first thought as well |
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TheDoorbellRang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 03:37 PM Response to Reply #55 |
63. An appeal to Gore to serve might just work. It worked on Eisenhower |
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saltpoint (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Al Gore has put some distance between himself and that job but at the |
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rusty quoin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:17 PM Response to Original message |
6. I can't see it. |
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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. I don't think that would happen in a million years. |
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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:19 PM Response to Original message |
8. It would be a fantastic ticket, for more reasons than the author even mentions... |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. Unless he would do it to insure a victory...he could be the environmental |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. That would be an insult to Gore |
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Gore1FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. I wonder who Gore will vote for as a SD. |
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Renaissance Man (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:25 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. An insult to Gore? |
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movonne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:35 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. I believe that Gore and other powerful people were always behind |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Pffffft. How typical of a Hillary supporter to presume to speak for someone like Al Gore. |
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NJSecularist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. Why would Gore be second in command to a lightweight with no accomplishments like Obama? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. It would be awesome, but it relies on the assumption that Gore would take it... |
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ccharles000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I believe he does not want to be a politician anymore. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:23 PM Response to Original message |
14. Kos is nuts. |
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Seabiscuit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
41. Damned straight. |
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Catch22Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
16. Gore is above the office (n/t) |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
18. Shit! Shit! Kos is waiting and I can't think of an original story for today! Oh, wait - Gore as VP w |
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BearSquirrel2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:30 PM Response to Original message |
19. If he didn't want to be president ... |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
21. He was Veep for 8 years already. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
22. Actually, DHinMI makes |
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Cheney Killed Bambi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. He would be the best person for the job |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
23. Why, why on earth would Al Gore ever want to be vice president--again? |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. I Have The Perfect Solution... |
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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:43 AM Response to Reply #25 |
46. I agree let him pick... |
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AZBlue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. He won't take it. He's got a different job now. One that can't be limited by politics. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Been There, Done That, Been There Don't Wanna Go Back |
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ovidsen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
31. Ain't gonna happen... political pragmatism |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:50 PM Response to Original message |
32. Why would Gore want to be VP again? |
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cloudythescribbler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-18-08 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
33. what an assinine notion! nt |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
35. Why don't we let Al Gore |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:07 AM Response to Reply #35 |
39. But he already has. |
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knixphan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 11:52 AM Response to Reply #39 |
58. Oh! Didn't know that - |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #58 |
64. Unfortunately. |
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Raine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
42. Gore's been there and done that and I'm sure he wouldn't |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:22 AM Response to Original message |
43. He.Doesn't.WANT.the.Job. |
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rove karl rove (298 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 01:38 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. if anything it ought to be Gore/Obama n/t |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #45 |
47. that won't happen either. n/t |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
48. He intends to help heal the party for 08 but as VP is dreaming. |
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my3boyz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:29 AM Response to Original message |
49. Always a bridesmaid and never a bride...not gonna happen. nt |
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davidpdx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
50. I doubt it would happen |
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sfam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
51. This sounds like a fantasy football player choosing a fantasy VP... |
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Galway girl (177 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
52. Don't agree ..Gore didn't endorse him so no way in my opinion ...I like Richardson for the Hispanic |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
53. No question that Gore would be best, but I can't see him being interested in the job. |
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stratomagi (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 07:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Agreed. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
56. This punch-line fails miserably. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
57. never going to happen |
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GoesTo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:21 PM Response to Original message |
59. Obama could make it worth Gore's while, and his own. |
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Neshanic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
60. I thought change meant something. Hillary no. Gore no. Edwards no. |
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DemGa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-19-08 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
61. The "Kossaks" must be all aflutter over this idea! |
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