CNN: Could Gore's road to the Oval Office begin in Hollywood? (Oscar night)

[npincus]

http://us.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/02/23/schneider.gore/index.html

OK, I'm not a believer in this scenario, but a gal can dream. *sigh* This, and Jennifer Hudson's nomination are my 2 reasons for watching the bloated, self-congratulatory Oscar bore-fest this year.



"There's even some speculation that he would use his Oscar as the occasion to announce that he's running," Martin Kaplan, director of the University of Southern California's Norman Lear Center, told CNN. "Imagine that: a billion people worldwide! Take that Jay Leno, as an announcement venue!''

<snip>


"People think that he's paid his dues, he's had more of an impact on issues that people care about than many people who have been in office and there's a feeling that he's finally lost that student council condescension that was fingernails on a blackboard to a lot of supporters," Kaplan said.

Democrats are desperate to win. Doubts have begun to surface about the electability of the party's current front-runners. How's this for an argument? Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

"He was right on Iraq. He was right on global warming. He has an issue that is so formidable and has attacked it, tackled it," Bender said. "So I would love to see him run, sure, but I don't see that in the cards."

[PuraVidaDreamin]

1. I'm not giving up hope.

Until/or when he gives THE definitive answer.

[helderheid]

2. Waiting for September :D

[Greeby]

3. Re'elect President Gore!

:bounce:

[Clark2008]

4. God, I hope so.

I wish SOMEONE would get in this race who both could win and who I could support.

[senseandsensibility]

5. When are the Oscars?

I couldn't find the date in the link either.

[NYCGirl]

6. Tomorrow. NT

[senseandsensibility]

31. Hey, thanks!

I'm pathetically out of it, aren't I?:silly:

[cal04]

7. Amid Oscar buzz for Gore, backers talk political encore

(snip)
Now, if the Oscar becomes his -- and the film community gives him the expected rousing tribute before a worldwide audience of hundreds of millions -- his supporters are ready to demand an encore: another presidential run.

Gore, who lost the electoral tally to President Bush in 2000 but won the popular vote, has repeatedly said he has no plans to run. All three of his 2000 presidential campaign accounts have been closed, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Still, political pundits say, Gore could raise large amounts of money very quickly based on his record and name recognition, and his statements about the 2008 race haven't foreclosed the possibility of reconsidering at a later date. Several observers, including supporters and detractors, say they could envision a political drama in which the current candidates become sullied over the Iraq war and liberal voters call for Gore to enter the race.

Around the country, many are already plotting ways to persuade Gore to run. One of them is Linda Sophia Pinti , a Democratic activist in Cambridge, Mass., who has been holding monthly "draft Gore" meetings since June. She said at least 25 other gatherings are held regularly around the country.


http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/02/24/amid_oscar_buzz_for_gore_backers_talk_political_encore/

[Jeanette in FL]

8. Gore is too much a gentleman to announce at the Oscars

I cannot imagine him taking the spotlight away from the award winners.

He will wait until September to announce.

[SoFlaJet]

9. Why September Jeanette?

I agree-he would never do it from the stage at the Oscars-he's way too classy for that

[Jeanette in FL]

10. Timing I think

By then I think the bashing by the other candidates will have taken their toll on the public and he will be basking in the afterglow of the SOS concerts.

I just have a gut feeling that by September people will be clamoring for the best candidate.

[Cha]

21. Absolutely! Not a good time.

And timing is Everything!

[Bjorn Against]

11. He won't announce at the Oscars, in fact he probably won't even speak at the Oscars

And that is even if "An Inconvenient Truth" wins, remember he is actually not even nominated himself Davis Guggenheim is nominated. It is possible Gore will get to walk up on stage with him, but he will not get a trophy and he will not be the one giving the speech. About the most we will hear out of his mouth is possibly a short sentence.

[helderheid]

12. I agree. I think he may run (PLEASE AL!) but he wouldn't "steal" AIT thunder

[RestoreGore]

13. Only listed producers can accept an award

Unless they bend the rules, but then, I don't know how that would sit with other nominees either. If he does get to say a sentence I hope it is " time for you to get moving on this" or something to that effect. And of course, all we see written from this hype loving media is the same speculation instead of noting that a win for THE MOVIE could hopefully reach more people to inspire them to make a change. Mr. Gore even commented in an interview regarding Cannes that he sees the red carpet as just a red rug and that this has not gone to his head. Would if that were true for those who keep pumping this garbage out to overshadow his message.

[nashville_brook]

14. he needs to be fundraising if he's to run, so regardless of whether he announces

he'll be "in the room" with some folks who might want to help him.

[subterranean]

15. Won't happen

Al won't do it because it would take the focus off the film and the cause. Also, he doesn't need the high profile of the Oscars to announce his candidacy. If and when he does decide to run, people will certainly know about it.

[KharmaTrain]

16. And Announcing Now Will Help Al Gore How???

The corporate media would love to trash Gore now that he's been proven right. They're spoilin' to bring out all the old memes or create new ones...and for what?

The reason for the "lesser knowns" to announce at this time is to grab the money. The candidates are scrambling for the money to buy TV time in primary states so they can get "name recognition". Al Gore doesn't need this. He also doesn't need the headaches of putting one's private life and ambitions on hold as you play to the handlers and news cycle.

If Gore wants to (and I would welcome him big time), he has plenty of time to still get in...as the moment he announces, he either will move to the top of the front runners list or to the top. If he wins primaries, the rest of the money will flow.

Let the corporate media play their games...unless you're ready to write the big checks, none of this "early primary" season means anything.

[MzNov]

17. I don't think Democrats are "desperate" to win !

We have to sort out the best candidate, but I'd bet most of us are confident that a Democrat will win in 08. IMHO, we could run a Ham Sandwich and beat the best of the Publican candidates. If they had a "best" that is.

As usual, CNN is the slanted, dishonest, unrealistic, MSM.

Al Gore would never announce at the Oscars! He has too much class. That is not the place to do it and he knows it. I don't think he's going to run, but look out you dumbass right wing basturds if he does.

:dem:

[The Count]

19. The tone of that article is unbelievably acrimonious...."paid his dues"?

They treat HIM as some criminal out of jail and worship the real ones in the White House.
The nice thing about a Gore run would be, that after having actually fought for our votes, he can just launch veiled hints at the 2000 election and get enormous support. Unlike other candidates who are still complicit to the 2004 theft with their silence.

[MzNov]

23. yeah, what dues?

they're morons and dolts.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

18. From your fingers to the gods'/goddess' eyes! eom

[Admiral Loinpresser]

20. He definitely won't declare his candidacy on Oscar nite, but

I saw a credible source quoting producer Guggenheim that Gore will go on stage and give the acceptance speech, assuming AIT wins.

But it will be quite significant because it will improve his favorability ratings with the general public. That rating was quite low after 2000 because of the traitorous MSM (i.e. the press coverage in 2000 was so biased as to be disloyal to our republic). The good news is that his favorability rating has been steadily rising in the wake of the greatest political rehabilitation in decades. So Oscar night, in my view, bodes very well for the draft movement because it will raise his stock in the popular culture.

BTW, if you would like to help draft him, please contact me at: [e-mail]

We want him to wait as long as possible to declare, but in the mean time, the larger the draft movement becomes, the more likely he will eventually get in the race. I'm hoping for late October, which I believe is after the Nobel Prize voting, but before the New Hampshire filing deadline.

[MzNov]

22. You're giving me hope again...

I whole-heartedly agree that the longer he waits, the better it will be. By then we'll all be sick of HRC and Obama and the others are just ho hum.

the country could use the electricity and excitement that would sweep us like a tidal wave and give us all a much deserved raison d'etre.

:bounce:

I've signed the petition, but will indeed check out your site and email. thanks.

[JackRiddler]

24. Correct. Should not be before September 11th.

[Admiral Loinpresser]

26. Signing the petition is good and necessary, but

we are also getting people organized on several continents (but mainly the US) to meet in their local communities and take grassroots action! I promise you if you start going to our meetups, your hope will grow exponentially.

As we organize and build our numbers, that very action INCREASES the likelihood he will run. Imagine us building to Dean-scale numbers in 2003. When we get to that point, it is almost a sure thing that he will run, instead of the mere possibility we have now. He cannot refuse 100,000 people attending Meetups every month, handing out bumber stickers, signing petitions, raising money, holding parties and benefit concerts and rallies, writing to his Nashville office and DELUGING him with mail asking him to run, electing Gore delegates at state conventions, passing county/township Dem Party resolutions supporting a Gore candidacy, etc., etc., etc.

Our mantra is:

If we build it, he will come!

[e-mail]

[SallyMander]

25. Does anyone have any idea

when the Documentary award will be? Early, late? I don't really want to watch the whole thing...

Thanks!
~Sally

[Bjorn Against]

28. In previous years it has usually fallen about half way through...

I think you would probably be safe skipping the first 45 minutes or so. Also if you pay attention online you will probably be able to get some idea of what is coming up next, I am sure that there will be threads popping up here on DU when we are a few minutes away from the announcement.

[SallyMander]

30. Thanks!

I was just reminded that Ellen is hosting this year... so maybe i'll watch a bit more of it. She usually makes me laugh.

But of course the main point of watching will be to see AIT take home the award!

[Hawkowl]

27. Labor Day

I think he'll announce on the Labor Day weekend. Just a hunch.

[subterranean]

29. This speculation assumes that his film will win the Oscar

Which is by no means a sure thing.