tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:27 AM
Original message |
Poll question: When Al Gore announces.......... |
TwilightGardener
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:36 AM
Response to Original message |
1. He does not have my vote in the primary, but he would if he were the nominee. |
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:38 AM
Response to Reply #1 |
2. He'll be in by the primary |
William769
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:39 AM
Response to Original message |
|
Hell would have frozen over.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:42 AM
Response to Reply #3 |
|
You'd best get a good warm coat methinks.
|
Viva_La_Revolution
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:47 AM
Response to Original message |
5. he has mine, my fundie boss's, and my apathetic non voting roommate's vote. |
|
I've heard that from both of them in the last week. :wow:
:bounce: Even if Al never runs, this is great news for the Climate cause.
|
MissWaverly
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 11:22 AM
Response to Original message |
6. I will send in my money for his campaign the day he announces |
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:35 PM
Response to Reply #6 |
|
and millions of others. That's why I'm not worried about him having enough money to run his campaign. The outpouring of monetary and volunteer support will be unprecedented. Hillary's astounding "War Chest" won't stand a chance.
|
Nay
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 12:35 PM
Response to Original message |
7. Def my vote, my money, and 1st born...see explanation below. |
|
Voted for him the first time, have sent him money to urge him to run(it was returned with a nice letter--this was around 2005), and my first-born is dying to vote for him himself(first-born too young to vote in 2000). So, Al, you got all 3!
|
Lone_Star_Dem
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 03:50 PM
Response to Reply #7 |
|
He has me he'll get all my presidential bid donations and he'll get the honor of my fist born child's first presidential vote, or so she keeps saying if he should run.
|
orleans
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:37 PM
Response to Reply #12 |
20. same here. my vote, my daughter's vote. n/t |
booley
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 12:48 PM
Response to Original message |
8. Of course all of this assumes.. |
|
that Gore is going to run.
I would vote for the guy in a split second, even over my current choice (Edwards).
But first he has to actually decide to run. Until i hear it from the man himself, this remains a pipe dream.
|
Pyrzqxgl
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 03:43 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
9. I'm going to stay with Edwards! |
|
I need to see some kind of evidence that Gore would run a better campaign and have a more worthwhile running mate than he has in the past. He's a great film maker but his campaigning sucks.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:23 PM
Response to Reply #9 |
15. Yep, he ran a crap campaign last time but he had DLC advisors then |
|
He's been a firebrand since. I think he'll run a much better campaign this time and in fact already is.
|
IChing
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:47 PM
Response to Reply #15 |
24. Totally agree with your DLC accessment and his "non-campaign run. |
|
Silicon Valley is waiting for him and when he does watch the money flow. I would vote for almost any other Democratic candidate if he doesn't run but he is my first choice that has the vision that would excite me as much as when I supported Bobby Kennedy.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:22 PM
Response to Reply #8 |
14. Rewatch An Inconvenient Truth |
|
He understands the moral imperative. He knows what he needs to do. He's running a great campaign so far and the media can't touch him because it isn't official yet. The longer he puts off announcing, the better.
|
booley
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon May-28-07 12:59 PM
Response to Reply #14 |
38. His movie doesn't mean he wil run |
|
Anymore then Michael Moore is going to run.
Indeed, it' s not without credence to say that Gore could do more good outside of office then in.
Political office has become so corupting that any politican that doesn't get bought and sold is seen as a hero just for not being corrupt.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon May-28-07 06:42 PM
Response to Reply #38 |
|
It's the revelation that he understands the moral imperative, however you could be right that he views what that moral imperative demands of him differently than I do.
|
quinnox
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 03:45 PM
Response to Original message |
10. It would cause a serious re-evaluation |
|
of whether I should switch to Gore over my current fave.
|
DemGa
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 03:50 PM
Response to Original message |
|
and who else will get the hefty control of Congress we must have?
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 09:32 PM
Response to Reply #11 |
|
I wasn't able to parse the second part of your phrase.
|
DemGa
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:29 PM
Response to Reply #28 |
32. Something I haven't seen discussed; |
|
maybe I've missed it. We need a solid majority in Congress in 2008 to go along with the Presidency. I can only imagine the nastiness that would ensue if the Republicans get control of the House or Senate.
My view is Al Gore can deliver the Presidency and that needed majority. Looking back over my sentence, it is quite bad!!
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:39 PM
Response to Reply #32 |
|
Some people have been saying they won't vote for any Dems for anything but will vote for Gore. I've written back that they seem to want Gore to be faced with a Republican Congress then.
|
Pastiche423
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 05:10 PM
Response to Original message |
13. Patiently waiting for him to announce |
|
He will get all of my support. I will actively campaign for him, send donations (I have sent no one money yet) and, of course, my vote.
|
DesertRat
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:24 PM
Response to Original message |
16. He'll have my vote and my money |
|
But my first born is 25 years old and makes his own decisions. :)
|
LBJDemocrat
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:36 PM
Response to Original message |
18. Other: Waiting to see what his platform is like |
|
I hope it's protectionistic.
|
Rosa Luxemburg
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:37 PM
Response to Original message |
|
I'll think he'll wait til his global warming concerts are over
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:38 PM
Response to Reply #19 |
|
I'm guessing mid to late September.
|
Rosa Luxemburg
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:52 PM
Response to Reply #21 |
25. Fingers firmly crossed |
rucky
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:40 PM
Response to Original message |
|
I'm sure you'll understand.
|
MrSlayer
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:42 PM
Response to Original message |
23. He gets my vote unless Clark also enters. |
|
The best thing, in my opinion, would be if Gore announced and made it no secret that Clark would be his VP candidate.
|
IChing
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:16 PM
Response to Reply #23 |
31. I wouldn't mine that since Clark doesn't have strong connections |
|
to the military industrial complex as much as Feinstein...LOL (clark is OK in my book) It would be an interesting historical ticket. I wonder what people would think of Clark as VP in case something happened. The Vice Presidency's power has increased to an insane level now in the Federal Government.
I would like to know within 6 months the teams that all the candidates would try or like to put together.
Each have their connections in politics, academics, technology, industry and labor. Leadership is many different things to many different people but they hold these essences.
Lee Iacocca
"Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing," he writes. "Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'the Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies?"----he said he likes Gore and mentioned him as leader in his excellent rant on the shit the country is in. -------------------------------------------------------- Steve Jobs
How do you systematize innovation?
"You don't. You hire good people who will challenge each other every day to make the best products possible. That's why you don't see any big posters on the walls around here, stating our mission statement. Our corporate culture is simple."
So the key is to have good people with a passion for excellence. When I got back, Apple had forgotten who we were. Remember that "Think Different" ad campaign we ran? It was certainly for customers, but it was even more for Apple. That ad was to remind us of who our heroes are and who we are. Companies sometimes do forget. Fortunately, we woke up. And Apple is doing the best work in its history".
Gore is on board Apple and Google ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Scientist- Academics ?????
Need I mention "An Inconvenient truth" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Labor?------I like what I heard from Gore but I don't know how labor feels now about him. But unions and labor are two different things. If industry did its job correctly, fairly and justly, the worker, a part of a limited participatory democracy within the business, which is happening in European firms, Labor would never need to organize into Unions to get benefits that all citizens should enjoy. Everyone has read about the 500% growth differences between CEOs and labor.
This I think is really what is the real question that is not being addressed by any of the candidates except Dennis, who is a man of principle and not afraid to address economic terms beyond the history of years past.
|
mb7588a
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 08:58 PM
Response to Original message |
|
I will quit my job, move to wherever he needs me, and do whatever I can to make sure he's the next president.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 09:06 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
|
I forgot to add that choice. :)
|
G_Leo_Criley
(553 posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 09:49 PM
Response to Reply #26 |
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon May-28-07 06:39 PM
Response to Reply #29 |
40. But considering that I'll likely do that very thing |
|
I'm surprised it didn't occur to me.
|
Bake
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:15 PM
Response to Original message |
30. He's got my vote and my money, but nobody gets my son. Or my daughter. |
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:41 PM
Response to Reply #30 |
34. For the joke impaired |
|
That was a joke meant to show that one would do anything for Gore!
|
Bake
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon May-28-07 12:58 PM
Response to Reply #34 |
37. Ain't no joke when it comes to BushCo. |
|
I'm just sayin'. And I'm FAR from joke-impaired.
Bake
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Mon May-28-07 06:34 PM
Response to Reply #37 |
39. I was talking about the joke about your firstborn child |
PassingFair
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 10:54 PM
Response to Original message |
35. I am pretending that there IS NO election until he enters. |
|
I will work tirelessly for him.
I was ignorant in 2000. I voted for Gore and thought that that was the extent of my democratic duty.
I was WRONG. We have been SCREWN ever since.
I feel sure that he will have the combined efforts of all of the good people of MoveOn, DFA, PDA, and the vast majority of the Democratic Underground all pulling on our "oars" together for him.
I HOPE he jumps in, and I THINK he will.
|
tavalon
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun May-27-07 11:07 PM
Response to Reply #35 |
|
I'm waiting.
And I was exactly where you were in 2000.
|
DU
AdBot (1000+ posts) |
Wed Jun 05th 2024, 01:51 AM
Response to Original message |