Some have mixed sentiments about him, but I’ve always had an admiration for Vice President Gore and what he and President Clinton accomplished in America. He’s certainly White House worthy. Via Political Wire: Gore dinner may signify return to political arena
The Davidson County Democratic Party is holding the first annual Gore Family Dinner later this month at the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel.
That s Gore as in Al and Tipper.
The stated purpose for this dinner is to raise money for Democratic candidates in 2006, but it s also the first time we ve seen Al Gore politically back in his home state in some time.
Even though the Gores maintain a home in Belle Meade, Gore s new cable channel has kept him on the move. The channel will be geared towards young people and will debut in August.
But Gore s name is already out there for the presidential election in 2008. Enough time has elapsed since the Florida presidential election fight of 2000 for Democrats to put it behind them.
Al Gore certainly has one thing going for him: he has proven he can win elections.
As a right – to – lifer who geenrally votes for Republicans on the Conservative or RTL line, I say, “Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please. please, please. please, please, please, please give the Republicans another shot at Gore.
Yeeeaaarrgghh!
Having heard Gore speak in recent years and give well-researched, passionate, eloquent, thoughtful, and well-spoken speeches on a number of topics, I can only say that it was a nice change from the illiterate, deceitful, charmless hack that is our current president, as well as being a pleasant step up from unclear, boring Kerry (who, in spite of always meaning well, can’t seem to say things simply and clearly).
In other words, I miss my rightful president, and I’d vote for him again. I only hope he has a strategy to kick the press’s collective ass this time when they start making shit up. Again.
Is he perhaps the only realistic alternative to Hillary?
Whoever wins the next election will inherit one big mess to try to clean up. The national debt, war in Iraq, rising energy prices, social security……
Glad to see Gore back in form, giving speeches. Since 2000, I’ve been impressed by him. During 2000, I was disgusted by him. And I’ll never forgive him or his wife for trying to legislate matters of personal morality– I’m old enough to remember that the Terri Schiavo debacle of the 1980’s was the fucking PMRC “porn rock” hearings. I’m sorry, as a Senator, Gore was a Frist-like toady for the nascent American Taliban. As a VP he did well, gotta give him that. Great complement to the Clenis: both smart guys with good policy wonkery– he was the far wonkier of the pair. As a candidate, however, he, um, how do you say, SUCKED. Then, post-2000 and in his endorse-Dean days, he was a breath of fresh air. Pattern here is: as long as Gore isn’t campaigning, he’s great. His insights and knowledge are very valuable and I’m glad he’s sharing.
I think there is an important role for Gore: he’s a great thinker, good speaker, great guy for preaching to the eggheads among us. Like the college professor he probably would have been if his Senator daddy hadn’t gotten him into the family business.
Seriously, Clinton (like Reagan, and Kennedy) was born to be President of the United States. Shrub was born to own a baseball team, Dean to be a political organiser, Clark to be Secretary of State or NSA, and Gore to be the college professor whose lectures you most enjoy. Good things happen when people follow their own destiny, know their own strengths and weaknesses and limits, and make their way into the roles that best fit their talents. Disasters happen when– through weakness or lack of confidence or hubris or laziness (or all of the above)– they end up stumbling along their parents’ path into a line of work that just doesn’t suit them.
Both Gore and Shrub got pretty goddamned far in trying to outdo their daddies, but they both Peter Principle’d out at the moment of truth, where their committment to their path was finally tested: Gore in actually getting into office, and Shrub in actually governing.
All that said, the world would be a hell of a lot better off with a President Gore. After 9/11, Shrub squandered his political capital on the Iraq quagmire and push through tax cuts and the PATRIOT Act. Gore would have made more productive use of the post-9/11 unity by finally pushing through alternative-energy stimulus and conservation bills, and maybe even forcing through a bill to increase the fuel efficiency standards and eliminate the fucking SUV loophole (a luxury SUV is *not* a “light truck”, assholes!)– for national security reasons.
Southpaw, you’re getting your talking points mixed up: Social Security is peachy-keen!
Al Gore hasn’t won an election since 1990! Thats 15 years ago!
Oh, NO!!! Algore is coming back. We’re gonna lose the presidency. Big Al is back in town. Get all the Republican chirrens indoors!! Hide your SUV!
The Democrats go from the Haunted Tree to the tree.
BTW. Hillary Clinton will hand him his simpering butt on a big fat platter. He has NO CHANCE.
Dugger, Self Acknowledged Expert On Democrat Politics
southpaw also seems to be ignoring that the debt projections were again lowered another $94,000,000,000 just yesterday. Oops.
Oops yourself, JD.
Southpaw mentioned the debt (edging up on $8 trillion). That’s the accumulated borrowing of the treasury over many, many years.
You’re talking about the deficit–the projected difference between revenues and expenses for this year only. The improvement of $94 billion was against a phony “projected” deficit and is made possible, in part, by a higher than expected level of payroll tax collections. You remember payroll taxes, don’t you JD?