I am an Al Gore guy. Gore was the first politician I liked (in ‘88 when he first ran for president) and while he was veep, Clinton had the heart but Gore had your brain. I’ll go to my grave believing Al Gore would have been a truly great president.
Ezra has a cover story on him in the Prospect
Since his loss, Gore has undergone a resurrection of sorts, shrugging off the consultants and the caution that hampered him during the campaign and — aided by new distribution technologies — evolving into perhaps the most articulate, animated, and forceful critic of the Bush administration. And now, with Democrats taking a fresh look at a man they thought they knew and speculation mounting around his ambitions in 2008, it seems that the man much mocked for inventing the Internet is in fact using the direct communication it enables to reinvent himself.
I’m so wistful for the days when we needed to appoint a special prosecutor because Gore made fundraising calls from the wrong telephone.
Oh, yeah…and his “lies” about the soft/hard money issues when raising money from the White House.
Yes, the fantasies of the right which didn’t derail the majority of Americans from voting for him for president.
You left out being the inspiration for Love Story.
Gore?
He’s craaaazy. Thinks he invented the internet. Says he discovered Love Canal. Lied about those doggy pills. Angry guy. Yeah, angry.
Earth tones! Alpha male! Buddhist temple!
There, that ought to cover it. Take the rest of the afternoon off, wingnuts.
Such an angry man. So very angry.
And you want his hand on the trigger? What if he thought Tony Blair drove an SUV? Missiles enroute to London!!! Its for your own good Tony. All hail Gaia!!
Dugger, Angry and Wooden, made Kerry look like Sugar Bear
Dug, the worst thing about you, is that you’re not even funny. I’m sure you find Denis Miller and his dated rants on, hnuk, hnuk, hedonistic baby boomers like Clinton, just hilarious.
I m so wistful for the days when we needed to appoint a special prosecutor because Gore made fundraising calls from the wrong telephone. >>
Obvoiusly our GOP congressional powers-that-be have not found much to investigate with W in the WH, bringing back honor and dignity to Washington DeeCee.
A great President? Anyone who would be a great President wouldn’t want the job.
But would Al Gore have been a decent President? I think your verb tenses are wrong. Al Gore will be a decent President.
Yeah, I thought the “grown-ups” were running things now. Speaking of hedonistic, self-centered baby boomers. But Miller would never make that obvious connection.
Better Gore than Cheney.
Quaker, that’s not a bad list. But Gore’s Greatest Hits wouldn’t be complete without “No Controlling Legal Authority”.
I tried to give you people the afternoon off. Whatever other flaws you may harbor, one must admire your tenacity.
Or “Look For The Union Label.”
Or “We just want to make sure eeeeeeevery vote is counted.”
Or “Re-inventing government.”
Or “The Kiss”
Or “HRRRRRMMMMMMMPH” (or however a long, heavy sigh directly into an open microphone is spelled)
Or The Unabomber, with his carefully dog-eared and underlined copy of “Earth In The Balance.”
Gotta admit it, the man gave us no shortage of material.
“The kiss” ? That the best you got?
Lord, I’ll put anything on that list up against Iraq, Iran, wiretapping, drunk driving, duck shooting, wiretapping, no WMDS, no OBL etc…
And an undeniable culture of corruption in the highest levels of government, and on, and on, and on….
SF,
Yeah, but to be even more fair, the “Aug. 6th PDB – Bin Laden Determined To Strike In U.S.” counts on Bush’s watch.
And Vietnam 2.0.
And one of the largest debts in U.S. history.
And his horrible Katrina response.
Yeah, but to be fair, “No OBL” counts against Gore too.
Please god, let al gore run for president again…please….
SaveFarris Says:
March 21st, 2006 at 11:43 am
Yeah, but to be fair, No OBL counts against Gore too. >>
As it does Quayle, following your rationale.
Algore – Yet Another Letdown for the Left
The Left is quite infatuated with Algore these days. Oliver Willis and Ezra Klein both can’t wait for their “alpha male” to throw his hat in the ring for ‘08. Most likely, this is due to the following reasons: 1) Algore doesn’t hold any political …
“There, that ought to cover it.”
You forgot the big one -
Armand Hammer + Gore + Elk Hills
…but I’m sure St. Wendy “doesn’t listen to Rush.” The “algore” sobriquet was Rush’s invention.