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dflprincess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:20 PM
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"If he ran I'd vote for Al Gore."
I went out to dinner tonight with my friend and her dad. The words in the subject line were spoken by her 86 year old, life long Republican father. He did crack in 2004 and vote for Kerry but he considered it a vote against Bush. That was the first and, to date, only time in his life that he'd voted for a Democrat. But he actually likes Gore and is totally unimpressed with anyone else running.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:22 PM
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1. He may be on the ballot in Massachusetts. take a look here.
Edited on Wed Sep-12-07 09:45 PM by kansasblue
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1795536
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:25 PM
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2. That's not the same as running
I think if he wants to run, he will. If he doesn't, he won't.

I think attempting to "draft" an unwilling candidate is dumb.

Also, that way, he'd run as a third-party/independent, effectively splitting the vote and electing the republican. Dumb idea.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:28 PM
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3. I think you misunderstood ...Mass will put him on the Dem ballot.
Edited on Wed Sep-12-07 09:30 PM by kansasblue
(on edit snarky comment removed)



And if nominated I think he'd run.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:30 PM
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4. He won't win the nomination
if he doesn't run for it.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:38 PM
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5. I guess the strategy is to put him on enough states that he'd
be encourage to run.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:39 PM
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7. why run down for one vote
when he can walk down and get them all?

you know gore, he is not into wasting energy!
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:18 PM
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12. I have no reason to believe
it would be anything close to a cakewalk for Gore. In fact, I think if he announced tomorow and ran as vigorous a campaign as he could, there's a good chance he still wouldn't secure the nomination.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:26 PM
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14. good gawd... these people have been running for 2 years already
and wasting money gloryifying themselves in the process. if this campaign season had done one thing it has shown how badly we need election reform. pick your horse and yell like hell...they are out of the gates ...wo0t
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:31 PM
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17. yes
they have been running for a long time, which is why it would be very difficult for any candidate to join now.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:51 PM
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18. you see it that way, i don't --
agree to diasgree :toast:

may the best horse win. ;)
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Hawkowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 05:28 PM
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24. Commonplace
Up until 1968 it used to be common place to "draft" candidates. In fact that was the purpose of party conventions--to pick a candidate. Now, we use this ridiculous, retarded, fucked system where Iowa and New Hampshire get to pick the losing democratic candidate. It seems to me the dem party was stronger and had better candidates before the primary system. Go figure.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:38 PM
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6. Your link is a flame bait thread with a misleading title

and an apparent "agenda".
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:47 PM
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8. ok... I've adjusted the tilte. But the thread is now on the greatest page.
why do you think it's flame bait?
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:04 PM
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10. For obvious reasons
and why do you care if it's on the greatest page when
the title is grossly misleading and subsequent posts are
clearly from your cohorts?

I guess I won't post anymore Al Gore news here.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:10 PM
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11. Because you didn't adjust the title

and that makes me not trust you Kansasblue.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:23 PM
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13. catgirl......


I ask why.... you say for obvious reasons. When it's obvious they aren't obvious to me.


you say cohorts... I say motivated supporters.

I made changes. The title is fine. I see you're making trouble elsewhere too.


I think we are done here.

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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:27 PM
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15. You made no changes

we are done, hopefully.
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kansasblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 10:30 PM
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16. oh... we can't part on that note.....


ARe we talking about this title?



IS NOW : He may be on the ballot in Massachusetts. take a look here.


It use to say: 'He may be on the ballot in many states. Take a look here'
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 05:51 AM
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20. WTF is going on between you two?
:o
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-12-07 09:49 PM
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9. me too
:hi:
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 05:20 AM
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19. My dad says the same thing.
He's a staunch Republican, a fiscal conservative, & hasn't voted for a Dem since Kennedy, but he cares deeply about the environment & hopes Al Gore will run.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 05:52 AM
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21. may I ask
what a "fiscal conservative" thinks about spending hundreds of billions of dollars on that piece of SHIT war?
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Dulcinea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 10:59 AM
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22. You may!
He HATES this war! It's one of the areas in politics that we agree on.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 05:16 PM
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23. PASS!!!
it's just that here in Texas I know so many self-described "fiscal conservatives" and they all think the war is just DANDY :o
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Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 08:09 PM
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25. My dad, he's 77, calls and asks if Gore is running yet
My dad. My dad who stopped caring about politics the day RFK died. My dad who finally registered to vote again in 2004. My dad said he's worried about his grandkids and thinks Gore is the only one with a plan, a real plan, for the future.
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marlakay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-13-07 08:45 PM
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26. I can relate thats why I do this
I am a grand mom, semi retired and do all this for my kids and grand kids. My kids are all busy working fulltime and raising kids, driving back and forth after work to soccer and other after school stuff, homework, etc and don't barely have a moment to breathe so I finally am done with all that and have time to fight for them.
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