Dear President Gore: I'm sorry, but it is your patriotic duty as an American to

to assume the Presidency in 2009.

Our country is in great peril and on the verge of collapse. We have had 7 years of a presidential administration that has instituted policies and undertaken actions that are calculated deliberate attempts to destroy our democracy and the well being of the American People.

In order to rectify this situation, it is imperative to the continued existence of our nation that an experienced, knowledgeable, and sincere Democrat that can unite the Democratic Party campaign for the Presidency.

That Democrat is you, Mr. President.

The current field of Democratic candidates are all wonderful candidates. However, there are valid questions regarding the electability of some of these candidates, and there seems to be a significant media bias that very possibly will hamper the possible election of other candidates.

Mr. President, if you were to announce your candidacy today, there is no doubt in my mind that you would unite the Democratic Party and win the Democratic Presidential nomination and subsequently the general election. I think it is very possible that other Democratic candidates would defer to your candidacy, and drop out of the race, out of a sense of obligation to the needs of our country and an understanding of the necessary party unity that your candidacy would bring. Furthermore, I believe that the energy and unity that an announcement of your candidacy would bring to the Democratic Party would lead to a substantial increase of Democrats elected to both Houses of Congress this year.

Mr. President, you have made it clear that you do not intend to seek the Presidency. But we absolutely cannot risk having another republican in the WH in 2009. Your candidacy would energize and unite the Democratic party, which in turn would guarantee your election to the Presidency.

Our country really needs you, right now Mr. President, to take on what is now possibly the most difficult job in the history of our nation, because it is apparent that you are the right person at the right time to take on this responsibility.

Therefore, I feel that it is my duty to humbly and apologetically ask you to do your duty toward our nation and run for the Office of President of the United States, despite the many valid reasons for your reluctance to do so.

Our country is depending on you, Mr. President.

Thank you.

The last thing we need is to make climate change look like a political issue.

for insulting the Democratic party and American voting public, he wouldn't be able to get on any state ballots, and he wouldn't have more than a handful of delegates at the convention.

Sorry, the Gore train is done. If he wanted to be president he had several opportunities to jump in the game including in 2007 when everyone geared up their campaign.

I'm sure Al Gore will be an important part of any democrat in the White House in 2008 but Al Gore owes us nothing when it comes to 'assuming the White House'

It's too late for that now, though I suppose he could run at a later time.

He'd be also-ran in the nomination process - perhaps behind Edwards.

as president. He could have run, he chose not to. that's his right, but no way would it be acceptable if he decided he could just waltz in now.

And it's literally nuts to think that after all their work and slogging, the others should just bow and scrape and withdraw. He's not a fucking king or saint.

He would NOT unite the party. Not at this point.

We are running the second string this year for some reason.

have been ignored by corporate media, and given that the two leading candidates have received enormous sums in contributions from large corporations, we might conclude that our candidate(s) have been pre-selected for us by special interests with intentions counter to the continued well-being of the American people.

Furthermore, these two leading candidates seem to have serious electability issues at this time, as polls repeatedly show them losing the general election to very inferior republican candidates.

At the same time, the Democratic candidate that consistently polls higher than the republican field is placed third in the Democratic primary.

I am genuinely concerned that Democrats are snatching defeat from the jaws of certain victory in the general election by nominating a candidate that has significantly lower chances of defeating the republican challenger.

Since corporations and the corporate media have been undeniably favorable to the current extreme RW (p)Resident, his administration, and republican Congress, I have no choice but to suspect that we are being set up to lose this Presidential election, an election that we would otherwise win in a landslide if a much more universally acceptable Democratic candidate were to be our nominee.

So I believe that Al Gore should step in, because I believe that his experience and high profile current appeal as a candidate will make him impervious to corporate/corporate media attacks.

I think the people would embrace his candidacy and carry him into the WH on their shoulders.

Al Gore is not running. He is satisfied with what he is doing. The media crucified him in 2000. He has no desire to endure that again. I don't blame him.

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I'm voting for him anyway -- at least in the primaries. (It'll all be decided before my state gets to vote.)

supporters cling to their hopes, you have a right to hold yours.

I wish gore were running but I'd be happy w/ Obama or Edwards.

As it is, I've got less than three weeks to come up with a tepid substitute.

Yep, that's my vote too.

... particularly with this point:



Sadly, I don't believe he will accept this call to duty. I think he has had enough. Frankly, I don't blame him. I still haven't "gotten over" the 2000 election. I can only imagine how the thought of re-entering politics must make him feel.

k&r

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-Laelth