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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:42 PM
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If Hillary does become the Nominee...then what Part could Gore Play in her Administration?
Many of us are for other candidates...but if Hillary did win the nomination...what role could Al Gore play in the Government? Is there a position anyone can think of where Gore could have power in the next Clinton Administration to work on making the changes that he thinks are necessary for our Global Environment?

Any thoughts?
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:44 PM
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1. Couple of ideas:
1. Head of the Environmental Protection Agency
2. Secretary of State
3. Ambassador to the United Nations
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:48 PM
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6. I was thinking Ambassador to UN...but wondered how effective he could be
there...given how weak the UN seems to have become. But, maybe his respect over the world could bring some needed positive reforms there. Certainly could undo a lot of what the Bush Regime of Bullying Crazies has done to undermine things there. :shrug:
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robinlynne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:44 PM
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2. head of the EPA? But I dont think he would take any position in her administration.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:46 PM
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3. I SERIOUSLY doubt she'd be interested in offering him any Cabinet positions. nm
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:20 PM
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24. Correct.
Near zero chance.
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Richard Steele Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 01:23 AM
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29. Gore was their VP choice the way Lieberman was Gore's. No love lost between either pair, IMO. nm
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:47 PM
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4. He could be the VP that takes over when she realizes the job is too big for her.
Sorry, that was uncalled for. :banghead:
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dkofos Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:48 PM
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5. But probably true!!
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:54 PM
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11. Hey, I'd love to see Bill Clinton take over again.
Not that he was perfect, far from it. But I think he learned from his mistakes and its not an easy job to learn. Thats the trouble with the presidency, there are so few true statesmen to begin with, and so few who become statesmen. Al Gore is a statesman. Hillary is a politician/campaigner.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:51 PM
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8. Ah, a little sexism to begin a Sunday morning
God bless you and your pea brain, child.

(And I don't even LIKE the Clintons!)
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:56 PM
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12. Yeah, we all know if you criticize HC you gotta be sexist. No other
explanation.:eyes: :puke:
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:59 PM
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15. The other explanation is that we're pea-brains.
Its a double whammy. Wow, now I'm really going to join the Hillary camp because of the quality of the insults.
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Elspeth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:09 PM
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20. What a silly response, daninthemoon. Not had your coffee yet?
"The job is too big for her" is such a common anti-female slur that usually occurs to silly males without a clue. No one has intimated that the job is "too big" for anyone else.

You know you're being sexist and you're hiding behind a primary race to let off your sexist wad.

(BTW, I don't like Hilary for pres. because she is now promising to support the war. That, I think, is a legitimate criticism.)
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:12 PM
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22. Job is too big for dumnya. What name ya gonna call me now?
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Blashyrkh Donating Member (816 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-15-07 01:29 AM
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30. The job is far too big for Dubya. Arguably too big for one person to carry.
I mean, it couldn't possibly be a reference to the size of the job she's seeking, her political motivations and endurance, the current state of the office, amongst other things, could it?

The intention of the poster counts for something, not just your knee-jerk reaction.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:28 PM
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25. It certainly gets old quick.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:57 PM
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13. Thanks for the blessing
Do you confer insults on every feminist who doesn't agree with your infantile requirement that all women must vote for Hillary?
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:49 PM
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7. He has too much momentum than to hide away under any government
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:51 PM
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9. He probably wouldn't want an official post working for Hillary.
He may well work in some unofficial capacities in regards to global warming issues. That would be good.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:57 PM
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14. I think he is a little bigger than a cabinet post right now.
He's way above President right now.
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aquart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 12:53 PM
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10. None. He's an international voice now.
To become the partisan voice representing one government's interests is too small a job.

But I can imagine him being asked to head special commissions or attend certain meetings.
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:01 PM
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16. Hillary(corporate) and Gore(environment) are oil and water. n/t
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daninthemoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:05 PM
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19. Nice analogy!
:toast:
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HCE SuiGeneris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:11 PM
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21. ...
Feeling rather literal today... thank you very much :toast:
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RestoreGore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:01 PM
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17. Since this crisis is not a political issue
Edited on Sun Oct-14-07 01:01 PM by RestoreGore
I doubt he would wish to make it one which is exactly what it would become if he takes on any role regarding it in a Democratic administration. We won't be able to enact solutions to this crisis in time without the work of Americans regardless of politics. Therefore, I will continue to suggest to the Secretary General that he be designated as the first UN Global Environmental Ambassador to continue his work on a global non politcally partisan basis.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:02 PM
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18. Gore has said he has zero interest in a cabinet or federal position
KING: No cabinet position?

GORE: No.

KING: No federal position?

GORE: No. Not because I don't have the greatest respect for what an honor it would be to serve in such a position, but I have -- I have zero interest in doing something like that.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0705/22/lkl.01.html
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Cleita Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:19 PM
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23. I don't think she would ask Gore to be in her administration.
He's too liberal for her brand of politics.
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Yael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:30 PM
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26. There is that.
:rofl:
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 01:36 PM
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27. I think he would rather smear himself in wombat shit
and roll around in a fetal position sucking his thumb than serve in another Clinton administration.
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-14-07 04:15 PM
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28. Maybe he could be the head of a new environmental/industry organization
called the homeland environmental office on global warming and act as a catalist amongst all sectors of the country/world?
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