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Gore Can 'Buy' 2008 Election (He Owns a ton of Google Stock)
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| 5/11/06
Posted on 05/11/2006 9:06:28 AM PDT by areafiftyone
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To: areafiftyone
Gore "owns a ton of Google and he's made enough money that he could wait until a month before and just drop $50 million in to launch a [2008] race," a well-placed Democrat told Deborah Orin of the New York Post. And if he sells it for a huge profit, he'll pay the good higher Democratic capital gains rate rather the eeeeevil lower Republican capital gains rate, right? It's for the children.
Al, Al, please quit laughing at my suggestion.
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:23:56 AM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Never ask a Kennedy if he'll have another drink. It's nobody's business how much he's had already.)
To: Emile
We all know that W could have pushed Texas for another 1,000,000 votes if popular votes was his goal but he did not waste time down there. The definition of a sore loser is one who, when losing, bemoans the rules that cost him the contest rather than give credit to the winner or criticize his own culpability.
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:26:44 AM PDT
by
xcullen
To: areafiftyone
Hahahahahaha wait until they figure out that Gore now qualifies as one of those over-compensated robber barrons. What did he do for his stock? Was it a friend dispensing largess or buying future influence? A consulting arrangement in order to avoid the gift tax? Is AlGore avoiding payment of his "fair share?"
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Too soon to remember??? How about TOO SOON TO FORGET!" from Mr. Silverback)
To: pepsionice
Too many stupid comments to use against him. He has burned his bridges.
To: areafiftyone
Reality check: Al Gore may have been an advisor to Google and he may have been paid with Google stock, but insiders in a major corporation usually hold stock options, not actually shares and the shares they hold are subject to lockups.
Sergey Brin, Google's cofounder, only owns $31M of tradable stock.
That's the portion of his billions that have outlasted all the restrictions and are now saleable on the open market. It will likely be a decade before Brin is able to trade his whole stake free and clear.
If Brin only has $31M in tradable stock today, I doubt Al Gore has 50M.
To: areafiftyone
Gore can become the next "Nader". We need the token kook candidate everyone laughs at, and gets the token number of kook votes, siphoned from the RATS. Nader is reiring, isn't he?
To: EveningStar
EXTHELTHIOR/ MANBEARPIG/ SUPERCEREAL ping!
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:40:46 AM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(EKTHELTHIOR!!!)
To: Mr. Jeeves
Has John Kerry asked to marry him yet?ROFLMAO!!!!!
Run, Al, run !!!!
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:49:28 AM PDT
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: lesser_satan
EXTHELTHIOR/ MANBEARPIG/ SUPERCEREAL ping! $50 mill buys a lot of molten lead.
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posted on
05/11/2006 9:51:06 AM PDT
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: areafiftyone
I would suggest that he sell the stock now, before it further collapses.
To: CharlesWayneCT
Shhhh you're not supposed to ask questions like that he's a demo/socialist therefore all of his riches are justly deserved. He's not in the pocket of "Big Internet" he's just providing them with the friendly advise only the inventor of the Internet possible could.
Anyway just as Pelosi, Reid or Howard Scream only Republicans are corrupt, demo's are the party of good government.
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:02:56 AM PDT
by
marlon
To: areafiftyone
$400 a share??? What does Google sell again?
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:10:15 AM PDT
by
jerod
To: jerod
This country will get what they deserve since the sheeple will vote for whoever gives them the most. We're a quickly shrinking minority.
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:16:30 AM PDT
by
bicyclerepair
(Moonbats are everywhere!)
To: areafiftyone
Apparently he still doesn't have enough money to buy a clue.
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:23:50 AM PDT
by
Maceman
(Fake but accurate, and now double-sourced)
To: lesser_satan
If Hillary runs, Gore can forget the dem nomination. Hey Al -- Run 3rd party, please !!! Run like Kinky and Crazy Grandma.
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:31:47 AM PDT
by
PetroniDE
(We Don't Live in Texas Anymore --- State Name is Now TAXES !!)
To: areafiftyone
I happen to hold first rights to this venue. I am perfectly willing to accept his prepayment in the amount of $1 Googleplex pennies. Please make the check payable to the Young Werther Foundation which will be formed to fund Free Republic and other worthy causes in addition to funding those private enterprises which will get me off planet ASAP.
My lunar colonists will include those Boca Bikini Broads and any Freepers who would like to study sexual situations in 1/6th Gravity. Would you fly to the moon for Lorna Doone? (second row left most in the Boca Picture!)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:39:31 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(All we get are lame ideas from Republicans and lame criticism from dems about those lame ideas.)
To: I still care
Cheney donated practially 2/3 of his income to charity last year, and all the MSM could write was that he had gotten a big tax refund. And most of it filthy, obscene corporate money at that. Cheney's was ill-gotten lucre from the evil oil and gas industry, as opposed to Gore's hard-earned Google stock profits, don't you know.
I'm waiting for the bottom to drop out of Google stock, and listen to the wailing. It will be sweet.
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:53:17 AM PDT
by
JustaCowgirl
(Sessions-The immigration bill is a colossal failure. It's a dead horse laying out in the sun.)
To: areafiftyone
Gore running would be an absolute gift. He would get the moonbat vote, and sufficient other votes to get the nomination.
Regards, Ivan
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:56:06 AM PDT
by
MadIvan
(I aim to misbehave.)
To: areafiftyone
Good time to start boycotting google? (Who ever controls the search engines controls the information)
Dogpile, Yahoo, Altavista still in business?
Better search engines?
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posted on
05/11/2006 10:59:07 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(The original Contract with America - The U.S. Constitution)
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