Posted on 03/27/2008 12:28:12 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Unlike Barack Obama, Bill Clinton does not believe in "the fierce urgency of now." The former President has an exquisitely languid sense of how political time unfurls. He understands that those moments the political community, especially the media, considers urgent usually aren't. He has seen his own election and re-election—and completing his second term—pronounced "impossible" and lived to tell the tale. He remembers that in spring 1992 he had pretty much won the Democratic nomination but was considered a dead man walking, running third behind Bush the Elder and Ross Perot. He knows that April is the silly season in presidential politics, the moment when candidates involved in a bruising primary battle seem weakest and bloodied, as both Hillary Clinton and Obama do now. It's the moment when pundits demand action—"Drop out, Hillary!"—and propound foolish theories. And so I'm rather embarrassed to admit that I'm slouching toward, well, a theory: if this race continues to slide downhill, the answer to the Democratic Party's dilemma may turn out to be Al Gore.
This April promises to be crueler than most. The two campaigns have started attacking each other with chainsaws, while the Republican John McCain is moving ahead in some national polls. At this point, Clinton can only win the nomination ugly: by superdelegates abandoning Obama and turning to her, in droves—not impossible, but not very likely either. Even if Clinton did overtake Obama, it would be very difficult for her to win the presidency: African Americans would never forgive her for "stealing" the nomination. They would simply stay home in November, as would the Obamista youth. (Although the former President is probably thinking: Yeah, but John McCain is a flagrantly flawed candidate too—I'd accept even a corrupted nomination and take my chances.)
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It depends on the question.
As far as the GOP is concerned, Al Gore is the answer. His nomination would sufficiently p!ss off both the female and black factions in the Dem Party to assure defeat, and leave Howard Dean with the worst candidate since.... well, Howard Dean.
If Al Gore is the answer...I’m scared to ask what is the question.
If Al Gore is the answer its a stupid question.
I would love to see Gore run again. He could lose fair and square, again. And put up Joe Klein as his VP candidate. That loser has been partisan so long, he should finally earn his pay honestly.
PING! (cubed)
Only if the question is “Who’s the stupidest, most arrogant, pompous, wooden-headed fraud ever to run for President”.
The guestion is who is the biggest a hole from Tennessee and a former Vice President?
I don’t think that The Goron would take the cut in pay!
No more carbon credit selling, don’cha know!
LOL But I would put that answer in the Double Jeopardy section for $2000.
That was about the most embarrassing, choreographed, BS display I’ve ever seen - on a par with the Clintons’ “slow dance on the beach.”
The Goracle is the answer to a question never asked..
Consider this...Al hasn’t been seen much at all since the Nobel Prize episode...which is rather odd. Al has a speech rigged up in San Fransisco in mid-April....major conference...all of the folks are paying $3k each to attend and he is the major speaker. Al demanded no video or audio within the place....no media...nothing but listeners. There is this rumor that Al has lost some weight in the past two months. Normally....I’d just laugh and turn a good joke here....but with the mess that Hillary and the DNC has created....I’m thinking that Al might be more of a solution than anyone thought.
McCain versus Hillary....McCain wins. McCain against Obama...McCain wins but not as much. But now....McCain versus Al? We have the Southern Baptists who have turned slightly and become “green”....which means that Al might convince half of them to forget their Republic roots. The support for McCain in Texas? Not that great. Support for McCain in the New England states? Lousy.
So....I don’t think Al Gore is the answer but then....if I were the DNC and all of the super-delegates...I might not be looking for the “answer”...as much as a guy who could beat McCain. This entire mess we see today....just invites another wild direction that no one could have predicted....and McCain himself probably couldn’t have predicted a trim Al facing him.
you got that right
Excellent.
ALGORE hasn’t been seen much lately because we’ve had an exceptionally cold winter. Just wait until we have a hot day this summer and he’ll be plastered on every possible media space...
No way. There aren’t enough white males left in the Dem Party. That’s why Hillary and Barack are in controls.
But it sure would be great if Howard decided to go with Gore.
Uh, no.
Unless the question is: “Who’s the biggest dork in America to ever run for President”.
It’s a tie between Gore, Jon Francoise Carry and Dukacah. And lets us not forget that lustful wabbit hater, Jimah Kahtah.
The Dims, what a pack of putzes and losers.
If the question is “Who is man bear pig’s father”, then algore is indeed the answer.
Depends. If Hillary cuts into BO's state delegate lead and by convention time all polls indicate her doing far better than BO against McCain in the general, the superdelegates could very will go her way. But yep, there'd then be a "we was disenfranchised!!!" bloodbath that'd make '68 look like a day at Disneyland by comparison.
Algore isn't even close to being the answer, but the fact that his name is being tossed around in this regard shows just how much trouble the Dems are in.
Or
The anti-american, anti white, anti jew with a strange name tied to organized crime
Or
The tree hugging unibomber sound-alike earth is dying alarmist
This election isnt looking so bad.
algore is a dream candidate. He would HAVE to pick either Barack McGovern Obama or the beast as his VP. That would make for a major league loser for the rat in November.
The irony is that he would be “selected not elected” if he won the 2008 Democrat nomination.
The hipocracy would be so thick you could not cut it at all.
Not even with a diamond bladed sawzall.
If Al Gore is the answer, it must be a bizarre question.
Yup. I can see the GOP commercials now. “Dems had a black man and a woman running for president. Instead, they chose to nominate a rich white guy.”
A rich white oilman, to boot.
A fat rich white guy... Who already lost to George Bush.
And nominated a conservative for VP who has since abandoned the Dem Party.
There ain’t no way in tarnation that Gore would beat McCain.
And one that’s invested past his triple chin in the carbon credits business. But, I don’t expect the media will give that fact or the oilman fact any play.
The Democrats were certain the William Jennings Bryan was “the answer” for many years too.
Algore just walkin' in there and swiping the nomination... yep, he's probably the only one who could get away with it (based on his being "cheated" in 2000). He could grab a lot of the college-age support that Obama now enjoys, ditto the Oprah crowd. Probably a bunch of Independents as well.
Hell, he's probably tougher for McCain to beat than either of the current Dems.
There's something else to consider as well: If Republicans have to sit and watch while the Democrats get a nominee do-over, knowing there's no possibility of doing the same to get rid of McCain... I can't imagine anything that would be more effective at suppressing the conservative vote.
To what question?
Only if the question is: who is an inconvenient goof?
bttt
If Al Gore is the answer... its a stupid question.
Alert the USSC to prepare for the next Gore challenge.
Gore is what passes among journalism majors as an “intellectual giant”.
Which tells you far more about journalism majors than it ever will about Al Gore.
It depends on the question.
O.K....Is Algore a wooden cigar store Indian?
It depends on if the question is who is the last major party candidate for president not to have won their own home state.
Journalists like Joe Klein must love sitting around making foolish stories like this up. It's a weird form of masturbation in my very humble opinion. If Clinton stealing the nod from Obama will upset Democrats... imagine what impact Gore stealing it from the both of them will have on the lunes.
Their only chance of not getting totally creamed in November is a Gore/Obama ticket. Who else? It would still have to be a darn good point spread to even want to bet on that one.
Joe Klein took the brown acid.
Gore/Obama may at least hold the party together. It’s more about party survival at this point than winning the general.
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