Obama Chats With Al Gore

Obama Chats With Al Gore

NY Times' The Caucus   |  Jeff Zeleny   |   March 13, 2008 11:08 AM


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With a six-week interval between primaries, the Democratic presidential candidates have a little more time on their hands after a chaotic string of week-to-week primaries and caucuses.

It leaves a little more time for telephone calls. To superdelegates.

"The last time I talked to Al Gore was last week," Senator Barack Obama said today, speaking to reporters as he flew from Chicago to Washington.


 
 

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- STRONG See Profile I'm a Fan of STRONG permalink

I ALWAYS THOUGHT AL GORE WAS THE KING OF "HOT AIR." BUT AFTER LISTENING TO OBAMA'S "RACE SPEECH.", A NEW "EMPEROR" IS CROWNED.

DID ANYONE ASK OBAMA, WHO SEEMS TO THINK THAT THE MINISTER'S COMMENTS WERE ABERRATIONS, WHEN AND WHERE DID THIS "MINISTER" EVER SAY ANYTHING REMOTELY FAVORABLE ABOUT THE USA OR WHITE PEOPLE IN GENERAL--WHITE PEOPLE LIKE THE GRAND MOTHER WHO RAISED YOU? AND A QUESTION FOR OBAMA'S ANGRY WIFE MICHELLE; "MICHELLE, DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD HAVE HAD 2 IVY LEAGUE DEGREES; LIVE IN A $1.9 MILLION HOUSE; EARN OVER $1 MILLIOM PER YEAR IF YOU HAD LIVED IN COUNTRIES YOU SEEM TO ADMIRE-DARFUR, KENYA, ETHIOPIA, GHANA ,SOMALIA; IF YOU HAD LIVED ON WHAT MINISTER WRIGHT REFERS TO AS, THE MOTHER CONTINENT?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:50 PM on 03/19/2008
- Pammy1151 See Profile I'm a Fan of Pammy1151 permalink

Why is everyone putting Obama in second place? Obama/Gore won't work because Gore already was second and could not make it to first. He would be stupid to consider second place again with someone. No way is Clinton going to take second place either.

You all maybe much smarter or more informed as I am but use your common sense on this one.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:50 PM on 03/16/2008
- ALIMO See Profile I'm a Fan of ALIMO permalink

I read an article that said if Hillary and Barak end up at the convention and the if the Democratic party sees that neither are viable candidates to the Super-delegates/ the Super delegates could actually draft a viable candidate and that would be Al Gore.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:27 AM on 03/16/2008
- speakyourmind See Profile I'm a Fan of speakyourmind permalink

Ideas like that are just somebody else's idea of "ooh wouldn't that be great," but it doesn't really amount to anything tangible. It's a fantasy, a "what-if" and nothing more.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:24 PM on 03/19/2008
- smustaro See Profile I'm a Fan of smustaro permalink

Two words, Joe Biden.
He's the best we have. Will we have an Obama stage race war if Joe is the nominee?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:22 AM on 03/19/2008
- JOHND777 See Profile I'm a Fan of JOHND777 permalink

One need not ever wonder again what the Clinton machine is all about. Its not just about winning but how they do it. First Jesse Jackson, then Rendell on white voters in Penn, then the 3 a.m. ad, then NAFTA, then the photo in muslim garb, then Ferraro's comments on the lucky black man, he will be my VP, then his pastor from an all black area spouting anti-white american words and now walking arm in arm with Rendell in the Saint Patrick's day parade an Irish celebration while her opponent is responding to accusations that if his pastor is a racist well what is he and what else do we not know about him. Cry for Florida and Michigan when she never said a word of protest when the DNC made its original ruling. Connect the dots, watch the pattern of attack then play victim, act honored and offer peace, but then scream shame the next day. Endorse the Republican and act like her opponent is unqualified!

Lets see how many cards have been played? Gender card, victim card, crying card, racist card, and now the biggest one yet THE FEAR CARD (racial, hates america, muslim, liar, unqualified, black hope, and black racist) !!!

The politics of hope is crumbling to the politics of fear and we have been duped again. Remember it took LBJ (who as we know loved blacks and was anti war) to make Martin Luther King's dream a reality! The Clinton machine is trying to boil the hope out even if it means destroying the democratic party, sending young people go back to being apathetic and big oil, the military industrial complex continue making billions while Americans are foreclosed on. All of this to justify the big plan in motion to steal what she could not win on her bankrupt ideas, the Presidency.

After I write in Obama for President if my worst fears come to pass, I do pray the negative karma built by this machine will be remembered! In years to come when the dust is settled these corrupt cowards will be a footnote and the YES WE CAN video shown to our grandchildren yet to be born!

OBAMA 08- DON'T LET EVIL NEGATIVE POWER WIN!!!!!!





    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:17 PM on 03/15/2008
- gurukalehuru See Profile I'm a Fan of gurukalehuru permalink

For a long time, I supported Hillary over Obama, based on electability.
I believe the Senator from Illinois, with wins in places like Iowa and Utah (mostly white), his cool reactions under pressure and his gracious style of campaigning, his popularity among independents and, of course, his ability to deliver a great speech, has proved me wrong.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:28 AM on 03/15/2008
- rwferr See Profile I'm a Fan of rwferr permalink

DRAFT GORE for the good of the Country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:16 AM on 03/15/2008
- MMB See Profile I'm a Fan of MMB permalink

Gore and Edwards need to sit this one out until the convention and then support whoever is the nominee.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:19 PM on 03/15/2008
- ChangeNow See Profile I'm a Fan of ChangeNow permalink

Gore and Edwards - gutless weenies. Come on boys, endorse already!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:39 PM on 03/14/2008
- ProudLiberalDan See Profile I'm a Fan of ProudLiberalDan permalink

Or maybe a reasonable and courageous person can come to a different conclusion about which candidate they think would make a better President.

This isn't an endorsement of Clinton, but I'm really tired of people making personal criticisms of people because hey haven't joined the Obama campaign yet.

I have no doubt that both men will enthusiastically endorse Obama should he, as probable, be nominated.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:47 PM on 03/14/2008
- johnnyjust See Profile I'm a Fan of johnnyjust permalink

"Now, Al, is it Global Warming or Global Cooling? I get my scams mixed up."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:22 PM on 03/14/2008
- aliceblue See Profile I'm a Fan of aliceblue permalink

We're destroying the Biblical Canopy (see Genesis).
Many cultures have left a record of a thick, moist
atmosphere but we, the worst polluters, are thinning
it with carbon dioxide, methane, etc.

That means the heat leaves the planet at night,
the sun burns in during the day.

It's not 'Global Warming' it's 'Global DRYING.'

Severe drying cold and severe drying heat.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:23 PM on 03/15/2008
- ProudLiberalDan See Profile I'm a Fan of ProudLiberalDan permalink

The think the "scam" you are thinking of is Reaganomics. -- that tax cuts for the wealthy bring in more revenue for the Government and prosperity for them will trickle down to working people. It's been disproven under three Presidents now.

Who wouldn't want to believe in something for nothing? That's why conservatives like it so much.

That is the real scam.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:32 PM on 03/14/2008
- PingMama See Profile I'm a Fan of PingMama permalink

Amen Dan

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:44 PM on 03/14/2008
- ProudLiberalDan See Profile I'm a Fan of ProudLiberalDan permalink

If Obama has the plurality of pledged delegates and, more importantly, actual votes, he should then receive the votes of Superdelegates. I suspect Obama will and should be the nominee -- despite the fact that both of these remaining Democrats are both DLC to the bone -- despite some of Obama's rapturous supporters who have deluded themselves otherwise..

Assuming Obama is the nominee, he will have won a small majority to become the nominee. He cannot afford to piss on Clinton or her supporters no matter how much the Obamaniacs on this board would like him to do that. If even 10% of them either stay home, vote for minor party candidates or, God forbid, vote for McCain it will be disastrous for his Presidential campaign, no matter how many "new" people he brings to the polls.

If he doesn't want to offer Hillary the VP slot, he could do a lot worse than offer it to Gore.

Gore is, of course, qualified to step into the Presidency on day one. He would be supported by all parts of the party. He wouldn't overshadow Obama on the campaign trail. He could take on issues as VP like climate change -- which is far important to the American and planetary future than is being addressed in the campaign thus far. The people who wanted Gore to run in the first place would be thrilled.

Obama needs a VP choice that would unify a party that will be temporarily divided.

The Democrats could do a lot worse than Obama/Gore.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:21 PM on 03/14/2008
- rwferr See Profile I'm a Fan of rwferr permalink

Draft Gore and Gore/Obama would be better.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 AM on 03/15/2008
- dgscol See Profile I'm a Fan of dgscol permalink

How about a Gore/Obama ticket?

Gore may be found guilty of fraud, and may want the top job.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:00 PM on 03/14/2008
- markkraft See Profile I'm a Fan of markkraft permalink

Obama/Gore '08!

The real dream ticket.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:49 PM on 03/14/2008
- rwferr See Profile I'm a Fan of rwferr permalink

Gore/Obama

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 AM on 03/15/2008
- Tator See Profile I'm a Fan of Tator permalink

I can hear it now' "Hey, Al....NOAA just reported this year as the coldest WORLDWIDE since 2001 and for the US there have been 53 others WARMER....how we going to spin this to our religious believers"?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:18 PM on 03/14/2008
- HumeSkeptic See Profile I'm a Fan of HumeSkeptic permalink

Tator is clueless about the science of climate change. Poor Tator!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:59 PM on 03/14/2008
- PingMama See Profile I'm a Fan of PingMama permalink

Agree. Everyone thinks global warming means the world is supposed to be warm all the time. It's obvious people don't take the time to educate themselves about what global warming really means.

It's called unusual weather patterns people!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 PM on 03/14/2008
- gwhizz See Profile I'm a Fan of gwhizz permalink

This is a story? Is the rest of it missing?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:03 PM on 03/14/2008
- Marrob See Profile I'm a Fan of Marrob permalink

DON'T DO IT AL, OBAMA'S PREACHER/MENTOR IS A RACIST!!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:50 AM on 03/14/2008
- definitelyNOTmisterRIGHT See Profile I'm a Fan of definitelyNOTmisterRIGHT permalink

who cares about his preacher! most christians are racist! the vote is for obama, not his ex preacher!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:35 AM on 03/17/2008
- PhyloSeFiser See Profile I'm a Fan of PhyloSeFiser permalink

Come on Al. Endorse him already. We are in desperate need of an act of great moral courage. Stop her before she ruins the Democrats chances in November.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:01 AM on 03/14/2008
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