Al Gore: "not ready for Hillary".

[99th_Monkey]

Al Gore is not ready for Hillary. At least, not yet.
By NICK GASS * 11/10/15 * Politico

"It's still too early, in my opinion, to endorse a candidate or pick a candidate," the former vice president told People magazine Tuesday in an interview to preview his 24-hour climate-change telethon, which starts on Friday.

Gore, who has in the past described Clinton as "extremely capable," went on to say that any predictions about how the race will turn out would be "premature," adding that the "election is still a full year away. I think I'll wait to wade into it."
The Democrats' 2000 nominee gave no indication that he would make another run for the White House himself.

"I have taken no steps whatsoever in the direction of a candidacy and my answer has been the same for 10 years now — or more — and you probably heard my answer before: I'm a recovering politician and the longer I go without a relapse, the less likely one becomes," he told the magazine.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/11/al-gore-hillary-clinton-215700#ixzz3r8lgMtGA

[bravenak]

1. Al Gore: NOT READY FOR BERNIE

He did not endorse Bernie Sanders.

[99th_Monkey]

2. True. I copied the Politico headline. Guilty. -nt-

[bravenak]

3. I know. Coulda said O'malley and it woulda worked too.

[99th_Monkey]

5. Some defensiveness is showing

you could take it as the Left-handed complement it is.

i.e. the conventional wisdom says "Gore will endorse Hillary" at some point,
which is sort of implied by the headline.

[bravenak]

6. His endorsement is not important to me.

I have no prob with him going for Bernie.

[99th_Monkey]

29. Nah. who cares?

I'm sure if Gore had endorsed Hillary today, Hillary fans would barely have noticed nor cared;
and there would be nary an OP about it.

[bravenak]

31. You know I only ever voted for Obama, right?

Millennial. Did not care for Gore. Or Kerry.

[99th_Monkey]

33. Well, we have 'not caring' much for Gore in common

You and I actually agree on something. Imagine that.

But actually I do think his work on climate change helped to
wake us up, so I'll give him that.

[bravenak]

34. I Also agree with you about his climate change work!

Boom!

[karynnj]

38. hearing this, I really do not want to see you saying

All Democrats should vote for Clinton in the General election. Both 2000 and 2004 were very important and both Gore and Kerry were and are decent men. Kerry was to the left of HRC and he had at least as good a record with human rights issues.

[bravenak]

39. How old do you think I am?

[karynnj]

40. No idea, but the way you phrased it, you were not interested enough in Gore or Kerry to vote

Given your question now, it sounds like you might be under 29 - thus unable to vote in those years - which opens the question of why you thought it necessary to diminish them.

[bravenak]

41. Not eligible for Gore.

Moved to another state and could not register in time for Kerry. Still did not like them. Only like Obama. Still.

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Why would he endorse Bernie Sanders? We keep hearing that Bernie Sanders isnt a Democrat.

Ive been accused twice, now, in the past week or so, of "not being a Democrat" (not to mention the mile-long list of other undersirable traits that come with the maligned stain of "Sanders supporter&quot because I dare to express support for Sen. Sanders in the primary process.

So I'm sure all the real Democrats here agree that Former VP Gore is, likewise, a real Democrat, so expecting him to endorse Sanders is unrealistic, not to mention he would be thrown out of the party, the way some people seem to deludedly believe they are entitled to do to folks such as myself.

[bravenak]

12. Excuse me? Bernie is NOW a Democrat!!!!

[Warren DeMontague]

14. You shoud be more sparing with the exclamation points.

We could be facing a shortage at some point.

[bravenak]

15. I got a box at costco.

[SunSeeker]

16. LOL

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I FUCKING LOVE COSTCO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

People will be gettin' weed at Costco, in a few years. Mark my words.

[bravenak]

19. I HOPE SO!!!!!

Since I get my snacks there anyway.

[Warren DeMontague]

20. You ever try those Stacy's Pita chips?

Good shit, Maynard.

[bravenak]

21. I might have to give them a shot. I always go straight for the same things I always get. I'm boring.

[Warren DeMontague]

32. Little bit of that Sabra Hummus, you're good to go.

Tough on the dental work, though, so be careful.

[karynnj]

23. If that were the title, have you thought what it would mean?

It would be suggesting that Al Gore, Bill Clinton's VP, who knows Hillary Clinton more than almost anyone in politics was so much more likely to endorse anyone against her -- that Gore, one of the most conservative Democrats when in office was EXPECTED to endorse Bernie Sanders.

Note that in 2008, Gore endorsed Obama only in mid June 2018 -- after the primaries ended with Obama having more delegates than Hillary Clinton. This suggests that he was stayed neutral and then endorsed the nominee. The difference this year is that everybody and their grandmother are endorsing HRC.

[Major Hogwash]

35. A wag of the finger and a tip of the hat to Karen!

The wag for this part ----> " . . . Gore endorsed Obama only in mid June 2018."
Do you see how in 2015, that doesn't make any sense?
Karen, Karen, Karen, how could you ever make that kind of a mistake?



And a tip of the hat for remembering when Al Gore endorsed Obama.
And to think I thought I was the only one paying attention when Al made his ground-breaking endorsement that year.
In June.
After the primaries.

HA!

[karynnj]

37. it was 2008, not 2018

Just a slip when writing.

[MBS]

4. I agree with Gore's statement about the unpredictable nature of this election.

I think we're still in for a very wild ride.
This is going to be a very long and (at least for me) anxious 12 months.

[Major Hogwash]

7. Wow, this is huge.

I think this says about all that needs to be said about Hillary's chances of ever getting in to the White House.
He was Bill Clinton's Vice President for both terms, and yet he prefers to wait until later to endorse someone.

I think this speaks volumes about just how afraid Gore is to incur the wrath of the Clintons for endorsing Bernie now.

[chillfactor]

8. really?

I think you are hoping Gore endorses Bernie....i would not count on it.....I think Gore I just waiting to see how things work out...a bit early for Gore to be endorsing anyone.

[99th_Monkey]

9. Bernie IS the one who flatly said "Climate Change"

when asked what the most serious national security issue is for the USA.

[Major Hogwash]

10. Why is Al scared to endorse Bernie?

It's not too early for someone of his stature to endorse Bernie.

[okasha]

13. Who-besides you--

says he's scared?

Apparently in Bernieworld, Hillary and all her supporters are TERRIFIED of Sanders, but everyone else is afraid of Clinton. High blood-pressure world you guys live in, dude. Talk to your doctor about Calan.

[Major Hogwash]

22. Al is scared. That's the inconvenient truth.

There is no other reason why Al wouldn't come out and endorse Bernie at this point in time.

[okasha]

24. He's confided this to you?

What exactly, pray, is he afraid of? Getting his tires slashed? His house wrapped?

Or perhaps he just wants to keep all channels open with President Clinton and Senator Sanders as his signature cause is finally getting some serious traction in the political arena.

[Major Hogwash]

25. Do you think Al's not scared of the Clintons?

After what they did to him when he ran for President?

[okasha]

30. I doubt Gore is "scared" of anyone.

He has his own cause and legacy now, with or without the Clintons. Sorry, don't share your view that he's an abject coward.

[Betty Karlson]

36. That's the way I read it too.

Gore probably isn't such a pushover as the board of the League of Conservation Voters, but still has enough sense of self-preservation to keep his irons in the fire.

[Codeine]

17. He's assumed the mantle of statesman,

and behaves accordingly. He's not going to endorse Hillary until it's clear she's got it wrapped up.

[Major Hogwash]

26. That would be the safe thing for him to do.

Assuming she is going to be the nominee.

[Codeine]

28. Oh good grief.

Al fucking Gore isn't afraid of the Clintons. You're starting to sound like the republicans when they spent a decade trying to convince America that Bill and Hillary had Vince Foster murdered.

Y'all are taking the term "silly season" altogether too literally.

[Thinkingabout]

27. Does this sound a little more familiar?

"Gore: I'm not ready to endorse Clinton"



I saw the word "to endorse" and not "for", what is the problem here?