Nobel raises hopes of northern Nevada Gore fan

[Bluebear]

When Ed Cohen heard Al Gore had won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, he was filled with renewed hope.
Cohen went to the Web site of Draft Gore, a movement unaffiliated with the former vice president that is trying to get him to run for president once again. Cohen had signed the petition weeks before, but he figured there might be a renewed groundswell, he wrote in the forum, "Draft Gore Northern Nevada Says Run Gore Run."...

"All along, I've been feeling not really excited about any of the other candidates, especially Hillary (Clinton)," said Cohen, 48, who lives in Reno and works for UNR's Sanford Center for Aging. "For people like myself, progressives, the idea that it's sort of a fait accompli that she's going to be the nominee is disconcerting and worrying. I frankly think if she's the nominee we're looking at a President Giuliani. So many people are just so energized to defeat her."...

None of the current candidates, he said, has the right combination of views on the issues and electability, he said. "I started liking Obama because he always opposed the war, but some of his other statements since then have kind of scared me -- bombing Pakistan and whatnot," Cohen said. "The person with impeccable credentials on the war issue is Dennis Kucinich, but he has no chance. And I'm from Cleveland and I think he's a kook." Kucinich, who is mounting his second peace-platform campaign, is a congressman from Cleveland and former mayor of the city.

Gore doesn't have much time to decide to run, an endeavor that can't have left a good taste in his mouth the last time he tried it. The deadline to file for the New Hampshire primary is Nov. 2. "I'm hoping that he'll say, 'I just won the Nobel -- maybe that'll be the springboard to a really easy victory,'" Cohen said.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/10545862.html

[pnwmom]

1. Look at how the Rethugs came out screeching about Gore's Nobel prize.

They were shocked, horrified, appalled!

I'm not worried that they'll be energized to defeat Hillary -- they'll be energized to defeat ANY of our candidates. And the more they view our candidate as a real threat, the nastier they will be.

My real concern is election fraud. And I want our nominee -- whoever that person turns out to be -- to learn something from the last election, and be ready to fight back -- fast.

[Swamp Rat]

2. NeoGore is "The One!"

:D

[stlsaxman]

4. yyeeeesssss, Neo...

Neo: "Are you telling me that I can dodge bullets?"

Morpheus: "No, I'm saying that, when you're through- you won't HAVE to."

[RestoreGore]

3. Just based on a medal?

What tripe. People who only "support" others based on the prizes they have are not supporters.

[Bluebear]

5. I assume you are callign this "tripe" because you didn't read the post?

"Cohen had signed the petition weeks before, but he figured there might be a renewed groundswell..."

[RestoreGore]

6. Thanks for making the point

"I'm hoping that he'll say, 'I just won the Nobel -- maybe that'll be the springboard to a really easy victory,'" Cohen said."


And that is really what it is about. Not supporting Al Gore, just "winning."