SAVE US, AL GORE!!!! SAVE US ALL NOW!!!!

[ThatsMyBarack]

You're the only one who can give us back the USA we once knew and loved. If you don't run for POTUS, I'll end up having to move to Canada, and that's a lot of work!

:patriot:

[nightrider767]

1. My Guess

Look for Al to join the party in the form of a VP.

[book_worm]

25. Gore will not serve as VP for anybody again

if he's not going to run for president, he isn't going to accept VP either.

[nightrider767]

28. Well Don't Be Too Quick To Judge

Not only would he bring a lot of support to the right candidate, but he could make a real difference. Consider how many years we've had of environmental damage. Not enforcing pollution laws, lowering standards, selling off large tracks or land for deforestation and industrial use.

Now consider the situation on a global level. Mostly VP's are figure-heads. But look at the example of Dick Chaney who runs his own parallel administration. If Gore took that lead, and instead fallowing CHaney's lead of doing evel, he could broaden the influence of the VP and pursue so many of the environmental issues that are so important to us all.

[riqster]

2. Al is trying to save the planet, which is a helluva job

...we will have to save America ourselves. Fair enough, it's our country after all.

[bdamomma]

3. it is all up to us, we have to fight back, whatever way we can

[riqster]

7. Exactly. Americans want a savior

...so as to save we the people all the effort of saving ourselves.

Ain't gonna happen. Even if Gore were to take the office that is rightfully his, he couldn't do it by himself.

To paraphrase, "We have met our deliverer and he is us".

[AndyTiedye]

9. We Have Been Trying to Do That for 7 Years — and Losing to the Mighty Slime Machine

[riqster]

12. Keep on fighting

...to surrender guarantees our doom. Fighting brings the possibility of survival.

[AndyTiedye]

33. Nobody said anything about surrender. I note that you talk only of surviving, not winning

so I guess neither of us are under any illusions here.

[ThatsMyBarack]

30. Exactly.

[wtmusic]

10. If we lose America we lose the planet

No other country is willing enough, or has enough clout to make it happen.

[AikidoSoul]

17. Well-said, WT Music N/T

[earth mom]

4. Save us Al! Kick the criminals to the curb!

:kick:

I've been wanting to get out of Dodge myself but dh doesn't want to due to his job/pension/etc. But the other day, after discussing how bad it's getting, he said we should get passports.

So who knows? Hope it's not to late, or better yet...hope that Gore is running and will stop this b.s.!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. May be gore doesn't understand how bad things are in the USA?

may be he doesn't think we need being saved.

[stlsaxman]

31. Have you read "The Assault On Reason"? Gore KNOWS how bad it's become.

Here is a 90 sec book report on TAOR- Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6nTAR2MVYQ&NR=1

[havocmom]

6. Gee, with pressure (and attitudes) like that around, no wonder he isn't running.

We The People.... are responsible for taking care of the nation.

Not, 'save us, Al Gore'.

x(

[aquart]

8. If you want to go to Canada, go NOW.

Seriously, when the water starts rising over our coasts and drought and flooding destroy our crops, they'll be forced to close the borders because there will be too many of us trying to get in.

So make good on your threats and hoof it.

[IndyOp]

11. Good grief - I want Al to run with all my heart - but he can't SAVE US - we

have to save ourselves. It'll be a heck of a lot easier to save ourselves with good leadership.

:hi:

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

13. Well, The Canadian Dollar IS Stronger Than The U.S. Now

I might join you up there. At least there's hockey several months out of the year.

[disndat]

14. I don't see how

Al Gore can sit out on the sidelines, giving lectures to world leaders on saving the environment, will do much to further his cause. He has to take an active role as POTUS or he isn't serious. It gives me home that he has put out his position paper on his Current.com blog. It sure looks like a foot in the door to me.

[Pachamama]

15. Same here....n/t

:kick:

[Gregorian]

16. Until we get our media back, we can't begin to change.

And one man isn't going to make the changes alone.

I think there are a couple of major things that people need to realize. There is a large fraction of this country that is at war with us. That was literal during the Civil War. And that was over slavery of all things. Our economy needs war. And now that we're running down to our final conclusion of being the most powerful entity on the planet, we will need war more than ever in order to continue with our lifestyles. But just remember what they do to leaders who try to make changes. JFK, RFK, MLK...


The only people who can change this country are US.

Gore could help. And I hope he runs.

[AikidoSoul]

18. 2 points

#1: Gore is trying to change the media and is deeply invested in doing so.

#2: The idea that "our economy needs war" so we can "continue with our lifestyles" is fallacious. War makes some people very rich -- but the rest of us lose. Just look at the huge debt and the de-funding of programs that aid the middle class and poor. Look at the boondoggle welfare for defense related corporations. And the war economy produces nothing of permanence, or value -- unlike infrastructure. The money used for war would be best used to fund evolving technologies to supplant the need for oil -- and war. The new energy economy would provide exciting net employment opportunities.

[Gregorian]

19. I'm in 100% agreement.

I just think reality is not on our side.

I see the way to a wonderful world with crystal clarity. I always have. I'm one of the lucky people who grew up not having seen a Republican until I was about thirty years old. I never knew how luck I was until now.

As children we literally talked about an energy economy. That was in the sixties. I remember an electric car show down the street from me around 1964. Can you believe that? It was the silicon valley to be. Still fields.

But I'm afraid it's more of a military economy than people realize. Not in that we rely upon it as a source of income as much as a way of keeping our economy going, through cheap resources. It has always been that way. And it's exactly what we're doing now. And it only ends up costing us more in the long run. Along with killing people and making the rest of the world hate us.

This country refuses to make the right decisions. The powerful do not want the people making the decisions. So we end up going in the direction they want us to go. And that direction is always dictated by profit.

I'm really sick of it. But I fear Al Gore can't change as much as we would like. Man would I love to be wrong. Please let me be wrong.

[AndyTiedye]

21. We Did Very Well with Peace and Prosperity During The Clinton Presidency

Peace is more profitable than war, except for the war profiteers (can you say "Halliburton"?).

We can sell more of our products overseas if people like us, instead of hating and fearing us.
(Our Caligula-quoting pResident does not seem to grasp this fact).

We do NOT NEED war.

For the amount of money we have wasted on this war, we could have built our country a rail system second to none
and had plenty left over for universal health care.

Doing that would have been a lot more profitable than the Iraq war.
Even Halliburton probably could have made more money doing that (and at less risk to their employees).

[Gregorian]

23. We may not have been at war during Clinton's terms,

but we were still spending billions on the military. That's what I'm talking about. That is the military economy. This war is a separate issue. It's about us running out of oil.

And I completely agree with you. Think of where we could be. I even posted what could have been, a couple of years ago. And I got swamped with replies saying I should look forward instead of back. But man, battery research, dental research, medical coverage, education... It boggles the minds of people who can actually use their mind.

I think we're over the edge now. And to think none of this had to happen. But now I'm just commiserating.

I don't know how I could hold a job now. I would be angry at everyone who wasn't a Democrat. Argh. I'm way out of it today. Excuse the rambling. :)


Edit- I see that I did say our economy needs war, in my original post. So I have been less than accurate in my reply. I should have said our economy is in large part military oriented. I don't think that's far fetched. $400 billion a year. That's a lot.

[cali]

20. Parody, right? eom

[Virginia Dare]

27. I wish that could be assumed...n/t

[Avalux]

22. We can only save ourselves. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening.

One man cannot save this country; the people need to realize it's not Republican vs. Democrat or whatever - we need to realize it's the American people vs. the crooks in office destroying our country.

Until that happens, I have little hope of any change, regardless of who gets elected.

[pnwmom]

24. We won't have a savior, just a candidate.

Didn't you see how the Rethugs, with the help of the media, tried to rip him to shreds after he got the Nobel?

This is how they treat anyone they feel threatened by -- and what they will do to whoever turns out to be our nominee. We just need to fight back and strongly support the Dem candidate -- whether it's Gore, HRC, Obama, Edwards, or anyone else.

[Virginia Dare]

26. If you're counting on one man to save you..

a politician at that, and one that probably won't even run, then you may as well start making those plans for Canada. I doubt you'll find your Utopia there, though.

[Javaman]

29. save us obi gore-kanobi, you're our only hope.

:rofl:

[SlowDownFast]

32. Recommended.

Moving to Canada is not an option.

RUN, AL, RUN!!!

[MedleyMisty]

34. Sigh

why do so many people assume things here?

"Oh, you want Gore to run, you're a purist who thinks that he will solve all problems ever."

Can we go one second without putting people in little boxes with preconceived and totally illogical stickers on them?