Look who's on the cover of ALL FOUR Time Magazine editions this week!

[NYCGirl]

The US, Europe, Asia and South Pacific!



http://www.time.com/time/magazine

And the article (which has been posted here in the past few days) is good, too!

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1622009,00.html

[louis-t]

1. Cool.

[William769]

2. I would love to see him run, I just don't see it happening.

[The Backlash Cometh]

18. Oh. let your mind run amok.

[Annces]

3. Time magazine - who hired Matt Cooper

I don't trust our own media. Bunch of shills.

[Kolesar]

49. Time Warner gives us Glen Beck on Headline News Network

hate 'em.

[rsmith6621]

4. Gore will Run......

....He just isnt going to waste 18 months of his life doing something he can do in 8 month.....once Hilary,Obamba...ect wear themselves out he will step in and be a breath of steady fresh air...Al Gore has nothing to apologize for, Hilary does for being in tight with the DLC.

Gore is his own man.

[SnowGoose]

6. From your lips... nt

[ThomWV]

15. Hope and Pray

And be prepared to donate and then get out the vote.

[JTFrog]

50. I don't think he needs the money.

Possibly one of the reasons that he said that he doesn't have to play the 600 day campaign game.

[Cha]

20. hillary is the Queen of the

dlc.

[otohara]

63. Crossing My Fingers & Toes

holding out for the best man!

[PurpleChez]

65. What an awesome scenario!

I'm not a Hillary hater by any means, but neither am I a big fan. She's an opportunist who supported the war and propped up * (a la Lieberman) until it was expedient to do otherwise. I like Obama, but I just don't think he's got enough experience to convince a majority to vote for him. But President Gore and VICE-president Obama...how cool would that be?

[lse7581011]

76. God! I Hope So! n/t

[OneBlueSky]

5. well . . . he did pose for the photo . . . hmmm . . . n/t

.

[intheflow]

8. Could have been a Time-Warner stock photo.

Promotional shot from when Time ran a piece about An Inconvenient Truth.

[snappyturtle]

9. I don't think it was a stock photo. This a.m. on WJ Brian

made a BIG deal about getting a close-up of the cover (?) because some photographer he named had done it. Sounded like it was a recent photo. I'm sorry to say the photographer's name didn't ring a bell with me. What can I say...they did the close-up and Gore still looked good!

[Richard D]

7. I have to say . . .

. . . of all the candidates, he's the only one that looks totally "presidential" to me.

I so hope he runs.

[Divine Discontent]

72. "looks"

this is a crap comment, sorry. Yes, he looks the stereotypical old-fashioned President from days gone by, but to just make the post to say he looks the most like a protective father of the nation, in effect, disparages that Obama and Hillary have no one before them in the 40some presidents who look anything like them. I suppose you think Edwards looks rather presidential out of the remaining candidates? And Bush looks human, but he was clearly hatched out of pea pod in Babs Idiot-Garden...

Looking like a president isn't enough. I'm juss sayin you should have quantified your statement by adding that he has the whole package and not just make the apparent argument he should run b/c he's the "ONLY ONE" that looks presidential...

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- check it out, top '08 stuff

[THUNDER HANDS]

10. i really wish he would just make up his mind

[Horse with no Name]

12. There is nothing written that says he has to jump in the mud

now--we have lots of time until the election.
He would actually be foolish to do it.

[THUNDER HANDS]

13. would he?

He's got to get at team together, start an organization on the ground in early primary states, raise money, ect, ect.

Look how well starting late did for Clark in 2004.

[Horse with no Name]

14. Clark didn't have the name recognition that Gore has

Gore could make a few phone calls and be off in running in 12 hours--of that I have no doubt.
Just a side note--I like Clark--so this isn't a slam to him.

[Frank Cannon]

28. Gore/Clark would be a royal flush, no matter when it's played

That's just my opinion.

But I think Gore/anyone would win, no matter when it's declared.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

32. I still believe it should be Gore/Edwards

Two men, both screwn out of the jobs they honestly earned, banding together to set right what once went wrong. (Sorry, that Quantum Leap thang just popped in there...)

[dddem]

45. Yeah baby!

My dream ticket - 8 years of Gore followed by 8 years of Edwards. Maybe by then the mess this administration has put us in will begin to be cleaned up.

[BrklynLiberal]

62. I would certainly vote for that dynamic duo!!!

[colorado_ufo]

66. Gore/Clark = megawatt brain power and courage and strength.

The Founding Fathers could rest once again.

[Divine Discontent]

74. gore edwards, gore clark

would be fannnnnnnnnnnntastic! maybe even gore obama, gore clinton, but especially the first 2!

www.cafepress.com/warisprofitable <<-- check it out, top '08 stuff

[Frank Cannon]

27. Right now the corporomedia script is "Hillary/Barack v. Rudy"

And they've been working long and hard at that. It's just laughable that the race is starting this early, but the corporate-owned media knows that it's going to take a long, hard sell for the masses to accept their corporate-owned election match-up, followed by their corporate-owned election results.

The longer Big Al stays out of this circus (if he really intends to run), the better. I know at least two formerly hardcore Republicans who tell me they would vote for Gore in a heartbeat if he were an option. I know I would.

[tavalon]

41. I think he has

But he's a lifelong savvy politico. He's playing this game to drum up the grassroots support and to let the front runners take the media feeding frenzy for a while. He does himself no favors by jumping in this early. The problem and the fine line he has to walk is being able to stoke the fire without pushing us over to annoyance. It would be easier if he didn't incessantly get "the question" but he wouldn't be getting as much press if "the question" wasn't ever present. I think he's doing a very good job at the political game thus far.

[many a good man]

11. That's a profile made for the front of a quarter!

[Cha]

23. Or a

Silver Dollar!~

[Frank Cannon]

25. That was my 1st thought. This is the 2072 American $5 coin.

I can always hold out hope.

If (When) Big Al declares, I'm there. I know at least two or three formerly hard-core Republicans who agree wholeheartedly with me on that.

[gauguin57]

38. He does have a Founding Father sort of profile ...

... unfortunately, we'll all be underwater by 2072, so there won't be any money at all.

That is, of course, UNLESS AL RUNS!!!!!!!

[HeeBGBz]

47. He does have that coinage look about him

In that photo.

[annabanana]

61. My thought too. Great picture!. . . . . n/t

[AzDar]

16. ..Lookin' all Presidential and all...what a tease. n/t

[Swamp Rat]

17. Geaux Gore!!!!!!

:kick:

[Cha]

19. Gore is so intelligent, passionate, and

humorous! If we didn't have corporatemediawhores in the USA ..we woulda had him for our Prez in 2001. Well, we still have the cmWHORES but bushit has been in power for near on 8 years and our country's in the cesspool..so things have changed a wee bit.

[blm]

31. Fortunately, corporate mediawhores can only go so far nowadays protecting the Bushboy.

.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

21. Wow! President Gore

the Presidnet Gore who was really elected in 2000

[Rydz777]

22. Please, Al, we're in trouble, and we need you. Badly! n/t

[Neecy]

24. very handsome photo

[autorank]

26. "IT'S ALL GOOD"

Now is the time, why not the very best, lets save the nation and help save the world.

K&R

[Straight Shooter]

29. Smelling salts? Anybody here got smelling salts?

Ah'm feelin' all faint all of a sudden. ;)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

30. Please?

Al? Purdy please?

Run. Oh please oh please oh please.

[lonestarnot]

33. AL! You sweetheart you. You're gona run aren't you?

[tavalon]

42. I've known he would run from the day I saw An Inconvenient Truth

I had forgotten how savvy a politician he is, though. He's doing this really well. It would be killing me if I were on pins and needles about it like so many others. I was, actually feeling just like so many of the posters here until I saw AIT, then I knew and now I just have the waiting and saving of my money and clearing my calendar for Gore campaign volunteering.

[RestoreGore]

58. Oh yes, the movie is all part of a stealth political campaign

To fool people into voting for him. Sigh.

[GreenPartyVoter]

60. Actually, I think it is good PR and climate change is an issue most Americans are conerned about.

There are worse platforms to run on.

[tavalon]

77. No, not at all!

You misunderstood my post. I understood from that movie that he gets the deeper spiritual necessity of doing whatever is necessary to save our planet. Since he spent so many years in the seat of our government and just a heartbeat away from the Presidency, he is well aware of the world changing power that position has so he will run because he knows he has a spiritual imperative to use that position to help save the planet. And, it is a win/win for him no matter how the election turns out - he can continue to be an ambassador to save the world just as he is now even if he loses the Presidency. And, I also figured out that he will run a markedly different campaign, no kowtowing to campaign managers who want to package him into some kind of milquetoast fellow that anyone would want to have a beer with - he will be the firebrand I have come to know and love since he had his Presidency stolen from him.

[RevCheesehead]

34. Mr. President!!

Please run, so we can inaugurate you this time!!

[nadine_mn]

35. he is such a tease

I wish he would...but he has already won a presidential election and look what happened....he is more popular than ever and the Republicans are scared to death he will run

[MN ChimpH8R]

36. Your country needs you, Mr Gore

and we need you more than you can even imagine. For that matter, your planet needs you. Please, Al, run. You may well be this country's last hope.

Funny, he doesn't have to try to "look presidential." Maybe it's because he truly is presidential.

[illinoisprogressive]

37. he WAAASSS the vice prez. of course he would be on all the covers.

he also is not going to run. Even Tipper is getting tired of everyone bugging them.

[Occulus]

59. Yeah, that's why he keeps emphatically stating he won't run no matter what

:eyes:

[kiteinthewind]

67. We all know you don't believe Al will run, illinoisprogressive. You make that crystal clear.

But do you have to constantly dis those of us that believe?

Try this on for size:

Obama would make a fine president, but he just won't win. But, he is afraid if he makes a definite statement that he won't win, people will lose interest. Obama supporters are in fantasyland. Such a pity. Here's proof that Obama can't win.
http://www.blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3263 They say so, therefore it must be true.

Why Obama Can’t Win
By Alton Maddox Jr.
April 29th, 2007

The venue that a presidential candidate chooses to announce his or her candidacy is very telling. Ronald Reagan chose Philadelphia, MS. This was the burial site for three civil rights workers slain by the Ku Klux Klan and their partners in crime, law enforcement officials.

Senator Barack Obama apparently chose Springfield, IL to announce his presidential candidacy out of deference for President Abraham Lincoln who, he might believe, actually freed enslaved Africans. This venue is probably symbolic of his political message and his positive attitude about Lincoln.

Blacks must be clear about Lincoln. Contrary to popular myth, Lincoln never freed enslaved Africans. The Emancipation Proclamation was null and void ab initio. Africans had to emancipate themselves. We are still pursuing freedom. Thousands have lost their lives or have been imprisoned.

Lincoln campaigned in 1860 to continue slavery. After he was given the keys to the White House, he advocated colonization. When it appeared that the Union was about to lose the Civil War, he fraudulently authored the Emancipation Proclamation. It was a war measure.

Lincoln also authored a constitutional amendment that would expressly support the enslavement of Africans after his presidency. Illinois ratified it and it would become law after three-fourths of the states were given the opportunity to ratify it. Compare the history of ratification of the Twenty-seventh Amendment from 1789 to 1992.
<snip>

Can you people get out there and support someone who can win? Quit wasting your breath on a candidate who's wife probably doesn't really want to be First Lady. Of course, I REALLY support Obama, but you guys, he is just NOT gonna win.
:sarcasm:

[Catherine Vincent]

39. I love Gore.

But I hope he doesn't run. His popularity is exactly where it needs to be. I like that we're being teased wondering if he'll run or not though. I don't know why in the world he would want to take his place in the presidency after Bush stole it from him AND after Bush fucked things up for everybody.

[Hekate]

40. I may have to buy a copy of Time just to get that photo! Gods I didn't know I was so susceptible.

All that and brains, too. And ethics. And a plan.

>sigh< I'll refrain from swooning now.

I will respect Al Gore no matter what decision he makes. He has my respect, always, and he's doing a terrific job in the niche he's carved out for himself.

Still...

Hekate

[janx]

43. Wow.

The last time I saw a photo even resembling that was...


the photo on either Time or Newsweek when Clinton and Gore were running!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


O8)

[sheerjoy]

44. Just what

do we" think he can or will do that is so wonderful? I think he is ding more good where he is. (so does he, apparently).

[A Simple Game]

56. Wow, that's a tough one. Let's see...

Return sanity, intelligence, and integrity to the White House.

Give the rest of the world a reason to respect the United States again.

Did you notice the posts saying they knew Republicans that wanted to vote for Gore? So... perhaps unify the Country.

Have the ability to end the Iraq war with a possible win-win for the United States and Iraq.

The world knows Al Gore, his words and actions will gain instant attention and respect.

Just a few, do you really need more?

[HeeBGBz]

46. Woo Hoo!

When is his new book out?

[NYCGirl]

53. Tuesday. NT

[malaise]

48. Time to chase those crazy Rethugs

out of town.

Run Al Run!!

[electron_blue]

51. Wow, hope the Christ-like savior implications don't go to his head

He's looking very presidential in that portrait. Very nice.

[Lord Balto]

52. Time Has Decided?

What, Time Magazine has decided Hillary and Obama aren't easy enough for Rove's Election Stealing Machine to beat? Damned corporate media.

[Orsino]

54. They HATE it when a celebrity doesn't answer their question...

...unless, of course, it's a member of the Bush Administration.

[libodem]

55. That profile gives me hope!

[RestoreGore]

57. Yes, My Global Environmental Ambassador

and the statesman of our time. Great story, especially Mrs. Gore's words that speak exactly how I feel as well.

[PurpleChez]

64. Woot!

I'm so Glad that Al didn't just shut up and play nice after 2000...glad he stayed and fought. He's my hero!

[EFerrari]

68. pleasepleaseplease

:kick:

[fooj]

69. His speech "Restoring the Rule of Law" should be mandatory viewing...

http://www.acslaw.org/node/2096




I would crawl over broken glass for this man.

[Nikki Stone1]

70. I'm shocked that AOLTIMEWARNERCNN didn't replace old Al with Jerry Falwell's mug

great uniter that Falwell was....:sarcasm:

[xxqqqzme]

81. and can't you just hear maureen dowd

warming up the keys on her laptop?

How do we get that harpy to chill? She is already attacking Gore.

[Shoelace]

71. my prediction: he'll wait until Fall, after the hurricane season

by then, maybe the climate change skeptics will all be on a plane headed for Paraguay and out of our way so we can do something positive for the earth for a change, like electing Al Gore as our next president!:bounce: :kick:

[NYCGirl]

75. No one (except us political junkies) is paying attention to the election until

after Labor Day.

[Shoelace]

82. point being; extreme weather will change the political atmosphere to Gore's

advantage. That wouldn't be my first choice of ways to get elected but he and the scientists behind him did predict dire consequences if we don't do something about climate change (global warming).
The fact that we could have begun work on the process when he actually did WIN the election in 2000 - well maybe it might have made a difference.
I hope he runs and I supremely hope he wins again, with our without the disadvantage of Diebold machines, Republican wonks, etc.
However, I wouldn't blame him if he already knows that our elections are so rigged that he wouldn't stand a chance against the power brokers who are so rabidly against him (Exxonmobil with all their billions).

[leftchick]

73. very cool!

who knew Gore would ever be cool again???

:)

[Grandrose]

78. Wow and Oh My!!!

Fantastic article which only proves how much we need him as president! I voted for him once and want so much to do it again! I feel so sad that the stolen 2000 election has left him so hurt and disappointed...should we in all fairness...blame him for staying out of the race? This man could be one of the best/greatest presidents of the 21st century!
I would love a Gore/Obama ticket! :)
:kick:

[Uncle Joe]

79. Kicked

Too late to recommend

Thanks for the thread NYCGirl

[DesertRat]

80. Kick for President Gore! n/t

[pscot]

83. Love the photo

Does he look presidential, or what.