Comments on: Gore Endorses Obama, Rips Bush

By: Glocksman

Glocksman — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 16:22:25 +0000

McCain’s problem is that he’s neither ‘fish nor fowl, nor good red meat’.
In other words, he’s simultaneously trying to run as both a ‘maverick’ in order to appeal to independents, and as a tax-cutting, war-fighting, ‘Bush Conservative’ in order to shore up his (nearly nonexistent) appeal to the party base.

Heck, there’s a whole cottage industry on YouTube of people splicing clips of McCain saying one thing in the past and now saying the exact opposite.

The ‘Maverick’ flip flops so much he makes John Kerry look like the Prudential Rock by comparison.

By: leoni2

leoni2 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 22:52:39 +0000

I really wish Al would listen to ol’ General McArthur and just fade away. He is really overstaying his welcome. Sheesh.

By: joaquin

joaquin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:30:16 +0000

I’m curious about the timing of the Gore endorsement.
Why didn’t Gore announce a while back?
Why didn’t he come out as soon as Hillary was off the slate?
Maybe Gore doesn’t want to make too many waves with this endorsement?
Maybe Gore, like a lot of Democrats, really isn’t that enthused with the Obama candidacy?

By: Randal Graves

Randal Graves — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:36:58 +0000

Maybe Gore will be the VP…then McCain might have a chance.

By: joaquin

joaquin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:09:14 +0000

I expect to see Al Gore 24-7 during the Obama campaign.
Now that Teddy is out of the picture, and Bill Clinton is behaving like a petulant child, Al Gore has assumed the paternal figure in the LibDem party.
Remember that in the LibDem mind, Al Gore was cheated out of his Presidential race. But as the ‘injured party’ with an Oscar and a Noble Peace Prize in his back-pockets, he is at the apex of Liberaldom.
Although Obama preaches CHANGE, I have no doubt that he will buddy-up and trot out the o’l horse Gore every chance he gets.

By: AJ Lynch

AJ Lynch — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:51:08 +0000

Didn’t AlBore claim once his mother-in-law’s dog got its meds cheaper than a real person could?

By: Ky Person

Ky Person — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:10:04 +0000

I don’t want to see that man ever again. Algore went from a slightly boring drone to a total nut. When he was slighly boring, the media made fun of him but now he is John the Baptist to the Obamessiah. Ugh.

By: GroovyVic

GroovyVic — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:37:59 +0000

Oh, al-Gore, go back to kissing Tipper. At least that will shut you up.

By: USA_Admiral

USA_Admiral — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:32:14 +0000

Must have been a slow news day for CNN.

By: joaquin

joaquin — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:20:14 +0000

Prepare for a rude awakening.
Although conventional wisdom sees Barack Obama as the future, I think he represents the past, even if he becomes President. He’ll take the Fifth on every one of the key controversies the world struggles with today. Not because he’s stupid, but because his constituency won’t let him face the issues.

They’ve elected him to make it all go away.

Wave the wand. Show his face and work his magic. That’s why most of his speeches are conjure. He’ll try manfully to do it. If anyone can work roll back history with spells, he’s the man. But the last phrase Barack Obama will ever utter is the only phrase that matters: “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

That’s precisely what he’s being elected to avoid. He’s being elected to make it all go away. And good luck to him. It’s the time for hard decisions. A time to choose.

What we are more likely to hear from Barack — because that’s what his constituency wants to hear — are words along the lines of “we are resolved that the method of consultation shall be the method adopted to deal with any other questions that may concern our two countries, and we are determined to continue our efforts to remove possible sources of difference, and thus to contribute to assure the peace of Europe. My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honour. I believe it is peace for our time. Go home and get a nice quiet sleep.” Sleep they did. But they woke to a nightmare.

I don’t think we’ll have a world war, but neither do I believe we will have a “nice quiet sleep.”