Hamletta, tin-foil hat aspersions aside, I don't think there's anything nefarious about it. To declare that Hillary Clinton is not maneuvering to approach the 2008 election from a position of strength is an indefensible statement. Frankly, if either Hillary or Al Gore thought that victory in 2004 presidential election were likely, they'd be running!
"What makes you think Al Gore would subject this country to four more years of Bush just to satisfy his own ambitions?"
What makes you think Al Gore has the ability to determine what this country is subjected to or not? Talk about the tin-foil capped pot calling the tin-foil capped kettle black.
Don't forget that the 2000 Presidential election was Al Gore's to win. Regardless of the outcome in Florida, Gore couldn't manage to win his own state for crying out loud! If he had simply beat GWB in Tennessee, Florida would have been irrelevant! GWB didn't so much win the 2000 presidential election, as Al Gore lost it. Gore has been out of the spotlight for a couple of years and he doesn't like it. Endorsing Dean was a win-win situation for him. Should Dean win the election, we could have Supreme Court Justice Gore. If Dean loses, Gore has positioned himself to step into the leadership of Dean's far-left, hate-Bush, anti-war, moveon.org faction of the democratic party. Far from attacking Gore on this, I think this is brilliant in a Sun Tzu/Machiavellian way.
Happy Holidays and Consumate V's to All,
Trogdor the Burninator
P.S. Every time you think about how much you hate George W. Bush, just remember that for every Bush hater, there are probably 4 or 5 other people who vote that don't hate him. In fact, 2 or 3 of them probably think he's pretty nifty.
Unless there is a 9/11 type earth-shattering event that breaks against George W. Bush, I don't see how it can be considered that any of the democratic candidates can win the presidential election.
At this point in the game it appears that only two viable candidates remain, Howard Dean, and Dick Gephardt.
As an official resident of "Fly-over" country, I can testify that many of the anti-GWB attitudes displayed on this board are NOT common in the so-called Red States.
Some of you have expressed that the voting public won't stand for the "degradation of civilization, additional human misery, and loss of intelligent government in the United States".
I hate to break it to you, but according to reports in the major media that I have read, that attitude is forefront in less than 20 percent of democratic party voters, which corresponds to less than 10 percent of all registered voters.
Face it, a huge swath of voters across the country don't have the same problems with GWB that you or I may have. At least half of them think he's doing a pretty good job, which far outweighs the GWB-haters. Campaigning on Bush-hatred is NOT going to win the general election, and right now none of the democratic candidates are offering anything close to substantial reasons to vote for them instead of GWB.
If Gephardt wins the nomination, I think he'd run a campaign very similar to Bob Dole's 1996 presidential run, including similar results.
If Howard Dean is nominated, IMO he will have to run a 'perfect' campaign to have a chance to beat GWB. I also think this is highly unlikely because of the very nature of Howard Dean.
Of any American politician alive today, I would most like to have a dinner or lunch conversation with Howard Dean. While I don't agree with his political stands to a large degree, I know that he speaks his mind and it would be a hugely entertaining conversation.
This is the very reason I don't think that Howard Dean can run a 'perfect' campaign... his tendency to speak before he thinks will probably end up doing him in. He's already done it several times before the primaries start, but once the real election campaign begins, even a friendly media won't be able to protect him from "confederate flags & guns", and "GWB knew about the 9/11 attacks before they took place" kind of statements.
I think Gore's endorsement was entirely based on his desire to position himself at the head of the democratic party once Dean has lost the election. The battle for the 2008 presidential election has begun, and it looks like the democrats will be split into two groups: far-left lead by Gore along with Dean supporters and moveon.org types, and center-left lead by Hillary Clinton along with Terry MacAulliffe and the DLC.
In any event, it's going to be an interesting election... interesting as in the Chinese curse!
Cheers,
Trogdor the Burninator
P.S.: If you live in a highly politically polarized part of the US, do yourself a favor and seek out someone intelligent with diamentricly oppposed political views and talk to them about the issues. Residing in an insulated environment is the quickest way to lose touch with your environment.
The uranium could not have possibly come from Iraq, it's been proven that there were no WMD in Iraq!
Writing from Downtown Strongbadia,
Trogdor the Burninator
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