to think this man could have been president. Can you imagine how much better off the world would be?
― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Chairman Doinel (Charles McCain), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:20 (nineteen years ago)
― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:25 (nineteen years ago)
― mike h. (mike h.), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)
Stevenson also features in a somewhat bizarre conspiracy theory which has circulated on the internet for some years; the theory suggests that Stevenson provided the inspiration for, makes a cameo appearance as, or is in fact the same person as Gogo, a character from the 1993 videogame classic Final Fantasy 6. The theory was supported by five alleged Adlai Stevenson quotes, very reminiscent of descriptions of Gogo's situation in the game - the quotes have since nearly all been proven to be hoaxes.
― Persecuted Decals (ex machina), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:38 (nineteen years ago)
The ironic part to me is how my Republican relatives will - to this day! - deride the imaginary Gore administration's mistakes. "We would be in much worse shape if Gore had won..."
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:43 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:56 (nineteen years ago)
― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:58 (nineteen years ago)
― Werner Herzog Netflix Quine (ex machina), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:02 (nineteen years ago)
― you can email me if you wish to challenge the truth (nickalicious), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:17 (nineteen years ago)
― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:33 (nineteen years ago)
Gore Vidal and I agree with you.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 June 2006 16:58 (nineteen years ago)
― teeny (teeny), Friday, 23 June 2006 17:18 (nineteen years ago)
see it before NBC's sharks clamp down and have it removed...
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 23 June 2006 17:27 (nineteen years ago)
― Rufus 3000 (Mr Noodles), Friday, 23 June 2006 17:51 (nineteen years ago)
― San Diva Gyna (and a Masala DOsaNUT on the side) (donut), Friday, 23 June 2006 17:55 (nineteen years ago)
"I'm a level 10 Vice President!"
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:04 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.nndb.com/people/331/000024259/coolidge-fix.jpg
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:05 (nineteen years ago)
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:06 (nineteen years ago)
except that the actual group is stupid enough that it has to be a front...
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)
― Werner Herzog Netflix Quine (ex machina), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)
― gear (gear), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:08 (nineteen years ago)
― Sara R-C (Sara R-C), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)
xpostthe day we can't hate on coolidge is the day punting kittens stops being funny.
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:11 (nineteen years ago)
― Damn, Atreyu! (x Jeremy), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)
what.
is Gore even considering a run in 2008?
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:13 (nineteen years ago)
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:16 (nineteen years ago)
Nothing against the Gore love being shown here, but Jimmy Carter was a pretty honest, decent, and committed politician and we see how far that got him in office.
― pleased to mitya (mitya), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:19 (nineteen years ago)
the "what would the dems have done?" argument, about 9/11, is well worn, of course, and i guess its something we'll never really know. would the dems have harnessed events and gained a 2nd terms, or would a gore administration have been outrun by events?
did gore approach the people, in 2000? its received wisdom that he didnt, is this really true? i get the impression that, yes, it is. politics, its about impressions though, isn't it?
― ∂ (duff), Friday, 23 June 2006 18:23 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:03 (nineteen years ago)
― duff (duff), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:31 (nineteen years ago)
― Thermo Thinwall (Thermo Thinwall), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:41 (nineteen years ago)
His father was a Senator and he grew up in DC -- I think he was pretty comfortable around politics-types!
― Mark (MarkR), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:43 (nineteen years ago)
I saw a few minutes of Gore on Larry King a couple weeks ago, and after AG explained what a horrid mistake Bush's Jihad is, Larry the Lizard aked "So our troops have died in vain?"
As Al didn't answer "You're damn right, Larry," fuck him. (and he must be running.)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:53 (nineteen years ago)
― suzy (suzy), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)
I have no idea why this wasn't circulated back in 2000. It's the kind of film that could have made a difference. It's on youtube, and worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search=al+gore+spike+jonze&search_type=search_videos
as for donut's comment: "Someone who's not excited to be president shouldn't be elected president..." on the contrary, I'd expect anyone with a brain who's up for the job to have an amount of internal conflict about it. It's the power hungry egos who crave and pursue the position for it's own sake that you have to worry about.
― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:59 (nineteen years ago)
― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:00 (nineteen years ago)
― timmy tannin (pompous), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:41 (nineteen years ago)
OTFM.
― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:47 (nineteen years ago)
I think Al Gore is actually too honest, too decent, and too committed to ideals/beliefs over politics to be a decent politician. His best speeches have been since he got out of politics--I get the feeling the "robot-like" unemotional quality during his political years was just him being extremely uncomfortable surrounded by politics-types, the image requirements of a politician, and the backroom deals and compromises required in politics.
a relic for the ages
― lf (lfam), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:52 (nineteen years ago)
― duff (duff), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)
or not smart enough to not hire david boies, your choice.
― hstencil (hstencil), Friday, 23 June 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)
― Shakey Mo Collier (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 23 June 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)
― keyth (keyth), Friday, 23 June 2006 23:36 (nineteen years ago)
one thing gore has going for him is that he's definitely a washington "insider" - carter was running against the party from the start till the end.
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Friday, 23 June 2006 23:39 (nineteen years ago)
...which I won't argue with, but the fact that this is the highest executive position in a country defines the behavior of those who are power hungry to campaign far more strongly to grab it rather than someone who's smart enough to realize the good and bad about the job and be "eh" about it.
I guess what I'm saying is... why have a President at all if the mechanisms for those who wish to seek the position pretty much guarantee that the power-hungry demented child-kings will be the most voracious to have at it? Sadly, the public isn't smart enough to vote for the slightly reluctant smart guy, as we've seen in the past two decades.
Who knows if that will change by 2008, but I'm not holding my breath.
― San Diva Gyna (and a Masala DOsaNUT on the side) (donut), Friday, 23 June 2006 23:53 (nineteen years ago)
― keyth (keyth), Saturday, 24 June 2006 00:05 (nineteen years ago)
But if the US pulled out and the Iraqis got as aggressive as they need to then John Kerry will be the first to come to the floor of the Senate and express outrage at the actions of the Iraqi government. It's a catch 22 situation.
-- keyth (keythkeyt...), December 6th, 2005.
Peak Oil (1 matching message)
the demand question is answered by price and to see charlatans like schumer bellyaching about price on one hand and american dependence on foreign oil on the other is a contradiction he should be pleased that the market is forcing a shift in behaviour. though the economist seems to think taxes work better which is odd since it's an artificial barrier to entry. demand is not going to grow exponentially, china is already running into issues of overcapacity and eventually the real level of demand will be found, right now the myth of china fuels speculation as much as anything else(100 billion in the past few years, lots by pension funds). the real rise in demand would occur is china ever developed their domestic market but they don't have a clue on how to do that but even if they did as countries become richer they become more efficient. plug-in hybrids seem to be a good idea, moreso than standard hybrids. bush wasting billions on hydrogen car research is ridiculous.
-- keyth (keythkeyt...), April 24th, 2006.
S/D: Liberal/Lefty/Progressive Talk Radio shows (1 matching message)
a gandhi quote should disqualify anyone from being considered serious. randi rhodes is not very bright. the problem with air america and the like is that it pushed all of these people who should be doing their loony local public radio shows up to the big leagues before they were ready. probably why a lot of it is silly conspiracy theory and possible indictments talk. it's as if someone like mark scott was doing a national radio show, it's absurd to think about it.
-- keyth (keythkeyt...), May 5th, 2006.
An Inconvenient Thread (1 matching message)
when he blames Katrina, a not particularly powerful hurricane, on global warming does he actually offer any evidence of the link? does he mention the 40 year cycle of hurricanes? does he actually explain how a greenhouse works and how warming being witnessed is not actually a "greenhouse" effect? does he explain how the arctic warming was much more severe in in the 1930s? does he explain usa today's bizarre graphic this week where they had gloabl mean temperatures to the 10,000th of a degree back 1000 years? even with the one tree ring analysis for the 15th century. does he make the claim that climate is static and unchanging and that the normal temperature oscillations are something abnormal? does he make the point that most of the calamities in recorded human history have accompanied periods of dramatic cooling? does he mention the benefits of warming? does he mention that tuvalu is sinking due to tectonic forces and not thermal expansion of the ocean? it's a gravy train, scientists are welfare queens, they'll be absolutely certain about their science until some other diversion comes around. i used to work in assisting in the grant application process for the biology department and everything in the early 90s had to do with HIV even if the study requesting funding had not even a tenuous link to HIV, of course this had a positive benefit as the knowledge of the immune system has increased dramatically in the past two decades. the same, i am sure, is occuring now in climate science unfortunately without any corresponding understanding of weather patterns, at least not when it comes to climate models which are hopelessly flawed, entering known data cannot recreate the weather of the past and yet we're to assume they are crystal balls for the future with made up parameters.
-- keyth (keythkeyt...), June 4th, 2006.
Come anticipate "Nacho Libre" with me (1 matching message)
they were offended so that he might come in here and act sanctimonious. there is this hero complex here where anything or anyone can be labelled racist so that the accuser feels redeemed for their own guilt, it's a race. it's the yancey strickler effect. this post is probably racist but i am sure it will be pointed out soon enough.
-- keyth (keythkeyt...), June 17th, 2006.
― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Saturday, 24 June 2006 00:20 (nineteen years ago)
"a MLK quote should disqualify anyone from being considered serious."
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Saturday, 24 June 2006 00:30 (nineteen years ago)
― Cunga (Cunga), Saturday, 24 June 2006 01:48 (nineteen years ago)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinkerton_%28album%29
― Werner Herzog Netflix Quine (ex machina), Saturday, 24 June 2006 01:52 (nineteen years ago)
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:15 (nineteen years ago)
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:39 (nineteen years ago)
― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:40 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BjrOi4vF24
― Trayce (trayce), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:47 (nineteen years ago)
I have to admit I did not vote for Goree. I voted for Nader. Gore's too much of a robot.
But I volunteered for Clinton's first campaign. I worship that man. *sigh* He should have Nader as a running mate.
― Miss Misery xox (MissMiseryTX), Saturday, 24 June 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)
http://www.politicallibrary.org/images/AllCandidates/Bayh.jpg
― timmy tannin (pompous), Saturday, 24 June 2006 04:43 (nineteen years ago)
Al Gore's son was arrested early Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs after deputies pulled him over for speeding, authorities said.
Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway when he was pulled over at about 2:15 a.m., Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino said.
The deputies said they smelled marijuana and searched the car, Amormino said. They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder, he said.
"He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs," Amormino said.
Gore was being held in the men's central jail in Santa Ana on $20,000 bail.
Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for his parents, did not immediately return phone messages to The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The son of the former vice president and Democratic presidential nominee also was pulled over and arrested for pot possession in December 2003, in Bethesda, Md., while he was a student at Harvard University.
He completed substance abuse counseling as part of a pretrial diversion program to settle those charges.
The youngest of Al and Tipper Gore's four children and their only son, Gore lives in Los Angeles and is an associate publisher of GOOD, a magazine about philanthropy aimed at young people.
― bobby bedelia, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 18:00 (eighteen years ago)
is this really him? http://www.politicalfriendster.com/images/2719.jpg
― django, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 21:35 (eighteen years ago)
an inconvenient youth
― wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 21:39 (eighteen years ago)
a prius can go 100 mph?
― daria-g, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 21:53 (eighteen years ago)
-- wanko ergo sum, Wednesday, July 4, 2007 10:39 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
haha. in england that'd be the headline... but i dunno if the nyt 'does' pun headlines.
― That one guy that quit, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 21:56 (eighteen years ago)
and is an associate publisher of GOOD, a magazine about philanthropy aimed at young people.
― bobby bedelia, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:41 (eighteen years ago)
ugh, GOOD is like Adbusters for people who are deciding between an MBA or environmental studies.
― milo z, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:44 (eighteen years ago)
does he have some sort of glandular condition?
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:47 (eighteen years ago)
then again, he is a chip off the old huge head block.
http://www.manmademultimedia.com/magazine/news/pol/2006/Al_Gore_Book_Signing_6_06.jpgs/al_gore7.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:48 (eighteen years ago)
he looks a little more normal here:
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/images/070704goremug.jpg
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:51 (eighteen years ago)
dude likes to partay:
Inventing Al Gore, says that Gore was suspended from St. Albans School for smoking marijuana at a school dance in 1996, and that Gore's father called leading news outlets and convinced them not to publish the story.[1] Turque also says that Gore III then transferred to the Sidwell Friends School where he graduated in 2001.[5]
In August 2000, Gore III was charged with reckless driving and speeding for driving 97 MPH in a 55 MPH speed zone. He was fined $125 for speeding, and driving privileges in the state of North Carolina were suspended. The reckless driving charges were later dropped.[1]
In September 2002, he was ticketed for driving under the influence by military police just outside Fort Myer in suburban Virginia. He was not taken into custody.[1][6][7]
On December 19, 2003, Gore was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in Bethesda, Maryland. He was pulled over because he was driving without having his headlights on. A plea deal was reached in February 2004 and he was sentenced to a substance abuse program.[8][9]
― scott seward, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:53 (eighteen years ago)
this fuckin guy
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 5 July 2007 03:57 (eighteen years ago)
papa gore looks seriously unhealthy these days, and i'm not even talking about the fat thing. look at his eyes in that photo
― bobby bedelia, Thursday, 5 July 2007 04:00 (eighteen years ago)
Basically if III stopped driving, he'd be fine. Stop getting pulled over already, ya dumbass.
― Laurel, Thursday, 5 July 2007 04:03 (eighteen years ago)
Yeah, these days it's more like, "AlGore - too grotesque to be president"
xpost
― Super Cub, Thursday, 5 July 2007 04:05 (eighteen years ago)
uncanny
http://images.usatoday.com/life/_photos/2007/01/03/pans-frog.jpg
― Kiwi, Thursday, 5 July 2007 04:17 (eighteen years ago)
Gore must be on the same steroids that Jerry Lewis took: http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/18/ple.lewis.reut/story.lewis.ap.jpg
― Brent, Thursday, 5 July 2007 04:21 (eighteen years ago)
Al and Tipper breakin' up.
― Filmmaker, Author, Radio Host Stephen Baldwin (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:27 (fifteen years ago)
His newfound love of Twisted Sister and Zappa drove them apart.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:29 (fifteen years ago)
she caught him listening to 2 live crew
xp haha damnit
― iatee, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:30 (fifteen years ago)
http://rlv.zcache.com/parental_advisory_shirt-p235921021585776423qw9y_400.jpg
al gore, porky pig style
― goole, Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)
RIP family values
― Simon H., Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:31 (fifteen years ago)
How we roll
― The Clegg Effect (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 1 June 2010 16:50 (fifteen years ago)