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posted at 10:41 pm on March 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
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“Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures and aides to the former vice-president.”
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ummm yeah…right. Even the Dummicrats are not that dim.
melachiro on March 29, 2008 at 10:44 PM
and not by anyone else.
freevillage on March 29, 2008 at 10:46 PM
The Derbyshire hypothesis gets legs. Ol’ Derb is going to find himself vaulted to the rarefied ranks of political analyst superstars if this keeps up.
Purple Fury on March 29, 2008 at 10:47 PM
Wait. So you’re going to piss off Clinton by taking the nomination from her grasp, then piss of Obama by taking it from his grasp, then nominate a guy who already lost an election and is so full of crap it comes out his ears?
…..
Popcorn! Getch your popcorn, here!
amerpundit on March 29, 2008 at 10:47 PM
We need a dancing banana icon! OMG…this is just too…too…too…I can’t find the words!
SouthernGent on March 29, 2008 at 10:50 PM
How would he get the nomination? Even if he got every single superdelegate, he’d by over 1,000 off from winning.
amerpundit on March 29, 2008 at 10:50 PM
Bring it on! Ha Ha! This would be the crazy of the crazy so let them do it. It’s unbelievable that they would rerun an election.
Unfortunately, this will never happen.
One could only hope. Has Algore lost weight?
thatcher on March 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Imagine this:
Obama gets the popular vote and the delegates. Hillary close behind. And the democrats choose Gore as their nomineee without getting a single vote in the primary? That’d be such a hoot; its unbelievable.
lorien1973 on March 29, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Clearly, it would only be possible if Obama and Clinton agreed to step aside. What if they formally withdrew? What would happen to their pledged delegates? Anybody know the rules?
freevillage on March 29, 2008 at 10:55 PM
Oh my goodness how awesome is this going to get?
nailinmyeye on March 29, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Al-lelujah
29Victor on March 29, 2008 at 10:56 PM
This is getting weirder by the minute. I half expect Rod Serling to enter from stage left.
Any minute now….
Guardian on March 29, 2008 at 10:57 PM
I think that after the first ballot, the pledged delegates from the various states are free to vote as they like. That doesn’t mean, of course, that they’d vote for the Goracle.
But it’s interesting to contemplate an Algore-McCain debate. Would John McCain then have the smarts to challenge the Algore on ‘global warming’? Or would he fall into the trap of being less than fully committed to the gospel according to the Goracle, and thus guilty of heresy?
MrLynn on March 29, 2008 at 10:58 PM
Too good to be true…it would rich if that happened though.
javamartini on March 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Perfect! Strike up the music
Zorro on March 29, 2008 at 10:59 PM
Oh man, some misinformation never seems to die…
Ehm. No. Gore lost before, during, and after the recount. The moronic BDS continues…
Seixon on March 29, 2008 at 11:02 PM
How the heck will they do this?
I have heard mention of Democrat “Party Elders”, and wistfully visualized them, these saintly figures, so richly enrobed, high atop Mount MyAss, waiting for the call to descend amongst the mortals to deliver their “special” kind of ’short bus’ wisdom…
Yea! Verily! Can I get a “hosannah”? Or at least a “doo-wah diddy”?
So, out of The Goracle’s capacious backside, these “Elders” will yank a miracle? Anoint him the Prez-to-be to the chirruping of cherubim and the plucking of harps?
Let’s say that works… Then what?
They give the Veep spot to…who? Obama as a “not quite good enough” consolation prize? To Hillary as a “shut the hell up, bitch” bribe?
Oh THAT’s gonna work!
Who writes this stuff? Seriously!
heldmyw on March 29, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Even Democrats can’t be this dumb.
I suspect it is the same buyer’s remorse the GOP is going through after bitter hate-filled idiots foisted John McCain on the party. Democrats are looking for some other alternative the same way Republicans can’t stand the idea of having to vote for a mean bitter traitor.
highhopes on March 29, 2008 at 11:05 PM
amerpundit:
I don’t get it either, but it is Algore & the Democrats we’re talking about here.
Purple Fury on March 29, 2008 at 11:08 PM
DNC Convention Itinerary:
9am: Breakfast
10am: Opening remarks
11am: Mayhem, carnage and some light cannibalism
TheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:11 PM
A black democrat runs against a female democrat and the winner turns out to be a white man?
It would be magical.
29Victor on March 29, 2008 at 11:11 PM
ummm yeah…right. Even the Dummicrats are not that dim.
melachiro on March 29, 2008 at 10:44 PM
You can get pretty good odds on that in Vegas.
exhelodrvr on March 29, 2008 at 11:12 PM
That would be the Bloat Of The Day.
Patrick S on March 29, 2008 at 11:14 PM
It ain’t goin’ to happen. But if it does it would be delicious. The “Global Warming” threat has been reduced to ‘climate change’. More and more scientists are finally finding their balls and coming out with the ‘correct’ results of weather over time. Al Gore will go down with the hot Earth hoax and the Presidency (again) if he were to go forward with this thought.
geminicontender on March 29, 2008 at 11:14 PM
McCain beat Clinton? Maybe.
McCain beat Obama? Maybe.
McCain beat Gore? I should take out a win line in Vegas, right frakking now.
Limerick on March 29, 2008 at 11:14 PM
Yea, we all know how much the Democrats care about the voters of Florida!
Florida and Michigan disenfranchised!
Chakra Hammer on March 29, 2008 at 11:16 PM
Bwahahahaha!
amerpundit on March 29, 2008 at 11:20 PM
Didn’t you watch H&C the other night? It was all the Republicans fault, at least in Florida’s case. Once Colmes explained it, it was all clear to me. He’s quite enlightened.
TheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:21 PM
That would be total shadenfreude overload. And I would love every second of it.
I sometimes wish my children were a little older, as they don’t seem to understand why Mommy snickers at the computer so often. The Democrats are good for laughs this year, aren’t they though?
the goddess anna on March 29, 2008 at 11:21 PM
Shameless Identity Politics 2008!
Candidate ————- Group
Hillary……………….women
Barrack……………….minorities
Gore………………….penguins
dmann on March 29, 2008 at 11:22 PM
Why don’t they just put up a big cage at the convention, lock all three inside, and the last one standing is the nominee? It would certainly get better TV ratings than a normal convention. Heck, they could put it on pay-per-view and raise campaign money.
Socratease on March 29, 2008 at 11:23 PM
Nay, penguins is too smart.
Socratease on March 29, 2008 at 11:25 PM
So, let’s see if I’ve got this straight: The Democrat party is split between Hillary and Obama, and the solution they have in mind is to bring in a third hopeful, causing yet another schism?
Pass the popcorn, please. :)
ZK on March 29, 2008 at 11:25 PM
The only problem with your thought (Socratease) is that nothing would happen because they would keep apologizing to one another for their actions. “Liberalism
geminicontender on March 29, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Oh, damn! I just realized it’s 8:30pm here in CA and I need to check to make sure all the lights are on… be right back.
TheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:28 PM
“Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by
senior figures and aides to the former vice-presidenthis hyperinflated ego and his id.”Entelechy on March 29, 2008 at 11:29 PM
The dems do not know the glee we feel at seeing them ripped apart by their own dastardly identity politics…it really is rich, as a commenter just said. Rich indeed.
The only way they can imagine through this mess is by:
1)Alienating black voters
2)Alientating women voters
3)Rejecting democracy altogether and nomivating Gore
*guffaw*
Nice party you have there, guys.
Dr. Manhattan on March 29, 2008 at 11:29 PM
dmann, sending you oodles of e-hugs for the laughs (tears),
Entelechy on March 29, 2008 at 11:31 PM
HortonHillary Hears aWhoGoreTheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:34 PM
Why would anyone think that Al Gore could win a presidential election?
People tend to forget that although Gore did manage to win the popular vote, he only won that by one half of one percent. And he (just like Clinton twice before him) couldn’t rustle up 50% of the vote.
Gore shouldn’t have won the popular vote by just a few hundred thousand out of 100 million voters. He shouldn’t have even needed Florida to win the election. He should have at least managed to win his home state.
Bush was a virtual unknown, he was the governor of Texas and the son of a president who had failed to win a second term. Gore had been the VP of a very popular president for eight years and a senator before that. He had behind him the unstoppable political machine that the Clintons had created. He was being handed what most Americans thought was the best economy in the history of America. The press were firmly ensconced in his camp and were proclaiming that we were living in a golden age.
He should have won. He should have mopped the floor with Bush.
But he didn’t. He blew it.
Would anyone but a Democrat put their hope in such a failure?
29Victor on March 29, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Maybe Gore will be the veep pick regardless?
Always the bridesmaid… {sniff}
Cuffy Meigs on March 29, 2008 at 11:36 PM
As if that wouldn’t piss off the Obamaphytes???
D2Boston on March 29, 2008 at 11:41 PM
He’s going to bridge the great glacial divide.
shaken on March 29, 2008 at 11:43 PM
Explains why he hasn’t pledged his superdelegate vote yet. What better way to stick it to the Clintons than to steal the nomination from Hillary and the other “would be” without even campaigning.
Only in America baby….
Hog Wild on March 29, 2008 at 11:44 PM
OK, you do realize we’re talking about Democrats, right?
There are no rules.
logis on March 29, 2008 at 11:44 PM
This is indeed a dilemma. Democrats have heaped cultish, god-king status on two of the three prospective nominees. Ignoring the truly frightening tendency of the left to establish personality cults and lavish such worship on mere mortals while excising traditional religion from the public sphere, from a purely practical standpoint this will only cause more discord.
The minions of Obama would never forgive the establishment for coronating Gore, and Gore would lose a lot of status with another failed run. Hillary would remain standing, just as we all knew she would from the beginning. I still think Hillary wins the nomination. I don’t know how it will happen, only that it will.
Nosferightu on March 29, 2008 at 11:47 PM
Some commenters’ wit is superb, at one time or another, especially given such prolific subjects. Thanks for the laughs,
Entelechy on March 29, 2008 at 11:48 PM
Oh no! I don’t think I can stand to hear one of his speeches!
terryannonline on March 29, 2008 at 11:49 PM
Think of the market for carbon credit sales when Denver goes up in flames set by both Obama and Hillary supporters. I see it as a twofer for the Goracle.
a capella on March 29, 2008 at 11:50 PM
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Chakra Hammer on March 29, 2008 at 11:52 PM
good question, look it up yours own self.
TheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Great theater, and I am sure Gore stays up every night practicing his acceptance speech, but its not going to happen. He would need to pull all the votes from Obama delegates and enough from Clintoons to put him over half. But not one single Clintoon delegate will vote for Gore. Not one. Why? Because he’s not a girl. If he took the nomination away from a girl, Hillary supporters would never vote again.
pedestrian on March 29, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Al Gore is the one man and only man who could do it.
Make me actually consider voting for Juan McCain.
MB4 on March 29, 2008 at 11:54 PM
If in the abstract Albert Arnold “Al” Gore, Jr. would get the nomination, imagine the Vietnam comparables, Dean’s big question all of a sudden very pertinent.
Gore “Aa was in Vietnam too. Ma camera was loaded with stealth weapons. Aa began studying the effects of global warming during ma Vietnam deployment, in addition to ma assaagnments”.
Dear god, keep this year going, as is, because it’s way too much fun. Thank you,
Entelechy on March 29, 2008 at 11:56 PM
what until i start on the gin and tonics… that’s when it really heats up ;-)
TheCulturalist on March 29, 2008 at 11:57 PM
And they are the ones that are going to Unite the entire Country?
Hmmm… Left-Wing extremists, that can’t even Unite a Party, are going to Unite the country..
Ummm call me a skeptic.
Chakra Hammer on March 29, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Heh, we almost got you converted MB4. Every man has his vulnerable spots, and his limits.
Never bet on anything this big, too early, as I’ve commented often enough on HA. The year is just nearing the end of Q1.
Entelechy on March 29, 2008 at 11:59 PM
Two saviours in one party. A wealth of donkey riches.
“Two men saying they’re Jesus. One of them must be wrong.”
Beagle on March 30, 2008 at 12:03 AM
To even consider this would indicate to me (IMHO) that they have some nefarious scheme to totally steal the general by voter fraud . Although we may squeal with glee over their seemingly idiotic behavior, they also have the potential to put this country into a state of chaos that will be exploited to maximum effect by our enemies.
bbz123 on March 30, 2008 at 12:03 AM
I’m looking for whichever one loses btwn Obama or Clinton to go third party on their a$$ in a huge middle finger gesture to the Dim’s… Hilldog especially, as this is her Little Big Horn. Won’t happen, but a man can dream, can’t he?
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 12:05 AM
Sorry about my affected British typing accent. I’m not Madonna.
Beagle on March 30, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Don’t forget that grand picture of Gore peering down the barrel of his M-16 as if one of life’s great secrets was hidden in the bore. What a great campaign ad.
a capella on March 30, 2008 at 12:06 AM
SECOND LOOK AT LOCK BOX
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Me too! He’s a clown.
Zorro on March 30, 2008 at 12:07 AM
I actually wouldn’t blame the loser to run as a third party. Both Obama and Hillary have received millions of votes and have raised ground breaking amount of money. I know that they probably will not do it because it will hurt the Dems chances of winning but why not it if they have the money and support?
terryannonline on March 30, 2008 at 12:11 AM
I’m surprised it hasn’t yet been said…
Selected, not elected!!!
INC on March 30, 2008 at 12:13 AM
yeah, huh? heheheehhehe
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 12:15 AM
1. Obama wins the popular
2. Hillary attempts to get the superdelegates
3. Algore gets selected
4. The liberals hail democracy!
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 12:18 AM
Clinton, Obama, Gore, of these three the only one who can possibly stand to lose is Obama.
Imagine what kind of meltdown will happen to the HillBill cabal if they go home empty handed and imagine what Gore would turn into this time if he lost the Presidency twice?
Speakup on March 30, 2008 at 12:20 AM
Are you insinuating that he would combust, thus accellerating global warming?
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 12:30 AM
LOL that or react like the the wicked witch..I’m melting, melting.
Speakup on March 30, 2008 at 12:36 AM
This could be a serious problem for McCain. (as if the professional
POWermvictimermheroerm bag of bones needs another one…)His campaign have obviously done oppo research on Shrillary and Obambi, but have they covered Gore?
The Green movement is, like it or not, popular right now, and The Goracle is right in the thick of it. I’m not clear on why Algore would give up a cushy job to go back to low-paying government service.
Love him or hate him, Gore coming out as the nominee would throw McCain’s camp into chaos.
Mew
acat on March 30, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Al Gore’s two runs for the presidency, the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.
Sigy on March 30, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Watch How the Earth was Made, on the History channel. It makes Gore completely insignificant, his buffoonery, and the joke Nobel has become, aside.
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 12:50 AM
chaos from spasms of laughter perhaps…
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 12:50 AM
Gore “Sigy, you have no idea how big I am, do you?”
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 12:51 AM
Al, you have know idea what a lit cigar can to to a big bag of gas, do you?
Sigy on March 30, 2008 at 12:55 AM
How about both parties do a do-over?
Start from scratch. This has to be the most worthless bunch of people running for President in history.
The kids running for 8th grade class President at our local school are more inspiring and competent than what we have now
LegendHasIt on March 30, 2008 at 12:56 AM
ManBearPig rides again!
Cicero43 on March 30, 2008 at 12:57 AM
Gore, combust, cigar, big bag of gas…all in one thread. And tonight that ‘pretty’ brunette on Fox asked that we turn the lights out at 8:00p.m. to save the world. Incorrigible we are…and loving it. May we not cry in Nov.
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Give this man a cigar!
Sigy on March 30, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Gore can’t win anyway, he doesn’t dare wear a tux and an umbrella.
Speakup on March 30, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Thanks! I had totally forgotten about that. Now I can sleep peacefully.
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Just when I think I can’t love the Democrats enough, something happens that makes me love them more. Oh, man, do I ever hope that Hillary sticks it out to the convention. NO SHORTAGE OF JOY HERE, PEOPLE.
Anybody else tempted to head out to Denver to watch the show in person?
Well-Armed Lamb on March 30, 2008 at 1:04 AM
364 days and 23 hours of sinning and one hour of praying.
Sigy on March 30, 2008 at 1:04 AM
i’m sorry, but “puke”
AlanC on March 30, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Oh, Hell No!! I had to drive around at 2am in LA during the riots. Denver could make that look like a cake walk.
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Speakup, you mean like this, imagining Gore’s face?
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 1:09 AM
carbon…er… delegate offsets
sanclemman on March 30, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Really Al Gore is like the 2007 Patriots. I mean ok yes the Pats would have won except for that fluke catch. (Kind of like Al would have won if it wasn’t for Florida.) However that misses one piece, it should have been close at all. I mean Al should have been able to crush Bush badly with the advantage of being the incumbent at that point in history. (Just like the Pats should have destroyed the NY/NJ Giants given the two respective records.) However in both cases it’s their fault they didn’t destroy their opponents. Say what you will of both, if they didn’t let it be close in the first place none of those little events would have mattered.
Dave_d on March 30, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Err, I mean it shouldn’t have been close.
Dave_d on March 30, 2008 at 1:15 AM
Gore “Now, Sigy, aa kaandly raamind you, this is a leap year. We are all sinners, you knoooow. Every little prear helps to save aar planet. Aa thank you”.
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 1:16 AM
…. but how can you vote if the lights are turned out?
Seven Percent Solution on March 30, 2008 at 1:17 AM
how do u do that? one of those voice box thingies?
TheCulturalist on March 30, 2008 at 1:19 AM
BTW, anybody else think it’s such strange karma that the dems were the ones gleefully awaiting a brokered convention a few months ago? (You know, when it was supposed to be the repubs in scattered confusion?) Guess it’s that old saying, be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
Dave_d on March 30, 2008 at 1:21 AM
Could this really be true? The New Black Panther Party, Al Sharpton, and several dozen media-hungry black liberation theology preachers would all go on TV, and speak approvingly of Al Gore being the nominee instead of their guy? Something like this could only happen in a work of historical fiction. Like something called, “The Protocols of the Elders of the Democratic Party.”
smellthecoffee on March 30, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Again, as I stated in a previous thread, let the Democrats eat their young and themsleves…… if ManBearPig (and he is Serial) wants to jump into the pond, let him….. “Global Climate Change” will be the farce exposed that it is………
Our challenge…… Operation Chaos II……… making sealing the Borders issue #1 at the Republican Convention, along with winning the War, keeping the Tax Cuts, and gutting bloated bureaucracies………
Keep the pressure on the MSM, they will try, like Clinton Inc. to stop at nothing to have a Dem in the White House…
Freedom is not Free, you have to fight for it, everyday….
Seven Percent Solution on March 30, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Al, only a massive dose of
anti-psychotic drugsleaches and electro-shock treatment would have any chance of saving what is left of your mind.Sigy on March 30, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Rev. Jeremiah Wright, after Gore is selected, “Amerikkka, damn you. You are the most racist country in the world. I hate all Whites, now the democrat ones too. I was a visionary all along. God damn you. Obama, my son, thank you for standing by me. We’re vindicated, sonny. God love you. God, I hate Amerikkka!!!”
Entelechy on March 30, 2008 at 1:31 AM
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