Rod Stiffington wrote:
>
> On Thu, 08 May 2008 15:40:44 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
> allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
> <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >Rod Stiffington wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, 08 May 2008 03:02:44 +0000, "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique
> >> allusion in lieu of the frontal attack' )"
> >> <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >>
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Greg Goss wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> "Bill Bonde ( 'the oblique allusion in lieu of the frontal attack'
)"
> >> >> <tributyltinpaint@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Dover Beach wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >> I think she'd have a better shot at 2012 if she'd back out now.
I hate
> >> >> >> to see her do it, and I can understand if she wants to keep
fighting,
> >> >> >> but she'd preserve more goodwill if she'd wait four more years.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >Where's Gore now? He's reduced to blaming a big whirlwind on
> >> >> >"Global Warming".
> >> >>
> >> >> Gore could probably have had this nomination if he'd wanted it.
> >> >>
> >> >After the nonsense he's pulled with his Global Warming business
> >> >ventures and his Bigfoot carbon footprint?
> >> >
> >> Id rather have him doing that then getting us stuck in Iraq.
> >>
> >1) Bush isn't running for any office now.
> >2) The US isn't stuck in Iraq. It could leave at any time. The
> >issue is what is in he best interest of the United States.
> >
> True, true. My point was that Gore would have never gotten us there
> in the first place.
>
I think that Bill Clinton would not have been able to make such a
decision because of his risk aversion. I haven't really thought
about Gore and this though.
> >> >> For
> >> >> most of the campaign, the betting site that I watch had Gore at
better
> >> >> odds than Edwards, even though he wasn't running. (I guess
bettors
> >> >> figured he'd be an up-the-middle compromise at a deadlocked
> >> >> convention?). Gore didn't want it. He's happy where he is.
> >> >>
> >> >This isn't his election. He screwed it up in 2000. In fact, it was
> >> >as close as it was because, if you'll recall, Bush's DUI was leaked
> >> >right before the vote.
> >> >
> >> He screwed it up? He won the popular vote. How is that screwing it
> >> up?
> >>
> >He was the sitting VP. He had a supposed great Clinton legacy. He
> >only got close because of the Bush DUI story breaking right before
> >the vote. There is no national popular vote. If you want to win,
> >you shouldn't make it so close.
>
> That is a real stretch. Let's see: Bush got a DUI, VS. Gore invented
> the Internet, was the inspiration for Love Story, discovered Love
> Canal, grew up at the Ritz-Carlton (not a farm), wore four button
> earth toned suits (which showed how fake he was).
>
Keep in mind that the DUI story broke right before the election.
There were plenty of attacks on Bush throughout the campaign, you
can expect that always.
> Then there was the
> union-lullaby flap, the doggy-pill flap, oh yeah and he sighed during
> the first debate when Bush lied through his ass.
>
I remember Bill Clinton lying during debates and no one seemed to
care.
> That is just a
> sample of the fake stories invented about Gore. Despite all that
> utter bull**** being dumped on his head, he still won the popular
> vote. At least Bush really got a DUI, even though it should not have
> been a story.
>
So those are "fake" stories, how? The fact is, Gore makes gaffs,
it's what he does. He's not the only one to do that, he was running
against Verbal Gaff Central, George Dubya Bush.
--
"Question, two men starving to death decide to eat their hair like
spaghetti. Is that funny?"
"Hmmm, well, it depends on if by funny you want to make people
laugh."
-+Eddie Izzard and Joanna Lumley, "The Cat's Meow"
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