John Nichols: Gore's fine resume needs one more entry

John Nichols has an opinion in the Capital Times this morning that stoked me up again. I go to bed each night with a prayer and some hope and wake up in the morning debating with myself as to whether Gore will run. Sometimes I think we should just leave it up to him and other times, like after reading Nichols, I know that we need to keep letting Mr. Gore know that we want him to be our next President.

Mr. Nichols said:

It is a velvet grip in which the peace prize winner finds himself.

Gore has arrived at the point that most politicians can only imagine in their wildest dreams. The entire world is asking him to be not merely a candidate but an ecological -- not to mention, ideological -- savior. And he is more viable than he has ever been.

Can Gore resist? Probably.

Should he resist? Probably not.

So let's keep our velvet gloves on, folks, and keep on rockin'

I have my first diary entry at dailykos on this topic.

Be prepared, and don't be surprised

I'm not saying this will happen, but if Cheny's history is any indication, then we need to get prepared sooner rather than later. At OpEdNews.com, you will find this article:

Dick Cheney & Vigilant Shield: Will a Missing Nuke from the B-52 Incident be used in a Simulated Terrorist Attack?

Be your own judge, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared for any catastrophe.

Right now my heart is aching for our country and anger at the people currently in charge.

Draft Gore campaign gets front page news at local paper

The Sarasota Herald Tribune's Saturday edition (today), carried the following article, interviewing little ol' me!

Push for an Al Gore White House bid grows after Nobel Prize award
By CAROL E. LEE
carol.lee@heraldtribune.com

Already an Oscar and an Emmy. Now the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2008, the presidency?

Such are the hopes of activists working to persuade Al Gore to run for commander in chief, again.

The push is particularly strong in Florida, where Draft Gore forces have planned a blitz of radio ads to air next week and are lobbying the state's Democratic Party chairwoman to put Gore on the ballot for the Jan. 29 primary.

Gore has stopped short of saying outright that he will not run, but he has expressed that he does not intend to and has reportedly told former President Jimmy Carter to stop calling him about it.
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The focus on Florida is largely driven by the state's symbolism since the 2000 presidential election, where many Democrats felt the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling to stop the vote recount unfairly handed George W. Bush the state's electoral votes, and, in turn, the presidency.

Draft Gore's radio ads -- "He won once. He can win again." -- will run on five to seven stations during morning and evening rush hour starting Wednesday, Ritchey said.
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"Here was his opportunity to put the draft movement to an end, and I think it is significant that he didn't," said Ritchey. "He did not close the door on a possible presidential run, and we are hitting the ground running."

Templeton, too, said she will continue doing her part in Sarasota to get Gore to enter the race: "Until he says, 'I'm not running.'"

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Draft Gore Now! Not only for us, but for the planet.

Draft Gore

Outrage ~~ Malkin&Co on the warpath

Several blogs have discussed the attacks by Michelle Malkin/Free Republic/Limbaugh, etc. on the Frost family (the boy who spoke at last week's Democratic reply to the President's radio address), and the true compassionates (blue to the core) are rightly disgusted. They (Malkin&Co) have posted this family's business and home address on the internet, they have harrassed them, they have encouraged others to harrass them, and they have attacked the very reasons why this family needs SCHIP. See firedoglake.com, dailykos.com for true-blue compassion. Think Progress has a very good commentary with links to the outrageous posts.

Malkin needs to be silenced. She and her cohorts yell to the heavens for protection of a full-grown man with general's stars on his shoulders, but a 12-year-old boy and his younger sister who have been injured severely in a car wreck are “fair game”.

Disgusting, and not the least bit humane, compassionate, or human!