Maybe one of the graphic wizards around here could put Gore and Dean's faces on this?
Posted on 12/09/2003 7:56:27 AM PST by PaulaB
While the press is focusing on Al Gore's endorsement as a slap in the face to the ever-so-loyal Joe Lieberman, the real story is about Gore's real target: Bill and Hillary Clinton.
Gore is expected to endorse Dean in Harlem, of all places, the adopted home of Hillary and Bill, where the former president's office is situated.
Clearly, Gore knows that Bill and Hillary are trying to stop Howard Dean.
And Dean has made no bones that he'll fire DNC Chief Terry McAuliffe, handpicked by the Clintons.
It's also no secret that the Clintons urged Wesley Clark to run in an effort to stop Dean's momentum, and helped raise his initial funds. Top Clinton aides run Clark's campaign.
And the Clintonistas who don't work for Clark, like Hillary strategist Harold Ickes and former White House chief of staff Leon Panetta, have begun trashing Dean as unelectable in published interviews.
Apparently, Gore would have none of it. He is backing Dean, and early, before a clear front-runner emerges after New Hampshire.
Gore has several reasons for rolling the dice with Dean and slamming the Clintons.
First, it's payback to the Clintons.
Gore has quietly blamed Bill Clinton's scandal baggage as the main reason he lost to Bush in a razor-thin electoral margin in 2000.
Gore and his wife, Tipper, have little love for Hillary, who started the Clinton presidency by demanding she get the office traditionally reserved for the VP in the West Wing.
Things went downhill from there.
There was Hillary's Senate bid in 2000, which Gore believes drained national Democratic Party resources, not to mention publicity, from his presidential campaign.
To add insult to injury, Gore wanted to run in 2004 and views Bush as vulnerable. But Hillary's political machine told top Democratic donors in New York and Hollywood not to back him.
In November 2002 Hillary pointedly pulled the rug out from under Gore when Chris Matthews asked "when" she was going to make a formal endorsement. She declined to say anything nice about her husband's loyal VP, let alone offer an endorsement, much to the chagrin of a stunned Matthews.
A month later, Gore dropped out of the race.
Gore no doubt sees Dean as just desserts for Bill and Hillary.
He may also see Dean as a path for his own return to power.
As NewsMax reported, Gore shares Hillary's view that the Democratic convention next summer may not offer a candidate in the first round of balloting.
While Dean may have the most delegates, he may not have enough to win.
In that case, Hillary envisions a presidential draft that would hand her the nomination at the last minute.
Gore sees the same possibility himself. By aligning himself with Dean, the ex-VP will have the first dibs on any deal cut at the convention. A Gore-Dean ticket may sound crazy now, but it could be a real possibility by next summer.
It's McGovern-Reagan all over again!
Pray that George W. Bush stays healthy, that's all.
I believe that 100%. Swing voters and moderate Democrats were no doubt appaled by the Democrats trying to cover up for him when he was obviously lieing. Clinton is far from an American favorite. (He's also going to be a HUGE weight around the skanks neck. Expect Arkansaside before 2008. If he's hit, Hillary can get the sympathy vote, too.)
Me too.
I'm rooting for Dean and Gore to get control of the DNC and reduce the power in the Clintons' hands, while still being exposed as the raving lunatics they (Dean and Gore) are, and never gaining elected office again.
Win-Win
Maybe one of the graphic wizards around here could put Gore and Dean's faces on this?
Very interesting angle that I had not considered.
Maybe. According to some, the Clintons are now in the process of splitting the democratic party. They are developing their own wing with its own funding sources, empowered by Americans Coming Together. That may be a good thing; then again, it may not. It's just too early to tell. For the time being, it will allow them to gather and brood and develop nefarious plans with little or no media and mass observation. That could ultimately be dangerous. I think the jury's out on this one. But I really hope that you're right!
If so, Hillary is being thrown into the political dungeon by her own people.
"Off with her head!"
BUT, right now, Hillary is hoping for the draft. She (or Bill) haven't officially endorsed a canidate (not even Clark), and won't until after the primaries.
If Clark gets close enough, she may grab onto his coat tales like she did Bill, and make sure he doesn't live long if elected . It'll get her right into the drivers seat, and she can bring Bill whether the American people like it or not. The "Clintons" will then be back in the White House. They'll try to finish the Socialist revolution they've campained all their lives for. They want the White House for life.
Me, too. This might save Democrats from the unendingly narcissistic, former First Couple from Hell - the Clintons.
Gore's actions might save Democrats from history's dust bin. Either way, my hat's off to Gore. We need a two party system, and the neocons would make a dreadful second party. Thanks Gore, where ever you are...
Yes, I saw that theory yesterday and am intrigued by it and do not discard it. And even if this Gore move is an effort to remove the Clintons, as I now suspect after observing and reading and listening, it does not mean he and Dean will be successful.
The best thing for our country would be for Dean to win the Dem nomination by a large margin, which would vastly diminish the Clintonian influence.
Then lose big time to President Bush in the general.
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