BULLETIN: Al Gore WILL NOT RUN IN 2004

December 15, 2002 | AP

[TomGuy]

That loud sound you hear in the background is Hillary, smacking her lips, and savoring the idea.

[Paul Atreides]

I hope that he tries to blame it on Rush, like Rush had plans to disrupt his book-signing.

[Bullish]

That's what happens when you make yourself and your wife look like stupid schmucks on TV.

The Gore's are such fools.

[Timesink]

Is it the same way they acted on election night?

You should have seen them LAST night. They were all convinced that Gore was sending out all sorts of subliminal signals on SNL that he was absolutely, positively going to run! They seemed to have no clue of the fact that the WRITERS write the sketches, not Algore. And now, only 16 hours later, they're completely sideswiped with this news! Bwa-ha-ha!

[MainFrame65]

He always knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.

Maybe he just figured out that he isn't growing up, just growing old. Fine wine ages - Ripple just goes flat and stale.

[Yaelle]

UPDATE: Gore will be expounding on his reasons tonight on 60 Minutes

"Weeell, Tyipper and ah have thought long and hard about...it, and ever since we started our media blitz our books have sunk lower on Amazon's sell list than Osama bin Laden's 1001 Goat Recipes Cookbook..."

[gop_gene]

Yeah, but what will he say NEXT week?

"Consistent" does not equal "Gore"...

Yup, he could change his mind, but if he did he would come out looking like a bigger a$$ than he already is ("I'm not running, oh wait, I am running).

Guess we all know now why Gore was willing to make such a buffoon of himself last night--he had nothing to lose by doing so!

[Senator Pardek]

I was watching SNL with a friend last night - It was most obvious to both of us he has no intention of running by viewing his childish temper tantrum on the show.

He truly has mental problems. I wouldn't be surprised if he shoots up a high school next week...

[rightwing2]

Gore deciding not to run opens up a tremendous window for Hillary to jump in and win the nomination. I am predicting a Hillary v. Bush matchup in 2004. This would be the GOP dream ticket because Hillary's probably the only RAT that Bush can safely defeat in 2004 if he goes forward with his planned invasion of Iraq.

[hole_n_one]

[rintense]

All I can say is Al has no future in comedy or the stage. As a matter of fact, Al doesn't have a future, period. His parody of Lott just proved that this whole 'racist' comment crap isn't at all about race, but all about power.

[HAL9000]

BC-APNewsAlert

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al Gore decides he won't run for president in 2004.

Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

[Timesink]

But, but .... Hillary has PROMISED she won't run in 2004! Certainly you're not suggesting The Queen has misled us...!?!?

[Gun142]

See #11

[Paul Atreides]

[Timesink]

CNN: Gore made this decision in just the last few days.

[Starrgaizr]

Put him in a lock box. Toss the key into volcano.

[Timesink]

[Senator Pardek]

Get ready for "For the good of the party, I hereby announce my candidacy..."

[xJones]

This is such an incredible example of hypocrisy. Lott said some things that indicated his mind set, but he was never an officer in the KKK like Byrd, and the media isn't calling for Byrd's head on a platter. Lott is a moderate accomodating RINO, but his sins were far less than Byrd (D).