That is not a pretty visual at all, though it seems these days that he's got plenty to go with!
I was thinking about you just yesterday ...... glad to have you back sharing your thoughts with us.
One question for you ...... unions are very interested in the development of ANWR ..... jobs at stake. Of course, that is envirogore's worst nightmare. What effect might that have in the support he gets from unions?
Is your mother still hiding her hearing aid?
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In 1972 Candidate George McGovern badly needed help in the South. He needed Southern support. In return for support in his race for the Presidency George McGovern agreed to appoint a little known Southern Governor to be in charge of drawing up the rules for the nomination process in 1976. It was that little known Georgia Governor named Jimmmy Carter who got to draw up the rules used in 1976. I seem to notice something resembling a pattern here! As you may notice a Democratic candidate can control who will be in charge of the rules for the next election. Did I mention that Gore saw to it Gore people will have the say about the rules for 2004? Well, I should have.
But rule changes are not enough if labor unites against a candidate. But rules control topped off with organized labor support is unbeatable. Gore got labor. He knew lots of the party would be against his second try. But with labor he can nail down that second try. With Labor the nomination is nearly a lock. He had to give labor what HHH gave the left and what McGovern gave Carter. He had to promise to give control of the national party to labor until at least 2008. Once labor has control they will not let go. They will not trade control to get help in 2008 or 2012 from the media or the fat cats. They will use the control to retain control. From here on out labor will determine who gets the Democratic nomination. Todays new generation of labor leaders are interested in power. Making the Democratic party the Labor Party is real power. You see the gamble is this. If Gore makes the deal and gets elected in 2004, then he can control the party at least until 2012. But if he loses labor is in the drivers seat for 2008. But if Gore wins and wins again he can renig before 2012. Gore had to agree to do what labor wants if he is elected and give them the control of the party if he is not. No other Democratic candidates hs been willing to pay labor's price. Gore is willing. He wants to be President.
You ask how Gores position on the enviornment would square with the Unions veiws on drilling oil? Where ever did you get the notion that Gore has views he believes in and principles he stands by? Heavens to Bill Clinton, Gore's enviornmental blathering has no bearing on the matter. Al Gore wants an evirornment where the people who exist in it, call him Mr. President. Al has no trouble greasing the wheels of his presidential bandwagon with Alaskan oil.
Gore will say that we must have fuel to provide for the needy. Gore will say we have to drill ANWAR but only under the strictest enviornmental standards. Gore will define "strictest enviornmental standards" as however the auto workers want it done. Did I say Gore will do it for the Children? I didn't say it. But Gore will!