Posted on 06/16/2008 2:07:30 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Al Gore announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Monday and promised to help the Democrat achieve what eluded him _ the presidency.
In a letter to be e-mailed to Obama supporters, the former vice president and Nobel Prize winner wrote, "From now through Election Day, I intend to do whatever I can to make sure he is elected president of the United States."
In 2000, Gore won the popular vote but lost the disputed 2000 election to George W. Bush, who captured Florida and its electoral votes after a divided Supreme Court ended the recount. Since then, Gore has made combatting global warming his signature issue, and has been recognized worldwide for his effort _ from an Academy Award for a documentary for his effort to the Nobel prize.
Gore is one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, but he maintained a low profile in the primary campaign. He's planning to appear with Obama at a rally in Detroit Monday night.
It's the second time that Obama has rolled out a major endorsement in Michigan, a state he did not campaign in during the primary because its election violated the party rules. Obama is counting on a win in Michigan in November, but brought Gore and 2004 vice presidential nominee John Edwards to help validate him among Democrats in the state after skipping their primary.
"It means a lot, obviously," Obama said of Gore's support, as he greeted workers outside the General Motors Flint Engine South plant. "He's somebody who is a visionary, not just for the party, but for the country."
Gore also asked for donations to help fund Obama's effort _ the first time he's asked members of his Web site AlGore.com to contribute to a political campaign.
"Over the past 18 months, Barack Obama has united a movement. He knows change does not come from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue or Capitol Hill. It begins when people stand up and take action," Gore wrote. "With the help of millions of supporters like you, Barack Obama will bring the change we so desperately need in order to solve our country's most pressing problems."
Obama focused on his plan to improve the economy while in Michigan, which has the nation's highest unemployment rate. He told a crowd in Flint, which had a seasonally unadjusted April unemployment rate of 9.3 percent, that they cannot fear globalization but must embrace it as a reality of the future.
"At critical moments of transition like this one, success has also depended on national leadership that moved the country forward with confidence and a common purpose," he said.
Nothing to see here.
Help him lose hopefully.
you beat me to it. Every time I hear his name thoughts of Imaginationland come to mind.
Why now? Could it be because Gore is such a miserable coward?
Oh joy! another mindless misfit looking for a job in his new cabinet of circus clowns hell bent on destroying this country
Maybe he can show him how to sell off national oil reserves for personal profit.......like Al did with Elk Hills, and that old old family friend, Occidental Petroleum.
Obamination-Eye Sore
Quit clowning around. I’m being totally cereal here.
I’m telling you there’s a ManBarryPig out there.
Half man.
Half Barry.
Half pig.
I really am cereal about this.
What's so scary is that he really means it. America is sooo doomed. No matter who wins, we're finished as a free nation.
Yeah,, but isn't the rumor now that Hillary will be the VP nominee? Especially with her ex campaign manager working for Obamamania.
Could anyone possibly be that dumb?
A local Dallas radio announcer rather unwittingly announced that Gore had “thrown his weight behind Obama”.Ooof!
Well, to me what’s even scarier is the amount of Freepers that’ll turn and look the other way concerning McCain and this particular platform.
He’s wanting to pick our pockets over that Scam, and they’re wanting me to help him!
I beg to differ.
I propose that the changes these two A$$ clowns begin, will cause a ground swell of opposition from the populace, which will trigger either a new movement towards conservatism or it will, provoke the masses to revolt.
Either way; thanks to our illustrious CAREER POLITICIANS and our woefully mixed up and confused American electorate,it seems as though, we had it coming!
“With friends like Algor . . . “
Um. Bumping your homepage....
:)
I took the test at the bottom.....we rate The Same As Each Other.
Yea!
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