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Gore endorses Obama and promises to help him
Townhall ^ | June 16, 2008 | Nedra Pickler

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.


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008endorsements; algore; democratparty; democrats; election; electionpresident; elections; greenparty; greenvote; mi2008; obama
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Alas, Johnnie, your pandering was all for naught.

 

21 posted on 06/16/2008 2:34:16 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the girly-man population. Have the McCainiacs spayed or neutered.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nothing to see here.


22 posted on 06/16/2008 2:36:41 PM PDT by johnthebaptistmoore (Vote for conservatives AT ALL POLITICAL LEVELS! Encourage all others to do the same on November 4!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Gore endorses Obama and promises to help him"

Help him lose hopefully.

23 posted on 06/16/2008 2:36:57 PM PDT by mass55th
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To: LukeL

you beat me to it. Every time I hear his name thoughts of Imaginationland come to mind.


24 posted on 06/16/2008 2:38:48 PM PDT by txroadkill (Liberals believe that the only oppressed people in Cuba are the terrorist in GitMo)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Al Gore announced his endorsement of Barack Obama Monday

Why now? Could it be because Gore is such a miserable coward?

25 posted on 06/16/2008 2:41:27 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia
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To: mass55th
LOL, and I thought Gore was going to endorse McClimateChange.
26 posted on 06/16/2008 2:44:41 PM PDT by chaos_5 (Proud to be one of the 10% not rallying around McCain)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet


.................................................................................."This was your idea, wasn't it?"
27 posted on 06/16/2008 2:49:31 PM PDT by Deo volente (Barack Hussein Obama: once a Muslim, always a Muslim?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Oh joy! another mindless misfit looking for a job in his new cabinet of circus clowns hell bent on destroying this country


28 posted on 06/16/2008 2:53:12 PM PDT by ronnie raygun (IF YOU ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE BY 35 YOU HAVE NO BRAIN. W CHURCHILL)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

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.


29 posted on 06/16/2008 2:53:43 PM PDT by BigLittle ( .)
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To: the invisib1e hand
"Obama-gore? Eeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaughghghghghgh! It sort of has a ring to it."

Obamination-Eye Sore

30 posted on 06/16/2008 2:56:56 PM PDT by mass55th
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To: LukeL

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.


31 posted on 06/16/2008 2:59:19 PM PDT by samtheman (McCain is throwing away a landslide victory and opting for a landslide defeat.)
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To: JoJo Gunn
Alas, Johnnie, your pandering was all for naught.

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.

32 posted on 06/16/2008 3:52:11 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (If you need help, ask God. If you don*t, thank God!)
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To: Dr. Eckleburg
you posted, "My husband has five dollars on Gore as Obama's #2."

Yeah,, but isn't the rumor now that Hillary will be the VP nominee? Especially with her ex campaign manager working for Obamamania.

33 posted on 06/16/2008 3:53:07 PM PDT by Auntie Toots (The GOP is dead)
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To: Auntie Toots
If Obama makes Hilary the #2, he will get Bill the sociopath, the Clinton mafia, and the prospect of a Presidency cut short by some sad, "unforeseen" circumstance.

Could anyone possibly be that dumb?

34 posted on 06/16/2008 4:00:43 PM PDT by Dr. Eckleburg ("I don't think they want my respect; I think they want my submission." - Flemming Rose)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A local Dallas radio announcer rather unwittingly announced that Gore had “thrown his weight behind Obama”.Ooof!


35 posted on 06/16/2008 4:08:32 PM PDT by madrastex
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Have at it, Mr. Gore.
36 posted on 06/16/2008 4:13:55 PM PDT by rabidralph
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To: NRA2BFree

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!


37 posted on 06/16/2008 4:26:42 PM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the girly-man population. Have the McCainiacs spayed or neutered.)
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To: NRA2BFree
"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."

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!

38 posted on 06/16/2008 4:30:54 PM PDT by Hillarys nightmare (So Proud to be living in "Jesus Land" ! Don't you wish everyone did?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“With friends like Algor . . . “


39 posted on 06/16/2008 4:44:35 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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To: NRA2BFree

Um. Bumping your homepage....

:)

I took the test at the bottom.....we rate The Same As Each Other.

Yea!


40 posted on 06/16/2008 4:51:25 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Typical Whitey Gramma just like Obamies!)
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