Saw this pic of him looking at the Run Al Run video, the Al Gore Support Center, and some online draft Gore materials...







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okay I may have altered the picture a bit ...

be still my heart... thnx AGF.......

Here's lookin at you kid.....Hi Al !!! :clap:

Gore has waited because he knows that no one can run a two year campaign. Hillary and Obama are showing wear, and making mistakes. Even if he has to be a write-in in the early states, and he has a fairly decent showing, he's in. If he were not going to run, he would have stopped the TV ad and the newspaper ad. Anyway, he had a schedule that he had to clear up. Gore has been a busy man. I really think it will be after the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony, then he jumps in.

Ha haa! Good one, AlGoreFan.

I just saw an ad for this week's 30 Rock episode during SNL. It was quick. A character had on a tee shirt that just had a big "G" on it. Ambiguous, since it's "Green Week"....or has the wardrobe been changed since we discussed the episode? Hmm... - There were a couple of seconds of Gore taking off his jacket and saying something about a whale being in trouble and dashing off.

I hate to be a wet blanket, but this image comes from the following location:
http://www.ralphwallace.com/gore/goreinoffice.jpg
It comes from some guy's own Web site. It looks like a still from An Inconvenient Truth with the Draft Gore vids Photoshoped into the monitors. As someone who works with that software, it isn't hard to alter a pic if you know how to use it.

Al Gore may well be aware of his supporters, but that picture is mighty suspicious. Someone apparently photoshopped in what we see on the monitors. Here's the original

I can see your reading of my post wasn't complete. Notice the bottom line says:

okay I may have altered the picture a bit ...

hahahahahahahaaaaa :P

He he he, that was a little cruel, but you got a few folks. ;) I barely saw the yellow font at first myself. I wish the picture was true.

He doesn't have the ability or the authority to stop TV and newspaper ads. These are paid for by PACs that, as long as they're FEC-compliant, can put out any public notices they want. Gore isn't informed of them before hand, and even if he were, he couldn't stop them. All he could do would be to contact the organizations and ask them to please not do it again in the future, which he hasn't done.

I agree totally! He is certainly aware of the ads, and would have said stop if he really wanted us to. Someone said earlier that he may be waiting until after the Nobel award ceremony. That would make sense. ?Does this mean another countdown? :!:
And I also agree that the others seem to be stumbling a bit - 2 years is just way too long to be formally campaigning. I much prefer Gore's informal campaign!! I think it's still a very real possibility, but we have to keep up our pressure and make sure he knows the support is still here, waiting for him and only him!!
Hanging on may be tough - but letting go seems much tougher!

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Well, you sure got me ! :lol: :lol: :read:

Somehow I think Al has actually had those sites on those screens before! :Y:

Me too... he doesn't miss a trick...what a guy!! Any way even if it wasn't "official"
I sure loved the thought...

It's very true that Gore does not control independent PAC's and it's also true that he's said many times that he's not planning on running for political office. My question is why hasn't he contacted Dylan Malone or Monica at DraftGore or our beloved EarthMother and requested that our groups change our focus away from the possibility of a 2008 Gore Presidential campaign? That is unless it remains a possibility.. unlikely perhaps, but still possible...

He hasn't contacted me either about that, at least. Al, I'll bring the cooler Tuesday... you bring a message about whether you have changed your mind since two weeks ago.

I don't actually think it's that unlikely, Wayne. Read what he said in the latest Rolling Stone interview. To me it sounds as if it's definitely a possibility, and not only that, he asks us to stay with him so that we'll be there if he does get back into politics. I don't think he'd do that if he really thought there was little chance.

Glad to hear your perspective, EM. It's always good hearing encouraging thoughts. :)

Yes, EarthMother, you're right! If he wasn't still contemplating a run in '08, he'd have been more clear on when the "future' might be. He asked us to stay with him - and that's just what we have to do. We must! We cannot bail on him and move to some other (lesser) candidate. There's plenty of time to vote for someone else a year from now, if we have to, but there is no reason to jump ship now! He's the one we want, he's the one we need! 'Nuf said!

Clinton is slipping somewhat in the polls and this is just the beginning. Gore knew that this would happen. He is in the best place right now, because he can jump in with a moment's notice. He is so careful to say the same thing at each turn. I still say that he is running, and the media knows it, and that is why that are still pushing Hillary. The GOP can win with Hillary on the ticket for the Democrats. If he were not running, he would stop this Draftgore movement in its tracks, like he did before.

Come on Al, throw us D.O.G.'s a bone. Say you're giving it some consideration.

I also found the Rolling Stone interview to suggest that there is still a possibility. But Gore did hint at what would be required for DraftGore folks: a change in public consciousness, and grassroots and netroots activism. I thought the mention of mobilizing "millions" through the internet was also interesting.

Maybe 200,000 signatures is not enough. Maybe Gore wants to see a million...

I think you're right, Ian. He wants to see more! I believe the signature collection is states that can put him on the ballot needs to continue in full force, and in the states where this isn't possible, the push from organizers needs to be to collect signatures for the petition. Either way, we need to step up our efforts to make this happen. Now is the time for increased efforts all across the board! Now is not the time for weakness - it's the time for greater strength and perseverence!

The sea change starts with us!

I agree, Ian and tk. Wouldn't it be cool to get a smooth million signatures on the draft? What seems to help out is the extra publicity - the NYT ad, Gore's Nobel Prize win, and the tv & radio ads. Too bad we couldn't have the draftgore web address flashing on the screen everytime Gore is on a show, etc.

If we could keep the draftgore website advertised somehow, whether thru flyers or other advertisements as funds are available, I think it can be done!! :clap: :clap:

Maybe an advertisement could read, "Let's show Gore how much support he has. Let's get the petition up to 1,000,000"!!! :clap: :clap: :clap: