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malaise

(268,556 posts) Thu Sep 8, 2016, 04:54 PM Sep 2016

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Al Gore was 100% correct

There has been an Assault on Reason.

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Al Gore was 100% correct (Original Post) malaise Sep 2016 OP

And that was before the movie Idiocracy foretold the future benld74 Sep 2016 #1

Idiocracy was the year before this although Gore delivered malaise Sep 2016 #2

Yes, but he's unloved by enough to make a difference ffr Sep 2016 #3

Right. BAD advice from his 'campaign,' imo. elleng Sep 2016 #4

Lieberman was the major mistake Skittles Sep 2016 #5

+1,000 malaise Sep 2016 #6

I remember hearing that news Skittles Sep 2016 #7

President Al Gore was right! napkinz Sep 2016 #8

and he also won that 2000 election malaise Sep 2016 #9

benld74

(9,900 posts)

1. And that was before the movie Idiocracy foretold the future

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:00 PM

Sep 2016

malaise

(268,556 posts)

2. Idiocracy was the year before this although Gore delivered

Reply to benld74 (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:08 PM

Sep 2016

the lecture at an MLK Anniversary Lecture the year before. The book was 2007.

ffr

(22,663 posts)

3. Yes, but he's unloved by enough to make a difference

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:16 PM

Sep 2016

I wish he would have embraced the Clinton's and had Bill on the trail getting voters to EV in 2000. Our future would have been so so different and BETTER. One minor mistake with enormous repercussions.

elleng

(130,646 posts)

4. Right. BAD advice from his 'campaign,' imo.

Reply to ffr (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 05:34 PM

Sep 2016

Donna Brazile???

Skittles

(153,101 posts)

5. Lieberman was the major mistake

Reply to ffr (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 06:11 PM

Sep 2016

ugh

malaise

(268,556 posts)

6. +1,000

Reply to Skittles (Reply #5)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 06:12 PM

Sep 2016

Skittles

(153,101 posts)

7. I remember hearing that news

Reply to malaise (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 06:15 PM

Sep 2016

that was when I realized we would lose

napkinz

(17,199 posts)

8. President Al Gore was right!

Reply to malaise (Original post)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 07:01 PM

Sep 2016

some day I hope the history books will make the necessary correction

malaise

(268,556 posts)

9. and he also won that 2000 election

Reply to napkinz (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 8, 2016, 07:49 PM

Sep 2016

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