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lapucelle

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24. Another thing to admire about Al Gore is that his priorities are mission-driven.

Sat Oct 30, 2021, 12:41 PM

Oct 2021

Gore puts that mission above personal ambition, he does not self-aggrandize, and he certainly doesn't stew in imagined grievances and counterproductive personal grudges.

Al Gore understands that accomplishment is often achieved through concrete steps towards a broad and important goal, and he knows how to work with politicians in the service of us, rather than of himself.

It's what makes Al Gore a true leader.

It's heartening that so many naysayers and discounters have jumped on the Al Gore bandwagon in the decades that have passed. It's a pity they weren't on board in 2000.

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Want to hear something really radical? [View all] Uncle Joe Oct 2021 OP

Bernie's the Best! He Cares! George McGovern Oct 2021 #1

+1... myohmy2 Oct 2021 #6

And yet there's nothing in the bill to lower RX prices leftstreet Oct 2021 #2

I give Bernie lots of credit mountain grammy Oct 2021 #3

He might have to wait in a long line to do so. Xavier Breath Oct 2021 #7

Inhalers are extremely expensive. Rhiannon12866 Oct 2021 #4

A letter is radical? sheshe2 Oct 2021 #5

It is a very strongly worded letter. betsuni Oct 2021 #8

Aaah, strongly worded. sheshe2 Oct 2021 #10

Ha! That's funny! NurseJackie Oct 2021 #36

You're misconstruing the first tweet with the third. Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #11

Not misconstruing really. sheshe2 Oct 2021 #12

No matter how many times anybody states it, this is radical Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #13

"Bernie nor I said the letter was radical "? sheshe2 Oct 2021 #16

.. Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #17

It's understandable, given that the third tweet is non sequitur in the context of the first two. lapucelle Oct 2021 #14

+1 sheshe2 Oct 2021 #15

And Al Gore delivered concrete accomplishments without grandstanding. lapucelle Oct 2021 #20

I agree. Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #23

Another thing to admire about Al Gore is that his priorities are mission-driven. lapucelle Oct 2021 #24

One of the greatest leadership traits of Al Gore in my opinion Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #25

Al Gore deserves to be respected and admired for those traits. lapucelle Oct 2021 #30

Along with Al Gore's vision in both championing the opening of the Internet and Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #33

Al Gore understood the crisis early on. Others, not so much. lapucelle Oct 2021 #34

Al Gore challenged corporate power in his own way, Uncle Joe Oct 2021 #35

If the explanation is that those who worked against Al Gore's election in 2000 were bad actors lapucelle Oct 2021 #38

Hm, "For Al Gore it was never about him. It was always about us." Sounds like a great slogan! George II Oct 2021 #28

And unlike another losing candidate (e.g. Trump), Gore didn't run around waving his arms, lapucelle Oct 2021 #31

The "radical" part is that the medicine costs so much more in America than Canada... DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #18

Not a nice thing to say. George II Oct 2021 #32

Pffffft. DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #39

Calling someone "obtuse" is not sarcasm. George II Oct 2021 #40

No, it was a valid observation of the response to the thread. DemocraticPatriot Oct 2021 #41

Actually "radical" is seven letters! George II Oct 2021 #26

K&R DLevine Oct 2021 #9

K & R Celerity Oct 2021 #19

Thank God for Bernie. BComplex Oct 2021 #21

Lowering pharmaceutical costs is a usual Democratic policy. betsuni Oct 2021 #22

It's in the 2020 Democratic National Committee Platform, the platform on which Biden ran: George II Oct 2021 #27

Not everyone reads the party platforms. lapucelle Oct 2021 #29

reform the patent system. mopinko Oct 2021 #37