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In reply to the discussion: Mr. Russert: So you will not run for president or vice president in 2008? Sen. Obama: I will not. [View all]NYC Liberal
(20,453 posts)13. Gore: "I don't have plans to be a candidate again"
Present tense, people! He said he "doesn't have plans" NOT "I will not run".
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7048370.stm
Obviously that means he IS running because he refused to use the future tense.
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Same non statement he's been making. Nothing new
this is no Sherman statement!
saying "i have no plans"..does not say "I will not run"..It does not say..don't try to draft me..it does not say,..Americans i do not want to be and will not be president.
Gore knows the deal..and he has not made a Sherman Statement...and he knows if he will not run ..he would make the Sherman Statement..
saying "i have no plans"..does not say "I will not run"..It does not say..don't try to draft me..it does not say,..Americans i do not want to be and will not be president.
Gore knows the deal..and he has not made a Sherman Statement...and he knows if he will not run ..he would make the Sherman Statement..
Gore did not say anything different than what he's been saying all along. He DID NOT say he definitely wasn't going to run. Let's wait to see what he says tonight in Chicago.
He has said the same thing all along. "No plans" doesn't mean "absolutely will not"
I believe this to be part of the efforts by those who fear a Gore run.
They are doing whatever they can to convince us Al isn't running and Hillary is our only option.
I believe this to be part of the efforts by those who fear a Gore run.
They are doing whatever they can to convince us Al isn't running and Hillary is our only option.
Just the same "no plans" as before.
Plans can be laid very quickly, and I sure hope that they are doing so as we speak.
Plans can be laid very quickly, and I sure hope that they are doing so as we speak.
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Mr. Russert: So you will not run for president or vice president in 2008? Sen. Obama: I will not. [View all]
Faryn Balyncd
Dec 2014
OP
What are you trying to say, you just know Warren is going to change her mind also?
Thinkingabout
Dec 2014
#1
It's more about holding out a false hope to get people all excited (and divided in yet another
MADem
Dec 2014
#29
I'll do that when they stop infantalizing an adult Senator from my state, treating her like a
MADem
Dec 2014
#55
It's not an unhinged thing to say at all--it's a political calculation. Why do you make everything
MADem
Dec 2014
#67
Seems to me the irrational folks are the ones who never let a day go by without posting
djean111
Dec 2014
#5
Liz hasn't officially endorsed anyone because nobody is officially running, yet.
Odin2005
Dec 2014
#14
Agreed. I have never seen such an obsession with trying to turn a declarative sentence in ...
Faryn Balyncd
Dec 2014
#10
There's an oldie but a goodie. Liz isn't running, neither was Obama. Obama did run
Autumn
Dec 2014
#7
What does it mean when you say "no" dozens of times, and have your lawyer write letters to the
MADem
Dec 2014
#33
Whoa.. "..Senator Warren has publicly announced she is not running for President in 2016.. "
Cha
Dec 2014
#48
They should write her a letter and ask her themselves.. or get someone from Mass to ask her..
Cha
Dec 2014
#50
They're going to have a "poll" to gauge "support." As others have pointed out, if they want
MADem
Dec 2014
#51
Asked in 2006 about the 2008 election. Do folks really take such answers seriously?
stone space
Dec 2014
#12
Some do take it serious, but IMO they are scared of her running. It might upset their
Autumn
Dec 2014
#15
So, Vinca, you will never eat chocolate again because you're a fatso? Vinca: No, I will not.
Vinca
Dec 2014
#23
Another lie, perhaps? Or, the money from Wall Street was just too good to pass up???
blkmusclmachine
Dec 2014
#26
And he almost lost by waiting so long. Is that the point you are trying to make? nt
stevenleser
Dec 2014
#28
All we have to do step back and look at the big BIG picture and we can see what's up.
MADem
Dec 2014
#61
They all say no. The timing of when they say yes I'm running is all very well orchestrated.
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2014
#60