My handwritten letter to Al Gore

[SoonerPride]

Dear Mr. Gore:

I voted for you in 2000. I’m afraid I let you down.

As the last seven years have unfolded, I’ve watched in horror and disbelief as the honor, traditions, laws, moral authority, international standing, and Constitution of our great land have been abused, ignored, violated, shredded, decimated and circumvented. I’m afraid I let the Republic down.

I’m asking for a second chance.

I’m asking that you please run for President in 2008.

I apologize for asking you to endure such a burden. I might as well ask you to agree to run a marathon every day for the next year and half while carrying a 5,000 pound weight on your back. Unfortunately, as I see the terrible mess our country is in and as I survey the field of candidates, I see no one who instills in me the utmost confidence that they can right the ship of state and steer us clear of the rocky shore for which we are headed. Only you, sir, have the tools, knowledge, working history, command of issues, and frankly the courage to assume leadership at this crucial time in our history.

During times of crisis great men step forward and answer the call. You are a great man. This is the time. I ask that you lead us.

I’m asking for a second chance.

I have never been a donor or a volunteer. I have always been passive in the process. Not this time. I will donate to your cause. I will volunteer for your campaign. I will knock on doors. I will make phone calls. I will stuff envelopes. I will do whatever is within my power to assist you in leading our country out of darkness and into the light.

I’m asking for a second chance.
Please run for President.
Our country needs you.

[MissWaverly]

1. good for you

I think he's still my president, I have an "Inconvenient Truth" + the Assault on Reason and I sent money to Draft Gore campaign
and I have a Save the Planet-Gore 2008 sticker on my computer.

:-)

[SoonerPride]

6. Draft Gore campaign

I'm leery of sending money until he actually enters the race. But the second (if) he does, I will donate my time and my money.

Thank you for the kind words.

[MissWaverly]

10. I have a strong feeling that he will

I think he's going to announce in September, I just have a feeling.

[SoonerPride]

11. I hope you are right

I'd really work to get the man elected.

[MissWaverly]

15. McLaughlin of the McLaughlin group feels Gore will run

Not only that he will run but that he will be the strongest candidate. Do you realize what a fiasco it would be if Bloomberg,
Giuliani and Hillary Clinton runs, we would have 3 candidates running from NY. As 2004 was all about Vietnam, the Rove machine would have a two fer, Paula Jones/Monica scandal and 9-11, 9-11, 9-11 all over again. I really want an election based on the present and not the embers of past history.

[madmunchie]

26. Me to.

He is running now by not running..... He is changing the face of how to run a successful campaign in today's day and age. I am waiting for him to announce and then it is all steam ahead.

[NastyDiaper]

20. Beautiful letter.

I've actually sent (some) money to Dodd and Kucinich.

But I make no secret that I will reserve first preference for Gore until the day I punch holes in my primary ballot.

[sellitman]

2. Fantastic! Voted and kicked.

I hope he reads your letter personally.

[Morgana LaFey]

18. And here's his address in case anyone else wants to do the same

Thanks to rosesaylavee:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3333597



Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue, Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203

[rwork]

3. Good one SP

Well thought out. It will take something like what you have written.By the way I am also Sooner Proud.

[Sedona]

4. How about post cards?

Almost everyone lives in a place where out-of-towner's buy postcards to send home.

Post cards are cheap, colorful, cheaper to send, and you don't need as much postage to send them.

They also illustrate all the different places the cards are coming from, without the

burden of one person having to open & read them all. (not to mention saving the trees that provide

envelopes for letters).

Send a post card with a quick message to:

Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue, Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203


Maybe a second postcard for Tipper, we're going to need her help too!

[Martin Eden]

5. Great Letter!

K&R

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

7. I'm not gonna say anything

nt

:eyes:

[CreekDog]

8. Gore is terrific, but I like Edwards and Obama too

[UrbScotty]

19. Agreed (nt)

[DesertRat]

9. A wonderful sincere letter. k&r

[RestoreGore]

12. Why wait? You can start now

http://allianceforclimateprotection.org/

This is Al Gore answering the call for our planet and leading. Also, attending or watching Live Earth is a great way to show him you not only support him, but more importantly the moral conscience this is all meant to awaken in all Americans.

[Uncle Joe]

13. Excellent letter SoonerPride

Thanks for sharing.

Kicked and recommended.

[SoonerPride]

14. Thanks for the kind words

n/t

[MasonJar]

16. I intend to write Gore a personal plea this week-end. If we persuade

him, we cannot let him down again. When I remember all those pug aides attacking the people recounting the votes and remember that I did not get on a plane and fly down there to help Gore, I cringe in dissatisfaction with myself. Never again can we do that.

[SoonerPride]

17. I think he needs to know we will not abandon him this time

He cannot fight this fight alone.

[rosesaylavee]

21. Wonderful letter

Looking forward to your future posts - you write so well!

:hi:

[stlsaxman]

22. P.S.- Mr. Gore, if you run, you will NOT need expensive 30 second sound bites...

WE will be your walking, talking, twenty-four/seven, day in- day out, unrelenting, GOTV grass-roots networking machine!!!

We will not fail you.



"Commercials?!?! We don't need no commercials- We don't have to show them NO STINKIN' COMMERCIALS!!!"

[otohara]

23. I'm Inspired By Your Letter

I started one yesterday, but it sounded corny - I will do a rewrite today.

[iconocrastic]

24. Hillary would cut him to pieces

Think he doesn't know who he's up against?

[SoonerPride]

25. Underestimate the power of the Gore, you do

Try not.

Do or do not.

There is no try.

[iconocrastic]

27. WTF?

Gibberish. To be expected I guess.

[SoonerPride]

28. Yoda is not gibberish

The wisdom of Yoda is applicable in all times.

You want to engage in a serious discussion of why Hillary would "cut hm to pieces" I'm all ears.

Otherwise, I will continue to spout Yoda-isms and be content.

[iconocrastic]

29. Spout all you want. I could give a crap.

[SoonerPride]

30. So you refuse to explain why you think Clinton would cut him to pieces

You make an absurd blanket statement and then don't have the backbone to justify that position?

I'm willing to engage you on the point.

Al Gore is a savvy, seasoned, experienced veteran. I think he is more than capable of tilting swords with anyone, anywhere.

[iconocrastic]

32. Gore is out of his mind. he'd never stand up to the Clintons

Read this and tell me the guy hasn't lost it.

Too little, too late: Gore blames scientists for climate crisis
US could have acted sooner if experts had reached consensus
By Jonathan Owen
Published: 24 June 2007

http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2701314.ece

Don't bring a pop gun to an artillery battle. That's all Gore has.

[SoonerPride]

33. Clinton's Iraq War Authorization is enough for her to lose nomimation

Her hawkish stance on letting the imperial presidency carry out a war on lies is enough for her to lose the party nomination.

Al Gore's record on the environment in unassailable. You say he's "lost it" whwn I say he's been right for the last 30 years and is right again.

Clinton has way too much baggage.

Gore would decimate her in a war of ideas.

She stands for nothing as much as which way the wind is blowing on any given day.

Gore has steadfastly clung to his ideas even when they were ridiculed and unpopular.

Clinton carries the tag as favorite now because Obama doean't have enough experience to persuade some that he can lead effectively. Gore has more experience in his little finger than Clinton does.

Gore would be a formidable opponent.

[iconocrastic]

34. Dream on

Hillary is cancer. She is death warmed over.

But Gore is no match for her.

[iconocrastic]

35. Anyway, nice talking with you.

Best wishes in the ongoing debates.

We do need new ideas. I'm sick of all the rehashed garbage.

Take care.

[bigwillq]

31. Great letter.

I really want him to run too. He's my first choice.