Reply #182: Sometimes you have to put yourself out there if it's something you believe in.

[earth mom]

I just put myself out there with a thread and have been attacked up one side and down the other. I knew it would happen when I posted the thread but I did it anyway, because the topic is important to me.

Your OP question bothered me from the get go. I read the entire thread to see what your intention was and when I found it, I was ticked off. I found it to be disingenuous and called you on it. You had to have known that people would find any negative portrayal of Gore here on DU offensive and so you avoided it. Maybe you didn't intend it as innuendo or a game, but I've been here long enough to see many games played by people-especially when it's about liberal politicians they don't like.

If you don't like Gore, just say it. Be brave. I don't like Hillary or Obama and I say it often around this place. I'm not going to pretend otherwise just to fit in or to not ruffle any feathers. However, that being said, I don't usually post threads bashing H or O either-I think I posted one about Hillary a few months ago. Usually, I just add my 2 cents to other peoples threads.

IMO, both 2000 and 2004 were both stolen elections. Gore tried, he really did, but the rethuglicans had it all planned, probably years in advance. When Kerry conceded in '04, I was upset and that's why I came to DU-looking for answers. I gave Kerry the benefit of the doubt for months and months until I finally understood the implications of what Kerry had (not) done. So, if anyone's to blame for allowing the rethuglicans to get away with murder, I would place the blame squarely on Kerry and the rest of Congress for voting for the war in the first place and then continuing to fund it.

But blaming Gore for any part of it just won't fly with me.