Gore Talks About What Might Not Have Been, Compares Obama to Lincoln

Obama has real ideas: Invest in green technologies to reinvigorate our industrial base, create jobs, spur the economy, and get us off of oil. Move more troops into Afghanistan, the real front in the War on Terror. Improve our standing in the world by ACTUALLY LISTENING to what other people have to say. America can not change the world single handedly or through brute force. John McCain is old and ornery and does not have the temperament to be Commander in Chief. He was a fine Naval Officer and has been a fine Senator. But he's NOT Presidential. Obama has a unique blend of vision, charisma, charm and grace which are possessed by only a few in each generation. No amount of experience can develop these characteristics. You either have it or you don't. As far as comparisons to Lincoln go, Abe suffered from depression early in life and leaned on faith to help him through. He led the nation through some of its darkest days. His exceptional courage and deep moral convictions allowed him to preserve the Union when all thought it would break. America needs that type of leader today, one who is guided by principles and is willing to do what is necessary to take our country in a totally new direction. McCain is wrong on so many things. He is a free-trader to a fault. He will continue to export jobs overseas to our enemies and competitors who manipulate their currencies and erode the value of the dollar by flooding world markets with cheap goods. McCain will grant Amnesty to millions of illegal aliens based on the false notion that a rising tide lifts all boats. Sometimes a rising tide can sink all boats as well. A last but not least, listen to what McCain says: he never says why you should vote for him, he only says don't vote for that guy. If that is the best he can do he should stay in the Senate,

A little history. Lincoln was a Republican who not only promoted the Emancipation Proclamation but who also REFUSED TO STOP FIGHTING WHEN THERE WAS INCREDIBLE PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO THE WAR. He stayed with the fight not to free the slaves but to preserve the union. In 1864, his DEMOCRAT opponent, McClellan, had a platform plank to not only quit fighting and let the Southerners withdraw from the union, but to also rescind the Emancipation Proclamation!! Can anyone fathom the irony of a Democratic Ticket in 1864 that wanted to rescind the Emancipation Proclamation? Their recolection of history is so shallow.

Well Al, you didn't win, get over it. My formula goes something like this: Obama = excellent bobblehead doll.

Gore is an idiot...

The source of Al Gore's money is, of course, oil. But oil wealth is nothing new to Albert Gore Jr. His senator father’s fortune and son Gore’s own portfolio today have gotten the lion’s share of their money from Occidental Petroleum and its eccentric head Armand Hammer, whose father founded the Communist Party USA and before his death acknowledged carrying millions of dollars in cash from Moscow to fund the CPUSA.
The Gore family has controlled up to $10 million worth of Occidental stock, and Al Gore Jr. has pocketed up to $200,000 per year by leasing mineral rights on Gore property to an Occidental zinc mining operation cited for polluting the adjacent Tennessee River.
Despite an apparent conflict of interest, in 2000, the Clinton-Gore administration in 1997 allowed Occidental Petroleum to buy 47,000 acres of the U.S. Navy’s Elk Hills strategic oil reserve near Bakersfield, CA.

Gore should thank his lucky stars for losing in 2000. He ended up making millions $$ with his carbon schemes and moronic movie, and he got the last respectable Nobel Prize (his winning lowered the prestige for all future winners to a basically worthless award). Truly the clown of our times who has sucked shallow thinkers into a soup of fantasy, folly and foolishness.

One thing about righties when they don't have facts they can always rely on namecalling

Nostromo wrote: "look at that sorry mob that was thrown into tears during the convention. They are not in command of themselves,and are easily manipulated. Whats even funnier is that they consider being ruled by emotions as a positive attribute---something to be proud of."

Bwahahahahaahahah, woooooooo!!!, that was a great one! Haven't laughed that hard in a while. Your precious president and cohorts are the one's who CONNED this country into a 'war against terrorism' in Iraq by manipulating the culturally and geographically illiterate american people's emotions using fear evoking propaganda. Who are you calling easily manipulated? Manipulation of emotions has been the modus operandi of the Bush regime since day one, Goebbels style.

Not like Lincoln at all. More like Jim Jones hoping to lead us to the mass suicide of socialism.

This guy was,is and always will be a blowhard gadfly. Or the other way around if you prefer!

Why does Gore always have the appearance of one under medication? Maybe that would explain such an outrageous comparison. This comic figure truely believes his delusions. Whats more insulting is the possibilty that he thinks most of us take him as gospell. Sure,every group has it rug eating, Kool-Aid drinkers; look at that sorry mob that was thrown into tears during the convention. They are not in command of themselves,and are easily manipulated. Whats even funnier is that they consider being ruled by emotions as a positive attribute---something to be proud of.

Pssssttt...Russ, Abe was only elected once as a Republican the second time (in 1864) he was a member of the National Union Party.

Gore is correct in one sense. Lincoln was one of the most oppressive presidents in our history. He exiled a member of congress for speaking in opposition to his policies. As Obama has demonstrated in recent days, he also intends to use the power of government to squash dissent.

Umm Jeff..Texas entered in to the Union before the Mexican/American War, not after it. I guess Al is not the only one who needs to study his history a little more... :/

Pssst, Al, Lincold was a Republican and the Democrat party was against the Civil War, urging Lincoln to stop the fighting.

Hmmm, sounds familiar somehow.

I just got of the phone with Abe Lincoln. He compares Al Gore to a Nut!

I guess Al had to come up with a good republican like Lincoln to comapre Obama with after all he couldn't compare him with Al's father(Al Senior) who voted against many of the rights we all have today.

McLame is the McSame as bush - more failure, more corruption, more lies, more war, and more borrowing from China to finance tax giveaways....

vote Obama for your children's future

What's funny here, is that most of the comments I read on here, as well as most other political articles, and more idiotic and inane than I hear out of the mouths of some of the eighth graders I taught last year. Check your facts people, and don't come on here to make racist and pigheaded comments.

All Gore is a complete loser....along with Edwards, Pelosi, Kennedy, Durbin, Clinton, Kucinich, Biden, Rangel, Schumer, Feinstein.....OMG the list is endless