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OiGirl
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If you have a Nobel Peace Prize and an Academy Award, why would you ever need to be President?
(Curious, but not enough so to look it up myself...any other such laudees ever elected?) |
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee
Joined: 25 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:05 am Post subject: |
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| mithridates wrote: |
| Good! Maybe he'll run for president now. |
Manner of Speaking wrote:
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| Grrr...grrrrr.....rrrrrr.....Al Gore....Liberal!....grrrrr....Liberal!!...grrr....profit!!!...grrr...CHADS!!!....ggggrrrr.LIBERALLL!!!!.....grrrr....HIGH TAXES....GRRRRR....loves Saddam Hussein....GRRR....*beep*!!!.....grrrr....FREEDOM!!!...grrr....LIBERAL!!!!" |
Loves Saddam? a - nope.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc1h1wg7LeQ&mode=related&search= |
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keane
Joined: 09 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| Winning for perpetuating a myth... |
The "Myth" just led to a 22% year-on-year reduction in arctic ice.
I don't care that you think such foolishness, I just hope, for the sake of fairness, you own beach property and FEMA does as good a job with you as it did with New Orleans.
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| (Curious, but not enough so to look it up myself...any other such laudees ever elected?) |
JFK had won the Pulitzer (for a book someone else wrote--so they say, I never bothered to check it out).
Teddy Roosevelt was a fairly respected historian when he was elected and picked up the Nobel after.
But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
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OiGirl
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:41 am Post subject: |
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| Just found Woodrow Wilson in 1919. |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:44 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
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| (Curious, but not enough so to look it up myself...any other such laudees ever elected?) |
Teddy Roosevelt was a fairly respected historian when he was elected and picked up the Nobel after. |
It wasn't quite clear, but he was in office when he got the Nobel Peace Prize.
(Less drunk, more curious now...) |
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huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
Jimmy Carter has a Grammy to go with his Nobel Prize. |
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OiGirl
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:10 am Post subject: |
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| huffdaddy wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
Jimmy Carter has a Grammy to go with his Nobel Prize. |
So do both Clintons and Obama. Big deal!
(Didn't know until tonight you could get a Grammy for an audio book...) |
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The Lemon
Joined: 11 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 7:17 am Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
In a way, that's a powerful argument for him to not run. With what he's accomplishing in his current mode - and with the Nobel, he's in rarefied company - why would he want to descend into the mud of debating line-item vetoes and prescription drugs for seniors with Mitt Romney? He may influence more minds as the town's preacher than as the town's mayor. |
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OiGirl
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
And an Emmy. Don't forget the Emmy! |
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Nowhere Man
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| With what he's accomplishing in his current mode - and with the Nobel, he's in rarefied company - why would he want to descend into the mud of debating line-item vetoes and prescription drugs for seniors with Mitt Romney? |
Yes, and I'm no fan of Tipper.
More like let him take over where Carter leaves off. |
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Mr Freeze
Joined: 28 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I think this is just an elaborate ploy for Gore to make a run in '08 or '12. |
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ernie
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 7:19 am Post subject: |
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[quote="Pligganease"]I'm just counting down until someone comes on here trashing Gore...[/quote]
ok, someone's gotta do it
my problem with gore is this: why didn't he do anything about global warming when he was the VICE PRESIDENT OF THE USA?!!! i mean talk about 'too little, too late'... i thought they gave nobel prizes to people who DO things instead of just say things... |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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Both Clintons, Carter, Obama and Gore all have Emmies? I didn't know any of them did. I have to ask: What about the Republicans? Or is this award-getting just restricted to Democrats?
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| In a way, that's a powerful argument for him to not run. |
I agree. My very first reaction (after "Is this a troll post?") was that he'll never run for president after winning this.
To the poster asking why Gore didn't do more when he was VeeP: I think the Clinton administration did a reasonable job on the environment, considering they had a hostile Republican Congress to deal with. (And he was ONLY VeeP.) |
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Adventurer
Joined: 28 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| The Lemon wrote: |
| Ya-ta Boy wrote: |
| But I would say an Oscar and a Nobel are pretty top of the line and none of the residents of 1600 can match it. |
In a way, that's a powerful argument for him to not run. With what he's accomplishing in his current mode - and with the Nobel, he's in rarefied company - why would he want to descend into the mud of debating line-item vetoes and prescription drugs for seniors with Mitt Romney? He may influence more minds as the town's preacher than as the town's mayor. |
America could probably use a president like Al Gore. Yes, he may not be as personable in some ways as Bush was in 2000, and he was dogged by Clinton's scandal, but he has a lot of experience having served as Vice President, with his family in politics, his prominence on the international stage etc... He has a lot of respect in America. Gore will definitely had a decent legacy in the history books in a positive way. Good for him. |
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