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While he's not as good as Senator Obama, Gore is miles ahead of where he was speaking-wise in 2000.

Gore rocks!!!

I am still heartbroken how he has really ignored the most brilliant.....Hillary.They will see the day when they will all reget this-and think of what COULD have been.I have never voted Republican in my life but they have left me with no choice.What were THEY thinking ???

For me it isn't a question of who won and lost in 2000. It is a question of the Supreme Court's priorities.

Two major problems with Bush v. Gore:
1) they ruled on what should have been considered a political question, politicizing the Court
2) they usurped a right of the Florida Supreme Court to rule on Florida State law, directly against the Constitution's reservation of rights to the several states

There are many of us that feel Al Gore was robbed in 2000 and will never get over that. Not only was he robbed but the American people, this country that I love and respect so much was then thrown to the wolfs.Al Gore is a HERO in my book and has set a place in history for himself.

Who cares? he is talking about global warming while he is having comfortable life and traveling with own jet. Stupid guy.

Different styles and different messages but each has had his/her role.
Great convention! I thought Al Gore was great.....and yes, he was robbed.

This nitwit is still around?

Gore speech was incredible too!

The country's suspicions of shady voting practices in key states which robbed Gore of the 2000 election were proven in 2004.

Nevertheless, Bush was appointed in 2000. There was no "win". Thus he did not run for "re-election" in 2004. Ok, maybe semantics but it is correct.

Gore has indeed moved on to issues of importance to the planet and by doing so made President Bush look like a blithering fool when he kept claiming there was no such thing as global warming. The issues and need to accept reality and make change is, Mr. Toobin, far more important than one's ability o orate vociferously.

May God Bless America! You must all be so proud to be American tonite. I'm a senior Canadian living in Toronto and have been glued to CNN for the week and am overwhelmed by Obama's speech tonite. Surely you will elect this wonderful man to be your next president. I could not bear to watch John McCain – and probably never will. American needs a change – that will change the world (including my country). I envy you.

The gang at CNN did a fabulous job of covering this convention – bless of you – have enjoyed all of your comments so much.

What has Al Gore sacrificed for his country? List, please.

Gore is a pampered idiot, who could not carry water in the Republican Party, but easily qualifies as an icon in the Democratic Party. He was a lousy politician. He's not even an armchair scientist. But the lemmings follow. Hey Al, all of mankind could drop dead tomorrow. And global warming, then global cooling, will go on, and on, and on, just as it has for millenia. Go buy a few more carbon credits windbag.

You bet Al Gore was robbed - but so were the millions of Americans who voted for him. In fact, the entire country was robbed of what could have been during the last eight years. What a bleeping shame.

He spoke well. I wish that he had won the presidency. We could have used his leadership and respectablity. Bush doesn't have any of that; never will after all the mistakes he made.

Hey what about a McCain/ Hillary ticket, that would be interesting.....

If you're voting for McCain, you're no Democrat. You might be a Republican, a member of a cult of personality, or you might even be a whiner, but you're no Democrat.

chitowngal07

I hope you will do whats best for your country on election day

Go Obama / Biden 08

Robbed of the presidency and still willing to sacrifice for his country. A true Patriot!

Thank you Mr. Gore! Keep fighting!

With the exception of Clintons, Democrats do not have a message. They are all over the place. They need hand holding, conversations on gender, race and they like to play victim of circumstances. No leadership whatsoever and it's all evident from democrat convention.

The clintons, especially Bill Clinton, are the real heros of democratic party that I have come to know. They have a message.

I am a life long democrat and I will be voting for McCain.

Harvey from OH

Right to the point, and good on substance. don't care how dry the media says it was. I'm voting on issues not drama for the media

Go Obama / Biden 08

You are right ......Gore bore me too!!!

hello

love your coverage.
but you missed a speacial moment when the
regular citizens spoke.
i heard them on cspan
they had some of the best and sweetest speeches all week.
maybe you can show them later on cnn.
i think the rest of world would love to see it.

thanks
voter from FLA

Of course he was robbed! He won with a margin of more than 500,000 popular votes – can you name another elective office in the US that awards the prize to the runner-up?

Gore made it very clear that Hillary stole his own words of "the Chinese are funding us to buy oil from the Saudi's" during her speech two nights ago when he spoke tonight.

Oh, how I wish Gore would have run. But the speech was rushed and his 'disaster' of the planet seemed a little far-fetched.

He outshines Hillary and Obama in strength, oratory skills, vision and follow through.

The best speech of the convention so far. Unlike others, he didn't qualify his thoughts on McCain before saying why McCain is wrong for the country; he talked about how the past 8 years was a complete failure; and most importantly, he talked about how oil is bad for this nation.

Everyone has been staying away from the down-sides of offshore drilling, but Gore gave us a glimpse of why ANY drilling for oil and coal is bad for our economy and the earth.

CNN, please let America know the pros AND cons of offshore drilling- right now we are uninformed and believe that it is a 100% good thing. Is it?

Gore the Bore....zzzzzz. Keep parading him, Carter, Pelosi and the rest of the far Left losers to remind me why I, an Independent, am voting for McCain. But I am sure the party kool-aid drinkers are sucking this up. Conventions are a waste of taxpayer funds. $50M for each city for security and another $16M from the Presidential Campaign Fund for each Party to throw a party. Well raa, raa, sis boom ba.

Every liberal paper including the New York Pravda conceded to the fact that bi-polar lost. Come out of the closet and accept THAT fact.

sure would be nice if the cnn panel at the Pepsi center would allow the speakers to talk...yakity, yakity, yakity, yakity, yak

I remember Gore's race in 2000. I also remember all the bloggers who had so many unkind things to say about him, just as they did this year about Hillary Clinton. His defeat was really a long-lasting blow here, especially having had George W. Bush as governor and knowing how inept he was.

But this is another day, and it's wonderful to see all the great remarks about this moral and just man. Yes, he's still a hero and rightly so.

I love Al Gore and yes indeed he was robbed but even I can see right through all the political aspects of this night. It is politics people. Candidates will do and say whatever we want to hear so that we pull that little lever come election day. I respect Al for so many reasons and one of them is the fact that he did not just jump on the bandwagon like many others. He actually thought about who he would endorse unlike that backstabbing Richardson. He gets nothing out of endorsing Obama he does it for the love of his country unlike others............>Biden, Richardson......and the list goes on.

Here's a thought for you cry baby "We was robbed" bed wetters. If Gore had carried Tennessee would he have clearly won? Hmmm?
Your party wasted 8 years trying to "get even" with Bush. Your party has had control of Congress for 2 years and what did you do? Griped and whined about Bush.
Now the best you can do is a do nothing, no accomplishments, empty suit. He's Black. Big deal. There are lots of Black people with numerous achievements more qualified to be President than this turkey.
You wouldn't be enamoured with Clarence Thomas or Bill Cosby would you? Too success oriented for your tastes I'm sure.

Al Gore was the clear winner of the election. Florida and the brother of the now Pres. Butch made sure he lost by mishandling and obfuscating the ballot count (e.g. the hanging chad debacle). Combined with some polls closing early and moving polling places at the last moment, etc, and a Supreme Court that intentionally refused to become involved in an obviously flawed and broader Constitutional issue of voters being unable or inconvenienced to vote.

Yawn, Obama playing the race card yet again

"I get it. I realize that I am not the likeliest candidate for this office. I don't fit the typical pedigree, and I haven't spent my career in the halls of Washington." – Obama acceptance speech.

Al Gore was the clear winner of the election. Florida and the brother of the now Pres. Butch made sure he lost by mishandling and obfuscating the ballot count (e.g. the hanging chad debacle). Combined with some polls closing early and moving polling places at the last moment, etc, and a Supreme Court that intentionally refused to become involved in an obviously flawed and broader Constitutional issue of voters being unable or inconvenienced to vote is how Mr. George won.

"Justice Antonin Scalia, who voted for Bush, is fond of saying that the losers in that case should "just get over it." Many still haven't."

You know Jeff, I wish I could get over the fact about the war and is past. I have written stuff about the war, it ain't even funny. And you know what? I see that as a sign...

O.K, numbers time!!! Here are the chances Al Gore runs for President in the near future.......we got at it at 30.8%! LOL!!!

Al Gore is definitely an important statesman, though I agree that his delivery of his speech was hurried. Too much Starbuck's?
In any case, Gore is someone to heed, despite his lack of charisma. He walks the talk and talks the truth...even if that is not always convenient to some.

Al Gore is the P.T. Barnum of our era.

Yikes Joe...sounds like you could use a stress ball. I promise you, the GOP is not the devil...I'm sure you think they are...but they aren't.

Maybe I should write in Gore. I won't vote for Obama. He's not got much to offer.

Toobin I have to agree, I tuned out a few mintues into it.

Thank you Al Gore! He is an American hero.He gave the most important speech of this convention. Every newspaper in the country should print it tomorrow that everybody can read it and really take in the words and the meaning. It was too rushed and it was interesting that Wolf Blitzer didn't say a word about it following the speech. The cause and consequences of global warming are just too inconvenient for many... Thank you David Gergen! Thanks for bringing up Gore's speech again and saying how great it was.

Al Gore just made me vote for Bush...again. Just kidding, but seriously, has it occurred to anyone that he lost the election because he was such a bad candidate? I think it's great how everyone thinks is a rockstar this time around, but remember the faces he made during the debates? How about the whole inventing the internet fiasco? That strange kiss that came out of nowhere?

Look, I agree, Bush and his cronies shouldn't have been elected, and probably cheated every way possible. But if Gore hadn't been such a bad candidate people wouldn't have voted for Bush. There was no reason why Democrats should have lost the Presidency in 2000. With a surplus, having served as a VP with one of the most electric presidents of our time, Al Gore LOST the presidency.

Just like Hillary wasn't robbed, she made bad decisions, Al Gore made bad decisions too.

Gore is nothing more than a hypocritical fraud who should never be taken seriously. His global warming crusade is bogus and easily refuted with science and he certainly doesn't practice what he preaches. He is just another ethically challenged democrat preaching the usual junk to anyone dumb enough to lend him an ear. Go away Chicken Little...Go away.

Sorry, CNN, and I'm probably right that my comment will not be accepted.

BUT Al Gore gave a great speech and the military leaders that I'm watching today are also giving a great testimonial.

Come on, folks, let's give Obama an opportunity and not listen to CNN, MSNBC and FOX who are trying to tell us how to vote.

We are American's, and we have a voice!

Make up your own minds. . .and don't listen to these egostical pundits. They are JOKES!!!!

He may not be the best orator but he spoke well enough for you to understand what he said and that was the bottom line of his speech.

Gore got robbed by the cheating republicans. This thing is going to be a LANDSLID so that they will not have a chance to cheat their way in.Gore is a great man.
They have nothing to do but hate. The White House has columns and many of the other buildings around Washington and the country has columns. The plantations down south has them and many houses that are in our towns and cities. I have gone to many churches and seen columns in them. They can't talk about ISSUES at all because they are on the wrong side of most of them. The republican party is WEAK and the tricks are OLD so they have nothing else to talk about. The republicans have an OLD DRIED UP OLD man running for president of this country and the people don't want him. Ronald the Raygun could not come out of the grave to help McSame win this thing.
OBAMA08

Gore "not a great oritor"? are you kidding me? i hear the thud of McCain hitting the floor from LA...Gore killed it

Gore was robbed... look at that crowd... that is just the tip of the iceberg.... we will storm those polls, so much so that you will not be able to steal another election. And if you do, the country will riot! We are sick of this BS!

Ah, Al Gore. There's a pillar of self rightousness. Joe, your enthusiasm is without parallel.
Let me tell you what a real blood sucker is. It's a welfare mother who pops babies out like a human Pez machine. It's government workers holding jobs not because they're qualified but because someone owed them a favor. It's illegal aliens sucking the life out of our educational and medical resources. Yeah, the GOP is the problem not all your bed wetting, cry baby pals in the ACLU.
You haven't a clue and neither does your half witted candidate.
Enjoy the Wednesday after election day. President John McCain. Get used to it. Educated, working people aren't buying the superficial rhetoric of the Dems.

He was robbed by someone who has since gone on to rob many people of many things. It is truly a shame.

On a different note.....I loved your book, The Nine!

Apparently Jeffrey was listening to a different speech that we were... I thought Al gave an excellent speech. I even commented to my wife that I was surprised at how good of a speaker he actually was. Could it be some of the anti-Democrat mentality showing through on CNN again? Get over it already!

Um, well, he was "robbed". Do you honestly think the constitution was upheld correctly in that election? Come on.

The unecological Caesar’s Palace bogged him down. He was thinking how am I going to recycle this?

Barack and the Democrats does it bigger and better. That Stadium is beaming with prosperity,.. that is how it is done. Barack is a man with a Big Kind Heart, and Big, large, generous plans for the upliting and prosperity of America. He will win, He must Win. There is NO
other choice. People there is nothing to fear, please, please give this man a chance.

He was bogged down by the unecological Caesar's Palace. He was thinking how am I going to recycle this?

Unfortunately, after what the DNC and the super delegates and people like Al Gore did to Senator Clinton in the primary this year, I have a little trouble feeling sorry about Gore being "robbed" in 2004. The rhetoric of these people may be soaring, but their deeds have forever marked them as the most undemocratic bunch to ever field a candidate.

Al Gore was robbed in 2000. & what a disaster it was/ is. I can't waite for" No More Bush." McSame can not & will not win. Barack Obama / Joe Biden 08-12. Change We Can Believe In.

It should have been a Clinton-Gore go round again – Gore who got shafted by the pro-Bush Supreme Court, only to rise from the ashes and keep contributing to the global welfare. What has Obama done, really? Give speeches? Obama is inflation personafied. I recall the author of the above piece name-calling Hillary "narcissistic". While falling all over Obama. This is what we are dealing with – a candidate given preferential treatment by a gender-biaed media – while not hiding their contempt for Hillary. And we are supposed to embrace a candidate who benefitted from sexist remarks? Hardly. No Obama, no way, no how. Leave it to ego driven males to pump up a wannabe and silence the real thing – Hillary. Boo to you Toobin.

Toobin get a life.

I saw Gore speak live at my college campus and the guy is a captivating public speaker. His speech tonight was exceptional and profound in its examination of the potential catastrophic impact on the planet of a McCain presidency.

Love you Al. Obama/Biden '08

He WAS robbed.

oh well

well maybe

McCain needs to pick up a Female

an all the Feminist will prob vote for him

i seriously doubht that Omaba will win just because he is a man of color

I personally love Gore and I could listen to his dry humor all day!

Everyone on the love train????

OBAMA/BIDEN 08

..at least Al's thoughts are looking to the future!

John only looks to the past – fear! FEAR! FEAR!

Gore is greater than a Caesar.
Let skin color, religious preferences, or any differences that humans already have – ever, ever come between us… the American people, ever again. May this day mark an historic occasion for all humanity, as this great country has always been an amalgam of the best in ever country on this planet, and is therefore a beacon of light, a beacon of hope, to aspire to change the course of humankind in a better direction, and to make tomorrow a better day than yesterday. Look forward, with half an eye on the past. A man like Barack Obama comes along every once in a great while, but let us sieze the moment together, and take advantage of the opportunity that has been granted to us. Elect Barack Obama as our next President of the United States of America. Get out the vote, and change the course of the world.

I thought he was pretty great and the points he made were right on. Can't say the same about McCain.

please send him back to his lil corner with some valium and let him cry in his beer........... he can take clintons with him !

Al's a good man, his communication style makes it hard to connect with him, but he's been genuine and un-waivering in the support of what he believes in. Compare this to Buch/McCain, who share about 95% in common including flip-flopping when it's politically expedient. I'm still looking forward to seeing them together hand in hand in the Twin Cities to finally find out what McCain's platform is.

ALL men and women of good faith must rise up for a change enough is enough. Gop and all blood suckers must go!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a challenge to Humanity!, no doubt.
ALL the lies, ALL the spining, all the blood spill, ALL THE KILLING MUST COMES TO AN END., ALL the war mongers must be stop and put to their place.
"Whatever goes up must come down" The time is here!
RISE UP, RISE UP, RISE UP TO HUMANINITY.
No going back !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!now or never

We believe he was robbed in 2000 because, well, he -was- robbed in 2000.

Toobin you have a gift for stating the obvious. Sadly the great words of Gore's speech were lost because of such a HORRIBLE delivery.