Al Gore on Third Party Candidates

[aweiss]

Also, who wnats to have 2 relevant people and as 1:37 says, liek 10 irrelevant

[aweiss]

the problem is that in a winner take all non-parliamentary system the votes are almsot always thrown away adn you'd have to be an idiot to take the time to vote for someone who cant win... they could be includedin debates but that doesnt solve the problem of their general unelectability

[imelroy]

AL GORE 2012

WE NEED MANBEARPIG AWARENESS

And where is 'Al Gore on the 2011 Japan Crisis'?

[AlexanderDGraham]

What are all you people bitching about?! News outlets are private institutions and can do what ever the hell they want. That is the law. If somebody wants news media to switch to a BBC type set up, by all means make the move. I would be happy to support you. However, as it is, T.V. is private.

[Twicebakedtaters]

Gore's position that there are "main" candidates is favoritism. A pre election screening. This means that our choices are purposely limited by a select few. This endures the status quo.

[ChickenPissInTheRoad]

We technically have 1 real party. The republican party, most of the people who ran for president last year, were ignorant fascists (although Ron Paul wasn't bad).

And even at that, all of the Democrats are braindead also.

God, America sucks.

[SmokzTrueno]

Ron Paul was the best canidate that actually represented real republican/libertarian values. Enough with Theocratic Fascists.

[Lingerfoot]

Ron Paul and Jesse Ventura - 2012

[mobfiggaznet]

@Lingerfoot

Amen to that!!!

[jszczepaniak]

not "cluttering it up" with that "first amendment right"???? YOU"RE A FRICKING LOSER AL, AND YOU KNOW NOTHING!

[karimforkucinich]

dude i completley agree, how can a third party candidate get 15% or even 5% of the vote, if their not even mentioned in the media

[mistaspot1]

They should only have to have 5% of the vote to get in the debates. Right now they're required to have 15% of the vote.

[niciraci]

letting the journalists make that call?

Gore is a douche rocket

[lumin750]

I just have one thing to say about this guy......."lockbox"

[PeaceCzar]

Gore says the private media corporations should have the right to determine who is and who isn't included.

Gore defers to the First Amendment rights of corporations OVER citizens & candidates.

GORE IS A CORPORATIST. He says no differently.

[zenvidar]

@PeaceCzar So are most Democratic and Republican politicians, it seems. Our government does not seem to have any issues with corporations having such immense wealth and influence. Corporations can get away with a lot and seem to use their wealth and influence to influence legislation changes that further support them.

[GeeYouAreYou0001]

I totally agree with Gore. Third party candidates should be the ballots of all the states, but they should only be included in the debates if they gather a significant amount of support.

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Ok, how can they gain support when they are excluded from debates that reach up to 70 million people in ONE debate? How can they grow? Come on, if they are on enough ballots to win the electoral college.... then they SHOULD DEBATE!

[BenjaminWirtz]

Exactly, they need to get air time to get their voice out there.

[IkeKahzadi]

He is so phony, he hates the idea of a third party candidate.

[wrestleXrock]

Al Gore is a fucking retard and can suck a hobos dick

[CaseyJPS]

BS. I like Al Gore but the whole "Debate Commission" system is set-up to actively exclude third parties from the discussion. It's a manipulation of our system. Voters should be able to decide who they want to hear from, NOT a commission. Shame on you Al Gore for shutting down Ralph Nader.

[Kold2market]

Al Gore is a Spoiler!

He spoiled the election for Ralph Nader in 2000

[HughieGphiladelphia]

I agree, Gore did spoil the election for Nader in 2000. Nader was and still is the best candidate for president.

Gore is disgusting, saying the media along with the debate commission should decide who the public hears. He says that other candidates are CLUTTER!

Plus in 96 the debate commission BLOCKED Perot, GORE LIES!

[DePhmonKey11]

al gore is retarded anything that comes out of his mouth is a lie he cant ever become president of the united states of america i remember fucking cnn bullshit saying al gore won the election less then an hour before bush won, from then on my family and i only Watch Fox News

[SouthernProudSoccer]

so switching your news channel is better? This is a "choose your poison" type of thing.

[Leoncharlesblanc]

You never knew that the Bush family had a cousin who worked at FN? Poor little imbecile, trying to type like a grownup.

And no, don't watch either. Associated Press is much easier to find, as are the sites. The channels are just a bunch of over opinionated pundits asked for opinions that very few care for.

[jimstark51]

you would watch fox news.

[SouthernProudSoccer]

The media owns what is thought. The normal citizen is too uninformed to know what they truly need so they turn on their televisions and watch cnn or nbc or whatever, and listen to what the "professionals" say. And then the lightbulb goes on in the citizen's head of "they must know what they're talkin about". The media mostly favors the savvier of the two major candidates. We say the media is too involved, but who listens to it? the people and that keeps them in power. Get educated to vote.

[DePhmonKey11]

Bullshit CNN and NBC favors the democrats

[Denouncethemachine]

so true.

[twominutepenalty]

ah, but Mr. Gore, how do you know that if 3rd parties got more exposure in the mainstream media that they wouldn't cease having such a small following?

[picachu45]

this guy is retarted

[Causa10bserver]

Gore is an idiot.

[cerpinTHEmute]

al gore is a tool!

[Denouncethemachine]

The media does not pick who debates the CPD does...

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Its a mixture of the two. The media is owned by the big corporations, exaplme GE owns NBC. The corporations contribute to the CPD and own the 2 partys. Its all really a big circle of corruption.

[AnimeFreeMan]

I like Al Gore but he is saying is just stupid.

[angustuba]

i hate that man...of coarse he doesn't want competition, duh! y bother askin the question! u knew wut he would say! ventura/paul '12 rock n rEVOLution :p

[Nephronial]

Gore= counterfeit. He paints himself as an environmentalist despite having owned huge amounts of stock in rain-forest rapists Occidental Oil. He dumped the stock but only after the news got out so he wouldn't LOOK like the hypocrite he it. To all you young Gore supporters: Al & Tipper were THE prime-movers in the PMRC censorship movement in the '80s. He's not a real conservationist, and he's down with Tipper's hatred of music with "dirty words", which includes most music his supporters like.

[angustuba]

yea but u know that people will support somebody who doesn't truly represent them, they do every 4 years...rock n rEVOLution :p

[thisismyfunnyname]

Why not just ask a prosecutor if he believes people should be convicted for breaking the law?

[angustuba]

lol, rite on! :p

[HughieGphiladelphia]

I can prove that Gorte lied about Perot being in the 96 debates. Look at the New York Times Article written by NEIL A. LEWIS Written on Sep, 24 1996 Titled "Perot Goes to Court to Try to Get Into the Presidential Debates:.

Now can we please get over this mumbo jumbo of words such as "hope" and "Change" because his record does not show this.

Open the debates in 2012...Let the American people have more choices.

Have EQUAL ballot access laws... PERIOD!

[angustuba]

amen! :p

[HughieGphiladelphia]

He talks about the corporate ran media have the right to "protect there first amendment rights"! Are you kidding me??!!

I thought that the people WERE TO DECIDE WHO BECAME PRESIDENT...NOT THE MEDIA OR CEO'S!

Who is the media to tell me who is a "real candidate"?

Again. If you are on enough state ballots to win the election...IT SHOULD BE A RULE THAT YOU ARE IN THE DEBATES....PERIOD!

People look up George Farrah. He explains it so well.

The elections are closed to 3rd party!

[hollywoodartchick]

Absolutely - the threshold of acceptance is so high that it requires a huge media blitz to accrue the needed support just to get on the ballot. It is a catch-22 - you need the media to support you before you can get any public support, but the media won't support you unless you can prove you already have it. Gore is fulla shit about "differences between likely candidates" - they are all the same because 3rd party views are blocked.

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Then he says, "Let the journalist decide who is in teh debates" and then he says " Let them make the best judgment on what the people here and people with small followings woudl "cludder" the stage".

People do you hear what this man is saying..he is saying only Democrats and Republicans shoudl be in the debates. Even though in 2008 there were 4 other candidates on enough state ballots to win, they are "cludder"

[HughieGphiladelphia]

Oh please Gore. Your such a corporate scum bag. They blocked Ross Perot from the debates in 96 after he recieved 19 million voted in 92. You and the Democrats control the debate commission and make deals behind closed doors about the debates. ITS PROVEN ITS A FACT.

George Farah EXPOSED the 'Debate Commission" on what happens. People...look this up. Gore is talking bull crap to you. He is part of the corporate elite and is a LIAR! He was part of the reason why Nader was blocked in 2000!

[SouthernProudSoccer]

Does it truly matter if the American public sees the third party candidates? The majority of the American people are too stuck up their own troubles to truly listen to all issues. For the most part, they'll vote the way they have in the past, Democrat/Republican. And as for what the third parties say, it is eventually soaked up by the major parties. It has in the past. The only true third party candidates that have chances are ideological parties and there hasn't been a true one in years.

[StorminNormin1977]

LIAR... Just as he lies about global warming. He lies about this. He thinks our current system is "open" to 3rd party? Give me a break. 99% of the people I spoke with were not even aware of the other 4 candidates.

[SRV138]

I voted Chuck Baldwin 2008!

[KaiXiSanSanSan]

All Gore is full of shit. I would be happy if someone OFFED him.

[mightilamb]

I find it interesting that a man who has been outspoken about the negative effects of recent trends in the media (i.e. removal of government oversight and funding, focus on profits) on democracy (see his 2002 speech on how this is compromising the marketplace of ideas) should turn around and act like the media is responsibly selecting "likely candidates". the same media owned by the military industrial complex (i.e. NBC and GE)

[wojoness]

gore, u r a faggot.

[tunghoy]

Gore won the Nobel prize. You are barely literate.

[wojoness]

Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, yes...but tell me what part of making a power point slide show full of lies promotes peace?

[charleydan]

He sure knew how to sell Global Warming to make him a cool 70 million. Not bad for two years after leaving office.

To bad that England sued his book for falsehoods.

[wojoness]

i thot it was that the government got sued for forcing kids to watch an inconvenient truth in school

[charleydan]

England's national eductational department got sued for the inconvient truth for having eleven falsehoods. Thereby they could not teach it anymore without pointing out the facts of lies without automatic discipline, including up to jail time.

[wojoness]

thats the story i heard....what about this book thing?

[charleydan]

the book and dvd were both in that court. They basicly are the same ed.

[roccorules1005876587]

Hes super serial

[mjl2306642]

Not only is he a Fatass hypocrite, consuming more food & electricity than the avg; but also an egocentric, lisping, dumbshit who could not win his homestate.

[timjthru]

i agree djheadbanger, obama needs to appoint a commission to harness the natural energy of manbearpig!  we're not fully using his potential

[spikesmth]

I love Obama... but Ron Paul coulda had a damn good chance of beating him &/or Hillary

[chimeradave]

I think everyone criticizing Gore is being ridiculous. He is right that none of the third part candidates in 2008 got anywhere. The reporter mentions Ron Paul, who was popular in his own right, but didn't get past the primaries and didn't run on a third party.

[oenogeek2]

I still deeply respect Al Gore, but I totally disagree with him on this. I am so glad third party candidates who have no chance of winning anyway aren't allowed to participate in debates. They're scumbags who take away votes from people who realistically stand a chance in the election, no matter how good their ideas are. Screw you, third parties!

[mightilamb]

you do know 6 years ago Gore gave a speech in which he criticized trends in the media and basically said the opposite of what he's saying now. The media used to be gov subsidized or run at a loss, now its run at a profit and focuses on entertainment. Its also owned by the companies who profit from war by making arms, can they be trusted to decide who has a "realistic chance". Could it be the reason Nader or Paul or Kucinich or Gravel were labeled unelectable was b/c these companies were scared

[HughieGphiladelphia]

You are 100% on the mark!

[mlelv]

i swear this gore is a fucking hole. how can a 3rd party candidate grow a following if he is not allowed to debate with other candidates? first amendment my ass, a small following interferes with him and thats all. i want to ask this fat bastard why he didnt run in 04...its because afer the shit hit the fan his chicken ass went running. thank god he was never president

[urar3tard]

I regret my vote for Mr Gore in 2000.

I wish I had voted for Nader.

Gore really disappoints me with his superficial

unacceptable answer. I used to have a lot of respect for him and he lost it by not supporting a true democratic elections. the two major parties are bought and supported by the corporations and the corporate owned media prevents the true people's advocates voice.

[TrojanXero]

Gore, you're a fucking coward.

[CakeMon5ter]

Surprisingly i find myself agreeing with Gore on this.

[djheadbanger]

ManBearPig 4 2012 Debate Mediator!!1!j!

[AustinW90]

He's just bitter about Nader. (Who Gore will never be half as authentic as)

I voted third party for Bob Barr myself.

Chuck Baldwin was only able to get on thirty seven ballots.

[michaeltheman8888]

fuck al gore. he sucks balls and is going to hell. lol i love co2

[kthankxbye]

Kevin Rose = totally hot

Al Gore = totally cool

[StoogeWatcher]

The process would be open...if certain people weren't suing to keep third-party candidates off ballots!

[charliehorsecinch]

With only 2 parties there is very little radical or liberal voice. Al stop giving the media the power. How is raising a new voice stopping people from reaching a decision. Education would be a better attack for America's ability to think clearly. Europe has debates with up to 20 people. I think he is still so old school he can't see the benefit of more voices.

[Foxfairy5]

I am sick to death of the whole "two party" system...ask any pol-sci teacher there isn't really that much differance between Dems and Reps. But Gore doesn't know what he is talking about because, if we have such an open system there would be third parties in the debates. As far as voting for Nader I admit, I voted for him even through I knew he wasn't going to win...it was him or Lisa Simpson.

[charleydan]

Hope may happen, will see. The Republican party might have gotten woken up by Ron Paul. The fight is on now for RNC chair and talking of cleaning house. That is progressives or moderate republicans(lite dems) being removed. You know, like Bush, McCain are out and constitutionalists, and reformists taking over. I want to go beyond reformists, but a big start in the right direction. Even so all should be heard on National debates for educational of the public.

[leitermann]

If he believes they should be included, why doesn't he host a debate on CURRENT TV? Oh, that's right, he's a democran... i mean republocrat...

Funny he mentions the 92 elections when Perot got into the debates, because up until then the League of Women Voters (a politically unaffiliated, fairly unbiased organization) held the debates. But that was apparently too close for comfort for the Ds&Rs, so they seized control of the debates in every election since.

What's your opinion on that Al?

[YouGotRonPauled]

The biggest issue is how they ban the best candidates. Gore supports fascism....

[velcrodingleberries]

Right on !!! Ross Perot would have never got us into a NAFTA. The Ron Paul movement lives on.

[timthelion]

sorry al, 3rd party & independent candidates cannot get on the ballot in texas, oklahama, indiana, georgia & north carolina. so, 45 + d.c. is the most, not all 50. for those who are able to get on those 45, they should be allowed to debate, otherwise the american people remain uninformed by & large that there are real alternatives. but, as a career democrat, that's the last thing al would want.

and stop blaming nader for 2000. over 200,000 registered dems voted for W. NOT NADER'S FAULT!

[benkyle76]

3rd party CAN get on the ballot in Georgia because I voted for one and I live in Georgia.

[99minerkc]

ROFL!! Yeah, don't forget Al Gore "invented the internet(so he thinks)too!!" That guy's in left field~leave him there!!

[EvilSylv]

With Gore as president, the U.S. would at least be on the right track in terms of national security, environment and other things. Rather than having a jackass with his head so far up the asses of corporations and religions nuts. What the world's political stage need is a voice of reason in all chaos. Bush lacks reason. I bet Obama will do just fine.

[matt192433]

Who ass was Gore's head up when he sold the pulic on NAFTA? The Corporations. Obama is no different. Both parties are controlled by Big Business and Big Banking.

[Risichi]

Yeah because we want someone who makes a powerpoint on the "dangers global warming" and doesn't even follow what he says. He totally is better than bush, yeah... He's not a jackass.

[jayemmers]

If we wait for the DEM/GOP or the present political insiders to welcome third party candidates into our present political mix, we are still going to be having this same discussion 40 years, and 10 presidential election cycles, from now. They will resist this in the same manner that they have resisted reform for the last several years. I beg you, fed-up DEM/GOP voters, to join with the independent-minded voters and support 3rd parties so they can break into the system to force change on Wash.D.C.

[LokiScoutSniper]

The party system will lead to political posturing and less solving of the issues. George Washington. But how else are we to govern the nation by mob rule I think not.

[shegax03]

Mob rule is democracy! One person one vote. Mob rule is a revers euphemism, to try and make direct democracy sound worse than what we have. Democrtitus from greece would be rolling in his grave had he ever heard of "Representative Democracy" which is an oxymoron of a word itself.

[99minerkc]

I'm sooooooo glad Al Gore didn't become President!!!! L

[martinsvv]

i dont think anyone could have done it worse than bush :P

[99minerkc]

Bush was bad no doubt!! However, Carter was worse and Gore would have been horrible!! In addition, when you have a majority of congress and senate of one party and a president of another(Bush)you get a LAME DUCK! My guess is that you already know that though! Things can only improve? Well, let's hope so!!! I will be praying that Obama/democrats don't make things worse!!

[CineCrazed01]

They won't. Plain and simple.

[martinsvv]

dont forget nixon he was horrible too xD

[99minerkc]

Nixon was a loon in the end!!

[PartIrishKevo]

Nixon wasn't that bad of a president, he was just very paranoid (he kept a list of his political enemies); he was a little above average as far as US presidents go, but he had, shall it be said, the wrong personal character to be president without making stupid mistakes (none of those mistakes had ill effects on the world, just himself and perhaps the Republican party), such as wiretapping the phones of members of the Democratic party. But Nixon was by no means a horrible president, unlike Bush.

[martinsvv]

but he was a criminal and when you are president you are suppose to be a good example.

[flyingdrake]

the Presidential Commission on Debates is a private company run by the Dem's and Repub's not a public, federal organization, just fyi.

[JimSmitts]

it's a tough call. on the one hand, we need people like kucinich/paul at the primary debates, because they bring up issues the big candidates and media don't mention. but then, it's not red tape and media bias that bar third party candidates, it's money. perot rose as far as he did because he had money. they'd have to be a celebrity in their own right, either rich like perot or you'd have to be famous.

[LittleRachael]

Better than the government controlling it? Please. Look at who funds the main news networks: The large corporations that both Republicans and Democrats are sucking up to. You're not fooling anyone, Mr. Gore. The corporations, government, and media are all part of the same big, orgiastic mess of back-scratching and ass-kissing. Oh, sure, you've got a few voices of reason amidst the chaos, but those voices are silenced. And excluding them from debates is one of those methods of silencing.

[flyingdrake]

Look up the Presidential Commission on Debates. and how the two big parties control it and thereby all the dialogue and discussion

[aluisious]

DAMNIT we would have been SO MUCH BETTER OFF if Gore had been President the last 8 years.

[tropicblogger]

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[caveatemp]

I bet Al Gore could write in his huge head as a third party candidate. I think it spans...57 states???

[awdawdawdwaawdaw]

fuck you Mr Gore you phony little faggot bitch

[mattrauch81]

i say get the 3rd party canidates at the debate, not only to hear their plans, but the 3rd party canidates usually call out the real flaws in the rep/dem canidates' plans.

[dandaman2206]

I find 3rd Party canidates are usually better also...My Step Father attacked Nader saying he was trying to hurt Obama...I find it funny because Some people don't even know that 3rd Parties are required to have Canidates...Personally I voted Bob Barr of the Libertarian party...Bad voting record but I agree with his views of today.

[mattrauch81]

i totally agree with you. although 3rd party candidates are labeled "radicals" and "extremists", i find them to be the most sincere and truthful, if i could vote i would have voted for McKinney of the Green Party, I also agree with Mckinney's views despite her being a little crazy.

[dandaman2206]

Well I was going to Vote for Ron Paul(Registered Republican) I did vote for him in the primary...Anyway he was to extreme. I like Barr but he is a little to extreme But I think he is the best choice.

[PitbullD]

I think he told more about the system then he wanted to. I just read right between those lines

[morelltechyahoocom]

I just got the impression Gore doesnt support third party participation.

[joes805]

fuck you  gore . you globalist one party supporter.

[ZackieValentine]

Right on. He is just another evil politician.