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2.20.2008

 

Waiting for Gore

Does the prospect of the Democrats going all the way to the convention without knowing who their nominee is going to be have you staying awake at night?

If so, you might want to get in touch with Farrell S. Seiler of St. Johnsbury. He's a retired small businessman and wind energy consultant. He's also someone who worked for a Draft Gore group during the New Hampshire Primary and still thinks the former Veep is the best shot the Dems have at regaining the White House this year.

Presently, the retired Seiler is the Vermont coordinator for a Draft Gore movement. He said Gore fans around the country are waiting to see what happens on March 4 and beyond before making a case that the party should turn to Gore, the one guy he says everybody in the party likes and nobody hates.

"Our position is that Obama and Clinton will have so beaten each other up by the time the primaries are over that it's going to make it easier for the Republicans to win in the fall," Seiler told me on Wednesday. "We may need to reach into our bench and draft the individual who has the most experience of anyone, is respected on the world stage and would be ready on Day 1 to take the reins of the presidency."

Toward that end, Seiler sent out a polished fundraising letter to 500 Vermonters earlier this month in hopes of stirring up a write-in effort for the March 4 primary. He's since decided to throttle back on that effort and is returning the money he raised after deciding Vermont isn't the place for the Draft Gore movement to make its stand.

Instead, he argues that time will come if the situation is still unresolved after the April 22 Pennsylvania primary. He thinks West Virginia's May13 primary might be the time to show the Gore flag.

It's not as crazy a thought as you might think. I checked it out and just four months ago, Gore came in second in a CBS poll of likely Democratic primary voters with 32 percent, behind Clinton's 37 percent and way ahead of Obama's 16 percent. And Gore wasn't a candidate at the time, or even acting like one.

Sure, the chances of this playing out the way Seiler sees it are slim, but the year has already had a number of odd turns. Just ask John McCain. Or Rudy Giuliani. Or Hillary Clinton.

-- Sam Hemingway

Comments:
Isn't he the guy from the famous movie "Farrell Seiler's Day Off"

I live in St J and don't even know this dude
 
Isn't "anonymous" the guy from the famous movie "Anonymous' Day Off?"

I live in Barnet (with a St J street address) and I don't even know this (anonymous) dude.

"Anonymous" can come out of his/her cybercave anytime and contact me directly at: farrell@vermontersforgore.com.

Telephone number is in the telephone directory, too, dude.
 
I remember while in college watching closely the televised debate on CNN between Al Gore and Ross Perot on whether the Senate should approve NAFTA and GATT and these other trade deals. That was where Perot coined the term 'giant suckin' sound' to describe the jobs that would leave the United States and go abroad. How right he was. Now much of the auto parts industry (among others) has gone south of the border, and still by the thousands Mexicans pour over the border to come to America.

Al Gore was right up front telling us how these policies would improve the lives of Americans. Add in the fact that during this time the US granted 'most favored nation' status to China and it goes a long way to explaining many of the economic problems Americans are facing today.

If people really want to finish off the American dream and bury the economy for good, then this is the bandwagon on which to jump.
 
Ferris er I mean Farrell, it is obvious Bore er I mean Gore really selected a well qualified person to head up his "stealth" campaiagn
Don't unpack your carpet bag I am sure you will be headed too DC as soon as Gore wins the election
HaHaHa
 
Probably another left-wing flatlander newly arrived in Vermont; probably heard thru the liberal grapevine that this is the place to be, easy to "beat" the system and freeload off the remaining taxpayers.
 
Lot of "probably"s there. Sound like speculation there ?
 
Dunno about that, pal. Bernie conned a lot of 'em into helping him defeat Pete Smith for the Congressional seat in 1990 by claiming that Smith was anti-gun.

That was a royal con job and they went for it hook, line, and sinker.
 
There is no Farrell Seiler in the Stj phone...........who do you live with? Mommy and Daddy??
 
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