Sep 26 2007
Analyzing Al Gore and the 2008 election
For a long time now I have been watching Al Gore and waiting for him to make his move on the presidency.
He is the perfect choice for an October surprise candidacy. He has more name recognition then practically any other candidate on both sides.
First, he is a former Vice President, and frankly the only one still living with any real electability. He is the world’s more recognized (self proclaimed) expert on Global warming, and continues his campaign despite the fact that more and more elements of his movie are shown to be misstatements, distortions or outright fiction. Let’s not forget that his movie is an Oscar winner, and even if the Oscar was not awarded to him, he is still the one most people remember as being the Oscar winner because of his prominence.
Add to this the Honorary Emmy he will be awarded in a few months for his contributions to broadcasting, and the fact he is the leading candidate to win a Nobel Peace Prize and you have a man with all the credentials, recognition and popularity, despite having no intellectually honesty, ethics or scruples regarding his environmental mission.
He would be running on a platform of activism and cause. Where Bush beat him in 2000 was in personality and credibility on the leadership front, but with the war so unpopular, strength has to be carefully played. Instead of hard line stances against terrorists, he will take a hard line stance against disaster, making him the human hero of the world.
People complain about Bush’s perceived globalism and imperialism, but where Bush may have seen Democracy as something to be shared, spread and encouraged, Al see green. He sees his message in the spreading of a global movement to stem climate change, despite the fact the evidence does not support man made causes, and no evidence exists that man can impact if for the better either.
I look at the two side by side and frankly I prefer a man who would seek to spread freedom, not a man who seeks to imprison us in a cage of Ivy, tied with a yoke of principle.
I may be wrong. He may never run again, though I still maintain that just as Fred let the front runners start to stale and pale before launching his official campaign, Al is likely to let the front runners self destruct and enter to “save the party”. Fred is polling a strong second place to Rudy, which is amazing since he only just no launched his campaign.
The Democrats created a dangerous rats nest by starting their campaigning so early. Voter fatigue and infighting will exhaust them and the people by the time the primaries hit.
Both Al and Fred offer their parties a breath of fresh air in that regard.
Fred played it as I expected. Now to see if Al goes for the brass ring too.
I found this article interesting, it looks at what could happen if Al wins the Nobel, and why it could be the catalyst that could make Al run. This piece is pretty wacked and obviously left leaning in much of it’s content, but it nails the situation ala Al.
If Al Gore Wins the Nobel Peace Prize (Brent Budowsky) (excerpts, emphasis mine)
It is possible that in a few short weeks America will wake up to news from Europe that Al Gore has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace.
If this occurs, it will be a powerful transforming event in American politics that will bring a surge of patriotism and pride to a nation that has been torn by war, divided by partisanship, trapped in a quagmire and alienated from what Jefferson called the decent opinion of mankind.
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From the moment his award is announced through his speech in December accepting the prize, Al Gore will be the most influential living American in defining the terms of our national debate.
From the immediate surge of media attention until the aftermath of Gore’s acceptance speech there will be a profound surge of international and national attention to what Al Gore stands for, and what he has done.
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Within hours of the Nobel announcement there would be a global statement of American ideals, American values, American traditions and American notions that have been honored for more than 200 years, and placed under attack by George W. Bush and enabled by a submissive Congress unable and unwilling to stop him.
There would be a statement to Americans, and to the world, that the real America is the nation that respects and rallies the free nations of the world rather than the pre-emptive and arrogant power that alienates freedom’s best friends everywhere.
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What will happen, if Al Gore is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, is that his issues will be championed on the front pages and on the television screens, stronger than ever, across America and throughout the world.
If Gore chooses to run for president he will have an opportunity to mobilize the nation in a manner similar to Robert Kennedy’s late entry in 1968.
Then, bathed in a glowing light, Al will descend to the heavens leading us to (flourescent)enlightenment.
Sarcasm aside, the stage is set. Now we are just waiting for Al Gore’s close up.
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AMERICA FOR GORE: NATIONWIDE COALITION CREATED TO DRAFT AL GORE FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008
National Milestone Reached in Growing Grassroots Movement
BOSTON, Massachusetts—September 21, 2007—They are teachers and students, scientists and doctors, secretaries and CEOs, store clerks and store owners, factory workers and artists. They represent every demographic group and every geographic region in the country. They are everyday Americans, from coast to coast and across the political spectrum—Democrats, Independents, Republicans, conservatives, liberals, moderates. And they have two things in common: They have become involved in the political process (many for the first time), and they want Al Gore to run in the 2008 presidential election.
And, as of September 2007, the grassroots effort of these thousands of individuals has reached a milestone: They have joined together as a nationwide coalition—America for Gore.
America for Gore encompasses all the major and minor groups within the movement whose goal is to persuade Al Gore to run for president. Among the groups in the coalition are DraftGore.com, AlGore.org, Netroots for Gore, GoreHub.com, AlGore08 MySpace, Draft Gore Facebook groups, GoreforPresidentNow.com, Goreganic.com, RunDammit.com, RunGoreRun.com, and the Al Gore Support Center, as well as hundreds of Draft Gore meetups and groups nationwide. While the groups will continue to focus on their individual strategies, they will also be working together on important initiatives by sharing information, exchanging ideas, and mobilizing their members to help other groups within the coalition.
The America for Gore coalition is launching a new website—www.AmericaforGore.org—to establish a central location on the web for the coordination of this grassroots effort. America for Gore is not replacing existing websites, groups, and blogs. The individual websites of each organization will continue to exist as before, but the new coalition website will keep group members and the public informed and will act as a portal, directing Gore supporters to the member sites so the can become involved in the many different facets of the Draft Gore movement.
Members of the coalition cite Gore’s unmatched political experience (eight years each in Congress, the Senate, and as Vice President), the fact that he won the popular vote in 2000, his early and outspoken opposition to the war in Iraq, and his commitment to solving the climate crisis as core strengths of a potential candidacy in 2008.
The formation of this coalition signals a significant increase in the sophistication of the Draft Gore movement as well as in the powers of coordination, recruitment, and influence of the movement.
By coordinating their activities, the groups hope to extend their reach, recruit more members, and increase their impact on the public’s and the media’s perception of Al Gore’s strength as a candidate.