From the Tennessean:
Former Vice President Al Gore said today that he still hasn’t ruled out a presidential bid in 2008, but he doesn’t expect to run and might not possess the skills necessary to be elected president now.
Okay, okay. He doesn't want the damn job. I get that.
"I respect the political process with all its flaws, and I am under no illusions that the presidency is not the most important position with the most ability to influence the course of events, but I’ve run twice and I don’t think that my aptitude for politics is necessarily matched to the kind of politics that the system calls for in this day and time. Maybe that will change.
"Maybe the transformation of this conversation of democracy with more influence for reason and less for image and spin will emerge. I don’t know. I expect it will take a lot more time, but I’m grateful for those who have a good opinion of me, to the point where they think I ought to run again, but I am not convinced myself that’s the best way for me to serve."
So why isn't what Gore could be the best way to serve??
The answer is that our government has been taken hostage by some alien anti-constitutional life form. Fear has surpassed hope; profit has surpassed purpose. Obligations to individuals and the environment have been obliterated in a quest for world domination -- even if that domination means total destruction.
If I were Al Gore would I want to run??? No. Al Gore does not need the Presidency. The Presidency needs Al Gore.
How do we convince him to of this?? How do we ask him to turn his life upside down and run, Al, run?? Your thoughts???
(And, yes, I'd pull the lever for another candidate but I would bust my ass for Gore). Who else has some shred of moral authority that has been tested and proved?
How can we re-elect Al Gore??