Reply #11: I love Al Gore - but... [View All]

[InvisibleTouch]

...he has said repeatedly that he's not running. We, the hopefuls in the wilderness, keep trying to read between the lines and look for double meansings and loopholes that indicate he may jump into the race at the last minute after all, that he's just biding his time, working out a grand strategy. But at some point, we've got to take the guy at his word. He seems to genuinely feel that he has more freedom to fight for the causes that mean the most to him, if he's not encumbered by the political process. I'm not sure he's right about that - after all, the best place to affect a change for the better, is from a position of power - but on the other hand, he's seen the view from both positions, and surely knows of which he speaks. I'd love to see him run in '08 - I'd plaster my car full of bumper stickers, bang on doors, stuff envelopes, make phone calls, send money, whatever it takes - but realistically, I don't think it'll happen. We can, however, support him in other ways now, by promoting his environmental message to the rest of the world. Or perhaps I should say, to the rest of the country. Because the rest of the world is pretty well informed already.