Maybe it's time to shift strategy. Change our battle plans. Instead of "Run, Al, Run," we need to now alter our tune to "Please, Tipper, Please."
Al Gore knows we love, respect, and honor him. How can he not be emotionally overwhelmed by the outpouring of good will and favorable press in recent days?
The Draft Gore movement is peaking. It's right near the tipping point. And the clock is ticking. Gore needs that one final push before he could conceivably commit to running for president. Who can make that happen? His wife. She's the Tipper Point.
She must be persuaded to persuade him to run. Our collective media effort and energy must now be directed towards her as well. Bloggers and pundits, take note.
Perhaps we need to create a sister online petition drive centered on her. That should count for something,
Gore once told Rolling Stone during his ill-fated 2000 White House run that "Tipper keeps my shoes nailed to the floor so that I don't lose touch with gravity."
C'mon, Al, win one for the Tipper. And for all of America.
On the other hand, HAD he been President, I find myself asking, What if?..
~Would 911 have even happened?
~Would we be in Iraq/ Afghanistan today?
~If so, wouldn't he surely have gone in with the support of the global community, acting on consensus of countries in the region, allowing the UN to exhaust all intervention?
~Wouldn't our civil liberties still be intact; We certainly wouldn't have the Patriot Act/ FISA, would we?
Etc., etc...
However, HAD he been President, I find myself realizing we wouldn't have..
~The global awareness/ support on the environment and global warming.
~"An Inconvenient Truth"
~His amusing appearance hosting SNL, showing a side of Al Gore we hadn't had the pleasure of enjoying in his political life. I still bust out laughing recalling when, with coaching from Stuart Smalley, we heard:
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and Doggonit, People Like Me!
Perhaps, another role in the administration, cabinet, UN or as a foreign ambassador would place him in a better position to further expand the positive effect he has had on the planet, thus enhancing the standing of the U.S. globally. I just would hate to see him lose the forum he has now in such a powerfully positive light. As President inheriting the Iraqi fiasco, regardless of how he is viewed/ perceived now, he would ultimately lose some of that image & the positive impact he has had on the world.
Like Jimmy Carter before him, he deserved the Nobel & he deserves the opportunity to continue in his role as a global leader. He deserves "..be the best Al I can be" (to quote Stuart's coaching.)
That just may not be as President Gore.
Forget Gore. Run a DEMOCRAT.
Thank God for the electoral college. The Founding Fathers knew what they were doing!
So Al Gore has become a footnote to history, but in a fair way. The man lost. Period.
This year, Gore won an Oscar for "An Inconvenient Truth," his documentary on global climate change and an Emmy for his cable television network, "Current." Gore has capped this off by winning the Nobel Peace Prize for his untiring efforts in alerting the world to the threat of global warming. Thus, Gore is truly a number ONE (Oscar, Nobel, and Emmy) achiever.
It is hard to imagine a more distinguished and accomplished American than Al Gore. He does not need to run for president - been there, done that and won that - to prove anything. Nonetheless, I think the country and the world could use his leadership at this very critical juncture - and, there is no more powerful office in the world to fulfill that role than the presidency of the United States!
The world is flashing a "green" light for neo-Gore (that’s right the Nobel-Emmy-Oscar winning Gore will henceforth be known as the neo-Gore) and he is obliged to recycle his services for a cause that’s bigger than him. You tell him, Tipper!
Now, a Gore-Bloomberg third party ticket?! THAT would be interesting! Having stated that and observing the polarization of the Country, that ticket will only benefit the right wing nuts! IF that really happens, he will ironically "do a Nader" of 2000!
I know this is a lot to ask of your husband and you and your family but if anyone can it is your husband!
We love Al and pray for his decision to help our country! May God bless you and your family!