Crossposted from Town Called Dobson
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Here we have Al Gore, the arch nemesis of White House stupidity, he was Vice-President when the nation had its greatest economy ever, he has a hit documentary on the subject of global warming, nominated for an Academy Award, and now nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize when Bush has America neck deep in needless war.
What’s not to like?
Success, that is what’s not to like. Gore was the most successful VP in American history, he was the most contributive VP the country has ever had. He oversaw the cutting of the size of government – rolling the size back to where it was in the 70’s. He was VP when the US was ACTIVELY looking for Al Qaeda and Bin Laden.
And other parade raining items for BushCo are Gore’s knowledge of Sunni and Shia conflicts, he can properly say nuclear, and Gore knows all the worlds leaders AND they respect HIM.
That must be the clincher – respect.
It takes a lot of positive work and global respect to be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and that is one thing BushCo has never had, respect. No other national leader respects Bush, they may fear him, they may work with him for mutual gain, but they do not respect him.
No one does.
No one ever will.
Damn that Al Gore.
My sentiments exactly, stormbear. I have a big post up on my blog about Big Al. He should definitely be our next President (and should have been our last,) but we need him more than ever now. I think he’ll walk away with the Nobel Peace Prize and his film will win the Oscar. Then he’ll be in a perfect postion to push all of the (11?)dwarves into the second tier! Gore-Obama, Gore-Feingold, Gore-Dodd, Gore-Edwards, Gore-anybody… just give me Gore!
Amen! Al Gore has leadership qualities that Bush cannot possibly hope to achieve. Credibility. Respect. A BRAIN and facile command of the English language. And a vision, one that’s been driving him for decades.
Bush has to resort to spiffy uniforms with his name on them, backstabbing, and bullying to make himself feel like a leader… and still no one in the world really has any respect for him, not even the neocons who are using him to promote their agenda.
Gore has earned the respect and admiration and support of people all over the world. And I’m still hoping he will step into the political arena one more time… because we need his style of leadership, his vision and his experience, desperately.