Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
Americans want you to run and we can be sooo annoying at times, I know. But I doubt any of us will shut up anytime soon – you know how we can be.
The Blue States are yours already, the Purple States are yours too because they look back at what could have been if things had gone differently in 00, that and they feel bad – they feel you need your chance to pull us out of the Hell-hole we are currently in. The Red States (what there is left of them) are a toss up. Nothing you can do about the blind political rage they have.
I know another run for the Presidency may not seem like a fun thing to do right now and in a strange sort of way WINNING the election will totally suck. It will be on your shoulders to fix the multi-layer putrid mess we are in. You know what to do, global warming-wise, but it will also be up to you to fix our debacle in Iraq and what ever mess Bush starts in Iran. Oh and there is that open sore called Afghanistan we should put some compute cycles into.
And did you know the economy is a wreck? Remember that high-falutin’ job I had under Clinton / Gore? It went extinct in 2001. The dollar also is lower than a Dick Cheney Dirty Trick<sup>TM</sup>.
So I know you would rather not get sucked into the slime pit known as politics, but we need you.
Few men in American history have been called by a nation for the singular purpose of becoming President. Our founding fathers loved to hide out on their farms and wait for the worst of the hand-wringing to pass when it was their turn to sit and helm the nation that is America. Well, they didn’t live in a world that included the Internet, blogs and mass email campaigns. So no matter how far out in the woods your farm may be, I am sure the Internet is available.
Few have been called and you should be warned we will keep dialing.
P.S. If you get a chance, please take my Blog Reader Survey. Thanks!
Goremania just won’t die. Maybe after the Democrats select a nominee?
After a clear front runner emerges, a front runner based on convention delegate votes, not opinion polls.
Name one person who is as singularly qualify to resurrect our national image abroad, our environmental policy, re-direct our economy and (just maybe) limit the influence of the military-industrial complex?
name me one person who could possibly lose to George W. Bush in 2000.
Gore won the presidency in 2000, and l, for one, have not been given reason to believe otherwise. you know as well as l do that there was a coup that was abetted by the supreme court.
yes, the campaign was not run very well and it shouldn’t have been close enough to steal…hindsight. regardless of your previously stated belief that Bradley could have won…which is pure pull-it-out-of-your-ass speculation…he couldn’t even get the nomination.
that aside, Gore has grown a great deal since that time, in large part, imo, because he has distanced himself from the dlc, the pundits, and the party apparatus, at least on the surface.
l would like to see him run in 08, but am not optimistic of him doing so. a Nobel Peace Prize, an Oscar, and an Emmy certainly serve to strengthen and elevate his position both here, and to some extent, abroad. additionally, they elevate and leverage his ability to come into the race late, and potentially to become a front runner almost immediately. were he to run, or assent to being drafted, l think he would be unbeatable….if the new Al Gore shows up…and like it or not, the bully pulpit of the POTUS, combined with a democratically controlled congress, would give him tremendous status, power and influence here and abroad on many other issues as well.
my 2¢
lTMF’sA
It would be worth it just to see Republican heads explode.
I really think he is hated even more Clinton. It’s not as widespread as with her, but it’s deeper, more heart felt. With Gore, it goes all the way to the bone.
nalbar
…just to see Republican heads explode…
yep, l’d like to think he could lay a reverse mcgovern-style ass-kicking on the ratpubs’ candidate, regardless of who it is.
lTMF’sA