I can’t help thinking that Al Gore is waiting, not just for an invitation, but for a total clamouring mass of invitations. He really wants to be co-opted, made an offer he can’t refuse.You can’t blame him if those are his thoughts.
For starters losing on such a vast stage, regardless of the dubious circumstances, must be a sobering experience for anyone with an ounce of self respect and dignity. Gore must have seen enough to know that those human traits are not the stuff of political success.
“No hide, no Christmas box”, as my old Granny used to say, or as the political hard-arses would have it – “crash through or crash”; ignore little issues like being seen as a crook or liar, or just hones feelings of rejection, because success is the only thing that matters.
So now Mrs Gore is on his case to go for it, mainly because she thinks Hillary sucks, according to some reports. Bill doesn’t seem to think she suck’s, but few of us will ever get closer enough to feel easy about the woman.
It would be refreshing to have a world leader who was a touch on the sensitive side, but I expect the US will have a woman president before they ever get a sensitive one.
It just ain’t gonna happen! Al is setting himself up nicely with his environmentalist profile, another refreshing and fatal touch.
Columnist Jim Kouri has wandered out of his usual crime and corruption patch to give an insight into Gore’s future if he decides to run.
From Kouri’s Al in Wonderland “So, Al Gore has gone Hollywood. He certainly fits right in with the rest of those idiot savants who can make movies or act, but lack the common sense of a seven year old.”
That from a side player; wait till you see the crap flowing from the sewer of the hard arse political practitioners on all asides.
Gore is, in every way, a soft target. Hell, if you tell the average voter that accepting the idea of global warming will hit them economically, they will run from the idea in droves. Never mind reality, we are talking about potential future expendable income here.
I have to admit, I’ve grown to like Al. I used to see him as a sort of educated, articulate J. Danforth Quayle. Sorry Al, I know that isn’t very fair, but perceptions are powerful.
It is the perception which will be dragged out to beat Gore to a pulp. There is simply too much powerful vested interest in destroying our planet for a quick, dirty buck top allow some nice guy do-gooder to step in and fuck it all up.
But, having said all that, I am more than willing to be proved totally wrong. I guess, like so much troubling this world today, it depends on whether the average American voter can just once ignore the predictable force-fed crap and think and listen for themselves.
No, sorry Al, I can’t see it.
2 comments:
Well if I knew what a wonk is I might even agree.
Still, in retrospect, I except that it was a rather harsh stylisation.
I think this politically-born-again Gore could win in 2008.
Yes, he has some stigmas and associations to shake off. But let's face it, those perceptions of him were a lot fresher in 2000, and his wooden Indian demeanor was a lot more prevalent back then, and he still won the popular vote.
I still like Feingold, but he doesn't seem to have the -- what, the political backing, the media attention -- he needs to win.
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