Posted by
malibu1L on Thursday, July 06, 2006 6:31:01 PM
When you lose a bid for the highest elected office in the land, your day in the sun has set like the sun itself inevitably does. Can you think of any political figure--other than Grover Cleveland, but history looks past him-- in the history of our nation who, after losing a presidential race, maintained a significant presence and influence in American politics?
What does this mean? It means that one must find another hobby in order to stay relevant, a reason for people to listen to you. What does that mean for Al Gore? Well, when you're a career politician like Al Gore, and grow up in DC around politicians and know how to do nothing else other than politics, your options are pretty limited. One option: make a self-aggrandizing movie about you, starring you, on a topic which most Americans don't count as a priority, and then proclaim the end of the world, unless people 1)see your movie, 2)believe your movie, 3)demand the actions you prescribe in your movie, and 4)live like you don't but how you say they should.
If you don't believe any of this, then believe the following. They are links to articles by thinkers much greater than Al Gore on the topics he addresses in his work of laughable fiction.
Keep one last thing in mind: In 2004, Al Gore lost the vote in his own state, Tennessee. If the people who sent him to the Senate didn't trust him with the White House, why should you trust him on the environment?
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008597
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pdupont/?id=110008416
http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=110008220
http://www.care2.com/c2c/groups/disc.html?gpp=714&pst=457031
http://www.ncpa.org/pub/st/st285/
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2006/harris061206.htm
http://www.epw.senate.gov/pressitem.cfm?party=rep&id=257909