There are several layers of irony and poetic justice wrapped into this honor. The first is that the greatest step for world peace would simply have been for Gore not to have had the presidency stolen from him in November 2000. By every just measure, Gore won the presidency in 2000 only to have George W. Bush steal it from him with the critical assistance of the US Supreme Court. It's worth taking a few moments today to consider where the country and world would be without that original sin of this corrupt presidency.
I know there's been a lot of commentary/questioning whether he'll actually run for president, but I've given up on that. He believes he can accomplish more outside of gov., and given his track record, I have to agree. That said, I did vote "you'd drop Edwards and support Gore" on a recent poll on DailyKos. (But he should totally snatch up Edwards as VP! Environmental and labour candidates! I'd probably die of glee, and my reanimated corpse would be knocking doors.
He believes he can accomplish more outside of gov., and given his track record, I have to agree.
If he runs, I'm all over it. If not, then he's where he should be. It's kind of like Howard Dean who lost the Presidency but ended up Democratic Chair (and Liberal convention keynote speaker, wtf?). He's where he needs to be a the moment. But go him for winning. And the IPCC, who deserve it equally. *cheers*
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Date: 2007-10-13 02:35 am (UTC)There are several layers of irony and poetic justice wrapped into this honor. The first is that the greatest step for world peace would simply have been for Gore not to have had the presidency stolen from him in November 2000. By every just measure, Gore won the presidency in 2000 only to have George W. Bush steal it from him with the critical assistance of the US Supreme Court. It's worth taking a few moments today to consider where the country and world would be without that original sin of this corrupt presidency.
I know there's been a lot of commentary/questioning whether he'll actually run for president, but I've given up on that. He believes he can accomplish more outside of gov., and given his track record, I have to agree. That said, I did vote "you'd drop Edwards and support Gore" on a recent poll on DailyKos. (But he should totally snatch up Edwards as VP! Environmental and labour candidates! I'd probably die of glee, and my reanimated corpse would be knocking doors.
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Date: 2007-10-13 03:37 am (UTC)If he runs, I'm all over it. If not, then he's where he should be. It's kind of like Howard Dean who lost the Presidency but ended up Democratic Chair (and Liberal convention keynote speaker, wtf?). He's where he needs to be a the moment. But go him for winning. And the IPCC, who deserve it equally. *cheers*