HOLLYWOOD--He did it! He won the presidency back in 2000, before the Bush campaign filed their briefs to the Supreme Court, after they engineered harassment campaigns at polling-places, rigged machines, and made ballots disappear, he had won the election. Now, after several-years running a business and stumping his global warming slide-show across the US and the world--Al Gore is back. Will he run again? I think he will, and has made comments that it would be likely if he won the Academy's award for best documentary. Granted, he didn't direct it, but it wouldn't exist without his presentation and his narration. I still haven't seen this film, but plan to. But what does it matter? I'm convinced, global warming is certainly real, and it's better to err on the side of science than it is on greed and religious-insanity.
No, "An Inconvenient Truth" wouldn't exist without Al Gore at all. I have a lot of misgivings about this man going-back to the 1980s (like the PMRC, amongst other issues), so I still think he has a lot to prove. He has the trust of the American public to earn-back. I'm a registered Democrat, but only because the GOP is truly the part of the apocalypse, the party of scum and greed. Granted, the DNC is barely any better, but they do respond to public pressure eventually, even if it's belated. The GOP will never do this unless they literally have no other choice but compliance, or their demise. It appears they've been choosing their demise for the last 12-years, but they have their allies in the Democratic Party--you know the names. The questions is this: is Al Gore still one of those names? Is he still a neoliberal? If he is, he isn't worth voting-for. If he doesn't stand for a progressive agenda that brings a radical redistribution of wealth, all the measures to stop global warming will be for-nought.
he looked like a robot at the oscars
ReplyDeleteHeya Boo, how are ya? He's a little stiff, but I'd be pretty nervous up there too, heheheheh. But he's had a reputation for being stiff, a little reserved--but it's odd that he's now actually pretty funny. Having an election stolen from yourself and a people might have given him some character and humor. We'll see.
ReplyDeletePS: I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000, something I will never regret. He did not lose the election for the Democrats, they and the Bush campaign wrecked American democracy, not Ralph.
ReplyDeleteShame on you J^7. Ralph Nader's cause is himself and his ego. Why should you have signed up to carry his water, and why should you not express remourse for the same, now, seven (7!) years later. Nader was only too happy to take Republican money. And GOP-ers were only to happy to shovel it to him. Nader is the GOP love-child. What does that make you?
ReplyDeleteThe election was stolen, and Ralph Nader had a right to run in a democracy. What does that make you? You disappoint me, and I respetfully disagree.
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