Holding out hope for Al Gore

Written by: John Fontana on Feb 12, 2007 6:00 PM EST

With numerous announcements from candidates planning to explore running for president in 2008 (which amounts to an indirect declaration from several of the for-sure candidates of both parties), I’ve taken a back seat watching the early fireworks and am trying to stay out of the fray unless one man gets involved.

My older brother is trying to get me to check out Barak Obama, the folks on Daily Kos and other bloggers I know have been urging me (and those like me) to get behind John Edwards.  The Democratic establishment (meaning those who haven’t done their research in most cases) are getting behind Hillary Clinton…  Tom Vilsack, Bill Richardson, etc, etc, etc…  This is just on the Democratic side.

Yet I can’t get behind any of these guys in the primaries.  While I will support them if they win the nomination next year, I don’t believe any of them are THE candidate for the job.

No, that goes to Al Gore.

He says he has no plans to run, only rumors and innuendos suggest he will get in the race.  He’s the most experienced of the potential candidates, the most knowledgeable, the most genuine.  His vision goes beyond America and encompasses the world – something that has been sorely lacking for the past few years (well, the Current Occupant’s vision is the Neocon vision of world domination.  Gore’s vision is quite different – as in saving the world).

I don’t know if I am the only one on this group who feels this way – but I just can’t see myself getting involved for any candidate unless it is Al Gore. 

Some of you who read this may want to assure me that Gore isn't running and I should get behind your pony...  That's not going to be the case.  If Gore isn't running, I'm sitting things out for the primary campaigning -- and I have a feeling I am not the only one who will take this track.

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