<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 153);">Run Al, Run !!!</span>

As Tim Dickinson put it a while ago...

"<span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">If the Democrats were going to sit down and construct the perfect candidate for 2008, they'd be hard-pressed to improve on Gore</span>."

Ilaria

 

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again.  Al Gore, as a decent and moral American citizen, has <span style="font-style: italic;">an</span> <span style="font-style: italic;">obligation </span>to do his duty and run for president.  At this point, there is nobody who has a better chance to do what needs to be done <span style="font-style: italic;">with</span> the presidency, as well as the ability to run a successful campaign <span style="font-style: italic;">for</span> the presidency. 

    I have nothing against Hillary Clinton.  I have nothing against Barack Obama.  I think that either would probably make very effective and decent presidents.  I think either could do a lot of good for the country. 

    However, I think that there is a strong possibility that Hillary Clinton has been, admittedly unfairly, demonized by a large segment of American culture to the degree that she might not be able to overcome.  While her supporters have a lot of passion behind them, passion doesn't win a popular vote, neccesarily.  Numbers do.  I am afraid that it is very possible that those who passionately oppose her might just outnumber those who passionately support her.

    As for Barack Obama, I like him alot.  But there are a number of points going against him.  While I DO NOT agree with the sentiments of certain segments of the population, there are negative perceptions and beliefs that persist.  One of the largest is the idea that he is a muslim.  And there is quite a bit of anti-muslim sentiment in America....especially lately.  Of course, as all well informed and reasonable people know, Mr. Obama does have some muslim heritage.  He did attend, for a short time, a "madrasah" (or "school" in muslim societies).  His middle name is "Hussein." But none of this makes him a muslim.  Nevertheless, there are those that believe that he, somehow, is a planted agent of the "evil muslims" who are trying to destroy America because they hate our freedoms....or something ridiculous like that....
    Also, he's of mixed race.  The racist attitudes that exist in this country would be a difficult thing to overcome.  We haven't been able to get past this in how many years?  I think it's unlikely that we will be able to convince enough people of the errors of their racist mindsets in time to get a mixed race candidate elected president in 2008.  It's sad.  It's not right.  I'd love to see him as president just to piss off the racists.  But it's true.  Racists get to vote, too.  Unfortunately. 
    And he's young.  Personally, I don't have as much of a problem with this as alot of other people.  But some put alot of weight in age and political experience.  (On the other hand, perhaps it could be an asset?  Let's face it....it would probably be better to have somebody as president who HASN'T become too hardened by the cut-throat and dirty game of Washinton politics.  Just a thought....)

    Al Gore won the popular vote.  That's an excellent trump-card in a future presidential campaign.  How can you argue with that?  EVERYONE who voted for him was, and STILL IS dissappointed that he didn't become president.  I'm sure it wouldn't take alot of work to get them behind him again. 
    So he has to win over a few more in order to hammer home his point.  That's not that big of a deal.  It can be done.  Show a little personality.  The whole "wooden" perception did him some damage last time.  Be a little more mature and show a little more self control instead of trying to physically intimidate your opponent by walking up to him in the debate.  It turned some people off.  (I thought it was funny, myself.  But, hey....he HAD my vote....) 
    If he can avoid those kinds of mistakes, he's IN.  The American electorate, as a whole, doesn't WANT a Republican president.  The Republicans have used up nearly all of their "political capital" on this current embarassment of an administration.   Al Gore is the best chance America has.   It is his ethical duty to run and win the presidency. 

    Well...that's MY opinion.  Any thoughts?  Anybody agree?  Disagree?  Wonder what the hell a typing chimpanzee knows about presidential politics....much less how I am managing to type this? 

(In all honesty, it's like "the thousands of monkeys sitting at a thousands of typewriters, and one eventually types out the complete works of Shakespeare, just by chance."  Same thing.  I have absolutely no idea what I'm saying.  I'm just having fun pushing buttons. Go figure.  What are the chances it would make any sense to you at all?) 

Sincerely,
Chimp Chimperson


 

This may be in no way intelligent, but nonetheless: EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Exciting!
 

 

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