It was absolutely mind blowing to watch and witness Leonardo DiCaprio and Al Gore at the Academy Awards. Oh how everyone swooned over them and their pseudo persona of what many view as intelligentsia du jour.
Interestingly, however, it is hard to fathom that any one voting block could pull off this unadulterated charade on one of the most highly watched shows on national television. But they did.So why is it the Democrats just can’t stop “doing†Al Gore? I have my opinions, but I will let Salena Zito explain this phenomenon to you first.
Gore is a cause-driven politician, as opposed to a talking-point-driven, biographical one. He has all of the experience needed by the establishment, but he also has all of the edgy issues — such as understanding technology, the Internet and the environment — that the “net roots†(Internet community) and the outsiders love.
While Clinton, Edwards and Obama push the party left, Gore could conceivably satisfy the middle. “As a member of the Democratic Leadership Council he has some centrist credentials without forsaking his leftist credentials,†says Simon Rosenberg, head of the New Democratic Network in Washington.
Of course my opinion is that Al Gore for all it’s worth is just another useful fool. When I weight what the Democrats are offering in Hillary Clinton or worse still, Barack Obama – as much as I loathe Al Gore he is a much better alternative – considering the hawkish ways of Clinton is a turn off, she is cold and hard, she has baggage more than a mile long. Obama has absolutely no experience compared to Gore or Clinton. Obama is a really horrible alternative should he win the nomination due to the fact he has a background that still views him as a Muslim in the Arab world, he was against the war on terror-still is-and is demanding now for a complete pull-out from Iraq by summers end. That man is completely dangerous to this nations well being.
Now back to Gore – there are two questions that should be answered:
- Is being president going to be better for Gore than what he is doing now?
- Part of the calculation is this: He is currently having an impact on issues, but as a candidate for president will he still have that impact?
“Announcement day would be Gore’s peak,†says Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “People have forgotten what they didn’t like about Gore. They’ll remember quickly if he’s on television every day.â€
“Al Gore has become an iconic figure now in American politics,†says Rosenberg. “He has been able to pull off something that no one has ever done before — have tremendous impact on public discourse from the benches of the private sector.â€
Brazile insists she was never really excited about Gore coming back into the race in 2004: “It would have been seen as a grudge match, not a rematch.â€
But now as Bush goes down, Gore goes up. It’s an inverse relationship.
“I am not going to endorse anybody as long I think that there is an opportunity that Al Gore gets back in,†says Brazile. (emphasis mine)
I believe this is how many in the Democratic block are viewing this situation – exactly what they are hoping for in their dreams. Al Gore to the rescue – maybe that is not such a bad alternative when compared to Clinton and Obama – but any Democrat in the White House is a recipe for disaster that I truly do pray does not happen.
Salena Zito is a Trib editorial page columnist. Ms. Zito has graciously granted me copyright permission to reprint her work here on The HILL Chronicles.
Crossposted from The HILL Chronicles
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback“…..any Democrat in the White House is a recipe for disaster that I truly do pray does not happen.”
and the last 8 years have been what, exactly? oh yeah. a disaster. With the executive and control of congress:
1. Social security reform …ouch. i think not. That layla, should be listed in the dictionary under, well, “disaster.” And who would have imagined that the AARP were a bunch of pot smoking, bush hating, hippy liberals? They should just go hug a tree, right?
2. Capturing and/or killing of Bin Laden. …ouch again. Bush doesn’t even think of him anymore, in his own words. All he did was murder 3000 innocent americans. Why trouble the prez with the weight of the world? He’s just so folksy
3. Prescription drug plan. …this is getting pretty bad, but worry not! It’s not baseball, it’s politics! Swing as much as you’d want!
4. Fiscal discipline. …wow. I really thought this would be a check in the win column foryou guys. I mean, these are reagan’s republicans! Nothing like a bridge to nowhere in Alaska to reinvent the GOP’s perception of fiscal responsibility. But hey…what’s a good antedote for those pesky tax and spend dems? Why, BORROW and spend republicans no less! We owe china a few billion….what’s a trillion more?
5. Iraq. ….. bah. what’s the point? I know at least Halliburton is feeling like a liberator! Aside from the debacle in a military sense…. it’s a debacle of common sense. I had a leaky roof, recently. I called for some estimates…you know, go with the best deal, right? It’s what any red-blooded, savvy american would do. Well, unless you’re in Congress…. i think they gave out no bid contracts printed on toilet paper rolls. Cheney gave Halli the tip so they were first on the pot.
6. No child left behind. ….. dear god. ever talk to an actual teacher about this? My guess is your “journalistic integrity” doesn’t allow for it. You’re a blogger, after all! find one, quicky. It will save me some keystrokes.
Seriously…i could go on for days. but instead i will rock your world….give you a moment of zen….
If questioning the war, a god given right to every american with the will to speak his or her mind, is “emboldening the enemy,” what is letting Bin Laden run free doing for them?
You need to reevaluate your purpose in life, because really, it should have nothing to do with dispensing information.
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