Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing
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On May 20th, 2007 in the New York Times, Gore remarked…
Having spent 30 years as part of the political dialogue, I don’t know why a 600-day campaign is taken as a given, and why people who aren’t in it 600 days out for the convenience of whatever brokers want to close the door and narrow the field and say, `This is it, now let’s place your bets’ — If they want to do that, fine. I don’t have to play that game.
With recent Current TV video uploads, I must wonder what kind of campaign is he running?
In marketing/advertising terms, this is a stealth product release. The candidate is running, but the paperwork hasn’t been filed. The Current clips are strong. In the link above, some of thecommenters suggest Gore may be trying to frame the debate. I doubt this. First of all, with the exception of Edwards and Kucinich , none of the other Dem candidates really have an environmental platform that does anything about global climate change. If they aren’t listening to Gore now, they never will.
Gore has been successful in moving the issue to the front of the news, and the melting icecaps, crop failures and record drought have all backed him up with common sense observation – just ask the average family farmer.
I have no idea what the game plan is for Gore but he has been successful in keeping himself and more importantly the issues he cares about, at the forefront of the news since he stepped in front of theMoveOn.org microphone and blasted the Bush administration over Iraq.
Everything he claimed in his “In The Balance” book, his 2000 campaign and everything else since has proven to be right. Whereas everythingBushCo has said since then has turned out to be a lie.
Bush may be the guy Middle America wanted to have a beer with, but once in office, Middle America learned Bush just stiffed them for the bar tab. As I speak with people across the country, they tell me they can’t help but look at Gore and wonder “what if?” Since the Clinton/Gore administration was all over AlQaeda and the Taleban before Middle America knew they existed, would 9-11 have happened at all? Would all of America have their phones bugged and emails read? Would China have eaten our lunch? Would Summer at the North Pole feel like a spring day in Myrtle Beach? Would we be bogged down in a Vietnam style war in Iraq while ogling the oil underneath Iran?
If Bush invades Iran, the US will control everything in the Middle East from Saudi Arabia to the former Soviet Union – from Europe to China. There hasn’t been a land grab like that since (yes, I am going to say it so get over it already) the Nazi’s controlled everything from Paris to with 15 miles of the Kremlin.
Where Gore takes us from here is anyone’s guess, except maybe Karl Rove. I think he might be sweating.
