Mr. Gore: "America needs you need to lead us now more than ever"

There has to be some other way to convince this man of his worth. May be we need to convince him of our worth?

Steven Weber| BIO
What Does Al Know That We Don't?
Posted July 8, 2007


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Maybe Al knows that America (to paraphrase Paddy Chayevsky) is a dying giant, that perhaps she is dead already. And the "business of government" is merely the scramble of organisms over the carcass's wan, flaking skin; any rumbles from within aren't the sounds of legislators engaged in constructive debate but the gasses issuing from the anuses of the bacteria digesting the sad corpse's putrefying innards. Are we destined to have the presidency so finally and utterly mediocritized that it no longer holds any attraction for the most qualified person in recent memory who would imbue it with the honor and prestige it -- and we -- deserve?

Well then, that's what Al must know. Because only that kind of realization would prevent him from participating. He says that politics no longer holds any allure for him. And really, why should it? He won an Oscar, for chrissakes. He's raised awareness of a real issue that actually effects us all in a way that makes him truly a uniter -- not a divider. He is the world's activist uncle. George Bush standing in front of his American Enterprise Institute portable backdrop can barely scrape up a strangulated hosanna from his meticulously vetted and dwindling audiences.

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Because this country, for all its gaudy fascinations, for all its daily desperation to fend off reality by consuming goods from China as though they were oxygen atoms is also a country of souls betrayed by their loyalty to the idea of America the beautiful, the judicious and the brave. And it is not the loyalty itself that is at issue but those whom we have entrusted with it. A presidential election is not a parlor game, though it may resemble one far too closely. It is as close to being a sacred exercise as this secular republic asks of its congregants. We require a real leader now, one with a true understanding of the importance of why this country must function correctly and efficiently. We and the world depend on it. So here's your hat. And there's the ring. America needs you need to lead us now more than ever.

more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-weber/what-does-al-know-that-we_b_55352.html

I have done nothing other than signing a few petitions urging him to do so. Time to get serious and write him a letter. I wish there were another candidate I feel passionately about but there isn't...for me that is. K&R


Several posters have given out this address to write Al Gore....I'll put it here so that maybe other people like me can express their support:

Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203