Will Al Gore Use the Nobel Peace Prize to run for President?
On October 12th 2007, Al Gore sent out a Press Release stating that he is deeply honored to receive the Noble Peace Prize. He also mentioned that he is donating 100% of the proceeds to Alliance for Climate Protection which is a bipartisan non profit organization dedicated to changing public opinion in the U.S. and around the world on climate change. The total amount of money for the prize is $1.4 million.
Many democratic activists are hopeful that the ex vice president will run for president in 2008 despite the fact that he has mentioned that he has no interest in doing so. These hopefuls are citing the fact that he hasn't ruled the possibility out by explicitly saying that he will not run. Personally, if the man says he isn't going to run, then I dont think he is going to run. There are too many democratic presidential candidates that are raising a lot of money in order to win the democratic primaries already. I think it may be too late for Al Gore to win even if he decided to join the race today.
"I will be doing everything I can to try to understand how to best use the honor and recognition of this award as a way of speeding up the change in awareness and the change in urgency," Gore said.
Some think that his recent recognition with winning the Nobel Peace Prize is enough to hurdle him past all the other current candidates. If Al Gore were to run, I don't think I would vote for him. However, a lot of democrats would. I would still probably go for John Edwards, I think he has a really great strategy for most of the issues that are most important to me. The point I am trying to make is that there are plenty of really good candidates already, and adding another is just going to confuse everyone who aren't quite sure on who they should pick.There is even a website out called www.draftgore.com that is bound to pull a lot of support for Gore as president in 2008. This guy does have an enormous following, and sites like these will probably only continue to glorify him like a god. Don't get me wrong I think Al Gore is great and has definitely contributed to raising the environmental awareness all around the world, but the guy should have done more as vice president back when he had the chance.
I suppose we will all have to wait and see what truly happens. Either way, I know who I am voting for when it comes time for the election.
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Appreciate your thoughts on this! I agree, it's too late in the game for him to run. Besides, he is having far more impact on environmental issues in his current capacity than he ever could as prez with all the politics weighing any quick actions down (unless it's for war, of course!.
I also wrote about Al Gore today on my post for Retail Design Diva. Check it out here: http://retaildesigndiva.blogs.com
Thanks,
Heather
He wouldn't have a prayer. He's to fringe for the mainstream American public. Besides he's already run and lost. People remember a loser and that's not for good reasons.
Nah!!! I would choose him as Vicepresident though. He would be a great ambassador and diminish the negative image of Hillary. Let Hillary take care of business and Gore of the environment.
I know this is off the topic a little, but the main reason Gore wasn't elected was because first of all, the elections were rigged, but secondly, Americans are intimidated by altering their lifestyles in such drastic measures that might threaten the value of the dollar. Going greener is a major threat to our economy; I think if we are going to hurt the companies who are emitting environmental pollutants by using alternative energy sources, we should connect them with companies who specialize in alternative technology innovation so we can all work together as a team to help protect our environment while sustaining our economy. I am a college student and many of my peers have no interest in the environment. I am trying to figure out ways to inform my peers about going greener as an investment now, rather than years down the line when we are really in the hole. Rather than scaring people about the effects of global warming I think we should educate and motivate people to be a little less selfish and work with each other to sustain our environment, society, and economy. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I could start an awareness program of sorts at my University?
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