Vicious Rants of an Angry Yellow Man

Now that Al Gore has won the Nobel Peace Prize, there is more interest to the idea that he would run for president. I don't think that it is likely that he would jump in now. It would be difficult to build a campaign team strong enough to knock out front-runner Hilary Clinton. It would also be awkward to go against his former boss. Gore is more popular than ever now that he is not running for any office. Once he gets back into it he becomes a target more than an admired statesman. The only way I can see him getting the nomination is if Obama and Edwards can make a race out of this, to show that Hilary is vulnerable. That way as a compromised candidate who can unite the party, Gore may be drafted. I think he would beat the Republican candidate easily. Most people like him better now and many still think he got robbed last time so he will get sympathy votes from independents.

I would vote for Gore is he declares. I don't like Hilary and Edwards. I think Obama is too inexperienced. I don't buy all the science that Gore puts out there but I applaud his effort. Even if things are not as bad as he paints it, there is no reason not to try to improve the environment. Anyone who sits in traffic behind a bus knows that fossil fuels are not good for us. Having been to China recently I am convinced that the energy policy of world is heading for a disaster, it is only a matter of when. So, yes, Gore gets too much credit and awards. But who else have any better ideas?

Of the declared candidates, I like Joe Biden the best. I think he is the most qualified and he is a moderate. Of course, he has no chance of winning. So if Gore doesn't run I don't know who to vote for yet. Biden is the most experienced, having been chairman of the judicial and foreign relations committees. He supported the war, as did just about everyone else. But he did try to delay the Bush administration from starting the war by joining with Republican Richard Lugar to try to use diplomacy first. While I don't agree with him totally, he does present a reasonable solution to the war by dividing the country into 3 parts with a weak central government. He got himself into trouble in 1988 when he ran against Michael Dukakis. He made a speech which was almost identical to one a British politician gave before. He had given credit to that person every time but he forgot once to do so. He was accused of plagerizing and lost all steam. I think he would have beaten Dukakis in 88 but probably would have lost to Bush I. He got himself into trouble right away this campaign with his remark about Obama which I think was way overblown. But he does not generate any enthusiasm which is too bad. I think he is more respected around world leaders than any of the other candidates. Maybe he will be secretary of state under a democratic administration.