Al Gore is a Winner
25 February 2007 11:11 pm by Taylor Marsh
Classic. He started talking then the orchestra interrupted. The announcement that was never going to come was on everyone\’s mind. It still is.
Al Gore\’s
exciting win at the Oscars was such a feel good moment. I hope a lot of
people head over to Climate Crisis
tonight.
Then, of course, came Scorsese.
But it truly was Al Gore, who once again proved why he is such a favorite with
so many of us. He\’s passionate and just not as calculating, and yes, I\’m talking
about Hillary Clinton, but a little about Mr. Obama, too. Let me digress for
a moment. Going back to the Geffen – Bill and Hillary smackdown, Obama would
have been fine if he\’d stopped here:
\”It\’s not clear to me why I would be apologizing for someone else\’s
remarks,\” Mr. Obama said, responding to the first question by Radio Iowa\’s
O\’Kay Henderson. \”My sense is that Mr. Geffen may have differences with
the Clintons, but that doesn\’t really have anything to do with our campaign.\”
Instead, he added on to that statement on Friday, saying he hoped they
could get beyond it all and talk about the issues, because he didn\’t want his campaign to get sidetracked. Too late. It was backtracking. It was also
calculating, because he and his team realized they\’d stepped into an argument that neither Clinton nor he won. But Obama should have left it alone. Anyway…
Gore is not a perfect politician by any estimation, but he has the passion about an issue that\’s
so important, plus the intelligence on foreign policy and military matters that\’s simply unquestioned. He would make the Democratic field very nervous if he entered and he\’d wipe the Republicans out. He\’d make me ecstatic. But I just don\’t think he will. His life is very good right now. But it\’s not impossible
or at least I\’m holding the door open for him, even if he never walks through
it. A girl can dream.
