Reply #52: This is flat silly and I'm SICK of this argument [View All]

[tkmorris]

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ALBERT GORE CAN DO IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR ON THIS ISSUE HE COULDN'T DO 100 TIMES MORE EFFECTIVELY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.

Sorry to shout like that, I normally don't, but I am seeing the idea put forth again and again that Al is better off devoting all of his time as a private citizen to what he is doing, and I have yet to see any validity to it. In fact, I find it just plain loopy. The next president of the United States will have more power to affect global climate change and it's root causes than any person in the history of the human race. That's a fact.

This "idea" that as a private person he can be more focused on the topic, well it holds no water. It's true of course, but the tradeoff is that for all the focus in the world he has to trade the actual power to implement policy. He will have none. And THAT is what matters.

Gore/Edwards-Obama-Clark 2008.