Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

And then what? We needed a constitutional amendment to protect those candidates who have presidential elections subverted from them by fraud with specific remedies attached. However, those "Gore support sites" that supposedly think the election of 2000 was subverted didn't support a real effort to right that wrong. They instead thought that supporting the status quo in 2004 was a better idea for their own selfish political reasons.

Now that Mr. Gore is "popular" due to An Inconvenient Truth and his other work on the climate crisis he now looks like a "winner" to them. He is now worthy enough for them to support. He is now popular enough for them to think that it will rub off on them as they seek their fifteen minutes of fame. Sincere support though? I have my doubts. Any group that would hire a CO2 air polluting airplane to fly over the Live Earth environmental concert just to show their own web address to raise money is to me not sincere in their support of his efforts or the environment and is a distraction to the cause.

If Mr. Gore still has "plenty of time" to enter this system he excoriates as so many keep stating, why then was this "draft" group started so early? Why are they not just allowing him to go through the process they think he is going through on his own to come to a "final" decision first? Is it because they already know he doesn't want it so they feel they have to start pushing him early instead of actually supporting his efforts? Is it because political operatives looking for a job have also taken part of the reigns in running it? Is it because they want the attention?  Or is it because they have moles in their organization seeking to divert from his work on the climate crisis to put a political spin to it? Why do they think their movement is now not as annoying as the presidential political campaign we are seeing every day?

As a supporter of the man I can say that without a doubt he knows the score, he knows what must now be done to work around it and how to accomplish the ultimate goal, and he is doing a wonderful job in not only educating people globally about this greatest challenge this generation is facing, he is doing it effectively by inspiring others to action, which IS the goal. So why would those who claim to support him wish to distract him from that?

He has also stated publicly many times that he has fallen out of love with politics but wishes to remain in a position to influence events, is not planning on being a candidate again, is running a different campaign to solve the climate crisis, and is now working on a three year plan through The Alliance for Climate Protection to cause the tipping point we must see in our political system FIRST before any other changes can be made effectively enough to stem the tide we have now caused that is detrimentally effecting our relationship with this planet. He has asked US to be the change and to answer the call.

But do these "Draft" Gore groups seemingly looking to ride on his success now really care about that? Have they all taken the Live Earth pledge? Are their lives carbon neutral? Well, considering this is all political to them and that they never publicly support any of his endeavors, I would say that is debatable.

So then if not to support his current endeavors, what is the real reason behind this pushing? One can only surmise based on the circumstances that it isn't a purpose with a noble cause attached. And for that I choose to not support it and not trust it. I will continue to support Mr. Gore's current efforts to save this planet without making it a political issue, because I believe in him and I believe his words and do not need a title to do so.

I think it is actually sad that some can't consider him worthy or his work on this crisis sincere unless he runs in a system that actually did nothing on this crisis for all of the years that he was already in it warning them about it, and a system they have also not worked in any way to change. Which then leads back to the first question: what is this really all about?

Addendum: August 6, 2008:

To those Gore supporters who have posted nasty messages on the Internet about my mental state as a result of this article, thank you for proving how much like the Republicans you are, and the fact that you simply do not get the meaning of this article.

Firstly, notice the word drafting is in quotes, denoting that I am of the opinion which is mine freely to give that I do not believe that being done IN THIS TOXIC SYSTEM will move us along very far to the ultimate goal... ergo, that then means that in order to see the kind of system Thomas Jefferson envisioned and the one Al Gore wrote about in his book, The Assault On Reason, we have to do MUCH MORE than that.

Thank you then for truly showing how intolerant you are to other opinions. Not agreeing with "drafting" at this point does not mean that I or anyone else who wishes Al Gore to remain the effective spokesperson he is regarding this crisis does not support him or HIS decisions.

I think my entries here on that speak to that very clearly. As a matter of fact, his own words to that effect on Larry King regarding drafts not being viable any longer and why are actually in agreement with my comments about it. As for not trusting any Internet movement, that is in my view actually wise, and I feel the same for drafts in general. So if you want to debate why I feel this way feel free. Otherwise, those who know nothing but attacking and namecalling instead of answering the questions posed only prove the point of this post.

Thank you.