Anyone who knows me at all knows that Al Gore is my personal hero. I admire him deeply because I think he is one of the most uniquely gifted politicians ever. I admire his intelligence, his wonky way of thinking, and most of all, his perserverance in the face of humiliation and defeat.
Plus, he is hot. Bonus!
Forgive me, Tipper, but I must tell a story from the campaign trail. Al Gore was doing a presentation at a middle school in Des Moines during the caucus campaign. His advance guys told me,"Mrs. Gore is going to meet Vice President Gore here an hour before the event and they haven't seen each other in two weeks. Can you find us a couch?"
I called my friends who live nearby the event. They thought I was nuts, but they let me come to their house and pick up their couch. Al and Tipper are so dang cute together! I love it that they didn't make any bones about wanting to sit together!So anyway, you get my point...Al Gore is a really great guy, with a great heart and a wonderful sense of priority.
And now, according to Fast Company, Al Gore is a great guy who just happens to be very rich and successful and good at making business decisions. He is worth an estimated $100 million dollars from ventures ranging from an investment firm, Google and Apple stock options and his blossoming cable network, Current TV. Not to mention sales from nine books, including the latest, The Assault on Reason.
Gore has also come to terms with his ability to identify trends and problems too far ahead of the curve. He calls it "predawn:"
One problem he had in politics, he says, was identifying an issue too early--"'predawn' is the term I use"--to be able to act on it. But "in the business world, particularly at a time when things are moving so swiftly, if you can see it early, you can make a business opportunity out of it." He pauses. "For whatever reason, the business world rewards a long-term perspective more than the political world does."
Whatever he calls it, I'm so happy for him. I'm almost glad he lost the election. Almost.
Ohhh yeah, Al baby is brilliant!
"When my sister and I were growing up," Mr. Gore told a small audience made up mostly of women, "there was never any doubt in our minds that men and women were equal, if not more so." - Al Gore (Source: NY Times, 08/12/00)
Yet, I'm sure this makes perfect sense to Claire, however, I truly enjoyed this one; "Gore has also come to terms with his ability to identify trends and problems too far ahead of the curve. He calls it "predawn:"
This ability had previously been widely known by the acronym SWAG for many years. This imaginative reinvention would help to explain his "initiative to create the internet" AND his reasoning is apparent inthat "predawn" is the absence of any light. This, I concede, is beyond any doubt absolute brilliance...for a chimpanzee.
This mental midget is a legend in his own mind who clings so desperately for anyone else to join him in that delusion wherein he thinks nothing of lying directly to your face and has done so on numerous occasions to many thousands of Americans.
No person possessing a modicum of reason could possibly hold this complete idiot up as a rational human being let alone a President.
Posted by: InAwe | June 30, 2007 11:42 AM | Permalink to Comment