Posted on 05/23/2007 3:08:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Apple board member and former US vice president Al Gore would win the presidency if he ran for election, says Apple CEO Steve Jobs.
"If he ran, there's no question in my mind that he would be elected," Jobs told Time Magazine. "But I think there's a question in his mind, perhaps because the pain of the last election runs a lot deeper than he lets most of us see."
The report explains the background Gore's strenuous campaigning to persuade people to address the growing threat of climate-change caused environmental collapse.
"We have dug ourselves into a 20-foot hole, and we need somebody who knows how to build a ladder. Al's the guy," Jobs also told Newsweek. "Like many others, I have tried my best to convince him. So far, no luck."
Gore is known to be the Silicon Valley favourite for running for president on the Democratic ticket. Other Democratic hopefuls, Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama don't seem to have captured the level of support among America's tech-industry elite.
Gore almost succeeded in becoming president in the past. In a contentious election in 2000 he won the popular vote but lost the election, ushering in the era of George Bush.
The man puts his money where his mouth is: profits from his film, An Inconvenient Truth to the Alliance for Climate Protection.
Despite popular support, Gore maintains he has no plans to run for president.
Sorry but backing Al Whore shows that he is....
When you create $97 billion in shareholder value, you can call Jobs an idiot. Until then, it's just his politics that are screwed up.
The Gore loser is a bitter man and a dangerous fool.
Dem ticket 2008: Gore & Obama.
Yeah.
Goreon’s campaign slogan could be “An Inconvenient Goof...Vote Gore in 08!”
Or,perhaps, “I speak Tree-Vote For Me!”
The possibilities are endless.
Al needs to run as the Green party nominee.
I believe you meant to say his politics are “scresed up”.
LOLOLOL!!! Love it!!!
Bill Gates didn’t understand or forsee the need for powerful home computers yet he’s seen microsoft climb too.
Hillary was “smart” enough to turn $1,000 into $100,000 and Terry McAwful turned $100,000 into $17,000,000.
Does this mean we should elect Hillary because she’s smart and surrounded by smart people?
Gore might swing enough of the vote to see that the Green/Reds get matching campaign funds in future elections.
Jobs is a genius when it comes to business and technology.
Otherwise..........he’s a drooling idiot.
Don't worry. He's running. But he may have a problem, as "Climate change" hysteria appears to have peaked, and the rational skeptics are gaining ground now. He may have his hobby horse shot out from under him.
Wouldn't that be a tragedy for the Gorester.
Like Steve Jobs, Gates has made mistakes. But also like Jobs, I wouldn't call him an idiot.
Hillary was “smart” enough to turn $1,000 into $100,000 and Terry McAwful turned $100,000 into $17,000,000.
Hillary and McAuliffe are smart too.
Does this mean we should elect Hillary because she’s smart and surrounded by smart people?
No. Nor am I sure why you think that's what I was saying.
Because after Ralph Nader, you think Al Gore is a fan of the Green Party? Color me skeptical.
But, by your logic that means that Soros should be exalted as well.
With a name like Jobs, you’d think he’d be Clinton all the way.
If Gore gets elected, I won't be able to buy the new Santa Rosa-based MacBook Pro I've been lusting after. It's going to be illegal to buy laptops that run on electricity.
Oops, it wont happen now, the zot cat is out of the bag!
Jobs lost it on the "education establishment" because he found out just how goofy they were through intimate involvement with PowerSchool - a company that was bought and then sold (probably for a loss) by Apple.
Just my guess ;-)
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