Posted on 07/05/2007 12:34:14 PM PDT by melt
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Al Gore's image as a rock-star eco-warrior gets another high-voltage jolt of celebrity endorsement Saturday when the music world gathers to raise awareness for global warming at Live Earth.
But despite a growing clamour for the beaten 2000 presidential election candidate to enter next year's race for the White House, the chances of Gore running for office again remain remote, analysts say.
Breathlessly described by admirers as "the coolest ex-US vice-president ever", Gore has consistently stated he has no interest in launching a 2008 election bid, while stopping short of unequivocally ruling himself out.
"I haven't ruled it out, but I don't think it's likely to happen," Gore said in a recent interview with Time Magazine.
Yet Gore's prominent involvement in events like Live Earth -- which will see over 150 stars perform in eight concerts around the world to urge governments to set climate change targets -- will inevitably breathe new life into calls for a 2008 White House bid.
However, Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political scientist at the University of Southern California, said she doubted Gore would enter the running.
"I don't think at this point he's thinking about it," Jeffe said. "He's having so much fun where he is," she added, referring to Gore's new-found status as crusading environmental campaigner, as evidenced in his involvement with the Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth."
"His image problems have been waylaid by 'An Inconvenient Truth'," Jeffe said. "What you see in the film is what you get when you meet him -- an Al Gore who is charming, witty and does have some personality."
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He might as well be a rock star, because nothing he says as a politician makes sense.
“I thought Aaron Burr was the coolest vice-president ever?”
Teddy Roosevelt was definitely the coolest.
Why do Dems have such bad teeth?
Harry Truman was the coolest. Take that Tojo....and that.
This kid looks normal It’s his father that nuts!
GOing to Cuba for dental care?
I watched his face contort as he tried to control his arrogance and rage when a few politicians dares to challenge his global warming scam - James Inhoff in particular. He stiffened in his chair as if to say, how dare you contradict me you idiot, you are simply uninformed and stupid.. I know what I am talking about and I am determined to save the world from the greatest threat in man’s history..
If I didn’t despise this festering turd so much, I might have felt sorry for him. But it was clear we were watching a man out of touch with reality and totally consumed in his final desperate grasp to be important.
Al Gore is unbalanced and surely to God enough people in this country realize this guy is unstable.
due to the lib/dems screaming about the fairness doctrine....is nbc going to give scientists equal time (about 7 hours) to explain there is NO global warming???
due to the lib/dems screaming about the fairness doctrine....is nbc going to give scientists equal time (about 7 hours) to explain there is NO global warming???
My thoughts exactly! I’m not about to believe for a moment that the intentions of everyone involved are purely altruistic.
“to raise awareness for global warming”
Yes, I know the millions in these large cities hosting this scam have never heard of “global warming”. Who knew all they needed was a few washed-up rockers throwing a concert to pull them out of their oblivion.
This is a money making gig. It has nothing to do with the environment or global warming. That part is just marketing.
Fetuses are live.
The coolest thing about the "coolest ex-US vice-president"--- is that he's still the coolest ex-US vice-president.
Who isn’t already aware that Al Gore is a self-absorbed, condescending, assclown tool.
I think Hubert Humphrey was far cooler than Fat Al Gore.
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