And the winner is…Al Gore?
Al Gore on the second ballot: A scenario that a few weeks ago seemed preposterous is beginning to look plausible to some nervous Democrats looking for a way out of the deadlock between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. It goes like this: We love them both, but neither is a sure bet when it comes to electability.
National Review’s John Derbyshire seems to agree,
Don’t think it couldn’t happen. Don’t, in fact, think it isn’t going to happen. The Democratic party has two lame candidates, without a dime’s worth of executive experience between them. Competing on the campaign trail, by August each will have thoroughly alienated the other’s supporters, and turned off the voting public. Meanwhile, in the wings, there is this guy who was vice president for eight years, who ran a campaign for the presidency and actually won it! (well, according to party lore). He looks presidential, with a fine strapping physique and a big square jaw. You’re hankering after moral authority? How about a Nobel Peace Prize, for crying out loud!!
A brokered convention would be great political theater, but it looks less likely with each passing Obama victory. Besides, do you really think Al Gore wants to give up the cushy life of an eco-millionaire for the stress and hassle of the presidency? Who needs to fight real enemies, like radical jihadists, when you can fight imaginary ones, like global warming?
When you are hailed as the savior of the planet, isn’t the presidency a step down?
Global Warming, Politics | Kevin | 
February 20, 2008 10:43 am
Say hello to the next president of the United States. His name is Barack Obama. Sort of freaks out a lot of republicans. The real question for them is a simple one. Are you a Republican or an American? An American will support the President of the United States. Most Republicans seem so Un-American.
Keith,
I hate to burst your bubble, but Obama is still a long way from the WH.
Did you really write, \”An American will support the President of the United States.\”
Have you been in prison for the past seven years? Did your head recently get extracted from your ass? By your own definition, you just called nearly every Democrat politician in the country \”un-American\”. Has your party \”supported the President of the United States\” in the last seven years, or vilified him as Bushitler? What a joke, you moralizing bozo with no sense of your own ridiculousness.
Thanks for the laugh.
Kevin