Today's (well, technically tomorrow's) WaPo hints that Al Gore may endorse a Democratic candidate before the end of the primary season:
"...Former vice president Al Gore's pronouncement that he is likely to endorse one of the Democratic candidates for president before the primary season is over has set off a slew of speculation about who his choice might be.
Truth is, the courting of the "Goreacle" began many months ago. Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) and Gore huddled in Nashville in December, and Gore has also met with former senator John Edwards (N.C.). Gore and Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) conferred as recently as last week..." (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2007/09/08/AR2007090801458. html)
So, I'm asking everyone's help in a "Draft Al Gore to Endorse John Edwards" write-in happening.
John Edwards is right on the environment. He is right on alternative energy. He is right on terrorism. He is right on Iraq. He is right labor.
Before I launch into a laundry list of items that Edwards correctly supports, here's the real reason why Al Gore should endorse him for President: unlike the other candidates, Edwards has a clear, concise holistic vision of this country. It is the Big Idea that Dan Balz in WaPo recently stated Dems did not have (http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail /2007/09/07/democrats_make_new_blogger_f ri.html).
It is the idea of America. We are a country founded on an idea, captured on paper in the language of all men being created equal. The idea is expressed in working men and women saving and scrimping so they can afford that extra well-baby visit. It lives and breaths in co-workers being called into active service in Iraq, where they try as best they can to stop an administration's bad foreign policy from becoming an unmitigated disaster on the ground.
It is an optimistic belief in the good of all of us, that somehow we can all pull together to build a future that truly is better than the present we have now. It involves sacrifice, and hard work. But we are ready.
We can be patriotic about something other than war. After two disastrous terms of the Bush administration, we need the right leader to put us on that path.
John Edwards is that leader.
Please write Al Gore and ask him to endorse John for President.
Vice President Gore does not have a public email address, but he does receive snail-mail here:
Honorable Al Gore
2100 West End Avenue
Suite 620
Nashville, TN 37203
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