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Al Gore on ABC's This Week

By Jeralyn, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 04:13:05 PM EST
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Al Gore discussed his global warming movie and why he is not inclined to run for President on ABC's This Week With George Stephanopoulis. Crooks and Liars has the video without the pre-commercial.

Via Atrios: "An Inconvenient Truth hits #9 for the weekend box office despite being played at only 77 theaters. Brings in a total of $1.7 million."

From the AP:

Al Gore, the Democrats' nominee for the White House in 2000, says he has all but ruled out running for president in 2008, saying the best use of his time is to educate people about global warming.

"I haven't made a Sherman statement, but that's not an effort to hold the door open. It's more the internal shifting of gears," said Gore, referring to Civil War-era general William Tecumseh Sherman. "I can't imagine any circumstances in which I would become a candidate again. I've found other ways to serve. I'm enjoying them."

The consensus of opinion among drug defense lawyers in Aspen this week was despite his (and Clinton's) punitive record on drug offenses, support for the death penalty and disregard of civil liberties (a lot of wiretapping went on then), we'd be happy if he ran. Times sure have changed in the past six years. I didn't find a Hillary supporter among the group.

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    Al Gore on ABC's This Week | 12 comments (12 topical)
    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#1)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 04:51:43 PM EST
    Something Gore said to Terry Gross on "Fresh Air" this week really intrigued me. She asked him (paraphrasing) if he had any regrets regarding the 2000 debacle. Gore said he had a difficult decision to make and that he decided he had a duty to uphold the Rule of Law. He repeated this several times, in different ways, and then he said the reason he had to do this was because the alternative is "bloody revolution". I suddenly realized what he envisioned, what abyss he had stared into, and what could very well have happened. And what BushCo (and, I think, he fully realized this) might have been prepared to do, even then, should an uprising have come to pass. It left me with a chill down my spine and even more respect for Gore. He knows exactly what America is up against. He's had six years to think about it and no doubt has given it some very deep thought. If and when he does decide to run, he'll be prepared.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#2)
    by jimakaPPJ on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 06:19:57 PM EST
    freakedout - Yeah, he was so concerned that the conceded and then took it back.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#3)
    by Elliott on Sun Jun 04, 2006 at 08:08:34 PM EST
    I wish This Week's little discussion group would have talked about The Inconvenient Truth of Global Warming, rather than going on about whether or not Gore's running for Prez. That is so not the point right now.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#4)
    by peacrevol on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 07:49:19 AM EST
    if al gore doesnt run in 08, does that mean hillary will be the frontrunner? cuz even tho that's better the algorellary clinton, it's still not good.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#5)
    by Molly Bloom on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 09:59:15 AM EST
    JimakaPPJ In context your remarks do not make sense. Gore said he was going to respect the rule of law- meaning the Supreme Court's erroneous ruling. The was no law against asking for a recount. In fact it is permissble under Florida law. Given that the majority of voters went to the polls nationwide and in Florida* chose Gore over the Usurper, realizing the error of a concession and "taking it back" was reasonable. * The majority of voters in Florida chose Gore in the 2000 election. Take the votes that are not disputed and add the overvotes by voters who punched Gore and wrote in Gore as well as those who punched Bush and wrote in Bush and and a clear majority of voters whose intent cannot be argued with voted for Gore.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#6)
    by Dadler on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 11:32:19 AM EST
    Molly, Nice asterisk. I mean, um, very well said.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#7)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 01:03:50 PM EST
    I have heard Gore holds up China as having better emission standards than the United States. This is a joke. China is an environmental disaster and it is not because of its laws. It is because of the lack of enforcement of the laws. China's care emission laws may be better than the United States', but that is basically irrelevant because there are a huge number of cars there whose emissions would probably not meet anyone's standards.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#8)
    by Lww on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 01:20:13 PM EST
    Once you become a punchline it's basically over. Gore isn't going to win anything. I saw a sticker on a car window the other day, 01/20/09. Took a few seconds to figure it out but it's something to look forward to. Bush has been an unmitigated disaster. Malfeasance,nonfeasance,misfeasance... The fact that the left want to count "votes" that are marked wrong makes me a little worried.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#9)
    by Edger on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 06:53:51 PM EST
    Once you become a punchline it's basically over. "Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?"

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#10)
    by Talkleft Visitor on Mon Jun 05, 2006 at 10:10:04 PM EST
    Al Gore IS our president. Now can he please serve his term?

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#11)
    by Slado on Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 12:22:03 PM EST
    Molly its been almost 6 years since Bush won the election. Can you please get over it and at least move on to the most recent liberal fantasy...Ohio 2004.

    Re: Al Gore on ABC's This Week (none / 0) (#12)
    by Sailor on Tue Jun 06, 2006 at 12:59:15 PM EST
    I have heard Gore holds up China as having better emission standards than the United States.
    It's a fact that china has higher vehicle emmission standards than the US does.
    New vehicle emission standards that went into effect Thursday across China are the equivalent of Euro II standards and apply to light-duty vehicles, mainly cars. [...] All new types of light-duty automobiles must meet the new standards. [...] A 30 per cent consumption tax reduction has been awarded to manufacturers whose vehicles have met the standards, which also helped encourage manufacturers. [...] Compared to the old levels, the new standards stipulate that carbon monoxide emissions must be 30.4 per cent lower and hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide discharges must be 55.8 per cent lower.
    American cars can't be sold in china because they don't meet the emmission standards.

    Al Gore on ABC's This Week | 12 comments (12 topical)