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As one who did not vote for Al Gore, I’ve been watching his path with quite an interest.  I don’t think I am different from alot of Americans these days.

I didn’t dislike Gore, I just didn’t want him to be President.  Could be his style, probably was his Clinton pandering and oscillating behavior.  When it came to pulling the lever, Bush was a better choice.  After 9/11, there was no doubt in my mind.  George Bush’s finest hours followed 9/11.  He pulled a country (and world) back from the brink.  Restored confidence, primed the economic pump, and got our minds to look elsewhere.

Those days are long gone. Toward the end of the first and all through the second Bush term, George Bush managed to burn all of the capital that he had accumulated in the early days by making bad decisions based upon bad advice, and then never, ever correcting those decisions.  He’s wasted hundreds of billions of borrowed dollars, allowed terrorist organizations worldwide to regroup, and spilled the blood of many fine American soldiers.  He’s turned supporters like me against him.  I just can’t take it anymore.

So while on a flight from Europe, I was “forced” to watch An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s film on global warming.  While it was pasted and blatant in it’s political overtones (careful Al…) it made him more human, less of a politician, and more acceptable as a candidate.

The Oscars were another chance for Al, who managed to come off pretty good.  Likeable, relatively modest, and smart.  Got that?  Smart.  We don’t want a scientist, we just don’t want a fool.  In fact, the only negatives for Al on Oscar night were the Demolebrities gushing over him and preaching to us stupid people (Melissa and the guy who wouldn’t let go of his arm for an uncomfortably long time - they were painful to watch).

Al’s THE logical option once you gag at the thought of Clinton, tire of Obama, and realize that you just can’t take Edwards.  What he may not see is that he may also be the only choice for the conservative leaning independents if the only choices are McCain, Romney, or Guiliani.  Additonally, Newt will probably join the fray and drag the Republicans so far back into the swamp that it will insure a Democrat victory.  Gore could pull moderate Republicans as well if he keeps the Dem’s at bay and runs his own style campaign.  Believe it or not, Al is beginning to develop a style.

The big IF is if Al controls the Demolebrities, he’s looking smart and centrist.  If he can control his campaign and stay above the political mud slinging, he will manage to look like a level headed centrist - an “outsider” but with the most governmental experience. 

Who wouldn’t want him?