The Gore Watch: XI
Another ray of light for hopeful Al Gore backers. With the Newt Watch now officially over, much attention has focused on the political plans of the former vice president.
Based on absolutely no sign whatsoever from the potential candidate himself, the Draft Al Gore movement remains strong and alive with its own well-designed website with petitions to sign, posters to post, a campaign song to sing, volunteer lists, a way to find like-minded Al Gore backers in your area, Draft Gore merchandise, videos, a collection of his not-so-recent speeches, and op-ed articles urging his candidacy which you can plagiarize and send to your local newspaper.
Anyway, Al is going to be on national TV again. Now, there are no guarantees that he'll announce a candidacy during his appearance on NBC. The network refused to comment. But the show is scheduled for the politically symbolic month of November. And one can always hope.
Word leaked in recent days that Gore was seen in New York City, where he taped an appearance as a guest star on NBC's "30 Rock." He'll play a mysterious evil genius who lives in a giant house on a Tennessee mountaintop and is threatening to melt all the globe's glaciers and raise the sea level to cover the entire state of Florida unless the 2000 recount there is re-opened.
No, that's not true. We don't know what his guest role is, which is what prompts so much hope among Al Gore backers that he might take the occasion of a real TV show about a fictitious TV show to announce his real presidential candidacy that night. That would be just in time for the Iowa caucuses, which if the primary schedule keeps going as it is, could come right around Thanksgiving. So set your TiVo for the week of Nov. 4.
--Andrew Malcolm
Andrew Malcolm's immigrant parents repeatedly stressed the importance of active participation in a democracy. Early lessons included learning the alphabetical list of states by watching televised roll calls of national political conventions. That childhood exposure led to a lifelong fascination with politics, including 40-plus years of covering them and a brief stint practicing them as press secretary to Laura Bush in 1999-2000. A veteran foreign and national correspondent, Malcolm served on the Times Editorial Board and was a Pulitzer finalist in 2004. He is the author of 10 nonfiction books and father of four.
Johanna Neuman is a veteran Washington correspondent for both The Los Angeles Times and USA Today, having covered presidents and politics as far back as Ronald Reagan. A former president of the White House Correspondents Assn., she authored a book on media and foreign policy, “Lights, Camera, Wars.” Most recently she was co-author of the 
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Kindly tell that loser Al Gore to get lost. His global warming scams are just another leftwing attempt to impose heavy taxes on the public. He travels the world in private jets, promoting this unfounded science, and collecting hefty speaking fees. At the same time, he purchases carbon credits, but does not reduce his energy cosumption. Simply, he is a hypcrite and a fraud, and would not be a good president.
Posted by: Will Grossi | October 08, 2007 at 09:50 AM
He would be a fabulous President. By the way, are you just spewing talking points or do you have anything to back up your assertion that global warming is a fraud? Because my neighbor has a PhD in science and works on the issue of global warming for a private company. He has plenty of evidence to prove that it is true.
We need taxes on the wealthy to pay for the Iraq war and other spending by this administration. Don't blame the next President who will be forced to raise taxes. Blame this one.
(Ans: Don't see the word "fraud" in here. I see a ridiculous scenario sketched out and then the words: "No, that's not true."--AM)
Posted by: ellen | October 08, 2007 at 04:08 PM
Please give me a break and drop the Al Gore watch. I voted for him the last time even though he ran a lousy campaign. I am for Hillary Clinton, because she won't back down against the hate that is sure to come from the Republicans.
Posted by: David Corse | October 08, 2007 at 07:22 PM
In a perfect world...GORE/OBAMA '08.
Never Hillary Clinton. I voted for her husband twice but she makes my skin crawl every time she opens her mouth. I don't believe anything she says because she so good at making excuses for herself.
DON'T BELEIVE THE MEDIA HYPE...MAKE THE VOTE "YOUR" VOTE AND
IGNORE THE CLINTON /BUSH MACHINE!
Posted by: TJFRMLA | October 09, 2007 at 08:26 AM
Global warming a scam?/ my my ...the rebuplicnas are barking again eh?!
Posted by: Jawed Iqbal | December 18, 2007 at 09:55 PM