Every time Al Gore says something vague about his future political aspirations or he doesn't completely rule out running, it makes waves on this site and finds it's way to the recommended list. I click on the recommended diary, only to be disappointed by an anecdotal story at a book signing or a weak quote regarding the matter.
For that reason, I thought this quote should be breaking news too.
"What politics has become," Gore explains at one point during our discussion, "is something that requires a kind of tolerance for artifice and manipulative communications strategies that I just find I have in very short supply. I just don't have the patience for things that seem to be greatly rewarded in today's political system." [...]
"I do think that the Internet is bringing revolutionary transformation. I have not ruled out the possibility of getting into politics sometime in the future," he says, "but I don't expect to. Because I don't expect things to change. If they did change, then I would feel differently."
But, but, but, he said, "I have not ruled out the possibility of getting into politics sometime in the future..." If we think hard enough, clap loud enough, and hold hands like the care bears, our dreams will come true. And we will win in Iraq.
Will politics rid itself of artifice and manipulative practices within the next six months? No. He's not running. Get over it.
Look, he's my dream candidate too. But let's save the recommended diaries for when he actually announces his candidacy, which will be never.