2008 Presidential Election

Anyone who knows me also knows that I'm not very political. Sure, I get out and vote, but most of the time, I'm usually just voting for the candidate I don't like the least. No one has ever really been the person I really saw running for the office, or even wanted in that office. With the 2008 Presidential Elections heating up, there's already talk about who we're pulling for, or who we want in office. Most people that I know are looking to Hillary as their savior. Once again, I look to Hillary as being nothing I want out of a President. No, it's not because she's a female, but rather, I've never truly cared for her as a person. Sure, Obama is going to give her a run for her money, but I really don't think he's got the experience level needed for the office of President. Sure, if I do my run in 2012, I will effectively have ZERO political experience at the time, but that's not the reason I'd be running. Sure, I don't expect to win, but I just want to get the issues out there.

So, who should run? I just finished reading a very excellent article from Rolling Stone about a potential candidate that can "stir the pot" for the democrats in 2008. Al Gore. I'll be the first to admit. I didn't care for him the first time around. I always saw him as being stiff, wooden, and hundreds of other adjectives to describe his lack of .... coolness. I just saw him as being the anti-Clinton, who was always seen as being smooth, and a great communicator. Al Gore just never inspired in me the desire to want to elect him. After 9/11, I was thankful that we didn't have him in office, feeling that he was too much a pacifist to be able to deal with the changing world.

Times have changed. I have changed... and so has Al Gore. The adjectives that I once used to describe him have long been forgotten. Al Gore is now a star. I think the major turning point for me was the Saturday Night Live opening that he did. Sure, it was in jest, and mostly funny... but him poking fun of himself... letting loose.. not taking himself so seriously. That's the guy I wish I had for my president. It also got me to think what the past 7 years would have been like. Would we be in a this seemingly unwinnable war? Would we have our civil liberties stolen right from underneath our feet? Would the world just be a much happier place overall?

Right now, more than ever, I wish Al Gore would throw his hat into the ring. He is by far the first candidate in a LONG time that I actually WANT to see in office! Check out the Rolling Stone article for more info, and decide for yourself...