Posted on 09/10/2006 8:04:38 AM PDT by nj26
Former Vice President Al Gore said Sunday he hadn't rule out making a second bid for the White House, though he said it was unlikely.
Gore spoke to reporters in Sydney, where he was promoting the local premiere of his documentary on global warming.
''I haven't completely ruled out running for president again in the future but I don't expect to,'' Gore said before the Sunday night premiere of ''An Inconvenient Truth.''
''I offer the explanation not as an effort to be coy or clever. It's just the internal shifting of gears after being in politics almost 30 years. I hate to grind the gears,'' he added.
Gore, who lost the presidency to President Bush in 2000 in disputed circumstances, said there was no doubt the impact of global warming would be best addressed through the power of the presidency, but making a documentary was second best.
Gore's renewed popularity and movie tours across the United States have spurred speculation of a White House run in 2008. He has previously repeatedly denied such intentions.
The documentary, which Gore narrates, is critical of the United States and Australia for refusing to adopt the Kyoto Protocol for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Prime Minister John Howard, a friend and ally of Bush, said he would not meet Gore during his Australian visit and would not heed his advice to sign up to Kyoto.
''I don't take policy advice from films,'' Howard told reporters.
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Run Al run!!!!!
Thazz okay Al.....................we have ruled it out for you. : )
: )
I really wouldn't put this past him.. He's treated like a rock star when he goes to these left wing events. It has to be intoxicating. I'd love to see him run against Hillary.
He missed his calling. He should be teaching physics in grade school.
He's hit!
He falls!
He's out!
>> ''I don't take policy advice from films,'' Howard told reporters <<
Fantastic! Obviously the best quote of the week!
What an ego, what enormous self deception, what pathetic narcissistic egotistical greed. What lack of grace.
That's exactly right - Gore was ruled OUT by the SCOTUS and by his own wooden head. He's a dropout.
it worked for nixon who as a sitting vp lost in 60 and won in 68 and the opposition party was in an unpopular war.
as a parallel gore lost in 00 and would be running in 08 and the opposition party was in an unpopular war.
of course nixon was slightly mentally unstable and there was that watergate problem.
now gore is also unstable. The only thing left is for him to get elected and have a watergate problem too.
Fantastic! Obviously the best quote of the week!
This guy has a quote of the week about every week. He is awesome.
"I'd love to see him run against Hillary."
Me too. It'd be a real family feud. He probably knows a lot of secets.
He probably shouldn't go for any late-night strolls in the park anytime soon.
John Howard gets it done !
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Anything for a headline.
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