Farrell Seiler continues to have visions of Al Gore running for President. Seiler, a Littleton resident, is the state coordinator for the Draft Gore New Hampshire organization and living proof that not all Dems are satisfied with the current pool of Dem canddiates. I met Seiler earlier this summer when Hillary Clinton stopped by our offices for a forum on her environmental and energy policies. He knew the chances were slim but there was a chance that Al, who should have been our 43rd president but likely got a far greater honor by winning the Nobel Peace Prize , might want to take a run at being 44.
Roger Simon of Politico writes today there is no way Al will take the plunge because he’s reached a rare stage for a politician -- transcendence in a manner that Emerson or Thoreau or even Melville could envision. Or to make it even stranger, Gore is transcendent enough to endorse Hillary, Simon muses. (And speaking of Hillary, who’s in the state today making her 945th major policy speech of the campaign , in my daily link catch a review here of her appearance on The View -- and how, I kid you not, it didn’t tickle the fancy of the Republican National Committee. I mean really, The View? Does the RNC have no shame to go along with their lack of imagination.)
Don’t tell that to Forrest Seiler. It didn’t take long for him to send out the press release that I received this morning. The release was clearly designed to stir speculation that Al might be thinking ever so slightly about running with its ‘Gore speaking out visibly on the issues’ hopeful tone (despite the fact that Al Gore has been speaking out about the issues since he became our popularly elected but not real president -- was he not speaking visibly before?) But hey, hope still lives -- unless Barack Obama has trademarked the phrase.
Here's the release:
Farrell S. Seiler,
State Coordinator 603-568-4916
Draft Gore New Hampshire
Littleton, New Hampshire
http://www.DraftGoreNH.com
Gore Begins Speaking Out on Major Domestic, Foreign Policy Issues
(Littleton, New Hampshire) - Within 48 hours of receiving the
Nobel Prize, former Vice President Al Gore is speaking out
visibly on critical issues affecting all Americans.
In videos appearing on his company's web site,
http://current.com/people/algore, Gore discusses Iraq,
health care and constitutional protections of our rights.
"Al Gore has many concerns that touch the lives of all
Americans," says Farrell Seiler, State Coordinator of
the draft Gore effort in New Hampshire. "In the next few
weeks, Gore will be talking forcefully on domestic
and foreign policy issues and elaborating on the vision
he has for the future of our country."
Gore wants to get our troops out of Iraq "as quickly as possible,"
expand universal health insurance to cover all Americans
as "a matter of right" and require the executive branch
"to follow the requirements of the Constitution."
The complete text of Gore's comments are available on the
New Hampshire Draft Gore web site:
http://www.DraftGoreNH.com/on_the_issues.
On Iraq:
"We are becoming a magnet for the kind of violence that is
feeding the civil war. We ought to withdraw as quickly
as possible while keeping an eye on the obligation we have
not to make an already terrible situation even worse in
the manner of our leaving."
http://current.com/items/84986481_get_the_troops_home
On Health Care:
"Health care is a right. I strongly support universal,
single payer, government provided or government funded,
health care."
http://current.com/items/84987281_health_care_is_a_right
On Protecting Privacy:
"Americans deserve more protection against the government
being able to eavesdrop on our tlelphone conversations,
on our email conversations and private conversations."
http://current.com/items/84986911_americans_deserve_more_protection
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