Some of us are wondering if Al Gore may be drafted by his party, not only because of the mounting concerns over electability surrounding Ms. Clinton, but because of his bringing such impressive credentials, deserved or not, to the table. Most certainly the whole global warming scenario is getting a lot of play, and Gore is right there as the foremost person making the case that “something must be done.” What this something is without the cooperation of nations like China remains at the least uncertain. But Al is the one many look to as the most promising to carry the freight. In some ways, it comes down to which kook among kooks is most to be trusted to cleave to their kookiness.

Not that the warnings over global warming is the sole purview of kooks; there is far too much evidence to the contrary. While “the greatest scam in history” as per John Coleman is hyperbolic, it is a matter of debate by experts whether global warming is the cause of humankind, natural forces, or some combination of the two. Consensus on this is difficult to come by, but having become the poster boy for environmentalism Al carries a lot of weight both nationally and internationally. And keeping in mind the dictum that when it comes to politics perception is everything, the people with the money choosing their politicians to represent them this dictum is at the forefront. The people with the real wealth controlling politics and world events while evil personified did not acquire such power and wealth by being stupid.

Personally, I still believe as I wrote at the time Al Gore never stopped running for President. But my crystal ball is as cloudy on the issue as anyone else’s. I choose to remain in the more comfortable world of thoughts and speculations as being more fun and far less open to ridicule than predictions gone sour. And I’m no different than anyone else when it comes to not liking an “I told you so;” if those kinds of people were so smart they’d be playing the ponies for a living.

There are many things that can change the whole scenario on the political scene, such as the events presently unfolding in Pakistan. And what if there is a terrorist nuclear attack on America, or suicide bombers targeting the malls of America? People vote differently in the face of circumstances, and these can quite literally turn on a dime at any given moment.

Of this I am fairly certain; the majority of Americans do not want anything further to do with Bush’s wars, and the perception of his serving the interests of global corporations rather than America tars anyone closely associated with Bush. The election may come down to anybody but someone allied to Bush; but the conundrum for Democrats is as I expressed, choosing a Democrat that is electable; and Ms. Clinton is not, nor in my opinion are any of the other Democrats running at present. And so, improbable and fanciful as it seems like the Witch of Endor I call up the specter of Al Gore. Like speculation about events following should Ms. Clinton be assassinated, given the present circumstances and dangers facing America many possible scenarios present themselves for consideration. Unfortunately, few of them are very pleasant.

But for me, the moment of departure from George Bush came with his refusal to respond immediately the very evening of 9/11 with cruise missiles on Kabul and Baghdad; had that been done I don’t believe there would be any present concerns about Iran or any other mad mullahs. It was then I concluded another game was afoot than that of the interests of America. Adding considerable impetus to my departure from Bush was his treasonous refusal to secure our borders for the sake of slave labor benefiting his corporate bosses. Cementing this conclusion was learning Caesar Bush did not need advisors because in his own words he had God advising him. And with that in mind it is easy to understand why Caesar did not need any Plan B for waging war in the Middle East. God would make good on Plan A. So, why worry about nonessential things like an exit strategy when clearly none would be needed? God would advise Caesar each step of the way.

From childhood it seems I was born to be a skeptic about many things, not the least of which was my doubt about anyone claiming to have received privileged communication from the Deity telling them anything. And while I was raised by Bible believing Christians none of them claimed any divine revelations from God. As a preacher, grandad would have been quick to denounce anyone making such a claim and I followed in grandad’s footsteps, willing to accept God may have spoken to the prophets in time past but unwilling to believe in any “latter day prophets.” As to the glossolalia I always supposed if one were to speak an angelic language it would be comprehensible at the very least, not gibberish. For example in “Blazing Saddles” the old fellow’s frontier gibberish was somewhat incomprehensible and he had an interpreter to untangle it, not some shill pretending to interpret it.

What we are getting from politicians is gibberish without the pretext of being an angelic language; they are speaking in tongues, but there are none to interpret; apart from this one fact we can take to the bank: Politicians lie to get elected, and continue lying to stay elected. Ben Affleck in “Pearl” is being dressed down by Alec Baldwin. After Affleck offers his explanation Baldwin replies “That’s bull---t, but it’s very good bull---t.” Folks; what we are getting from politicians isn’t even good bull---t, let alone very good bull---t.