There’s really nothing else to say, but wow!

Could I vote for an Al Gore presidency?  You bet your ass I could!  He was the best choice in 2000 — even if his VP pick was a political, rather than a correct, choice.  Would the world be a different place in a post-September 11 Gore presidency.  I don’t know.  Anyone who believes they can answer that question is a political hack of the highest order and biased to begin with.  I do believe we wouldn’t be at war with Iraq.  As this love letter to a Gore presidency states, Gore was the only well-known Democrat willing to take a stand against Iraq — the only one with the balls. 

Here’s the real question:  would America vote for a Gore presidency?  I really don’t know.  Republicans have, and continue to, spread lies about things Gore said or did.  There is contempt among many "moderate" Democrats for the man and an opinion that he is weak.  Moreover, Gore’s actions following the 2000 election brouhaha did little to endear him even to the people who voted for him.  He would have a lot to overcome.  The thing is, in the six years since that weakened man lost the election Gore has changed much, done much, and people have a little more respect for him.  Those "moderate" Democrats who still see through the lens of September 11 will never like the man, but it’s not those people Gore needs to win over.

Personally, I think I would literally have an orgasm if we had a Gore/Edwards ticket come November, 2008.  The things these two smart men could do!  What I don’t want to see is another Kerry presidential run.

Am I a bad person because I’m dreading the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks?  Hell, even though I live far away in Missouri I still feel emotional about the whole thing, and I can’t even imagine what New Yorkers, survivor families, and survivor emergency personnel are thinking and feeling.   I guess what I mostly dislike is the way others use September 11, 2001 as their personal billy club to push people around, to shame people who don’t believe as they believe, to force others into supporting their agenda.  It’s fine to respectfully eulogize the dead, but when you turn them into propaganda –whatever the good intentions behind the propaganda –  you only dishonor them.

So, where was I?  Sitting at my desk at work trying to balance a large, very nasty bank statement thinking about the lunch date I had later in the day.  Needless to say, work came to a stop for a couple hours as everyone was glued to the television screen in the lobby or desperately trying to get information off the ‘net.  Then, a couple hours later, we just went back to work and tried to get through the day.