Reply #74: You stated the presidency was THE bully pulpit to raise this issue

[RestoreGore]

Now you state the excuse that Bill Clinton is no Al Gore? So which is it? If Mr. Gore can as he has already proven get this message out effectively to bring about what must be done now as a statesman and advocate because this crisis is not to be used as a political wedge or game because it is real, then I think he should continue doing it. And should he receive the Nobel Peace Prize that will be validation that his work since leaving that beltway that stifled him is on the right path.

I do not believe the presidency of the US is the be all end all everyone else is making it. You would think we lived in an aristocracy instead of a Democracy the way people go on and on and on about it. Thomas Jefferson did much of his most memorable and greatest work not in the presidency. All those through our history of this country we remember and revere most for their accomplishments were not president and they did influence policy. The title is not indicative of results, it is the character of the man or women performing those works and having the true backing of the people that counts.

It also isn't the duty of one person to singlehandedly find solutions and dictate policy. He could do only what Congress would bring forward, and judging by the past and actually the present I don't see the evasive action that we need on this crisis now (90% reductions by 2050 and I think earlier) unless people demand it and they can't demand it in the numbers necessary unless they are informed about it.

And to say that ONLY a president has power is to demean the entire meaning of what it means to live in a country where it is supposed to be the people who have the power. Bill Clinton could then most definitely have taken a cue from Mr. Gore when he was Vice President and MAKE THIS the cause. I don't accept any excuses on that front, but I believe the reason why Bill Clinton didn't do it is the same reason why no one else in that position has or will yet... it is still not at the stage where the people believe it to be urgent enough over ending this war, having healthcare, and making enough to survive. So you tell me how Mr. Gore would run now with this as his platform and still be able to devote the time necessary to leading a global grassroots movement he has begun that now must keep its momentum by having him at the helm of it.