Gore on running: "Maybe at some point in the future I will have some interest in doing that again.."

[sabra]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/25/gore-sees-no-reason-to-run/

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On whether he may run for president again, and what it would take for him to run:

“I’m not looking for factors that will cause me to run. I’m not – some people here have heard me answer this question enough times that I worry about being repetitious. It’s true that I haven’t completely ruled it out, I don’t think it’s necessary to do that. I don’t expect to run, so I don’t know how to answer that question.”

“Maybe at some point in the future I will have some interest in doing that again. But I don’t feel that right now.”

On whether he believed the Supreme Court stole the 2000 presidential election with its decision in Bush v. Gore:

“I’ve chosen not to challenge the rule of law, because in our system there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent revolution. When the Supreme Court makes a decision, no matter how strongly one disagrees with it, one faces a choice –are we, in John Adams’ phrase, a nation of laws, or is it a contest made on raw power?”

On whether he believes he won the state of Florida in 2000:

“I don’t know. Maybe I’ll write another book about that.”

[otohara]

1. Sigh

My hopes are fading and yes Al, you won Florida.

[closeupready]

2. Yeah, I really think he just doesn't want to do it again.

and I don't blame him at all. He can focus on environmental issues, and have a strong impact without having to get dragged through the mud again, so I think that's probably what he's going to do.

As he says, though, the door is not completely shut, so if he felt he had a lock on it, things could change.

[amitten]

3. He has a lock on it. Ev eryone I know would drop their Dem

favorite to vote for Al.

[TahitiNut]

4. "there really is no intermediate step between a Supreme Court decision and violent revolution"

This is precisely why the citizens of this nation were morally obliged to take to the streets in December 2000. In not doing so, we no longer deserve to live in a democracy. We abdicated.

There are some who, even today, blame Gore for not doing more. They are blame-shifting, scapegoating cowards. There are some who rejoiced at the result. They are traitors. The rest of us are mere cowards.