Reply #36: Washington had near unanimous support and

[Uncle Joe]

did not have to face a national consolidated corporate media intent on slandering and libeling him regardless of the truth, to some degree the same holds true for Lincoln. FDR had a major assist from the Depression, and there was a groundswell for change after twelve years of Republican rule.

In conclusion, neither of these great men were tied to an issue so intimately that the weight of human survival it self rested on their winning or losing an election. I believe the stakes Al Gore must consider vastly out weigh theirs' as the clock is ticking and the window closing on the ability for humanity to alter it's present course regarding global warming climate change. I hope Al Gore does become President, but I also understand his current course of doing the best he can to effect change in the private sector.