I suppose we should have seen this coming. Al Gore’s Nobel Peace Prize announcement should probably not have come as a surprise. But I still don’t see how he fits into the running for a “peace” prize. Let’s give him a huge benefit of the doubt and assume for a moment that his efforts to combat global warming have truly had some effect. I suppose we should also assume that global warming exists. But that discussion is for another day. So assuming all of that is true (for the sake of argument only), what causes of “peace” has his efforts actually furthered?
Anyway, this pretty much ends the debate of whether or not the Nobel Peace prize carries any credibility at all anymore. This is the same prize that was awarded to Gorbachev, but not Reagan for bringing an end to the Cold War. Never mind the more obvious awards that went to Arafat and Carter for that matter.
I’d love for one thing to come out of this, and that would be that all the hype and momentum of the award goes to Al’s head and he decides to run for the White House again. This would be a no doubt win for the GOP. Hillary is the only current democratic candidate who could lead a successful campaign all the way to the oval office. Gore’s entry would damage her. I don’t think he can win the nomination, but if he did, I have no doubt he would lose the general election. His last 4 or 5 years of wackiness and shrillness would come back to haunt him.
His value to the GOP would be in the primaries, where Hillary would be forced to spend more and work harder to beat Gore. A Gore candidacy would bring a wounded Hilary or an unelectable Gore to the general election. Both options would be good for the GOP.
It’s wishful thinking. My guess is Gore will stay on the sidelines, and enjoy life as a rock star, selling off his endorsement to the highest bidder.
A few quotes on the topic:
“It’s like waiting for Grateful Dead tickets to go on sale back in the day.”
– ERIC SCHILLER, a Moss Beach, Calif.-based activist with America for Gore, one of a coalition of 19 groups urging former Vice President Al Gore to enter the 2008 presidential race
“About the only way to top this would be to give the next Peace Prize to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. More likely the Nobel committee will, one of these days, simply pat itself on the back and give the award to . . . themselves.”
– STEVEN HAYWARD, American Enterprise Institute
4 responses so far ↓
1 Bernie Dvorak // Oct 15, 2007 at 10:43 am
Dave,
You may have forgotten that General Kofi Annan AND The United Nations Organization each shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. TWO MORE WORTHLESS RECEPIENTS!!
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2001/
Lest we forget, Annan’s very own ‘Food for Oil” program in which “Annan operated the program in secrecy, accountable to nobody.”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/printpage.php
Striking similarities exist between this and AlGores’ carbon offsets,’ where he pays himself for planting trees through a company he owns, “Generation Investment Management”!
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54528
What Blatant Hypocrisy!
Bernie
N.B.
This is a little off subject but just think,If Bill Clinton had been impeached, & CONVICTED, AlGore would have become president.
Sometimes BAD things happen for a GOOD reason!
2 Bernie Dvorak // Oct 15, 2007 at 11:39 am
Marty,
Did you forget that the United Nations and its Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, both won the Noble Peace Prize in 2001? These are two more WORTHLESS RECEPIENTS and two additional black eyes for this meaningless organization!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1595168.stm
Do you remember Annons’ Food for Oil program? “Billions of dollars have gone AWOL from the oil-for-food program. The biggest problem in tracing any missing money is that Annan operated the program in secrecy, accountable to nobody. All requests to open the oil-for-food program books have been flatly denied.”
http://www.canadafreepress.com/2003/main042803.htm
This, of course,is similar to AlGores’ “Carbon Offsets Program in which AlGore uses carbon offsets to COVIENTLY repay himself through a company he owns, “Generation Investment Management.”
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=54528
Bernie
N.B. Sometimes BAD things happen for a GOOD reason!
Slightly off topic but nevertheless.
Thank God that Bill Clinton was impeached and NOT CONVICTED by the Senate.
Otherwise AlGore would have become our president.
3 Anon // Oct 15, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Your last 4 posts:
- The Nobel Peace Prize going to Al Gore
- Hilary Clinton’s dumb idea to promote savings in the US
- anti Movie actors who visit idiotic dictators
- anti Bruce Springsteeen for his views or for expressing his views
Why do these things matter to you? Is this your defense of the West?
How about a look in the proverbial mirror? Is any comment on how to improve the Republican party or the U.S. “self loathing”? Are things right with the Republican party and the current administration?
As I said to you many years ago (maybe even pre-9/11) I was afraid that Bush was going to set the Republican movement back and whether it’s Bush or not, the Republican movement has been set back. I find it hard to believe anyone could even argue that isn’t a fact.
I’m still looking forward to a post that challenges the Republican party or this administration to change for the better (and I’m not talking about dissing a local congressmen because he has liberal votes).
4 Barry // Oct 23, 2007 at 6:03 pm
Anon,
A quibble. There is no “Republican movement.” There IS a conservative movement and it was, for a time, central to the Republican Party. But the Republican Party has moved away from conservatism and toward some unprincipled mushy middle. Likely 12 years of having power, culminated by absolute power from 2000-2006, convinced the Republican Party that getting reelected mattered more than doing good.
A time in the wilderness will force the Republican Party to get back to principles. However, it appears that Democrat Party is racing toward self-immolation.
Barry
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