The quotable Gore

Posted on | May 28, 2006 | Comments Off

Yes, I know. It’s a holiday weekend and I’m supposed to be tossing another shrimp on the barbie (now there’s an image … poor Barbie!) and enjoying the 80 degree sunshine.

Hi. I’m Dawn B. and I’m a politicsaholic.

I was cruising through today’s New York Times when an article about Al Gore caught my eye and, in particular, this:

But in a feisty and frequently argumentative telephone conversation, Mr. Gore brimmed with disdain at the state of American politics and political journalism, urging his interviewer to quit a career of covering politics to turn to matters of real consequence.

“Stop covering politics; cover the climate crisis. It is not too late!” he said, with a boom of laughter.

And this:

To hear Mr. Gore talk about the state of politics and journalism today — this from a man who has a history in both professions — it is hard to imagine him ever running for office again. Politics, he said, has become a game of meaningless, mindless battles, conducted by unscrupulous methods and people, designed to transform even the most serious policy debates into sport.

I love it when politicians leave the political arena and start saying what they really think.


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