Nobels Fredspris
Congratulations to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Vice President Al Gore on their winning the 2007 Nobels fredspris. The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the greatest honors any human being can receive, and, with three exceptions (1973, 1978, 1994), has been awarded to people or organizations who have contributed something worthwhile to humanity. I have seen the prize once in person–the one awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1964–and even as an inanimate object it inspires some awe.
Mr. Gore can be extremely proud of what he has accomplished as the public face of climate change-awareness. I hope once he receives his medal on December 10th in Oslo, and sets it on his mantle alongside his Emmy and Oscar, he has given serious consideration to the prospect of a presidential run. I think of all living Americans only two come to mind who I believe could steer our nation from its perilous course leading it away from its core values, and one is Al Gore. The other, alas, in not legally eligible to be elected president.
So, Mr. Gore, if you’re reading this (and, really, why wouldn’t you be?), please, sir, announce your candidacy, and claim the office that you so justly deserve, and for which you are uniquely qualified. A Nobel-laureate president would mark a profound about-face for our troubled ship of state.
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