The Daily Background

The (British) Guardian has an interesting (if long) interview/column on Al Gore, and his global warming awareness campaign. An interesting excerpt:

He has a “great private life now,” says one colleague. He has homes in San Francisco and Nashville; his marriage to Tipper is considered one of the strongest in US politics. Their children, now grown up, are thriving. He advises both Google and Apple and has successful businesses, including a green investment company in London founded with David Blood (”I wanted to call it Blood and Gore . . .”) and the Current cable TV company. Above all, he has found his true voice doing what he does now, serving as a kind of educator and preacher. “We want him to be happy,” says one aide. “Doesn’t he look happy?”

There could be a political calculation here, too. Gore’s global warming speech would be “robbed of its moral authority the moment you added those three little words, ‘Vote for me’,” says one leading Democrat. If he wants to drive home his message on climate change, he needs to be the non-politician, with no self-serving motive. On the other hand, it makes sense to keep the possibility of a 2008 candidacy alive, just to pique the interest of the press and others. Let’s face it, Walter Mondale wouldn’t have packed out Hay. But if people think Gore might run again, they’ll queue up to listen to him. I put that theory to Gore, who smiles: “In US-China relations, one of the guiding principles is constructive ambiguity.”

Haha. Almost makes me want to try that out sometime when somebody asks a tricky question that I don’t want to answer. “Well, you know pal, in US-China relations, one of the guiding principles is constructive ambiguity.” “Huh?” “Exactly.” Full item.

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