Run, Al, Run
May 26th, 2007 at 8:46 pm by Susie
This is nice to hear:
Likewise, I was at the event earlier today in New York City. Somewhere between 500 and 750 fans crammed into a Barnes and Noble to hear him speak and get his signature…during a workday at 12:30 PM. Unfortunately, those in charge of the bookstore wouldn’t allow us to conduct any draft activities inside, so we were limited to the amount of people we reached. Nonetheless, a very sizable (probably between 100-200) minority were sporting Gore 2008 stickers, buttons, and signed a petition urging him to run.
I, like everyone else, waited in line to get Al’s signature, but unlike most others, I had a little note inside of my copy of The Assault on Reason. On the inside cover I wrote, “Can you be drafted into the 2008 race or am I just wasting my time?” and afterwards, I included two check boxes/options for him to choose from. Upon reading it, he let out a hearty laugh and just said “thank you.” Take it for what you will, but he could have easily checked off the box that said “No, I cannot be drafted” which is largely in line with his response on Larry King where he said something to the effect of “politics does not work that way.”
