The Man Who Would Have Been President

You all remember this guy.   Al Gore.   The man who lost the 2000 Presidential election when he, as Maxwell Smart would say, "missed it by that much."  Like Hillary Clinton later on, here's another Democratic candidate who blamed everybody but himself for his loss.  He ran a bad campaign, pure and simple.  I mean, like Hillary should have done to Trump, Al Snore shoulf have easily trounced the lummox that is George W. Bush.

But, as you well know, Gore parlayed that into another cottage industry which has become the equivalent of Microsoft when it comes to championed causes. Global warming.  This guy is the expert and his documentary about ten years ago was the great thing since sliced bread.  As a result, he won an Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, the Nobel Peace Prize, and probably came in third for that season's "American Idol."

Well, knowing a good thing when he sees it, Gore has jumped on again to try and duplicate all those platitudes with a sequel called "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power."  Hey, if there can be nine or ten editions of "Fast and Furious," why not this?

Okay, don't search these blog pages for a Len review of this movie.   You won't find it.  I have better things to do with my time than seeing a reiteration of why it gets hot during the summer and cold during the winter.  Nor is this going to be a revisit to the notion that Al Gore needs to practice what he preaches.   It is well known and documented that his Tennessee mansion is one of the greatest wasters of energy in the country.  

Nope.  I'm not going to get into a general trashing of Gore here.   I just want to pose a very basic question.

As his sequel opened three weeks ago, I noticed a quite curious development in Los Angeles.  Gore was in town to promote it quite heavily.   And the way he was doing that was by making continuous appearances at the theaters that were running it.   Seriously.   He was at the Landmark one Saturday for five different Q and As.  I mean, that was reminiscent to me of my youthful days when Moe, Larry, and Curly Joe kept showing up at my local RKO to promote "Snow White and the Three Stooges."

Except the very next weekend Gore was back at the Arclight doing another strenuous schedule of appearances.

Hmmmm.

Now I understand he wants to promote the film heavily.   But, the ultra-liberal Hollywood already has the lion's share of people who will run out to it. Even if he didn't show up at all, the box office would be big with all the Tinseltown types who drove in their gas-guzzling Range Rovers to see it.

To me, Gore should be pushing his movie in the areas where he needs to get the most converts.  Norman, Oklahoma.  Prescott, Arizona.  Sioux Falls, South Dakota.   I mean, aren't the so-called Red States where Gore's message should be pushed most?   Those are the folks that aren't buying in.

That's the question I ask Al Gore.   How come?

But, then, moments later, the answer is as plain as the blue recycling bin in my garage.   This is nothing about global warming or making a difference.

How many Academy members are in Norman, Oklahoma?   How many Emmy voters are in Prescott, Arizona?  Does anybody even know what the Grammys are in Sioux Falls, South Dakota?

I got it now, Al Gore.  It isn't about the Ozone.  It's all about you.

Say hello to Tipper for me.   Oh, wait...

Dinner last night:   Chopped steak and vegetables.