Thank You California for Drafting Al Gore !

We have recently received a communication from a member of Al Gore’s staff discouraging any efforts to put Al Gore’s name on a primary ballot. Accordingly, effectively immediately, we have ceased our signature collection and fund raising activities. For those of us who are passionate about Al Gore, we can shift our time and money to the Alliance for Climate Protection. In his recent interviews, one of Gore’s consistent messages is that he is committed to changing the consciousness regarding climate protection before he can entertain political aspirations. Those of us in this for the long-run, can choose to work with him to remove the obstacles and shift the consciousness. Al Gore was quoted as saying in his recent Rolling Stone interview: “It is a mistake to think of the climate crisis as one in a list of issues that will define our future. It is the issue.”

He also was quoted in that interview as directing the following to those of us who have placed our hopes in him: “Well thank you for felling that way about me. Please trust me to make good decisions about where I can do the most good, and don’t automatically assume that running for president again is the right thing for me to do. If you feel that way, and I decide for sure not to be a candidate again – well, sorry. But if I do get back involved in the political system at some point in the future – well, keep that energy stored up and let’s have a go at it then.”

“It is my greatest hope that those who read this book will choose to become part of a new movement to rekindle the true spirit of America”

~Al Gore, The Assault on Reason