Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter would endorse former V.P. Al Gore if Gore would decide to run for President. Carter, however, also notes that he’ll most likely won’t run.
The former Democratic President asserted Gore could accomplish much more in the White House than he ever could as a private citizen, saying to Stephanopoulos, “His burning issue now is global warming and preventing it. He can do infinitely more to accomplish that goal as in the incumbent in the White House, than he can making even movies that get — you know, that get Oscars.”
Carter called every now and then to talk with Gore in the past… but lately not anymore. Why not, you ask?
“I’ve put so much pressure on Al to run that he’s almost gotten aggravated with me…. He almost told me, the last time I talked, ‘Don’t call me anymore.'”
If Al Gore would decide to run, it seems to me that he could do without the endorsement of Carter. Carter is a far too controversial person right now due to his new book Palestine: Peace or Apartheid.
Carter’s endorsement might do more harm than good, although it will most likely make exactly no difference at all.
Regarding Carter’s comment that Gore could accomplish much more as President than as a private person: perhaps that’s true – it’s most likely true, but life is less difficult for him right now. When I observe Gore’s behavior, it seems to me that he does something he truly believes in ánd… something he enjoys doing.
