HELIOLITH

Josh Marshall sums up my own thoughts quite well on Gore’s winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.

There are several layers of irony and poetic justice wrapped into this honor. The first is that the greatest step for world peace would simply have been for Gore not to have had the presidency stolen from him in November 2000. By every just measure, Gore won the presidency in 2000 only to have George W. Bush steal it from him with the critical assistance of the US Supreme Court. It’s worth taking a few moments today to consider where the country and world would be without that original sin of this corrupt presidency.

Contrary to the fans of the Draft Gore Website, I hope that he does not descend into the run for the presidency again this time, I think that his ability to affect change by not getting wrapped up in the foul world of politics is quite possibly much greater. The rest of Josh’s post is worth reading, reflecting upon what a sick, sad joke the current presidency has become, the kind of nightmare you wish had just been a surreal dream.