A REPORTER CAUGHT UP WITH AL GORE AND ASKED HIM WHO
ARE YOU GOING TO VOTE FOR?
SIMPLE QUESTION.
AND A VERY LOGICAL QUESTION.
GORE REPLIED
THIS WAY.
HE WAS AT ONE OF THE SEMINARS WHERE HE TEACHES PEOPLE
ON HOW TO EDUCATE OTHERS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE SEVERITY
OF IT AND OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THE DISCUSSION ANIMATES IN THE MOST
I HE SAID FIRST OF ALL I UNDERSTAND THEIR FEELINGS AND
MISGIVINGS.
TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE RELUCTANT TO VOTE
FOR HILLARY CLINTON IN GENERALLY ABOUT THE ELECTION OVERALL.
BUT
IF THEY ARE INTERESTED IN MY PERSONAL ADVICE, I AM VOTING FOR
HILLARY CLINTON.
I OR TO EVERYONE ELSE TO DO THE SAME.
I
PARTICULARLY URGE ANYONE WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CLIMATE
CRISIS SEES IT AS THE KIND OF A PRIORITY THAT I SEE IT AS TO
LOOK AT THE SHARP CONTRAST BETWEEN THE SOLAR PLAN THAT
CELERY CLINT SENATOR CLINT HAS PUT FORWARD AND HER STATED
COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT THE CLEAN POWER PLAN AND THE CONTRAST
BETWEEN WHAT SHE HAS SAID IT IS
PROPOSING WITH THE STATEMENTS OF THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, WHICH
GIVE ME GREAT CONCERN.
I AM GOING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING
CRAZY.
I ACTUALLY THINK HE
MEANS IT, BOTH PARTS OF THE STATEMENT.
WHICH IS, HE HAS
FEELINGS AND MISGIVINGS AND HE UNDERSTANDS YOUR FEELINGS AND
MISGIVINGS AND BECAUSE AL GORE, SINCE HE HAS LEFT OFFICE HAS
BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE, PART OF THE REASON THAT I SUPPORT HIM,
MIND YOU, I WORKED WITH HIM IN TV.
A LOT OF YOU KNOW THAT AND
IF YOU DON'T, YOU SHOULD.
LET
ME STATE THAT.
THE REASON I WANTED TO WORK WITH HIM A
CURRENT TV AND I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THE SHOW WELL
BEFORE THAT WAS EVER A POSSIBILITY, IS BECAUSE HE WAS
ONE OF THE FEW VOICES THEY CAME OUT AND SAID NO, THE IRAQ WAR IS
WRONG.
YOU SHOULDN'T DO THIS.
AT THE TIME, THE PRESS HATED HIM
FOR IT.
THEY WERE LIKE NOW THE GUY WHO LOST THE ELECTION IS COMING
OUT AND TELLING US TO NOT SUPPORT BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICY.
HE IS LIKE NO.
I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO RUN AGAIN.
I AM TELLING YOU THAT THIS WAR IS A TERRIBLE IDEA.
OH SURE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO RUN AGAIN.
ALTHOUGH SMUG AS IN THE PRESS, WHAT HAPPENED?
KNOW HE DIDN'T.
HE WAS TRYING TO GIVE YOU A REAL WARNING THEY
SHOULD LISTEN TO.
HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY VIEW PEOPLE WHO CAME
OUT AND SAID BUSH IS DESTROYING OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES.
YOU CANNOT
FIND AMERICANS LIKE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXACT
POPULAR VISION OF AL GORE IS BUT I KNOW THAT HE IS DEEPLY
PROGRESSIVE NOT JUST ON CLIMATE CHANGE BUT ON OTHER ISSUES AS
WELL.
AS A PROGRESSIVE, HILLARY CLINTON IS, NOW I AM
SPECULATING, IS AN ESTABLISHMENT
CANDIDATE AND MY GUESS IS THAT IS WHY HE MIGHT'VE SAID THAT
SENTENCE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, IS IT CLOSE ON THE ISSUE OF CLIMATE CHANGE
IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CARE ABOUT BETWEEN HILLARY CLINTON AND
DONALD TRUMP?
COME ON.
EVEN IF YOU ARE THE MOST DIEHARD PROGRESSIVE,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE THE MOST A PROGRESSIVE, YOU KNOW THAT IT IS
NOT REMOTELY CLOSE.
AS MUCH AS YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ANGRY AT
HILLARY CLINTON AND WAY MORE
THAN OUR GIRL, YOU KNOW HOW ANGRY I WAS AND HOW
ANTIESTABLISHMENT I AM AND HOW
MUCH I THOUGHT SHE WAS WRONG CANDIDATE IN THE PRIMARIES, BUT
YOU CAN'T HONESTLY LOOK AT THE
POLICIES OF HILLARY CLINTON AND DONALD TRUMP, ESPECIALLY ON THIS
ISSUE AND SAY THEY ARE THE SAME.
THEY ARE NOT REMOTELY THE SAME.
IN FACT, PERSON REPORTING ON THIS SAID ABOUT TRUMP, HE HAS
CALLED GLOBAL WARMING A HOAX, DENIED THE REALITY OF
CALIFORNIA'S DEVASTATING DROUGHT, HOW COULD YOU DENY
THAT?
PROMISED HE WOULD KILL ALL DOMESTIC CLIMATE RELATED
REGULATIONS LIKE THE EPA'S CLEAN POWER PLAN.
ON THAT LESSON
ALONE, GONE.
NO WAY.
YOU CAN VOTE FOR OTHER PEOPLE.
IF YOU
CARE ABOUT LIMIT CHANGE, YOU CANNOT VOTE FOR DONALD TRUMP DIE
MAKES NO LOGICAL SENSE.
HE SAYS
HE IS GOING TO MAKE AND ALL CLIMATE RELATED REGULATIONS.
THAT IS SO INSANE, IT IS
MIND-BOGGLING.
ONE MORE QUOTE FROM TRUMP.
AGAIN, IT IS
UNBELIEVABLE.
WE ARE GOING TO CANCEL THE PARIS CLIMATE
AGREEMENT.
NOT RENEGOTIATED, NOT I THINK IT IS A LITTLE WRONG
AROUND THE EDGES, I THINK WE CAN GET A BETTER DEAL.
NOTE.
CANCEL IT.
I DON'T CARE.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY I AM EMPHASIZING
THIS SO MUCH, IT IS SO OBVIOUS.
HE THINKS CLIMATE CHANGE IS A
HOAX.
CUCKOO FOR COCOA PUFFS.
HAVING THAT GUY WIN IS NOT AN OPTION.
YOU MIGHT HAVE OTHER OPTIONS, BUT THAT AIN'T ONE OF THEM IF
YOU CARE ABOUT THIS ISSUE LET ALONE OTHERS.
THAT BRINGS US BACK TO COURT.
HOW ABOUT THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATES?
I WOULD ALSO URGE THEM TO LOOK CAREFULLY AS I KNOW THEY HAVE AT
THE CONSEQUENCES OF GOING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION FOR THE THIRD
OR FOURTH ALTERNATIVE.
THE HARSH REALITY IS THAT WE HAVE
TWO PRINCIPAL CHOICES, AND I AM SUPPORTING HILLARY CLINTON.
AGAIN I RESPECT THOSE WHO ANALYZE THE SITUATION
DIFFERENTLY BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE IT MATTERS A LOT.
THAT IS THE
UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE CENTURY.
OBVIOUSLY, WHAT HE IS REFERRING
TO IS HIS OWN RACE IN 2000 WHERE A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE AND IN
FACT A FOURTH PARTY CANDIDATE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE AND
PERHAPS ALL OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.
THERE ARE SOME
DENIERS WHO WILL SAY THAT RALPH NADER MADE NO DIFFERENCE AT ALL.
THAT IS A PREPOSTEROUS CLAIM.
WERE THERE A LOT OF FACTORS?
OF COURSE.
COULD AL GORE RUN A BETTER CAMPAIGN?
ANYONE COULD HAVE AND I'M SURE HE COULD HAVE.
NO QUESTION
ABOUT THAT.
WOULD I HAVE PICKED A DIFFERENT VP?
I WOULD
HAVE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I AM
RIGHT, BUT I WOULD HAVE.
DID PAT BUCHANAN MAKE A BIG
DIFFERENCE?
HE DID BECAUSE THE BUTTERFLY BALLOTS IN
FLORIDA, A LOT OF PEOPLE ACCIDENTALLY VOTED FOR BUCHANAN
WHEN THEY MEANT TO VOTE FOR
GORE.
THERE WERE SO MANY VOTES THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE.
THE
BIGGEST DIFFERENCE MAKER WAS THE SUPREME COURT.
THEY SAID STOP
COUNTING.
IF IT TURNS OUT FLORIDA HAD RECOUNTED UNDER ANY
SYSTEM, AL GORE WOULD'VE NOT ONLY WON THE POPULAR VOTE BUT
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
HE SHOULD OF BEEN PRESIDENT, BUT
WAS RALPH NADER PART OF THE
FACTORS IN FLORIDA?
OF COURSE.
IF HE WASN'T RUNNING
AND DIDN'T GET ALL THOSE VOTES,
GORE WOULD'VE WON DESPITE ALL OF THOSE INJUSTICES.
IF ANYONE
KNOWS HOW A THIRD-PARTY CANDIDATE CAN BURN YOU, IT IS AL
GORE.
IF YOU WANT TO DISMISS HIS EXPERIENCE OR SAY HE IS
BIASED, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THAT EXPERIENCES REAL DIET ACTUALLY
HAPPENED.
LIKE GORE, I AM NOT TELLING YOU BECAUSE OF THAT,
MAKE SURE YOU VOTE FOR HILLARY CLINTON.
WE ARE TELLING YOU
WHAT TO DO.
JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.
IT IS A LOGICAL THING TO
CONSIDER.
IF YOU ARE VOTING IN
A SWING STATE, DESPITE ALL THAT YOU SAY NO, ONE OF THESE OTHER
CANDIDATES IS CLOSER TO MY POSITIONS AND I'M GOING TO VOTE
THAT WAY BASED ON PRINCIPLE.
OKAY, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THESE
ARE ALSO THE CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE AT PLAY HERE.
IF YOU WANT
TO IGNORE THEM OR YOU THINK THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT
OVERWHELM THOSE CONSEQUENCES, OKAY.
AT LEAST MAKE AN INFORMED