re: #99 allegro

Are you aware that Al Gore’s environmentalism long precedes his political career? He became a hero of mine in the ’70s due to being the only politician in my experience as a then-government wildlife biologist to speak to these issues in a push back to assholes Watts and Reagan undermining the Interior Dept. conservation efforts and EPA. I believe his environmental interests probably largely informed his reasons for getting into politics so he could effect much needed change.

No, just saying that his political career is not someting he could pack in a trunk and put behind him at will. Elder statesmanhood takes a bit longer than that.