Monday, May 29, 2006
Is Al Gore the Next Great President?
To me it is interesting what Al Gore is doing. His lifetime is an interesting climb to higher and higher positions. From ages 0-4, he was a baby and a toddler. From 5-12, he attended grammar school. From 13-20, he attended high school and college. From 21-28, he first established himself in the world of politics and other endeavors. From 29-36, he served as a Representative to Congress from Tennessee. From ages 37-44, he served as one of Tennessee's two Senators. From 45-52, he was Bill Clinton's Vice President. It seemed all perfectly lined up. Outside of the first four years, his life and career came in eights.
He then ran for President and won. However, the nation was not ready for him. The characteristic President of our age was Ronald Reagan, who said this was "Morning in America". He was an Optimistic President, similar to James Knox Polk and Woodrow Wilson. Polk was followed by a laid-back President (Fillmore), a Popular President (Pierce), and then a Nero or Hamlet President (Buchanan). The Civil War and the Crisis President (Abraham Lincoln) then followed.
Likewise, but in different order, Wilson was followed by a Popular President (Harding), a Laid-Back President (Coolidge), and Nero/Hamlet President (Hoover), followed by the Great Depression, World War II, and the Crisis President Franklin Roosevelt.
After Reagan came a Laid-Back President (George H. W. Bush) and a Popular President (Clinton). It followed that the next President would be a Nero President, and there was no way that Gore was a Nero. He seems to face problems head on, especially global warming. So he could not win in 2000. So what happened? He did win, or at least he won the popular vote and except for irregularities, he would have taken Florida. The nation was due instead for a real Nero Presidnet, and Dubya Bush fit the bill perfectly. Further, in his six years, Dubya has easily filled the role, ignoring global warming (rejecting Kyoto) and warning us all about Saddam and terrorism all over the place, when really the problems were global warming and especially peak oil.
Our next President will be a Crisis President, and there will be a crisis for him. In fact, two of them: global warming and peak oil. And Al Gore seems fit for the job. He has produced a movie An Inconvenient Truth on global warming, and I think he will take appropriate action on the running out of cheap oil as well (the actions are nearly the same as those to combat global warming). His six years out of office have been rebuilding years, and he apparently has served them well. People are now talking about him for 2008.
Well, if he does run, he will win. This is because a Democrat will be elected in 2008. The Keys of the White House say this. Six of the keys are turned against the incumbent Republicans already: Mandate (all the Democrats need are 4 seats in the house), Incumbency (Please don't impeach Bush!), Charisma (Bush? Charisma?), Policy (What has Bush done, except to squawk about the War on Terror and get involved in a major war?), and the two Foreign Policy keys: he will have no success (unless Iran warms up to him unexpectedly) and will have a failure: Iraq.
Even if the economy is fine in 2008, the Democrat will win. But there are signs it will not be. Peak oil may raise its ugly head then, with possible shortages as world production starts to decline. Both this and global warming (mainly in the form of hurricanes) will cause a world crisis. Therefore, our next President will be a Crisis President, and Gore, tuned into these problems, seems ready to fill the bill. 2008 will close this rebuilding period (ages 53-60) in his life, and will start his next life period. Will this be as President? Is he the New Millennium's Redeemer President?
And will the history books of the future read "Greatest Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, F. Roosevelt, and Gore?
He then ran for President and won. However, the nation was not ready for him. The characteristic President of our age was Ronald Reagan, who said this was "Morning in America". He was an Optimistic President, similar to James Knox Polk and Woodrow Wilson. Polk was followed by a laid-back President (Fillmore), a Popular President (Pierce), and then a Nero or Hamlet President (Buchanan). The Civil War and the Crisis President (Abraham Lincoln) then followed.
Likewise, but in different order, Wilson was followed by a Popular President (Harding), a Laid-Back President (Coolidge), and Nero/Hamlet President (Hoover), followed by the Great Depression, World War II, and the Crisis President Franklin Roosevelt.
After Reagan came a Laid-Back President (George H. W. Bush) and a Popular President (Clinton). It followed that the next President would be a Nero President, and there was no way that Gore was a Nero. He seems to face problems head on, especially global warming. So he could not win in 2000. So what happened? He did win, or at least he won the popular vote and except for irregularities, he would have taken Florida. The nation was due instead for a real Nero Presidnet, and Dubya Bush fit the bill perfectly. Further, in his six years, Dubya has easily filled the role, ignoring global warming (rejecting Kyoto) and warning us all about Saddam and terrorism all over the place, when really the problems were global warming and especially peak oil.
Our next President will be a Crisis President, and there will be a crisis for him. In fact, two of them: global warming and peak oil. And Al Gore seems fit for the job. He has produced a movie An Inconvenient Truth on global warming, and I think he will take appropriate action on the running out of cheap oil as well (the actions are nearly the same as those to combat global warming). His six years out of office have been rebuilding years, and he apparently has served them well. People are now talking about him for 2008.
Well, if he does run, he will win. This is because a Democrat will be elected in 2008. The Keys of the White House say this. Six of the keys are turned against the incumbent Republicans already: Mandate (all the Democrats need are 4 seats in the house), Incumbency (Please don't impeach Bush!), Charisma (Bush? Charisma?), Policy (What has Bush done, except to squawk about the War on Terror and get involved in a major war?), and the two Foreign Policy keys: he will have no success (unless Iran warms up to him unexpectedly) and will have a failure: Iraq.
Even if the economy is fine in 2008, the Democrat will win. But there are signs it will not be. Peak oil may raise its ugly head then, with possible shortages as world production starts to decline. Both this and global warming (mainly in the form of hurricanes) will cause a world crisis. Therefore, our next President will be a Crisis President, and Gore, tuned into these problems, seems ready to fill the bill. 2008 will close this rebuilding period (ages 53-60) in his life, and will start his next life period. Will this be as President? Is he the New Millennium's Redeemer President?
And will the history books of the future read "Greatest Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, F. Roosevelt, and Gore?
