Future Bookshelf: Al Gore and Reason

[NYCGirl]

I disagree with the author's phrase "which is unarguably laced with a good deal of bitterness".

http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/mediapolitics/capitalcomment/3246.html

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The 2000 election had the opposite effect on Al Gore. Perhaps it was the uncertainty of the defeat—he did in fact win the popular vote by more than a half-million votes—but in the seven years since his loss to George W. Bush, Gore has channeled his energy, which is unarguably laced with a good deal of bitterness, into successful stints as a Columbia University professor, Apple Inc. board member, Current TV president, and most notably, conservationist author of the best-seller An Inconvenient Truth, which he and director Davis Guggenheim made into an Oscar-nominated documentary.

This spring, Gore will continue his second career with a new book, The Assault on Reason, published by Penguin Press. In a publishing season packed with titles by the country’s political elite, Gore’s book is the most anticipated.

There is little doubt as to why Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton reissued their respective books, Dreams of My Father and It Takes a Village, early this year—they have their eyes set on the Oval Office, as does John McCain, whose forthcoming book, tentatively entitled Hard Call appears to have all the markings of a presidential manifesto. In Home, published last fall, John Edwards managed to work his domestic blueprint for the country into a coffee-table book filled with anecdotes and images by contributors ranging from director Steven Spielberg to pastor Rick Warren.

Gore’s intentions behind The Assault on Reason are more mysterious. As the title suggests, he aims to criticize what he called in a 2004 speech at Georgetown, President Bush’s “troubling relationship to reason.” But does the displaced Tennessean still pine for the presidency or is he content to try shaping his party and its policies from the ideological fringe?

[Lisa]

1. I don't believe this is the face of a "bitter" man!

http://www.algore.org/gallery/displayimage.php?album=10&pos=14




And as for his motives being petty or jealous, looking at the kinds of problems which have resulted from "President Bush’s “troubling relationship to reason”", it's obvious even to me that there is nothing "mysterious" about trying to bring some common sense back into public policy.

[NYCGirl]

2. Great pic! Al and His Steveness! Two of my very favorite people. NT

[Lisa]

3. glad you like it! There are some great AG pics at that website ...

And the only person I know who is the slightest bit dismayed about Al's upcoming book is my very liberal boss, who wanted to write his own examination of how reason and science are being attacked by ideologues -- and figures that everyone will want to read Al's work instead.

[NYCGirl]

4. Well, we can't have TOO much reason; your boss should go for it!

:thumbsup:

[NYCGirl]

5. KICK.

[Apollo11]

6. I look forward to reading the book

I'm sure it will contain a lot of interesting info and insights.

And if the book is a big hit -- it keeps Al in the frame for '08.

Let's all find ways to show our support for Al Gore! :)

In Gore We Trust
www.algore.com
www.algore.org
www.draftgore.com - Sign the petition!
www.draftgore2008.org
www.patriotsforgore.com

[crispini]

7. It is available now to pre-order on Amazon!

I am going to pre-order it! So should we all!

http://www.amazon.com/Assault-Reason-Al-Gore/dp/1594201226/sr=8-8/qid=1170194555/ref=pd_bbs_sr_8/103-5356160-0944666?ie=UTF8&s=books