How many times did Al Gore contest for American Presidency? Does contesting once make him less important than these power drunk African RULERS? Why has he not been presented again by the Democratic Party? Al Gore, why have you not formed your own party where you will be the sole owner of the presidential ticket?
Al Gore served as the 45th Vice President of the United States of America. He sought to be President just like any other aspirant and was given the ticket to run the 2000 U.S. presidential election under the platform of the Democratic Party. Despite winning the popular vote, Gore lost the Electoral College to Republican George W. Bush. Bush’s victory was later upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. Why did Al Gore accept the verdict? Why did he not make America ungovernable? Why did he not form his personal party? In his exalted wisdom, Chuba Okadigbo said:"There is certainly something wrong in a dance only one man is prominent."
One of the reasons why the Democratic Party has not made the party ticket Al Gore’s birth right as we have in Africa is because the party has ideologies. The party is larger than an individual’s ambition. Furthermore, America is larger and more important than any American. For having the opportunity to serve as a Vice President, Gore remains grateful to the party and the nation. Unless we start to see public offices as opportunities to serve, power drunk individuals will keep on making things difficult.
Al Gore is currently an author and environmental activist. He is the founder of Alliance for Climate Protection, a non-profit organization which seeks to protect the environment. It may interest you to know that Al Gore has received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in climate change activism. You must not be a political activist after losing election. Receiving such a prize after his service means that he kept himself reasonably busy. In Africa, that could be an opportunity to show how powerful a political leader can be by joining another party. Even those in power should also learn to accept defeat in the interest of the nation.
As a future leader, don’t you think we have a lot to learn from Al Gore?
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