* And, having won the Nobel Peace Prize it will sort of be required
that he take a position against having a strong military because,
according to the Information Please web page, the Peace Prize was
developed by Alfred Nobel to honor "the person who shall have done
the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the
abolition of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of
peace congresses."
* Which explains why Jimmy Carter's dismantling of America's
military and intelligence capabilities during his Presidency would
have been rewarded with the Peace Prize in 2002.
* Al Gore has certain Jimmy Carter-esque personality traits
including truly believing he is superior to the rest of us which
is sort of antithetical to what your average Democratic voter in
Storm Lake, Iowa might be looking for in a candidate.
* The punditocracy will be in full roar this week analyzing a
potential run by Al Gore in 2008. It is not going to happen.