Archive for 18 Outubro, 2007
Note about reports of Gore "not running"
«Oct. 17 — A host of stories reporting on an interview Al Gore gave to a Norwegian broadcaster today claim incorrectly that Gore has removed himself from the presidential race. These headlines are misleading.
What Al Gore told the reporter in Norway is exactly, word by word, what he has been saying in every interview over the last year and a half: that he has “no plans” to run. There is no change of position. This is a non-story that got picked up and blown out of proportion.
The door to a candidacy is as open today as it was yesterday or a year ago.
Besides, it’s preposterous to suggest that Gore would have casually made such an important announcement in an interview in Europe without saying a word to the American press. This is bogus.»
(via http://www.draftgore.com/)
Sublinhado meu. Muito possivelmente, Al Gore poderá decidir não concorrer às eleições norte-americanas (o “escoar da areia da ampulheta” para uma eventual (re)entrada na corrida começa inexoravelmente a aproximar-se do seu termo); porém, a urgência (e repetição) destas “não-notícias” não deixa de ter um significado: que a sua candidatura representaria uma “ameaça” para muitos (não tanto como um “sinal de esperança” para muitos mais…).
