In the past seven years we have seen only tepid environmental measures from you and your president. You know that as well as I do. All week I've been wondering what he might answer, if he could speak truly, as a human being, from his soul. I've discovered, to my sorrow and shame, that I'm not up to resisting that desire. My mind and heart may be driven by principle, but there's something much stronger in me that will pitch out principle for power every single darn time.
Politicians are just the puppets of campaign donors.
I gave up. I'm just playing games now, trying to advance a few baby steps in good directions. They aren't enough to save the environment, but they're better than giant Republican steps in bad directions. If I could know Gore's honest answer, derived from his hands-on experience in the arenas of power, I could decide not only whether to vote for him, but whether to vote at all. Mr. Vice President, you're in a position to tell me, straight and true, if you can rediscover the person you were when you wrote that book.