February 16, 2007
Gore Doesn't Really Knock Down The New York Observer Story
LOS ANGELES - Ex-VP Al Gore repeated his I’m-not-running-in-‘08 stance here Thursday as he focused instead on a July 7th global concert tied into his Oscar-nominated global warming movie.
“I haven’t changed my answer about politics in quite a few years now,” said Gore.
When asked about a New York Observer story this week which reported that he is keeping his ‘08 options open until September, Gore shook his head but said “I have no intention of running for president again and I’m involved in a different kind of campaign. And persuading other people in this country and all over the world that we have to solve the climate crisis is a position that I feel very passionately about and I’m devoting myself to it.”
But like most Oscar nominees this month, Gore has been in campaign mode to win an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for his concert-spawning, slideshow-driven film, “An Inconvenient Truth.”
Gore’s Hollywood profile has remained high lately thanks partly to his presence earlier this week at The Grammy Awards; on Thursday he mentioned that there too his global concert attracted attention, with Gore saying that members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers told him, “`we’re in.’”
All Academy Award voting ends next Tuesday. “I don’t want to jinx that whole deal by talking about it,” said the former veep, who also is growing tired of his global warming critics. “I’m running outta things to say to them. Look, this has been well known for a long time.”
Like the global Live Aid concert for African famine relief in 1985, Gore’s 24-hour, July 7th concert aspires to attract about two billion people through live broadcast and online performances on all seven continents - including what he said would be, “the first live musical performance originating from Antarctica.” Gore’s cable channel Current TV also will display viewer-created global warming messages and art during the concert. [DAVID FINNIGAN]
Finnegan is a free-lance writer based in California.
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