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Two problems with your analysis:
(a) Not all Americans are dazzled by the Nobel Prize. Are people dazzled by Carter, who was awarded a Nobel in 2002? No, the people who already hated Carter concluded that the Nobel Prize had become a tool of America-hating European leftist elitsts. They will have the same reaction if Gore gets it.
(b) Gore is not going to run. He is a happy and functional human being now, who can see quite clearly what political campaigning does to your soul. I'm happy for him. And if he ran, I guarantee you you wouldn't like him as much as you do now, because the process is corrupt and corrupts everything it touches. If you don't like the current crop of candidates and haven't for some time, maybe it's time to ask what is wrong with the process that produces them.
