Draft Gore ramps up the pressure

“We need you Mr. Gore. We deserve a president we can respect.”

That’s just a teaser from the 30-second ads DraftGore.com just unleashed this week in Iowa imploring Al Gore to throw his hat in the presidential ring.

And Hendersonville’s own Eva Ritchey produced the 30-second bits that have garnered attention from every media outlet in Iowa as well as the Associated Press and CBSnews.com.

From the AP article:

Eva Ritchey, the treasurer for the Draft Gore Committee, said drafts have been successful in the past and pointed to one that persuaded Dwight Eisenhower to run for president in 1952. She said drafts “are a legitimate political mechanism for encouraging an unwilling candidate to enter the race.”

She thinks Gore is enjoying success on his current career path and may be reluctant to change his focus and commit to campaigning. But, she said the nation needs him as president to make policy changes and appoint the appropriate people who can combat global warming.

“If the American public really wants him to run, then they have a responsibility to make that loud and clear,” she said in a telephone interview from Hendersonville, N.C.

Click below to listen or wait a few weeks to hear them on your local radio station. They plan to take their campaign national in July.

Full disclosure: a coupla Hooligans, including yours truly, received financial remuneration in the production of this 30-second advertisement.

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