His virtue is his cause. His cause is based on the obvious problems humans are creating within the biosphere. (Some chose to think otherwise.) That’s fine.

I don’t think his cause is disingenuous at all, irrespective of ‘passion’. But ‘passion’ IS fuel. & He’s got it.

Intentions are overrated. The road to is paved with good intentions. I don’t believe in hell, but you get the point. Stop judging politicians by their intentions. Their good intentions are making our lives much worse.

You can call that overt cynicism. I call it facing reality. One day you’ll wake up like a Christian realizing God doesn’t exist. Politicians are not the admirable leaders they pretend to be. They’re con men in suits

It’s all to easy to sit back in the intellectual hi-chair and smugly declare ‘The vast majority is corrupt.’ (That’s the fashion of an unbalanced crank.)

There are some who would say- ‘Martin Luther King’ had bad intentions and that his passion wasn’t real.

I don’t accept such simple and lazy arguments.

Politicians are trained to appear genuine & knowledgeable. To look like a genius, you just need to know what questions you’ll be asked.

Pointing out Cheney’s sneaky deals is like pointing out a single Star Trek convention attendee for being a nerd. They’re all nerds! The vast majority of politicians are corrupt.

Gore doesn’t just invest. He uses coercion.