Political Motives and Campaigning
Some Republicans criticized Al Gore for organising the event and said he did so to promote himself for a 2008 U.S. Presidential election bid, although Gore has said repeatedly he is "not planning to be a candidate again for office" and has said that he "had fallen out of love with politics." Gore did not declare himself as a candidate for either of the 2008 presidential primaries.
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