May 17, 2007
Shoe? Meet Foot
It took me several minutes of staring at Drudge's banner headline on The Assault on Reason to realize that it was a book by AlGore instead of a book about him.
Yips! from Gary:
Had to cut 'n paste Don Surber's blast at AlGore (who he calls "the American Prince Charles") because it reflects my feelings for this putz to a 'T':
The assault on democracy began on Nov. 8, 2000. An hour after Gore conceded the election to George W. Bush, Gore called back to renege. Gore was not going to accept that he had been defeated in the closest election ever.Let me be clear, I don't "hate" this guy the way the BDS-infected Lefty loons obsessively despise the President over 2000. But his month-long litigious hijacking of those election results revealed to me (and to the country) that this guy is in no way in touch with reality and is perfectly willing to cast aside the U.S. Constitution if it becomes an obstacle to his egomaniacal drive to be President.Gore’s assault dragged the electoral process through the mud of litigation that only served to divide the nation. The vote count in Florida was remarkably accurate — better than 99.9% accurate.
To this date, Al Gore has yet to cede the election, much less apologize to the nation for his rash and disturbing behavior.
Instead, he has spent the last 6 years preaching gloom-and-doom about the environment, while personally burning carbon credits on unnecessary flights in gas-guzzling private jets and setting his mansion’s consumption at 10 times the energy use of a normal American.
Oddly enough, President Bush has an eco-friendly home that uses geothermal energy and rainwater. Bush’s consumption is one-quarter that of the average American.
Yet Gore dares to demonize the president.
In fact, that is all one can expect from this child of wealth and privilege who grew up in the nation’s capital. He was a Fortunate One, a senator’s son. I would not be surprised if he were a bully at the Albans School.
Honestly, in the aftermath of 9/11 how many Americans sat down and thought "Geez, I really wish Al Gore was President right now" after witnessing his antics the year before? I'm sure there are plenty on the Left who wish that he'd run. And I for one hope there are enough of them to convince him to throw his hat in the ring. Because if he were to get the Dem nomination, it would be like shooting fish in a barrel for whomever the Republican is.
Upon reading Gore's book excerpt, I felt a strange and undefined humourous indulgence. Couldn't quite understand why such an unbearably pompous temper tantrum/hissy fit should leave me with the urge to chuckle. Then it hit me:
P.J O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World pgs 144-145
"When Gore says things like..." insert any Gore statement "he's not just being full of shit, he's indicating that the disputation is over."
That P.J. Man deserves a Nobel.
Posted by: Uncle Pinky at May 17, 2007 02:39 PMTo the contrary, Gary, one of my most vivd memories from 9-11 and the days following was watching how Bush conducted himself and thinking to myself, "Thank God Gore lost".
Posted by: Boy Named Sous at May 17, 2007 06:03 PM