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In reply to the discussion: Eddie Glaude lumped in Bill Clinton with [View all]The Magistrate
(96,043 posts)The gentleman did not connect Mr. Gore to the invasion of Iraq. He stated that because of lies told about Mr. Gore, Bush the Lesser was put in a position where he could invade Iraq. He likely would have done so even without the pretext of the attack on the Trade Center and Pentagon by Bin Laden, but had to get into office to do it, and he got into office because of lies told about Mr. Gore, and because of the people who believed those lies. Some of the lies told about Mr. Gore were told by Republicans and some by the press, but certainly some were told from the left, epitomized by Nader pressing the 'not a dime's worth of difference' line. These latter were a critical element in the installation of Bush. Those who were deluded by these lies, and those who pressed them, to this day refuse to take responsibility for what they did, and in many instances continued to this day to press such lies, to the benefit of no one but the christo-fascist right. Such lies were told from the left about Mrs. Clinton, and are still being told from the left about Mr. Biden.