Rolling Stone: Gore 3.0

[Rose Siding]

Gore:...Bush is insulated -- his staff smiles a lot and only gives him the news that he wants to hear. Unfortunately, they still have this delusion that they create their own reality.
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What did you think during the 2000 campaign on the day that Bush announced he would limit CO2 emissions if he were elected? Did you think, "That's bullshit"?

I thought it was fraudulent.........

Did it seem like a smart move, strategically, at that point?

Well, if you define the word "smart" in an antiseptic and clinical way that excludes any ethical dimension, then, yeah, I guess it was smart. Smart, if you're willing to say things that you know are not true. But that's what Karl Rove is known for. Bush's whole pose as a compassionate conservative was fraudulent. His budget was fraudulent. Even the idea that he would be staunchly opposed to nation building was fraudulent. I don't mean that he actually knew at the time of the campaign that he was going to invade Iraq -- because I don't think Cheney had told him yet . But the statement on global warming, and the specific pledge to reduce CO2 emissions with the force of law, was part of a larger pattern. He was completely fraudulent from head to toe.
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Do you still consider yourself a Democrat?

Oh, yeah. I mean, I still consider myself a Baptist too, even though the denomination has tried to run me off with their attitude toward women and so forth! .........

http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10688399/al_gore_30/1

[halobeam]

1. That was GREAT. I can NEVER get enough of him!

It is a better world with him in it.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Thanks !

"I don't mean that he actually knew at the time of the campaign that he was going to invade Iraq -- because I don't think Cheney had told him yet ."

:rofl:

[peacetalksforall]

3. We used to take intellect and purpose of our leaders for granted..

We really believe that someone was working for us.

Listenting to Al makes me value intellect, sincerity, and genuineness more.

[Serial Mom]

4. I love his candor since he "lost"

on dubya and the dick...

"Unfortunately, the've got two and a half years left. Two and a half days are too much, in my opnion."

:applause:

[MasonJar]

5. Go over to Rollingstone's link and read some of the snide com-

ments by the Beef...kind of turned my stomach.