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| Gore: "Shrub’s a traitor." |
| 2004-02-09 |
| Hat tip LGF Al Gore, who lost the presidency to George W. Bush in 2000, assailed the commander in chief Sunday, accusing him of betraying the nation by invading Iraq. "He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure, dangerous to our troops, that was preordained and planned before 9-11," Gore told Tennessee Democrats at a party event. Preordained and planned before 9/11!? Give the man a tinfoil beanie. The former vice president said that he, like millions of others, had put partisanship aside after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and wanted Bush to lead the nation. Instead, Gore shouted to the crowd, Bush "betrayed us." "My legs have betrayed me too! See, they’ve shrunk!" Gore, who won the popular vote in 2000 but lost the electoral vote to Bush, likened the Republican’s administration to that of former President Nixon. You asshat. Nixon was a liar. Bush is not. "Nixon was no more committed to principle than the man on the moon," Gore said. "He cared as little about what it means to be conservative as George Bush does about imposing ... budget deficits. "AAAAAAAAA! FY LIFS! "It has nothing to do with conservatism and everything to do with his efforts to get re-elected." Gore, who endorsed Howard Dean for the nomination, complimented the former Vermont governor on his decision to speak out against the war in Iraq, for bringing new people into the party and for raising money through the Internet. "I appreciate what he’s done about giving the party its voice back," he said of Dean. Then his harp bent like an overdrawn bow. A string snapped and it looked as though several others might give way too. Although Gore campaigned in Iowa and other states for Dean, he did promote the Democrat’s candidacy in his home state of Tennessee. No matter who wins on Tuesday in the primary, Gore called on Democrats to unite behind their nominee, saying "any of these candidates are better than George W. Bush." Then he turned into a pillar of salt and could say no more. |
| Posted by:Steve from Relto |
| #24 It just makes me realize how big of a disaster we dodged in 2000. Thank God the Florida voters got it right. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-2-9 7:56:45 PM |
| #23 Secondly, I thought one of Al's bitches was that we had no plan for Iraq. good point doc! Ah...GW, the moronic evil genius! |
| Posted by: B 2004-2-9 6:20:58 PM |
| #22 "I appreciate what he’s done about giving the party its voice back," he said of Dean. "too bad it's using that voice to howl like a dreanged banshee..." |
| Posted by: mojo 2004-2-9 6:01:27 PM |
| #21 Not to open an old wound, but hey.... One of the commentors above mentioned that algore "screamin' al" won the popular vote and then lost the electorial vote and has been on lithium ever since. Prior to the election I remember watching some liberal type pundants talking on TV and were looking at the possibility that GWB could very well end up winning the popular vote and loosing the electorial college. They thought the prospect was kind of amusing. The stopped laughing kind sudden like. Never did figure out why. |
| Posted by: Michael 2004-2-9 4:11:56 PM |
| #20 Interesting how Dean starting screaming and acting like he had gone off his medication at about the same time Al Gore gave him an endorsement, about the same time Al started acting as if he was on someone elses medication. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2004-2-9 3:50:29 PM |
| #19 CF - C'mon, cut us some slack! Everybody's just looking for a little slack, y'know. Of course if it's too slack, well, I admit I'll be looking for an upgrade... Vagina v25.0 - v35.0 would do just fine, methinks. Experience (+ fertile Pappy - "She has control of her vagina now- donchaknow?" Yeah, I remember the hot wet vagina story. But you do me an injustice, sir! I don't wanna own it, I'm not greedy, I just wanna borrow it now and then. The vagina is very very green as it is an almost infinitely renewable resource. [You're gonna get killed for that, y'know. Yeah, I know, but what's a guy to do? Lie to get what I want?] ;-) |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-9 3:10:38 PM |
| #18 What's that on the kitchen table ? Oh, Al's pills. That explains a lot. |
| Posted by: Peter 2004-2-9 2:47:42 PM |
| #17 Pappy - nobody else would want it -- Yuck! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-9 2:37:30 PM |
| #16 Only if she'll dress up in her Barbarella threads. I'd vote for Barbarella in a heartbeat. Never happen. She has control of her vagina now- donchaknow? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2004-2-9 2:24:05 PM |
| #15 and we're going to go on to MoveOn and then to Democratic Underground and then to AlJazeera and then to ANSWER and then to purgatory and then to hell - YAAAAAYYYYEEEEEE |
| Posted by: mhw 2004-2-9 1:57:48 PM |
| #14 "I think Jane Fonda has the VP spot wrapped up." Only if she'll dress up in her Barbarella threads. I'd vote for Barbarella in a heartbeat. I would be helpless to prevent it. I'm wired that way. |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-9 1:20:16 PM |
| #13 Gee AL is that the best you can offer. Well you have a real "hero" in Kerry now. I hear you may be out of luck for VP though, I think Jane Fonda has the VP spot wrapped up. |
| Posted by: dataman1 2004-2-9 1:14:17 PM |
| #12 The timeline is the first thing to go when the revisionists get down to business. IIRC, and not being a revisionist I do, the UNSCOM boyz didn't even get to go back in to be duped and toyed with until troop strength in Kuwait hit around 50,000... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-2-9 12:42:55 PM |
| #11 Planned an attack against Iraq, of course, we have plans to invade Antarctica in case something comes up. Preordained? I imagine he's alluding to the paper that Rumsfield and many of the neocons sent to Clinton requesting Saddam be removed. Since most of these fellows ended up in the Bush adminstration Gore is trying to connect the dots. Fact is, those folks were in the right place to push their world view after Sept 11, but I don't recall a military buildup in Kuwait until some time aftewards. I think Gore needs a few lessons in Cause & Effect. |
| Posted by: Anonymous 2004-2-9 12:24:14 PM |
| #10 Looks like the Global Warming is starting it's work on Al's brain. Look for his head to burst into flames soon. It'll be a better photo op then Dean freaking in Iowa. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-2-9 12:22:26 PM |
| #9 Pardon Tommy Chong! |
| Posted by: HalfEmpty/Overengineeredbyhalf 2004-2-9 12:18:07 PM |
| #8 "He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure, dangerous to our troops, that was preordained and planned before 9-11," He's just sniveling because we didn't do like Clinton would do, and pack up after a few casualties. |
| Posted by: lil dhimmi(JC) 2004-2-9 12:16:00 PM |
| #7 Gorebot's desperately flailing for relevance - his endorsement of Dean was quite the benefit to Howard, huh? Let's see, he won....um, ummmmm.. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-2-9 12:11:12 PM |
| #6 Another version of the story here. He's become quite the asshat, hasn't he? |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-2-9 12:07:57 PM |
| #5 dangerous to our troops, that was preordained and planned before 9-11 As far as I know all missions we send troops on are dangerous. Secondly, I thought one of Al's bitches was that we had no plan for Iraq. Well Al, which is it? Plan or no plan? But hey, I'm gone back to surfing - thanks for the 'net Al!! |
| Posted by: Doc8404 2004-2-9 11:50:37 AM |
| #4 Since Bush is going to win again I'll probably never get my freedoms back, let alone my bong. |
| Posted by: Halfempty 2004-2-9 11:47:57 AM |
| #3 Oops: Quote attribution. Line about the harp from Taran Wanderer. |
| Posted by: Steve from Relto 2004-2-9 11:46:12 AM |
| #2 Where did Gore stand on the regime issue? I assume that he agreed with Clinton's position. Without the Iraq invasion proliferation of nukes from our Pakistani entrepreneur would have continued unabated. Mumar would have continued to be a pain. We would have had to keep 130,000 troops in tents on the Kuwaiti border perpetually while jihadi kooks continued attacks like birds flying into a glass window. And on, and on ... |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-2-9 11:44:49 AM |
| #1 Seems Mr. Pen also opened his hole promoting Mystic River down the Central/South American way and also called W a traitor. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2004-2-9 11:39:34 AM |