Blogcritics: Comments on A Trail of Gore... or Gore On The Trail

Comment by David Flanagan

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 22:14:39 EDT

Lol! You see, when I'm tired I just don't get jokes! Thank YOU Mr. Olsen. ;-) David

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 15:37:11 EDT

David, it was just a joke - the comma makes all the difference

Comment by David Flanagan

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:59:56 EDT

I never saw it as thanking myself. Is that how it appears? I'm just trying to be courteous to the people I'm disagreeing with. :-) It just seems kind of impersonal otherwise. Thanks, David

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:29:10 EDT

thanking yourself is a somewhat odd trait

Comment by David Flanagan

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:25:44 EDT

Only if this country learns a lesson and never ever allows a religious conservative near the presidency again. There were MANY presidents who were religious conservatives. Here are just a few. George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln John F Kennedy Having people of faith in office is a good thing. As Thomas Jefferson once said: In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current. Thanks David

Comment by JR

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 12:12:51 EDT

I like Gore, although it's probably for the best that he didn't win. Only if this country learns a lesson and never ever allows a religious conservative near the presidency again.

Comment by David Flanagan

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:56:41 EDT

Here is a quote from Kerry while at Cape Canaveral:

"We need to push the curve of discovery," Kerry said at the Kennedy Space Center. "Let's go forward."

Now, granted, he was talking about things such as our oil dependence and health care issues, but he was saying these things at the Kennedy Space Center... You know, the place which serves as the center of most of our efforts around space travel and exploration. And lets not forget that MANY technical innovations have come from our efforts and innovations around space travel. Innovations in both non-space travel as well as the medical industry, so continuing to aggressively pursue travel and exploration in space is something that every American president since John F Kennedy has supported. As for reducing our dependency on foreign sources of oil, this was the cornerstone of Bush's energy policy. The short-term solution proposed by Bush was to utilize our own sources of oil, coal, and gas, and the long-term solution was to aggressively pursue new sources of energy. I could go on forever, but, really, what is the point. FYI - Thanks for the correction regarding the suits being worn by Kerry and Glenn. Here are a couple of pertinent quotes:

Mary Beth Cahill: "This was a legitimate tour of a NASA facility and this photograph came out of absolutely nowhere. We were surprised then. We aren't surprised now." A NASA spokesman told FOX News that the space agency provided one photographer to document Kerry's tour but said NASA did not release any images to the media. Instead, the photographs were given to the Kerry campaign to review before several were posted on the Kennedy Space Center Web site. In no way were photographs "leaked," the spokesman said.

Thanks. David

Comment by Eric Olsen

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:33:33 EDT

I like Gore, although it's probably for the best that he didn't win. I thought the icky wife-kissing humanized him. He clearly digs that woman.

Comment by Tom Johnson

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:31:30 EDT

It's not a space suit. It's a clean-room suit - it looks absolutely nothing like a spacesuit and is just a jumper with a hood. It's worn in areas where the spacecraft or components are being constructed in order to keep hair, skin flakes, and clothing fibers from getting into sensitive electronics. Why this is such a funny picture, I really don't know. Everyone looks like an oompa-loompa in them.

Comment by Mark Saleski

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:28:33 EDT

of course, gore didn't actually claim to have invented the internet. however, gore DID invent icky public wife-kissing.

Comment by Mark Edward Manning

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 11:22:25 EDT

They want to put Kerry in a space suit? Dukakis-in-the-tank redux! I suppose Kerry's been saying, "Well, I'm all for the President's space program, but I'm not all for the President's space program." By the way, Gore didn't claim to invent NASA, did he?

Comment by David Flanagan

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:12:23 EDT

If there's nothing there, why all the blather? There's nothing with the whole photo op thing in my opinion, other than the fact that the whole thing was poorly handled by Mary Beth Cahill and the fact that Grim Reaper Gore sounded the death knell for Kerry on Monday. Other than that, nothing much happening here. Thanks David

Comment by Hal Pawluk

Wed, 28 Jul 2004 09:50:27 EDT

Very Shakespearean, David - much ado about nothing. If there's nothing there, why all the blather?