A Trail of Gore... or Gore On The Trail
Published July 28, 2004
That and a new poll by ABC News and The Washington Post showing that Kerry's momentum might be slipping have to be of great concern to Kerry supporters. All that, ironically happening the very day after Bill Clinton vowed to get Kerry elected as the next President and the day of Gore's speech on behalf of Kerry.
Bill Clinton's speech, was brilliantly delivered. NO ONE can speechify like our former President, except perhaps the British PM, Tony Blair. The difference, of course, is that I trust what comes out of Blair's mouth.
Case in point; about midway into his speech, Clinton spent a couple of minutes dividing the nation between rich and poor, the powerless and powerful, the caring and the cold-hearted, the victim and the victimizers. Then he goes on to conclude that "they [Republicans] have to portray us Democrats as unacceptable, lacking in strength and values. In other words, they need a divided America." [emphasis mine] "Wow," I said to myself, "Clinton pulls out the old 'weak vs the powerful'line, akin to Edward's 'The Two Americas'spiel, and then claims that Republicans need a divided America? A bunch of malarky, but MAN did he make it sound good!"
But I digress.
The fact is, former VP Albert Gore has been the kiss of death to too many politicians for me to count. One of his latest casualties was Howard Dean. Gore showed up to give Dean an unexpected and ringing endorsement near the height of Dean's campaign... And soon after Dean's poll numbers began to collapse and Dean was routed in nearly every Democratic primary in America. Dean was called "unelectable" by voters, but I know better. What really happened was that Dean got Gore-d! As did Grey Davis in California, and numerous other Democratic candidates and incumbents.
In February, Newsmax highlighted how damaging Gore's endorsements can be:
He is also becoming the butt of jokes. Bob Dole said he has advised the Kerry and Edwards campaigns that if Gore calls them, they should not return the phone call.
"I suppose people are going to be running away from Al Gore the way the devil runs away from holy water," Paul Begala, a former Clinton aide, told the New York Times.
Please, you Democrats out there, listen to me... Al Gore is bad mojo. Be afraid, be VERY afraid!
David Flanagan
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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
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?
of course, gore didn't actually claim to have invented the internet.
however, gore DID invent icky public wife-kissing.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
thanking yourself is a somewhat odd trait
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
David, it was just a joke - the comma makes all the difference
Lol! You see, when I'm tired I just don't get jokes!
Thank YOU Mr. Olsen. ;-)
David
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Very Shakespearean, David - much ado about nothing.
If there's nothing there, why all the blather?