Gore v. Bush, Redux
David and I were talking about Al Gore last night. Gore’s back in the news, coming out strong against the Bush administration’s “war on terror” and the real war against our civil liberties they are waging. That’s great. Bravo, Al.
But I think David and I agreed that it was Gore’s wimpy, I-agree-with-him, never-say-anything-to-offend campaign that convinced people there was no difference between the Democrats and the Republicans in 2000. And that’s what ushered in the Bush era, not, say, Ralph Nader’s candidacy, or even the Florida debacle. Gore couldn’t even win his own home state.
It’s good that Gore is rallying the troops now – too bad he couldn’t (or wouldn’t) do it then.
I’ve been suggesting that the Democrats need a sacrificial lamb to spend his political reputation attacking dubya so the official Dem candidate can win. If yesterday’s speech is any indication, Gore may be it. If he’s really effective, maybe he can reveal how much of a lie the entire Republican party has become and cure us not only of dubya but the entire Republican disease.