Congratulations to President Gore
Posted on October 12, 2007
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If only. Instead:
Even before Mr. Gore won an Emmy for his so-called “user generated†cable television network, Current, or an Oscar for his film on climate change, “An Inconvenient Truth,†he was growing in stature for another reason: his early opposition to the Iraq war.
He had initially voiced it in 2002 in an address that his newly galvanized supporters now describe as uncannily prescient and unfairly dismissed, though it was seen as a politically off-kilter at a time of great popularity for President George W. Bush.
Gore, of course, was right about climate change; he was right about the war. There were quite a few of us who were “politically off-kilter” in 2002, opposing the war party as it prepared to take the nation into the bloody quagmire of Iraq. Instead of the proud ignoramus George Bush, the thoughtful & reserved Al Gore might have been leading the US for the last seven years. It would be a different country, a better country. Too late now. The Gang of Five on the Supreme Court has a great deal to answer for. The American people have a lot to answer for, having confirmed the 2000 coup with their votes in 2004. If only.
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Josh Marshall’s eloquent response here.
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[...] Congratulations to President Al Gore! Al Gore receives what Bill Clinton worked so hard to get and missed. Despite the past wins of Doctor Kissinger and Chairman Arafat, many of us are optimistic. Do you remember who won last year? [...]
The Grameen Bank. And looking up the list of recent winners just now, I’d say Gore is in some pretty good company.