Just a few comments on the American tragedy of 2000 and the ensuing Nightmare Years. Does anyone believe that if Al Gore had become president, as he should have, we would now be in this horrible situation? Would we have gone from a huge surplus to the largest national debt in history? Would we be bogged down in an unnecessary and immoral "war" in Iraq? Would we be regarded as the most dangerous country on earth? Would we be the first nation in the world to publicly support torture as a legitimate means to acquire informtion? Would our president and vice-president be regarded with loathing all around the world? Would we as a nation be protecting known war criminals? Would we be the first democratic nation to do away with habeas corpus? Would our administration be denying the reality of global warming and pretending it doesn't exist? Would Donald Rumsfeld, the poster boy for incompetence be our Secretary of Defense? And on. Need I say more.
Al Gore was almost certainly the most highly qualified person to ever run for the Office of President of the United States. Perhaps voting for a presumed (but totally phony) good ol' boy because you'd rather have a beer with him wasn't a very good idea. Think about it.
The Page scandal. Tony Snow's comment that they were "only naughty emails" ought to get him immediately fired (fat chance in the Bush/Cheney administration). The Fox News attempt to compare the Foley case with Clinton's "affair" with an eager and consulting adult is simply beneath contempt.
The Abramhof Scandal. Remember when this first broke the White House claimed they hardly knew him. It turns out there were some 400 plus meetings with him or his operatives.
The Republican party has become an absolute cesspool of lies and corruption. That might be too generous a description.
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I don't know; I thought Thomas Jefferson had some pretty good credentials to run for President (wrote the Declaration of Independence and whatnot.)
God Bless Ya. Never having left the swamps of academe until you retired, you rail because reality refuses to conform to your prejudices. Your icon AlGore has pronounced that cigarette smoke is a very strong cause of global warming. This strikes me as carrying the butterfly effect more than a little too far... But I have a question - after the object of your BDS is removed, whom will you hate?
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