Read Gore's Speech...This man would have my vote if he ran.

[masmdu]

http://moveon.org/gore-speech.html

(snip)

The administration has developed a highly effective propaganda machine to imbed in the public mind mythologies that grow out of the one central doctrine that all of the special interests agree on, which --
in its purest form -- is that government is very bad and should be done away with as much as possible -- except the parts of it that redirect money through big contracts to industries that have won their
way into the inner circle.

For the same reasons they push the impression that government is bad, they also promote the myth that there really is no such thing as the public interest. What's important to them is private interests. And
what they really mean is that those who have a lot of wealth should be left alone, rather than be called upon to reinvest in society through taxes.

Perhaps the biggest false impression of all lies in the hidden social objectives of this Administration that are advertised with the phrase "compassionate conservatism" -- which they claim is a new
departure with substantive meaning. But in reality, to be compassionate is meaningless, if compassion is limited to the mere awareness of the suffering of others. The test of compassion is action. What the
administration offers with one hand is the rhetoric of compassion; what it takes away with the other hand are the financial resources necessary to make compassion something more than an empty and
fading impression.

Maybe one reason that false impressions have a played a bigger role than they should is that both Congress and the news media have been less vigilant and exacting than they should have been in the
way they have tried to hold the Administration accountable.

(snip)

And speaking of the Patriot Act, the president ought to reign in John Ashcroft and stop the gross abuses of civil rights that twice have been documented by his own Inspector General. And while he's at it,
he needs to reign in Donald Rumsfeld and get rid of that DoD "Total Information Awareness" program that's right out of George Orwell's 1984.

The administration hastened from the beginning to persuade us that defending America against terror cannot be done without seriously abridging the protections of the Constitution for American citizens, up
to and including an asserted right to place them in a form of limbo totally beyond the authority of our courts. And that view is both wrong and fundamentally un-American.

(snip)

[foxglove1]

1. Al's comments on "honor and integrity":

And as for honor and integrity, let me say this: we know what that was all about, but hear me well, not as a candidate for any office, but as an American citizen who loves my country:

For eight years, the Clinton-Gore Administration gave this nation honest budget numbers; an economic plan with integrity that rescued the nation from debt and stagnation; honest advocacy for the environment; real compassion for the poor; a strengthening of our military -- as recently proven -- and a foreign policy whose purposes were elevated, candidly presented and courageously pursued, in the face of scorched-earth tactics by the opposition. That is also a form of honor and integrity, and not every administration in recent memory has displayed it.

So I would say to those who have found the issue of honor and integrity so useful as a political tool, that the people are also looking for these virtues in the execution of public policy on their behalf, and will judge whether they are present or absent.

Sue

[rock]

2. WOW!

[chadm]

3. That's all it takes for you people?

ONE GOOD SPEECH!!!!

You know Bush said some pretty nice things during the campaign as well. I guess I'm being too critical.

[Joe the Revelator]

4. are you actually comparing Gore

to bush?

this place amazes me some days

[kentuck]

5. Your comments reflect exactly what Gore was criticizing....

There is a difference in myths and facts. He itemized the myths that this Administration promoted to start this war and to destroy this economy. How can you post such tripe?

[Imalittleteapot]

6. We've heard many Gore speeches and this one

reminded us of his intellect, honor, integrity and leadership qualities. As a Texan, I knew that every campaign word that spilled out of Bush's mouth was bull. There's no comparison between the two and you know it. If Gore were President today, I might be frantic trying to get a job done, rather than waiting for one to come in, and I wouldn't be stressed about my nephew in in harms way in Iraq.

[Catherine Vincent]

7. "You people"--??

Yeah, Bush said one nice thing, he called a reporter a major league asshole.

Very nice, eh?

[searchingforlight]

9. Ah, well, you got me there. Which reporter?

[searchingforlight]

8. Bush said some pretty nice things during the campaign?

In a language most people couldn't understand!!! My memory of Bush's speeches were that they were inarticulate, repetative and confusing. Hummmm - just like his "presidency".