August 10, 2007
Al Gore: Leader of the Courage Wing of the Democratic Party (Brent Budowsky)
While the Democratic fear caucus in Congress grows with progressively more embarrassing surrenders to executive abuse, and Hillary Clinton now debates herself about whether a presidential candidate should ever renounce first use of nuclear weapons, which she was for before she was against, Al Gore is the leader of the courage wing of the Democratic Party.
The true choice in 2008 is Bushism versus Goreism. Bushism is the complex of policies that promote massive profiteering and tax avoidance by the oil sector, destruction of the environment that follows from an economy addicted to oil, unwise wars inexorably tied to the oil fields of Arabia, massive campaign donations from oil profiteers to Republican candidates, and an infrastructure of secrecy, fear and deceit necessary to support policies that would be rejected in open and honest debate.
Goreism is a pro-American energy policy that promotes safer and renewable sources; the protection of the planet that inevitably follows from those safer energy sources; avoidance of unwise wars and the use of diplomacy to avoid them when possible; integrity and truth in public debate; a reduction of the corrupting influence of money in politics, and respect for the rule of law and constitutional Americanism.
Bush embodies the exploitation of fear; many Democrats embody their own fears in their repeated surrenders to fear. Al Gore embodies the politics of courage, the clarity of conviction.
Begin with Bush’s premise, we end with Bush’s tactics, policies, unwise wars, corruptions, and abuses of constitutional rights while the planet is polluted. Begin with Gore’s premise, we end with honest public debate, political reform, less pressure for unwise wars, far more equitable distribution of wealth, far more respect for the rule of law, while the planet is protected.
With Bush, there is a synergy between lying and misrepresenting intelligence to promote war, lying to buy science to fraudulently deny the risks of global warming, and pressure to censor administration science that is based on truth.
With Gore, there is a synergy between telling the truth to educate the world about global warming and knowing the truth about why we should have avoided a disastrous war in Iraq.
This is a clash of civilizations, a war of the worlds, between the world of Bush and the world of Gore, between competing visions of America, competing aspirations for the Earth, competing ideals of integrity in politics, competing values of reason versus ideology and delusion, competing visions between reverence for the Constitution and the rule of law versus contempt for American traditions that were previously accepted with near universal consensus since Jefferson put pen to paper.
Democrats in Washington should close down the fear and surrender caucus in the Capitol, listen to what Gore is saying, and do what Gore is doing.
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OH YES! Excellent article and well said Mr. Budowsky. I agree with everything you said.
"Time for a COOL change,
Gore
2008″
Comment by LDP — August 10, 2007 @ 2:31 pm
Al Gore, an ALREADY rich man, flies all over the world in massively polluting jets (sometimes even private jets) so he can make himself richer.
Gore makes $100,000 - $175,000 for a 75-minute "multimedia presentation" about global warming. NOTHING that Al Gore says couldn't be put on a website, negating any real reason for him to travel and pollute so much.
The reason Gore travels and pollutes is to make money.
Gore has positioned himself to profit handsomely off this farce called Global Warming.
Ooooh, the earth has warmed by 0.6 degrees Celsius in 100 years! That's not a very big amount, you know.
Al Gore proves: there is a sucker born every minute.
Don't forget Al Gore's 3 mansions, one of which uses 20 times the amount of electricity as the average home!
Al Gore pollutes enough for 100 men or more.
Comment by DFAL — August 10, 2007 @ 3:44 pm
I think the science to support global warming isn't on firm footing yet:
This is actually raw, re-crunched data from NASA. Now magically 1998 isn't the hottest year on record, it's actually 1934!
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/Fig.D.txt
In fact, now four of the top 10 are from the 1930s: 1934, 1931, 1938 and 1939, while only 3 of the top 10 are from the last 10 years (1998, 2006, 1999). Several years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2004) fell well down to behind even 1900.
Idealism and noble goals are fine, but the science also has to add up.
Avoidance of unwise wars is also fine, but avoidance of all wars when you are attacked is defeatism. I know, I know it wasn't Saddam Hussein, but I'll skip the long argument this time.
And nuclear energy with full waste reprocessing will be the answer sooner or later. Face it, 5 billion years from now the Sun will collapsed so we are all doomed anyway, and non-shale oil will run out very soon no matter what we do, but in terms of foreseeable human history, with nuclear and coal-based synfuels we can be set for a few hundred years.
Comment by Igor R. — August 10, 2007 @ 4:02 pm
As Gore himself said this week in Singapore, "There is no single candidate that is putting forward a comprehensive argument about the environment or making climate change a priority."
- Draftgore.com
Comment by Andrea Ronhovde — August 10, 2007 @ 4:20 pm
Maybe useful for the libbies to read:
If any of you still feel that this war on terror is a mistake, here is an
opinion from a very unexpected source. It's fascinating that this should
come out of Europe. Mathias Dapfner, Chief Executive of the huge German
publisher Axel Springer AG, has written a blistering attack in DIE WELT
(The World) , Germany's largest daily paper, against the timid reaction of
Europe in the face of the Islamic threat.
This is a must-read for all Americans. History may well verify its correctness.
EUROPE - THY NAME IS COWARDICE
(Commentary by Mathias Dapfner CEO, Axel Springer, AG)
A few days ago Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, "Europe - your family
name is appeasement." It's a phrase you can't get out of your head because
it's so terribly true.
Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives, as England a nd
France, allies at the time, negotiated and hesitated too long before they
noticed that Hitler had to be fought, not bound to toothless agreements.
Appeasement legitimized and stabilized Communism in the Soviet Union, then
East Germany, then all the rest of Eastern Europe, where for decades,
inhuman suppressive, murderous governments were glorified as the
ideologically correct alternative to all other possibilities.
Appeasement crippled Europe when genocide ran rampant in Kosovo, and even
though we had absolute proof of ongoing mass-murder, we Europeans debated
and debated and debated, and were still debating when finally the Americans
had to come from halfway around the world, into Europe yet again, and do our
work for us.
Rather than protecting democracy in the Middle East, European Appeasement,
camouflaged behind the fuzzy word "equidistance," now countenances suicide
bombings in Israel by fundamentalist Pales tinians.
Appeasement generates a mentality that allows Europe to ignore nearly
500,000 victims of Saddam's torture and murder machinery and, motivated by
the self-righteousness of the peace movement, has the gall to issue bad
grades to George Bush… Even as it is uncovered that the loudest critics
of the American action in Iraq made illicit billions, no, TENS of billions,
in the corrupt U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
And now we are faced with a particularly grotesque form of appeasement. How
is Germany reacting to the escalating violence by Islamic Fundamentalists in
Holland and elsewhere? By suggesting that we really should have a "Muslim
Holiday" in Germany?
I wish I were joking, but I am not. A substantial fraction of our (German)
Government, and if the polls are to be believed, the German people, actually
believe that creating an Official State "Muslim Holiday" will somehow spare
us from the wrath of the fanatical Islamists. One cannot help but recall
Britain's Neville Chamberlain waving the laughable treaty signed by Adolph
Hitler and declaring European "Peace in our time".
What else has to happen before the European public and its political
leadership get it? There is a sort of crusade underway, an especially
perfidious crusade consisting of systematic attacks by fanatic Muslims,
focused on civilians, directed against our free, open Western societies, and
intent upon Western Civilization's utter destruction.
It is a conflict that will most likely last longer than any of the great
military conflicts of the last century - a conflict conducted by an enemy
that cannot be tamed by "tolerance" and "accommodation" but is actually
spurred on by such gestures, which have proven to be, and will always be
taken by the Islamists for signs of weakness. Only two recent American
Presidents had the courage needed for Anti-appeasement: Reagan and Bush.
His American critics may quibble over the details, but we Europeans know the
truth. We saw it first hand: Ronald Reagan ended the Cold War, freeing half
of the German people from nearly 50 years of terror and virtual slavery.
And Bush, supported only by the Social Democrat Blair, acting on moral
conviction, recognized the danger in the Islamic War against Democracy. His
place in history will have to be evaluated after a number of years have
passed.
In the meantime, Europe sits back with charismatic self-confidence in the
multicultural corner, instead of defending liberal society's values and
being an attractive center of power on the same playing field as the true
great powers, America and China.
On the contrary - we Europeans present ourselves, in contrast to those
"arrogant Americans", as the World Champions of "tolerance", which even
(Germany's Interior Minister) Otto Schily justifiably criticizes. Why? Because we're so moral? I fear it's more because we're so materialistic, so
devoid of a moral compass.
For his policies, Bush risks the fall of the dollar, huge amounts of
additional national debt, and a massive and persistent burden on the
American economy - because unlike almost all of Europe, Bush realizes what
is at stake - literally everything.
While we criticize the "capitalistic robber barons" of America because they
seem too sure of their priorities, we timidly defend our Social Welfare
systems. Stay out of it! It could get expensive! We'd rather discuss
reducing our 35-hour workweek or our dental coverage, or our 4 weeks of paid
vacation… Or listen to TV pastors preach about the need to "reach out to
terrorists. To understand and forgive."
These days, Europe reminds me of an old woman who, with shaking hands,
frantically hides her last pieces of jewelry when she notices a robber
breaking into a neighb or's house.
Appeasement?
Europe, thy name is Cowardice.
—God Bless America
Comment by Igor R. — August 10, 2007 @ 8:18 pm
Brent: If you lived in Russia during the cold war you would have been delirious.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 10, 2007 @ 8:22 pm
By the way Brent. The Website Junkscience.com is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that mankind has contributed to global warming. If you collect on that money using Gorenology let me know.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 10, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
So Brent — How much does AlGore pay you to pump out his propaganda? Every other day you write a column about how great he is.
Comment by John Simmons — August 10, 2007 @ 10:31 pm
Al Gore is a phony because he has three houses and rides first class on airplanes. they are sociopaths..I tell you.
Comment by Chris Calbi — August 10, 2007 @ 11:20 pm
[…] Brent Budowsky articulates why so many of us want Gore, or someone like him - because he's shown more leadership and courage than the rest: While the Democratic fear caucus in Congress grows with progressively more embarrassing surrenders to executive abuse, and Hillary Clinton now debates herself about whether a presidential candidate should ever renounce first use of nuclear weapons, which she was for before she was against, Al Gore is the leader of the courage wing of the Democratic Party. […]
Pingback by Suburban Guerrilla » The Courage Wing of the Democratic Party — August 11, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
First off, Gore purchases carbon credits to offset the carbon footprint that he is creating when traveling. Gore would not be stupid enough to be so visibly hypocritical in promoting conservation. And also, since it seems more likely every day that Gore will not be running, I doubt that he would go to the trouble to pay Brent to write these things. Most likely, Brent is so inspired by the courage and boldness of Al Gore that he so desperately wants him to enter the race and win. I have to admit, Brent may a little delusional in thinking that Gore will run, but it never hurts to dream.
Comment by Brett — August 11, 2007 @ 12:45 pm
Holy shit, some of these comments are literally mind-blowing!
Those who deny the mountain of scientific evidence showing a human contribution to global warming are in the same league as holacaust deniers. They have a political agenda, and they will twist facts and their own minds to fit around it.
And concerning fighting terrorism, let it be said for the gazillionth time that terrorism is a particular method of warfare carried out by people for a variety of reasons. It is not an ideology, nation, religion or people. I know of no one who does not support fighting terrorists who have harmed us or might harm us in the future. But going to war against a country that was not a source of terrorists is surely not the way to accomplish this goal and is, in fact, counterproductive. Perhaps the war lovers amongst us simply missed the consensus report from the United States intelligence community stating that the War in Iraq has actually increased the risk of terrorist acts against the US. Or perhaps the war lovers are immune to facts, just like the global warming deniers.
Rob
Comment by Rob — August 11, 2007 @ 1:34 pm
Oh, and concerning Al Gore's "wasteful" use of energy while he travels all over the world promoting clean energy, I would respond that just as it takes money to make money, it takes energy to save energy.
Rob
Comment by Rob — August 11, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
A person can be wealthy and still support polcies that help the middle class.
the average intelligent 5th grader can make this logical deduction. too bad most conservatives can't
Comment by Dave from queens — August 11, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
Way to go Brent–appreciate the insight.
Find the comments a bit depressing–the spewers of GOP/FOX talking points seem to outnumber all others.
A lot of them seem to think Gore and anyone else concerned about global warming should stop flying and immediately turn off all their lights and appliances–that might be convenient because no-one would have to listen to them–ignorance would then be bliss for these people, for a while, until the really bad stuff started happening.
oh yeah–re: Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 10, 2007 @ 8:31 pm
"By the way Brent. The Website Junkscience.com is offering $100,000 to anyone who can prove that mankind has contributed to global warming. If you collect on that money using Gorenology let me know."
Mr Rosencrans, I went to Junkscience.com–no word about who funds it, other than the usual paypal solicitations from generous readers (like yourself possibly).
I liked it when Steve Millroy billed himself as "a junk science expert". Excellent double meaning! Which one is right I wonder?
I did find it interesting that they claimed to be a "hot pick" in Science Magazine. That implies real credibility, so I looked them up in Science
"Page of contempt. Self-appointed bad science debunker Steve Milloy skewers studies on everything from the risks of diet drugs to global warming on The Junk Science Home Page (http://www.junkscience.com). Although Milloy's acerbic wit makes some researchers' blood boil, others find many of his points valid–or at least entertaining."
Doesn't sound like anyone there takes the guy seriously–why should we?
Comment by Mike — August 11, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
And best of all, Gore gives the Igor R.s and Robert Rosencranzes of the world the screaming fits. If only the Congressional Dems would pay more attention to him…
Comment by jeffreydj — August 11, 2007 @ 3:43 pm
Wow! I'm going to have to start reading the Hill more often! I knew it was a partisan rag/site but I didn't know it ever entertained a non-right wing thought! So what if global warming turns out to be based on science that doesn't yet know everything. We still treat human diseases with medicine that is only just starting to grow. It's all about that open, honest debate and transparent decision processes that are accessible by the public so we can be an informed public. Love him or hate him the Bush/Cheney person doesn't let that happen. As a wee voice at the edge of the world let me tell you that the people out here are saying, "give Gore a chance!" - except for me, I say, "Draft Gore!". Thanks, Mr. Budowsky. Mike in New Zealand
Comment by Mike in New Zealand — August 11, 2007 @ 3:47 pm
Ok so lets say global warming is a big farce. Wouldn't it still benifit the health of our nation to breathe clean air, preserve our natural resources and wildlife and become energy independent? Going into other countries to control their resources, and building military bases on their holy sites, does not exactly make for a peaceful world. I don't give a rats ass if Al Gore is making money. Its a drop in the bucket compared to what the oil companies are raking in and look at the fiasco they helped manufacture.
Comment by Carol — August 11, 2007 @ 4:00 pm
bushies simply manufacture their own reality. the rest of us, the healthy majority, say that we can't afford to ignore objective reality any longer.
We need leaders who can think critically, not stubborn fools who look on education as a vice. We need leaders who accept reality as it is, not as they want it to be, and who can devise and plan our way as a nation out of this so damaging past reign of george II.
Run, Al, run. We, our country and the world, need your leadership big time.
Comment by badgervan — August 11, 2007 @ 4:41 pm
If Gore had any real courage he would not have stood silent for the installation of Bush as our Dictator/President.
Comment by PHI — August 11, 2007 @ 4:58 pm
Carbon credits are a joke. Since all energy usage is usage there is no such thing as a carbon offset. Just more fraud from the global warming swindle crowd.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 11, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
I say, "Let's re-elect Gore!"
Comment by Terry Sneller — August 12, 2007 @ 8:23 am
"Carbon credits", huh? Who sells these things and how do I get in on some of the profit? The damage Gore does to the environment with his lifestyle affects me and my family as much as anyone else. If he's going to shell out money for "carbon credits", I want a piece of the pie.
Comment by John Simmons — August 12, 2007 @ 9:22 am
I have known Al since 1958 and Tipper since '68. They are not "sociopaths", hypocrites, or money hungry. Their house is in the process of being solarized, they use carbon offsets to balance travel, etc. Al has been passionate about the environment since he was a child, and has acted on his convictions. For those who would continue to villify them, I would ask: what are you so afraid of? Could it be that the truth scares you? I hope so.
Comment by Carroll — August 12, 2007 @ 11:39 am
Igor, Igor, Igor, Igor. If you look at your own chart you will see that there are many more plus readings as we approach the end of the century. If you see this chart clearly, you would see that there were many more minuses at the top of the chart, corresponding to earlier times.
Comment by Gary Anderson — August 12, 2007 @ 11:58 am
has anybody given thought to the possibility that gore has this thing figured out so well that the money gathering that he has been doing for the past five or six years is part of the plan to gather enough assetts that nobody can steal another election from him or steal a nominating process. serious seed money.extremely effective insurance.a kickass Al.
Comment by ron rusk — August 12, 2007 @ 1:42 pm
President Fossil Fuel has dragged the US into oil wars, complete alienation of the Muslim world, alienation of Europe, S. America,and most of the rest of the world. Under Bush, the only consistent strand is his complete dedication to maintaining the hegemony of the fossil fuel industry.The price of the Iraq disaster alone would have converted the US economy to Renewable Energy and Energy Autonomy several times over. Instead we have economic mismangement, generalized international chaos, unprecedented media manipulation,loss of faith in science, moral and ethical principles…a grim foretaste of what the future may be unless the American people come to understand the background realities of Global Warming and Peak Oil.
Comment by John Stanley — August 12, 2007 @ 3:01 pm
Isn't it great to read the insane postings by these crazy neocons (simmons, RR, Igor) that have nothing to offer in the way of solutions? All these nutball neocons do is hyper-criticize Who expect anyone to believe anything they say. You neocons are the problem, not the solution.
Comment by Chris in NM — August 12, 2007 @ 5:38 pm
Mike, Jeffrey, et al, ad nauseum. What does it matter who is funding Junkscience.com? Let's see you collect on the 100K offer or the altnerative is, the global warming movement is a swindle, and the global movement leaders are nothing but husting swindlers.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 12, 2007 @ 6:31 pm
Aww, poor little Chris in NM, when people don't agree with him he gets mad and calls names. Get your facts right, Chrissy, I ain't a neocon (assuming you know what one is).
Comment by John Simmons — August 12, 2007 @ 11:21 pm
Rosencrans, you're nuts. You know nothing about global warming, nor science at all. You're spewing a bunch of crazy neocon crap you've learned from Rush, the drug adeled junkie.
If you, Rosencrans, rely on a junkie for all your personal knowledge; you're living in an aleternate neocon universe.
Now, Rosnecrans, move aside and let the grownups repair the damage neocons like yourslef have done. Your crititicisms have zero credibility as you're a neocon.
You, Rosencrans, are insane and existing on the looney fringes of society.
Comment by Lester fields — August 12, 2007 @ 11:24 pm
Hillary and Obama are flawed candidates that Repubicans want to run against. Since Gore would represent real change and the intelligence to fix what is broken in our country, he will never be given the same free ride.
Comment by Dave Schwanz — August 13, 2007 @ 12:03 am
For a two-minute book review of Al Gore's new book, see
http://youtube.com/leearnold
Comment by Lee A. Arnold — August 13, 2007 @ 2:15 am
It is the 100K offer that is a swindle. If the current mountain of evidence or the current overwhelming consensus of the scientific community is insufficient to sway them then who shall stand as arbiter over the proof?
What is truly remarkable though is the sheer foolishness of the global warming deniers. To whit: America has no oil. It relies on and coddles some of the most repulsive regimes on the planet in order to sustain its energy needs. It has become a welfare state, not in providing welfare for its citizens but in requiring welfare assistance from other nations in order to bail out its faltering economy. It has undoubtedly vast wealth and power but instead of using its position to lead the world out of the oil age, it tries to bully everyone into a state of fear and denial. It claims to promote democracy while mocking and subverting it.
Comment by Ian McGarrett — August 13, 2007 @ 7:21 am
i think the real question should be asked: who is terraforming our planet and why? it would be very easy to see all of this as a systematic take down.
Comment by thing — August 13, 2007 @ 7:45 am
Sorry Igor, that thing about the changes in the dates from 1998 back to 1934 for the hottest year are true for America but does not change anything for the entire world. it has been misrepresented.
Comment by thing — August 13, 2007 @ 7:56 am
whether man assisted or not no one has started talking about the effects on the rotational spin of the planet or the changes in magentics that will occur as a result of the changes (maybe even directions?) in the ocean currents (let alone changes in the planetary food chain as you are no doubt aware, everything on this planet is entwined). as the currents change they will affect the rotational spin. you could even add in the gravitaional pull from the moon over time affecting things.
Comment by thing — August 13, 2007 @ 8:10 am
oops forgot to mention the change of a large part of the earths weight from liquid to gas and particles as we pump till there is nothing left to pump.
Comment by thing — August 13, 2007 @ 8:30 am
Lester: Being called insane by an anononmyous internet poster doesn't hurt my feelings. If what you say is true let's see you collect that 100,000 for proving that global warming is caused by mankind. Otherwise we will all know that you're the one who is insane.
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 13, 2007 @ 10:07 am
Ian McGarrett: The 100K offer is not a swindle. It is there for anyone who has the evidence to collect on it. Let's see you collect or wouldn't that make you a fool or a swindler?
Comment by Robert Rosencrans — August 13, 2007 @ 10:15 am
To post #3:
"This is actually raw, re-crunched data from NASA. Now magically 1998 isn’t the hottest year on record, it’s actually 1934! …"
Either this guy is a complete idiot, is knowingly lying.
My bet is on idiot, otherwise he would not have left a link - go to the website he lists, and you will see that he is discussing the surface temperature of the (continental) US only.
Graphs from the same website
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/graphs/
clearly show the increase the earths surface temperature.
What part about "global warming" do you not understand? "Global" or "warming?" The US is not the entire earth!
However, I appreciate #3 demonstration of a larger problem in America - what could go under the broad banner of "uneducated / ignorant." When people are able to find data on NASA, but not read the title of the chart, there is a serious problem … especially when these people find fit to post their ignorance on a website for all to see …
I'm posting this so that people don't read post #3, and fall to into another cycle of FUD, which seems to me the main tool of the those who want to deny reality.
Another note to #3, maybe this is some of the confusion. Science is not "magic."
Comment by Jonathan D — August 13, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
Brent, There are people in white jackets with long sleeves fastened in the back who take shock treatments making more sense than you do.
Comment by Henny — August 13, 2007 @ 5:06 pm
Great to see this debate on The Hill - another resource for democracizing American opinion.
Regarding the whole global warming thing, it's useless to try to convince those who's mind is made up.
Some people have a deep-seated fear of science; if they really looked at things scientifically, their whole world (and heaven) view would crumble.
After all, their are many on the right who are gleeful that the world is in all the turmoil we see. For them it means that the lord will soon be here to take them away in the rapture. How can you expect people who believe that kind of nonsense to give any credence to science? Save your breath!!
Comment by Smilinjack — August 13, 2007 @ 7:18 pm
John Boy Simmons; yes you are a neocon. You made the bed, chief, now lay in it. You voted for the freak that occupies the White Hoouse, AND, you continue to support his failures. That, amigo, makes you a certified NEOCON John Boy.
Comment by Chris in NM — August 14, 2007 @ 1:03 am
My God, the earth is in its last moments based on Brent's comments. Oil is running down our gutters, rats infest our cities, farmland is totally polluted, the sky is falling and all because of President Bush and the oil companies that produce the gasoline that runs your cars' engines. Any fool can look around and see that there is not a dimes difference in environment today versus 10, 15, 20 years ago. Actually, overall environment is better than under Mr Clinton, for example. You left wing, socialism loving, liberals just don't get it. Just because you live your lives in fear, have no confidence in the individual's ability to solve problems, and deep down dislike your country should not change our views. Get a life, get a room, get a therapist.
Comment by Col TKN — August 15, 2007 @ 8:44 am
Col TKN; Put down the crack pipe and back away slowly. Son, you are dazed and confused. How is the weather there in your parallel, alternate, neocon universe?
TKN, what part of the environment has improved? Please provide us with some more crazy-talk for the sake of entertainment.
Comment by Chris in NM — August 15, 2007 @ 11:14 am
I'd be a fool to bother, Gildenstern.
Comment by Ian McGarrett — August 24, 2007 @ 3:28 pm
We really need to elect someone of his international prestige so that the damage done by this administration can be undone. However, I think it imperative that he wait in the wings to surface as a unifier and for emergency purposes, having lived through 1968 myself.
Comment by Bob Pomeroy — October 15, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
TKN you are sooo cynical. You must be a speechwriter for W. None of your perjorative terms matches the hope Americans have for a change of administration. What do you think? Do you think W personifies the best we can do, the best we can hope for, the best to represent us. Nay amigo?
Comment by Bob Pomeroy — October 15, 2007 @ 5:22 pm