An inconvenient honor
AL, don't go! It's a trap! Take your Nobel Prize and run!
Former vice-president Al Gore is invited to return to the White House next week, for the first time since leaving office, to be honored by the man who took the Presidency from him seven years ago.
The Bushism I'd like to see Bush commit when he walks up to that podium -- "I'd like to congratulate Vice President Gore for winning the noble prize."
From washingtonpost.com: "Former vice president Al Gore plans to return to the White House after Thanksgiving, apparently for the first time since leaving office, to be honored by the man who beat him seven years ago.
President Bush will host five American winners of this year's Nobel Prizes in the Oval Office on Nov. 26, including the winner of the Peace Prize, who fell 538 votes short of hosting the event himself. No word on whether the Supreme Court will be on hand to mediate in case of trouble. [..]"
Stephen Colbert should write the Mother of all "acceptance" speeches for Gore. Colbert speaks truth to power so adroitly that they actually think he's complimenting them.
<sigh> IF we only knew back in 2000 what we know now... Gore would be President.
Bush seemed like a likeable enough guy... but he has turned out to be a disaster for our country and the world with his inept actions and failed policies. Iraq, Katrina, spending like no other President has before, selling us out to China, trying to sell our ports to the enemy, open borders, outing CIA operatives... everything he's touched has turned to shit or caught fire.
Gore on the other hand wasn't as personable... was sometimes stiff in front of a crowd, but damn he is smart. The whole world respects and admires him. He has been cheated and maligned without cause and yet is still willing to spend his personal time and money to try to help the world. His fight to raise awareness about global warming is a noble cause by a noble man. His detractors say he's getting rich from this fight, but Al Gore donates the money back into causes which are dedicated to saving the planet.
It ain't easy being Green, but there is no way he would have been as big a disaster as Bush.
Yep, if only we knew back in 2000 what we know now ...
And just think AL, you could be living in the White House if only you would run.....
