Favorite lines from Al Gore speach

[pf99]

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

"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. "

[otohara]

1. Dido

My fav by far

[Must_B_Free]

2. I liked where he said

"we left a strong military, as recently proven"

There were a number of points that were absolute Bombs dropped on the Bushes. Al Rambo'ed them amazingly. It was like the tet offensive - simultaneos bombings on multiple fronts. Good god he pummeled them.

[Duncan Grant]

3. "civil cold war" was my favorite line!

Gore (5th para from end of speech:

"If the 21st century is to be well started, we need a national agenda that is worked out in concert with the people, a healing agenda that is built on a true national consensus. Millions of Americans got the impression that George W. Bush wanted to be a "healer, not a divider", a president devoted first and foremost to "honor and integrity." Yet far from uniting the people, the president's ideologically narrow agenda has seriously divided America. His most partisan supporters have launched a kind of 'civil cold war' against those with whom they disagree."
--http://www.moveon.org/gore-speech.html

I thought this was a speech that will be cited in history books 100 years from now! Man, Oh Man, did Al hit it out of the park or what!?

[Lisa]

4. a few gems here ...

"But whether you agree with that conclusion or not, whether you're a Democrat or a Republican -- or an Independent, a Libertarian, a Green or a Mugwump -- you've got a big stake in making sure that Representative Democracy works the way it is supposed to. And today, it just isn't working very well. We all need to figure out how to fix it because we simply cannot keep on making such bad decisions on the basis of false impressions and mistaken assumptions."


"We need to face the fact that our dangerous and unsustainable consumption of oil from a highly unstable part of the world is similar in its consequences to all other addictions. As it becomes worse, the consequences get more severe and you have to pay the dealer more."

"Robust debate in a democracy will almost always involve occasional rhetorical excesses and leaps of faith, and we're all used to that. I've even been guilty of it myself on occasion. But there is a big difference between that and a systematic effort to manipulate facts in service to a totalistic ideology that is felt to be more important than the mandates of basic honesty."

[kentuck]

5. "just politics"

That was Bush's comment today when asked about Al Gore's speech...

There was no follow-up.

[Cheswick2.0]

6. yeah, and it only took his trainers 2 hours to tutor him..............

to make sure he could say those words.
I won't say what I think should happen to that arrogant little shit because I don't need a visit from Herr Asscrack.

[PaDUer]

7. "Just Politics?"

He didn't know what else to say because he didn't understand what Gore was saying..and probably discussed it with his henchmen,however, he still didn't understand, so, they told him to say "just politics" and walk away so he wouldn't be questioned!

[thom1102]

8. My favorite was the line about

Job loses under Bush and how he was the first one.

[DemNoir]

9. I was glad to hear

"I will not join them"