One person's speculation of the Algore 2004 election dropout mystery:
In 1996, TWA Flight 800 exploded shortly after takeoff over the ocean. While the Clinton team called it a terror attack in the confines of their ''war room,'' publicly the media was pushed towards reporting that the explosion was caused by a mechanical failure. That was the word that came down from the Clinton/Gore White House and the investigating personnel was told to work on that premise. The following is from a transcript of Congressional hearings on the matter of TWA Flight 800 with the head of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Congressman Traficant: ''To this point, has any physical evidence, conclusive forensic evidence, [been found] to prove it was a mechanical failure that caused the explosion of the center fuel tank? Yes or no?''
NTSB Chairman Jim Hall: ''We’re looking into that.''
Traficant: ''I want a one [word] answer. I know it is tough at this point.''
Hall: ''No.''
After $40 million dollars and months of investigations, the NTSB still could not prove that a mechanical failure of any kind caused that plane to explode. To this day, the NTSB has been unable to prove that a mechanical failure killed the 230 people on that doomed flight. One thing that was concluded very quickly--perhaps a little too quickly--by the administration was that it was NOT a terrorist attack.
In 1997, the final report of the Gore Commission on Aviation Safety was published. Just prior the release of the findings, the DNC received at least $498,000 from the airline industry. This assured that nothing would be enacted that would hinder the airline industry’s profit margin. The Boston Globe, a liberal newspaper, was outraged at the obvious sellout of the safety of the flying public for a campaign contribution and said Gore, ''failed conspicuously to address airline safety.'' The paper went on to accuse Gore of selling out. Members on that committee stated after the attack on 9/11, that had it been enacted the way they wanted it to be, 9/11 may not have happened.
What do these two events have to do with Gore’s sudden and unexpected withdrawal from the presidential race? Both could have a lot to do with Gore’s dropping out so quickly that he didn’t even inform his shocked campaign staff.
Twice, John Kerry referred to the downing of TWA Flight 800 as a terrorist attack. Once after 9/11, he mentioned the doomed plane in with other known terrorist attacks such as the U.S.S. Cole and the embassy bombings. This makes one wonder: What does John Kerry know that the rest of us do not know? After all, as a senator throughout the 1990’s, Kerry would be in a good position to know the facts about both incidents. Was the mention of TWA 800 a warning shot across Gore’s bow that Kerry knew all about both? Does John Kerry know where all Al Gore’s bodies are buried? complete story
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And I thought the reason had to be that horrifying display on SNL in the hot tub. :-)
Crossing my fingers that algore will implode during prime time at the convention just so I can ask dems I know, "You voted for that? For PRESIDENT?!"