Posted on 08/16/2021 10:05:16 PM PDT by conservative98
In a withering critique of the Bush administration, former Vice President Al Gore on Sunday accused the president of betraying the country by using the Sept. 11 attacks as a justification for the invasion of Iraq.
''He betrayed this country!'' Mr. Gore shouted into the microphone at a rally of Tennessee Democrats here in a stuffy hotel ballroom. ''He played on our fears. He took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place.''
The speech had several hundred Democrats roaring their approval for Mr. Gore, the party's 2000 standard-bearer.
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Mr. Gore said he was ready to break his silence about his disagreements with the Bush administration before the Sept. 11 attacks, but afterward he threw his speech in the trash.
But then the war in Iraq came, and he felt betrayed. ''It is not a minor matter to take the loyalty and deep patriotic feelings of the American people and trifle with them,'' he declared, adding with a shout: ''The truth shall rise again.''
General Clark followed Mr. Gore with a notably tamer speech. But he honored Mr. Gore, saying, ''The 2000 election was stolen from the Democratic Party,'' and that Mr. Gore ''would have been and should have been a great president.''
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Weird post for a really new newbie. I don’t know if you’ll be around long. What was your earlier screen name?
Agree.
Good question.
Even though the Gore rant was 17 years ago, I don’t think Gore was wrong on this issue.
AlGore, pointing fingers once again.
Telling us what has been known fact for years. Yes, DUBYA
did betray us. It was he who planned to give AMNESTY to all ILLEGAL ALIENS in our country. That was when we only had 11 million of them to accept. VOTERS were up in arms regarding this freebie. We flooded the DC offices with phone calls. GWB relented, deciding to just haphazardly spend our hard earned money instead. Then he went back to tend his ranch and ride in his jeep, pretending to be a big guy once again. Deer in the headlights? GW, his first election night when AlGore stopped traffic, reneging his concession.
We know all about low life wimps. We know who you are, what you are. Yet we are still unable to defeat you. You continue to be seated in your comfy, cushy chair. Why is that?
drivel
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