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Nets Not Fazed by Gore Tirade that Bush
“Betrayed the Country!” (Treated Like Normal Criticism)
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| February 10, 2004
| Brent Baker
Posted on 02/10/2004 9:17:01 AM PST by PJ-Comix
In a moment reminiscent of Howard Dean, at a Democratic Party event in Tennessee on Sunday night, former Vice President Al Gore launched into guttural screaming in which he charged that President Bush betrayed the country! and played on our fears! But Gores irrational and over the top outburst didnt faze CNN and CBS, which on Monday afternoon and night highlighted Gores rant.
CNNs Wolf Blitzer played a clip of it for Bush aide Dan Bartlett, but when Bartlett started laughing Blitzer scolded him for not taking Gore seriously: You're laughing. Why are you laughing? He's making a very serious allegation against the President. CBSs Byron Pitts seemed to admire Gores rant as he set up a soundbite by observing: Often criticized for being stiff when he was a candidate, he was anything but last night.
Morton Kondracke, however, on FNCs Special Report with Brit Hume, was appalled: I think we can all really thank God that Al Gore was not elected President of the United States. I question whether this man is stable in a crisis. I mean, hes clearly out of control of his words... Noting how Gore alleged that Bush has betrayed the country, Kondracke, a columnist for Roll Call, referred to that as an instance of Gore saying wild things that are beyond the bounds and irrational.
FNC showed this clip of Gores gravelly-voiced, full volume scream: He betrayed this country! He played on our fears! [edit jump] He took America, he took America on an ill-conceived foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure that was preordained and planned before 9-11 ever took place!
On Monday, neither ABCs World News Tonight or NBC Nightly News showed Gores bombast and neither did any of the broadcast network morning shows, though FNCs Fox and Friends crew had a good time with it.
The CBS Evening News on Monday, February 9, played it during a piece by Byron Pitts on the Democratic primary race. Pitts ran a clip of John Kerry declaring in front of a crowd: Like father, like son: One term and youre done! Pitts added: At a dinner last night in Nashville, even former Vice President Gore was looking toward the fall campaign against President Bush. Often criticized for being stiff when he was a candidate, he was anything but last night.
Gore, screaming: He betrayed this country! He played on our fears!
A bit earlier, on CNNs Wolf Blitzer Reports, Blitzer raised Gores tirade during an interview with Dan Bartlett, Bushs Communications Director, who appeared from the White House lawn. Blitzer squeezed in Gore: One final question before I let you go, Dan. The former Vice President Al Gore, he was really angry in a speech in Tennessee yesterday, going after the President. Listen to what he said.
Gore: The reason I'm recalling those feelings now is because those are the feelings that were betrayed by this President! [audience cheers approval] He betrayed the country! He played on our fears!
Blitzer, as Bartlett can be heard laughing: I want to give you a chance -- you're smiling. You're laughing. Why are you laughing? He's making a very serious allegation against the President.
Bartlett quipped: Well, I'm trying to readjust my ear set, because he was screaming so loud. But, look, he's been angry the last three-and-a-half years. That's understandable. He lost the election. And I can see why he's probably a little upset. And his most recent act, where he endorsed Howard Dean, who is no longer nowhere near the front, I'm sure he has a lot to be upset about. But that type of bitterness and anger is simply not going to forward this debate at all....
Earlier, on Inside Politics, CNNs Judy Woodruff described Gores language as harsh, but she treated it as a minor story: Al Gore is denouncing President Bush once again and he's using increasingly harsh language to make his point. His latest remarks in an event last night in Tennessee question the President's rationale for removing Saddam Hussein.
Gore: He betrayed this country! He took America on a foreign adventure dangerous to our troops, an adventure that was preordained and planned before 9/11 ever took place.
Woodruff simply added: Former Vice President getting pretty worked up in Tennessee last night.
TOPICS: Extended News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algore; cnn; liberalmedia; mediabias; mrc; wolfblitzer
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To: PJ-Comix
Anyone have a pic of Gore in the middle of his rant to post, just for some good comic fodder?
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:29:14 AM PST
by
LisaMalia
(Buckeye Fan since birth!!)
To: PJ-Comix
Al Gore is a pompous geek. For him, that kind of hysteria is normal.
22
posted on
02/10/2004 9:29:41 AM PST
by
RichInOC
(Al, you must have the courage to change.)
To: dead
Mort has become more supporative of the President lately.
Don't Dean, Gore, Hillary sound more and more like Hitler in one of his screaming rants?
23
posted on
02/10/2004 9:31:21 AM PST
by
joybelle
To: PJ-Comix
I thought this election campaign was going to be fun to watch but Al Gore speaking over the next 20 years is gonna be beeeeeeeee-autiful.
To: dead
This is twice inside of two weeks I've heard Mort seeming to "get it." Two for two.
Maybe he's starting to see the light after all this time.
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:32:19 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary. You have the right to be wrong.)
To: dead
It was a stunning moment wasn't it?
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:32:34 AM PST
by
latrans
To: PJ-Comix
Morton Kondracke, however, on FNCs Special Report with Brit Hume, was appalled: I think we can all really thank God that Al Gore was not elected President of the United States. I question whether this man is stable in a crisis. I mean, hes clearly out of control of his words... Noting how Gore alleged that Bush has betrayed the country, Kondracke, a columnist for Roll Call, referred to that as an instance of Gore saying wild things that are beyond the bounds and irrational. Even Mor-Ton gets it right occasionally.
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:33:33 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Shhh. Navel contemplation in progress)
To: murdoog
His bloated face makes one wonder if he was "inhaling" some of that stuff his son was caught with. Remember "second hand smoke?
28
posted on
02/10/2004 9:34:06 AM PST
by
joybelle
To: isthisnickcool
"Gore must be hitting the steroids again."
Actually, it is the 100mg Viagra's!
29
posted on
02/10/2004 9:34:38 AM PST
by
lawdude
(Liberalism: A failure every time it is tried!)
To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
Al-baby is warming up for 2008. He'll run, bet on it. Al vs. Hillary.
30
posted on
02/10/2004 9:36:04 AM PST
by
TheBigB
(Anna Kournikova......Swimsuit Issue......http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1075182/posts)
To: PJ-Comix
Al Gore is probably just angry that Terry McAwfuliffe won't let him speak at the Dumbocratic Convention later this year, so he must utter sentences such as these. What I would've given to hear Morton Kondracke make those comments. LOL
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:36:49 AM PST
by
Pagey
(Hillary Rotten is a Smug and Holier- than- Thou Socialist)
To: PJ-Comix
Have another Buddhist temple iced tea gathering with your Chinese buddies, Mr. "No Controlling Legal Authority".
32
posted on
02/10/2004 9:37:35 AM PST
by
jpl
To: TheBigB
Al-baby is warming up for 2008. He'll run, bet on it. Al vs. Hillary.Oh, good. It'll give him a chance to catch up on old times with Vince Foster, then. :)
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:38:05 AM PST
by
KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle
("The Clintons have damaged our country. They have done it together, in unison." -- Peggy Noonan)
To: murdoog
Sounds like he took a 36hr pill and got a painful blister on his stiffness.
34
posted on
02/10/2004 9:41:11 AM PST
by
DonnerT
(Any compromise with evil is capitulation.!)
To: MEG33
I found a new MP3 mix of Gore and Dean that Boortz played this morning (You make me wanna Shout!):
http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html Its about 1/2 way down the page, below the pic of Dean and Gore. (Hmmm, Dean Gored?)
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:42:45 AM PST
by
eyespysomething
(Another American optimist!)
To: LisaMalia
36
posted on
02/10/2004 9:42:47 AM PST
by
gipper81
To: CFC__VRWC
LOL....more like an alpha orangutang
37
posted on
02/10/2004 9:44:26 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(Always understand, even if you remain among the few)
To: gipper81
ALL your butterfly nets BELONG to US!!!
38
posted on
02/10/2004 9:45:40 AM PST
by
PJ-Comix
(Saddam Hussein was only 537 Florida votes away from still being in power)
To: dead
39
posted on
02/10/2004 9:51:26 AM PST
by
gipper81
To: LisaMalia; xrp
Lucianne has a photo of Gore on her home page, supposedly from the event. Not only does he look porky, it looks like he's been tearing his hair out by the handsful. Besides all that, in the photo he looks like someone who has lost their false teeth.
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posted on
02/10/2004 9:52:28 AM PST
by
elli1
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