Ed Koch: Al Gore 'Disgusts' Me (Go Koch Go!)

Newsmax ^ | 2/18/04

[areafiftyone]

Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch said Tuesday that a speech last week by former vice president Al Gore accusing President Bush of "betraying" America left him "disgusted."

"I happened to have seen [the speech] on television," Koch told radio host Sean Hannity, during a broadcast from Palisades, New Jersey where Hannity was promoting his just-released book, "Deliver Us From Evil."

"I was disgusted with Al Gore," Koch told Hannity.

"I supported Al Gore in the last election," he explained, before adding that now, "I would never vote for him for anything, including dog catcher."

Gotham's one-time top Democrat announced last year that he intended to support President Bush, primarily because he approves of the way Bush has handled the war on terrorism.

His support for Bush prompted Hannity to ask if Koch would consider addressing the GOP's New York City convention this September.

Koch said he'd be happy to address the convention, but only if he was allowed to point out his differences with Bush on domestic issues.

The ex-mayor's comments about Gore were greeted with wild applause by Hannity's live audience.

[maxwellp]

I will never forget watching Al Gore, Tipper and a young girl (I assume a daughter of theirs) walking towards a church while being photographed. It was Tipper on the right, Al Gore in the middle and the daughter on Gore's left. Gore gave the daughter a real nasty look and she immediately dropped behind him and Tipper and then Gore pasted a disgusting, false smile on his face because the photographers could see him now that his daughter was no longer in the way. I was never so turned off by a politician! I could have had some respect for him if he hugged his daughter and smiled at the photographers - they still could have seen him as his daughter wasn't as tall as he was. Very weird man. And then there's the shot of him on TV with sweaty armpits. Didn't he ever hear of anti-perspirants?

[ComtedeMaistre]

>>Always like Koch when he was mayor of NYC.<<

But New York City was a total mess, during his administration, and that of David Dinkins.

[timydnuc]

Damn, I never thought that I would agree with a RAT, now I agree with 2. Thanks Ed and Zell, you put country before party.

[Jorge]

I heard Koch say this on Hannity. It was great.

When it comes to Gore, I think Koch speaks for a lot more Dems than we know.

They were even making fun of Gore's rant on CNN.

[The Westerner]

He was in one of the towers? OMG! He was mayor when I lived there and though he didn't know how to solve the crime problem the way Rudy did, he was a great salesman for NYC. I loved his love of the city. He's one of the few honest Democrats around. That's why he couldn't get elected Governor of NY.