Posted on 02/13/2006 11:31:23 AM PST by Quilla
The man who came within a hair's breadth of the presidency in 2000 is denouncing his own government on foreign soil, the Associated Press reports:
Former Vice President Al Gore told a mainly Saudi audience on Sunday that the U.S. government committed "terrible abuses" against Arabs after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and that most Americans did not support such treatment.
Gore said Arabs had been "indiscriminately rounded up" and held in "unforgivable" conditions. The former vice president said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qaida's hands by routinely blocking Saudi visa applications.
"The thoughtless way in which visas are now handled, that is a mistake," Gore said during the Jiddah Economic Forum. "The worst thing we can possibly do is to cut off the channels of friendship and mutual understanding between Saudi Arabia and the United States."
There is a comical element to this, as Glenn Reynolds notes: "Only Al Gore could come up with the idea of criticizing Bush for not sucking up to the Saudis enough. Sigh."
Heh. Indeed. But blogger "TigerHawk" makes some serious points:
This is asinine both substantively and procedurally.
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Sign me up!
Right down the road from all the hippies Nixon rounded up and sent to camp.
It is also said that when he and Clinton walked into the Monticello Museum, Gore looked at the two large busts and said, "Who are those guys?"
"There is simply no defense for what Gore has done here, for he is deliberately undermining the United States during a time of war, in a part of the world crucial to our success in that war, in front of an audience that does not vote in American elections. Gore's speech is both destructive and disloyal, not because of its content--which is as silly as it is subversive--but because of its location and its intended audience."
This sums it up.
Thanks for posting.
Algore is starting to make Howeard Dean look smart.
That actually happened. I remember seeing a video of it and he sincerely did not know who they were. Perhaps someone here remembers that link?
He did the same thing when he was introduced to Dolly Parton.
This behavior by Al Ghoul shouldn't surprise anybody, it's a family tradition: the Communist stooge Armand Hammer once bragged that he had Al's father (Senator Al Gore Sr.) "in his hip pocket" and after Gore Sr. was out of the Senate, was given a nice plum job running one of Hammer's businesses, and now decades later, it would appear that the Saudis (or some Arab or pro-Arab group) has Al Jr. in THEIR hip pocket. And the nice thing about the Gores, is that once they're bought, they stay bought.
Until a better offer comes along.
If Gore had been in office on 9/11, he would have spent the rest of his term apologizing to the Muslims for making them mad.
Treason.
If there was ever any doubt in anyone's mind that Gore is a complete idiot, this should put that doubt to rest.
I bet Algore wishes Slick would call, I'm sure he is so lonely and depressed.
O.K. so how do we get this message out to people who are not regulars to this website? You know the MSM will not carry this story. Anyone have any ideas?
Al just told a brazen lie!He is adding his 2 cents to help the unrest continue over the cartoons which in turn hurts America.
Seems hard for algore to remain relevant in regards to anything.
Must be hell for him knowing he was so very close to being president instead of illrevelent.
May all the sand lice in the Empty Quarter find a home in Gore's jocky shorts. May his shrink never properly adjust his medication.
He is the lowest form of scum.
Point 1: Make sure Cheney uses 00 buckshot this time.
Point 2: Gore hates combution engine vehicles so a donkey cart will be used.
Point 1: Make sure Cheney uses 00 buckshot this time.
Point 2: Gore hates combution engine vehicles so a donkey cart will be used.
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