Posted on 12/02/2006 5:04:50 PM PST by Mr. Brightside
Gore calls out Bush on 9/11
Sen. Albert Gore, Jr. as interviewed by Gentleman's Quarterly :
GQ: Okay, on to 9-11. What were you really feeling? Was there a part of you that felt a sense of relief that you weren’t in charge that day? You mean a sense of relief that I didn’t have to deal with it?
Gore: Oh no. Not at all. Not for one second. Not for one second. Why would I? I mean, well first of all, it just didn’t occur to me to feel anything like that. What did occur to me was to feel what every American felt, the outrage and anger and righteous anger, and support for the President at a time of danger… And, honestly, I was focused on the reality of the situation. And I wasn't president, so, you know, it wasn’t about me. Now, I do wish, now that we have some distance from the events, and we have all this knowledge about what this administration did do, I certainly feel that I wish that it had been handled differently, and I do wish that I had somehow been able to prevent some of the catastrophic mistakes that were made.
GQ: Do you feel that we would be safer today if you had been president on that day?
Gore: Well, no one can say that the 9-11 attack wouldn’t have occurred whoever was president.
GQ: Really? How about all the warnings?
GORE: That's a separate question. And it’s almost too easy to say, "I would have heeded the warnings." In fact, I think I would have, I know I would have. We had several instances when the CIA’s alarm bells went off, and what we did when that happened was, we had emergency meetings and called everybody together and made sure that all systems were go and every agency was hitting on all cylinders, and we made them bring more information, and go into the second and third and fourth level of detail.
GORE (cont.): And made suggestions on how we could respond in a more coordinated, more effective way. It is inconceivable to me that Bush would read a warning as stark and as clear [voice angry now] as the one he received on August 6th of 2001, and, according to some of the new histories, he turned to the briefer and said, "Well, you’ve covered your ass." And never called a follow up meeting. Never made an inquiry. Never asked a single question.
GORE (cont.): To this day, I don't understand it. And, I think it’s fair to say that he personally does in fact bear a measure of blame for not doing his job at a time when we really needed him to do his job. And now the Woodward book has this episode that has been confirmed by the record that George Tenet, who was much abused by this administration, went over to the White House for the purpose of calling an emergency meeting and warning as clearly as possible about the extremely dangerous situation with Osama bin Laden, and was brushed off!
GORE (cont.): And I don’t know why—honestly—I mean, I understand how horrible this Congressman Foley situation with the instant messaging is, okay? I understand that. But, why didn't these kinds of things produce a similar outrage? And you know, I'm even reluctant to talk about it in these terms because it's so easy for people to hear this or read this as sort of cheap political game-playing. I understand how it could sound that way.
GORE (cont.): [Practically screaming now] But dammit, whatever happened to the concept of accountability for catastrophic failure? This administration has been by far the most incompetent, inept, and with more moral cowardice, and obsequiousness to their wealthy contributors, and obliviousness to the public interest of any administration in modern history, and probably in the entire history of the country!
He definitely ought to run for President again.
When I was in US Intel, it was mandated that one of our top 5 targets (to gather into against) was to be... drum roll... major polluters. So along with Russia, China, NK etc. we ran around looking for polluting factories, deforestation ad nauseam. This was driven by POS Gore. We cursed him, bent our heads in resignation, and did our jobs. This just makes me sick.
If he gets any bigger he'll have his own gravitational field. Gives new meaning to the term "Earth in the Balance," eh?
He needs to increase his dose of meds again, even if they do lead to a weight gain.
ALPHA gore = zeta joke
I'm sorry, but could someone tell me when was the last time our bloated bureaucracy ran on "all cylinders?"
martin, you have a funny homepage
Proving his lunacy once again.
When the airlines complained that hardening the cockpit doors would cost too much, he eliminated the requirement in exchange for a huge cash donation.
I remember that. Oh my, the very thought makes me hate him more.
All the left would have us believe that all history began the day President Bush was inaugurated.
Do you think Algore truly believes what he says?
Does he not remember the reinforcing the doors issue and how he sold us down the river with that? Has he forgotten.
If I had been Algore and done what he did, I would have it seared in my brain and never leave home again.
It took a pretty serious hit in the 2000 election, what with you almost winning and all, Al.
Uh-huh, Shudda, wooda, cudda.
Just like when he was VP, he is STILL all talk and no action.
BTW, Al, how's yer weather forecast business going?? GW failed to create all those hurricanes you warned us about!!
For the sick reason of politics being all they have left in life. Most have never held a real job so they have nothing left to fall back on.
What gall this complete POS has. I hate liberals. They lie and lie and half of the stupid population believes them. Say the lie enough times and it becomes true, in their eyes.
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