Posted on 10/17/2007 2:35:38 PM PDT by neverdem
Gore's Nobel Prize win was a well-deserved honor for one of our finest politicians. It's also a stark reminder of how far into trivia the race to the presidency has fallen.
When Al Gore finished his brief statement to the press upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday, he walked from the lectern, ignoring the shouted questions from reporters about whether he would now make another run at the White House. Given how he was treated by the press eight years ago, it would be shocking if Gore had the stomach for another run. What the press has been up to lately demonstrates exactly why, and makes each new accolade Gore receives all the more poignant.
Distracted for a moment, the pundits soon turned their...
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The press swung into action. "Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney's new smackdown," said Wolf Blitzer excitedly on CNN. "This time, the Republican presidential rivals are fighting over a so-called lawyers' test for national security." The rest of the journalistic village elders quickly made clear their contempt for Romney's impulse to at least consider the legality of a potential military action. "What are these, the Miranda rights for Iran?" asked Chris Matthews. "It sounded equivocal," said David Gregory of NBC News. "It makes him look weak." Margaret Carlson agreed: "You can't be too bellicose. That's why it was a gaffe." Asked by Matthews whether "we expect our future commander-in-chief to have a gut response as to presidential authority in wartime," Dan Balz of the Washington Post said, "We certainly expect him to have a different kind of response than Governor Romney gave last night." Indeed, because if the last seven years have taught us anything, it's that what we need in the Oval Office is less consideration for law and more "gut response."
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There's no controlling legal authority attesting to that.
And now I need an anodyne...
The only award Al Gore is qualified for is the liberal buffoon of the year award. I’m sure this award will turn Al’s blockhead into an overblown lump of lard like the rest of his body. He fits right in with the dishonest creeps who won the award in the years before him.
Yeah, being relentlessly fawned over and idolized can be stomach-turning.
The MSM did their best to make Gore President, covering up any negative stories (like his abysmal treatment of some disabled tenants) and going after Bush with the 24-year-old DUI story in the closing days of the campaign...then calling Florida for Gore while the Republican-leaning counties in the Panhandle still had polls open.
You mean....like an analgesic?!
Wow! Coming right after that picture of Big Gay Al, I should trade that in on an emetic ;’}
You mean....like an analgesic?!
Yeah, or a paregoric...
Will he put the award in a Lock Box?
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