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THE COMPANY HE KEEPS… Al Gore’s Close Ties To MoveOn.org Cast Serious Doubt On His Credibility_____________________________________________________________Today, Al Gore Teams Up With MoveOn.org To Attack Bush, Call For Resignations. “Al Gore will try to boost his party’s chances of regaining the White House by criticizing President Bush’s Iraq policy in a speech today, in which he will call for the resignation of five Bush administration officials and one military leader. The event, sponsored by the political action committee of the liberal group MoveOn.org, seeks to motivate the Democratic base.” (Amy Fagan, “Democrats Unleash Gore On Bush,” The Washington Times, 5/26/04)MOVEON.ORG CALLED...

From The Archives...An Elephant Never Forgets!AL GORE (D-TN) TODAY DENOUNCED THE WAR IN IRAQ: "Raising his voice to a yell, he drew early applause by angrily denouncing the administration. ... President Bush 'has exposed Americans abroad and Americans in every town and city to a greater danger of attacks by terrorists because of his arrogance, willfulness, and bungling at stirring up hornets nests that pose no threat whatsoever to us,' Gore said." (Sara Kugler, "Gore: Rumsfeld, Rice, Tenet Should Step Down," The Associated Press, 5/26/04)GORE IN 1998 CALLED FOR NATIONAL UNITY AGAINST SADDAM, DEFENDED ATTACK ON SADDAM: "We need national resolve...

Former Vice President Al Gore was to call for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and several other Bush administration officials in a scathing attack on the president’s foreign policy Wednesday, people familiar with the speech told The Associated Press. In a speech at New York University, Gore was to argue that several officials, including National Security Adviser Condoleeza Rice, CIA director George Tenet and a top military leader should step down because the situation in Iraq is out of control. He was expected to place blame for the Iraqi prisoner abuse scandal directly on the Bush administration officials,...