Comments on: Al Gore Needs Some Happy Drugs http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/05/25/al-gore-needs-some-happy-drugs/ Unfair ... Imbalanced Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:45:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Newspaper Hack http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/05/25/al-gore-needs-some-happy-drugs/#comment-1550 Newspaper Hack Sat, 26 May 2007 06:14:42 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=1188#comment-1550 Overrepresentation of the facts is still closer to the truth than the bill of goods we were sold on Iraq. There was the WMD thing, then the Hussein thing, then the "making the world safe for democracy" thing. It's like OJ and his defense. If one lie doesn't work, there's always another to pull out and give a shot. Regardless – yes, Al Gore is not good at politics. It takes a truely awful politician to lose an election that he won, even while fucking it up the whole way. I mean, seriously. One day it was business Al, then casual Al, then he sucked on Tipper's face for good measure. If you could just tell me that 2000 was an alcohol-fueled nightmare, I'd be much happier, especially considering that Alabama went from preseason No. 3 to 3-8 that year. Overrepresentation of the facts is still closer to the truth than the bill of goods we were sold on Iraq. There was the WMD thing, then the Hussein thing, then the “making the world safe for democracy” thing. It’s like OJ and his defense. If one lie doesn’t work, there’s always another to pull out and give a shot.

Regardless – yes, Al Gore is not good at politics. It takes a truely awful politician to lose an election that he won, even while fucking it up the whole way. I mean, seriously. One day it was business Al, then casual Al, then he sucked on Tipper’s face for good measure. If you could just tell me that 2000 was an alcohol-fueled nightmare, I’d be much happier, especially considering that Alabama went from preseason No. 3 to 3-8 that year.

]]> By: GKP http://www.fitsnews.com/2007/05/25/al-gore-needs-some-happy-drugs/#comment-1549 GKP Fri, 25 May 2007 20:34:14 +0000 http://69.89.31.161/~fitsnews/?p=1188#comment-1549 Al Gore today: “There are a lot of things about politics as it currently exists that I don’t think I’m necessarily very skilled at... I have less patience and tolerance for the contrivances and artifices that seem to succeed (today)." Al Gore, May 2006, in Grist Magazine, regarding challenges to "factual" allegations made in his movie "An Inconvenient Truth": "I believe it is appropriate to have an overrepresentation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience." Overrepresentation (is that even a word?) of factual presentations....I'm sorry...is that longhand for "lies" or am I missing something. Sounds to me like he is pretty good at the "contrivances and artifices" stuff. Run Al, Run. The Internet needs you. Al Gore today:

“There are a lot of things about politics as it currently exists that I don’t think I’m necessarily very skilled at… I have less patience and tolerance for the contrivances and artifices that seem to succeed (today).”

Al Gore, May 2006, in Grist Magazine, regarding challenges to “factual” allegations made in his movie “An Inconvenient Truth”:

“I believe it is appropriate to have an overrepresentation of factual presentations on how dangerous it is, as a predicate for opening up the audience.”

Overrepresentation (is that even a word?) of factual presentations….I’m sorry…is that longhand for “lies” or am I missing something.

Sounds to me like he is pretty good at the “contrivances and artifices” stuff.

Run Al, Run. The Internet needs you.

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