A Tale of War (Bush) and Peace (Gore)

[Flabbergasted]

Source: WaPo

Feats Divide Pair Linked by Election
A Tale of War (Bush) and Peace (Gore)

By Peter Baker
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, October 13, 2007; Page A09

MIAMI, Oct. 12 -- Somehow, it seemed only fitting that at the moment of Al Gore's triumph, George W. Bush would spend the day in Florida, scene of the fateful clash that propelled one to the presidency and the other to the Nobel Prize.

What a difference seven years makes. The winner of that struggle went on to capture the White House and to become a wartime leader now heading toward the final year of a struggling presidency. The loser went on to reinvent himself from cautious politician to hero of the activist left now honored as a man of peace.


For the Gore camp, it was a day of resurrection, a day to salve the wounds of history and to write another narrative that they hope will be as enduring as Florida. "We finally have their respective legacies," said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (Ill.), chairman of the House Democratic Caucus and a veteran of the Clinton-Gore White House. "Bush earned the Iraq war, and Al Gore earned the Nobel Prize. Who knew Al Gore would one day thank the Supreme Court for their judgment?"

The White House stuck to polite, if restrained, congratulations. "Obviously, it's an important recognition, and we're sure the vice president is thrilled," spokesman Tony Fratto told reporters aboard Air Force One heading here Friday. Another senior official, commenting on the condition of anonymity to speak less diplomatically, said the Nobel Prize is nice, but the presidency is still better. "We're happy for him," the aide said, "but suspect he'd trade places before we would."



Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/12/AR2007101202296.html?hpid=topnews

[Bicoastal]

1. My favorite excerpt:

(quote)
Interviewed by al-Arabiya television last week, Bush seemed to rue the idea that he is not seen as a man of peace, bristling when asked if, in fact, he is a "man of war."

"Oh, no, no," he said. "I believe the actions we have taken will make it more likely peace happens.
(end quote)


You mean, after forcibly and unilaterally invading two middle eastern countries and threatening to invade a third? You have GOT to wonder how this man sleeps at night.

[aquart]

2. Nasty, begrudging little thieves.

Holding tight to what isn't theirs. I hope every one of them dies in slow agony, begging for a cure that only stem cells could provide.

[ribrepin]

3. Excellent article

although, a little too balanced for my taste. George Bush is a Man of War--him and his minions have shouted time and time again that Bush is a War President. Take the mantel, Bush--you've earned it.

[tecelote]

4. We do know...

Yet, if Bush ever dwells on what might have been, so, too, does the Gore team. "It's hard to look at the disaster of the past seven years and not believe that America would be better off if he had been president," said Ron Klain, Gore's former chief of staff. "Perhaps he has done more for climate change as a private citizen than he could have done as president, but I firmly believe that if Al Gore were president, America would not be at war, our standing in the world would be higher, our economy stronger and our civil liberties more secure."

No one will ever know.

We do.

[mcscajun]

13. Indeed, We Do.

What Might Have Been...

[trusty elf]

5. "Nobel Prize is nice, but the presidency is still better."

That's what you think pal.

I've got news for you, the illegitimate "presidency" of smircus maximus is not worth the powder to blow it to hell.

[Flabbergasted]

6. Doesn't that line boil your blood? nt

[trusty elf]

7. Yes, it makes me seethe with smoldering rage.

The next line too is so childishly idiotic. ""We're happy for him," the aide said, "but suspect he'd trade places before we would."

Oh, the smug arrogance, the hubris!

Fuck them. Everything they've touched has turned to a steaming heap of shite, so I seriously doubt whether President Gore would want to be trading places under the circumstances.

[mcscajun]

12. Spongebush Dumbass will find out which is better in 2009, when

Gore is still invited all over the world and highly esteemed worldwide, and the former Unitary Decider-ererer can't leave the country for his own fear of what awaits him outside our borders.

Of course, that may not bother him all that much, as he'd never left the U.S. BEFORE he got elected, the provincial little shit.

[MetaTrope]

8. Don't they mean wartime "leader"?

[flordehinojos]

9. darling anonymous official who said,

"Another senior official, commenting on the condition of anonymity to speak less diplomatically, said the Nobel Prize is nice, but the presidency is still better. "We're happy for him," the aide said, "but suspect he'd trade places before we would."


Please note that Al Gore has climbed to higher altitudes than the little shit you serve ever has or ever will.

And ... perhaps the little shit you serve (as well as his poppy, his mommy and his bubba) need the white house to have a sense of accomplishment ... well, al gore is an accomplished man, has accomplished a lot more than the little shit, his mother, his father or his bubba ever have or expect to accomplish ... and, he, al gore does not need the white house to do any of this ... so,
take your little piece of shit and rub it elsewhere but not on al gore's back ... he is the kind of man that neither you, any of the bushes, and especially not the little shit you serve, can ever hope to be.

plain and simple.

[UTUSN]

10. Shrub is laughing his fool ass off. He prefers HIS prize, Saddam's SWORD!!1

Bought at untold expense of human life and cost. Calling him a brute animal is being insulting to animals.

[mcscajun]

11. What a snide little bunch of small-minded bastards they are.

"We're happy for him," the aide said, "but suspect he'd trade places before we would."
:puke: Bullshit(!) they're "happy for him".:puke: