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"Al Gore to Dick Cheney: 'I waited two years'
Politico ^ | May 15, 2009 | By ANDY BARR

Posted on 05/15/2009 11:38:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Al Gore said Friday that fellow former Vice President Dick Cheney has jumped back into the political fray too soon into the new administration’s term.

“I waited two years after I left office to make statements that were critical,” Gore said during an interview on CNN, pointing out that his critiques were focused on “policy.”

“Talk about somebody that shouldn't be talking about making the country less safe, invading a country that did not attack us and posed no serious threat to us at all,” Gore said of Cheney.

Gore identified Cheney as “the leading spokesman for his party” and said he suspects Cheney’s prominence is not welcomed by other Republicans

“I have a feeling that members of his own party wish that he would not do that,” Gore said. “But I'll let that be an argument between him and them.”

Despite the criticism, Gore claimed he does not “want to get dragged into an argument with Dick Cheney about what he's getting into.”

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algore; pelosi; runslikeagirl; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Algore “waited” 2 years (if true) primarily because he went off the deep end after LO-HOO-SING the presidential election in 2000 - I saw the 60 mins interview - sounds like the guy wsa Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs for a long time.


61 posted on 05/15/2009 12:12:34 PM PDT by 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
That's because the Bush white house didn't use its "bully pulpit" to criticize you or your Bubba in chief. Dork.

When zer0 and all the king's horses criticize Cheny and Bush every other breath then yeah, you will face the 10 ways Dick Cheney can kill you...


62 posted on 05/15/2009 12:15:03 PM PDT by SparkyBass
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To: willgolfforfood

LOL...he then emerged with a unkempt beard and a spare tire spewing forth lies about the apocolypse.


63 posted on 05/15/2009 12:15:56 PM PDT by lwd (Miss California is MY Miss USA!!!)
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To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
Exactly right. This was pointed out in a Time Magazine article at the time (8/16/2001) in which Chrissy Matthews was quoted to say the whiskered Gore looks "like a Bolshevik labor organizer."
64 posted on 05/15/2009 12:17:55 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Puppage

And wasnt that 2 years when he gained all the weight, grew a beard, etc??? He LOST HIS DAMN REMAINING MIND that 2 years. He wasnt being gracious.

The Ahole.

Besides, dems taught us that unwritten rules, customs, and gentlemens agreements mean nothing. Its a bitch to get back just what you give out, huh? Our nation is at risk of slipping into an abyss that can only be resolved by force of arms, if not stopped very soon by legal process.
We do not have AlGores 2 years to wait to stop Obama politically. Speak Cheney!


65 posted on 05/15/2009 12:18:10 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: JackRyanCIA

Didn’t he shove the sock in his pants already? I remember a magazine cover....................


66 posted on 05/15/2009 12:18:40 PM PDT by LadyBuzz
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To: DuncanWaring

That’s Freakin’ Hillarious!!

Where can I get an autograghed copy of that so I can frame it and give it to my Dad for Fathers Day. He’ll get a kick out of that!


67 posted on 05/15/2009 12:20:05 PM PDT by mapmaker77
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his critiques were focused on “policy.”

http://www.publiusforum.com/soundfiles/He_Played_On_Our_Fears_.mp3

68 posted on 05/15/2009 12:22:08 PM PDT by KarinG1 (You're just jealous because the voices don't talk to you.)
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To: dead

Also,,,when was the old deal that at the 2 year mark, the former presidents started attacking the winner publically?
Did Johnson ever criticize Nixon? Did Ike ever go after JFK? Did Truman ever go after IKE? Did Ford go after Nixon? Did Bush1 ever go after Clinton?

The tradition is that ex-presidents quietly advised, neve publically tried to gin up resistance and roadblocks. AlGore is a low-life spoiled rich kid.


69 posted on 05/15/2009 12:22:27 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs earn the title of "man's best friend", Muslims hate dogs,,add that up.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Of course it took two years for the horror of 9/11 to subside enough for Democrats and other cowards to risk calling the president a traitor.


70 posted on 05/15/2009 12:26:31 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The difference, Gore, is that Cheney was RESPONDING TO direct criticisms of Bush/Cheney policy, in recent weeks.

Gore, on the other hand, was not responding to criticisms of his administration’s policies. He just thought it’d be fun to act like Jimmy Carter.

Which is where Gore is headed: The dustbin of history, in Carter’s quadrant.


71 posted on 05/15/2009 12:27:36 PM PDT by pogo101
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
He was running around the country talking to anyone about he had more votes than Bush.

Of course absentee ballots were NOT COUNTED in States that Bush won incontestably, so Gore did not in fact win more votes.

The man is pathetic, and his son is more aware of it than anyone. At the moment his dad reappears in the limelight, he goes off getting speeding tickets and doing his best to embarrass old Dad (the same Dad who was polishing his apple in the ‘88 election at his son's bedside while the son was recovering from a severely bad injury from getting hit by a car coming out of the Baltimore ballbark with his Dad). I feel sorry for his son. No matter how weak he is, he deserves better from his dad.

72 posted on 05/15/2009 12:28:07 PM PDT by detch
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“...Despite the criticism, Gore claimed he does not “want to get dragged into an argument with Dick Cheney about what he’s getting into.”...”

AlBore doesn’t want to get into an argument because he knows he would lose.


73 posted on 05/15/2009 12:31:07 PM PDT by NCC-1701 (ON 1-19-09 GAS WAS, ON AVERAGE IN MEMPHIS, $1.43 A GALLON.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
He was running around the country talking to anyone about he had more votes than Bush.

Of course absentee ballots were NOT COUNTED in States that Bush won incontestably, so Gore did not in fact win more votes.

The man is pathetic, and his son is more aware of it than anyone. At the moment his dad reappears in the limelight, he goes off getting speeding tickets and doing his best to embarrass old Dad (the same Dad who was polishing his apple in the ‘88 election at his son's bedside while the son was recovering from a severely bad injury from getting hit by a car coming out of the Baltimore ballbark with his Dad). I feel sorry for his son. No matter how weak he is, he deserves better from his dad.

74 posted on 05/15/2009 12:31:09 PM PDT by detch
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To: mapmaker77

If you find a source, let me know.


75 posted on 05/15/2009 12:32:16 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: lewisglad

This is similar to a picture of Ted Bundy in court having a meltdown.

I would post it but am picture posting challenged.


76 posted on 05/15/2009 12:34:10 PM PDT by mom4melody
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Dems are saying Cheney’s an A-hole for speaking out, so when Gore says that, then he’s saying “I waited two years to be an A-hole”: A=B and B=C, therefore A=C.

And I bet he’s snippy about it, too.


77 posted on 05/15/2009 12:34:55 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Pretending the Admin Moderator doesn't exist will result in suspension.)
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To: willgolfforfood

He needs to get back on his houseboat with Tipper and go back out into the lake.


78 posted on 05/15/2009 12:36:21 PM PDT by Armedanddangerous ( I think you're so full of inconsolable rage you don't care who you hurt)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Gore flunked out of Divinity school.........

I can see why now.


79 posted on 05/15/2009 12:36:34 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (A woman will be the next President; I hope it's Palin instead of HRC.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I waited two years after I left office to make statements that were critical

So, what were all those campaign statements you made begining 2 years BEFORE you left office, Al. Really...NONE of them were critical against the possibility of an incoming Pubbie administration?

80 posted on 05/15/2009 12:38:49 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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