Posted on 06/22/2004 2:40:45 PM PDT by finnman69
Washington, DC-- In a major Washington policy address this Thursday, former Vice President Al Gore will accuse the Bush Administration of intentionally misleading the American people by continuing to falsely claim a connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.
He will charge that Bush and Cheney have "institutionalized dishonesty as an essential element of their policy process."
Gore will also urge the broadcast media to further resist Administration efforts to manipulate and intimidate them, to fearlessly report the fact that there is no Al Qaeda/Saddam collaborative relationship, as the 9/11 Commission staff report has concluded.
Gore will also discuss the implications of the Administration's claim to be above the law in ordering the torture of suspects - and their claim that the Commander in Chief's power trumps all other laws. He will call for the Administration to reveal all orders given the military on the treatment of prisoners.
Developing...
I think we should hand over Al Gore instead of Sadam.
Yeeehaawwww! Gore to Freak Out for Kerry again!
Algore should be "institutionalized".
Sounds like a pretty good run-down of the Clinton Years to me. And I am absolutely convinced that it is deliberate, not just pathological. Any suggestion? I'm not terribly creative, so all I come up with is "gorbilating" I know - "sad" - but I'm sure that someone here has a better notion.
We have the same thing today and, I believe, for much the same reason, the are covering for Willie. Why? A good investigation of OBL/9-11 and Iraq/Saddam will reveal much more than a connection. It will reveal that Willie took cash from Saddam to let OBL go when he was in US sights.
The paper trail is there becasuse Willie never thought W would invade. Who knew that France and the UN wouldn't be able to stall long enough to destroy the records ala Whitewater?
Al is working for himself. If he pulls of this party speech well, he may rehabilitate himself to have some public role (other than fool) in the future.
here's the link to GORE's commission on airport security...what a good job he did! Now, to find the links to Daischle's wife getting the bennies.....
http://www.cnn.com/US/9610/09/faa/
Clinton signs airport security measures into law
October 9, 1996
Web posted at: 12:15 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Clinton on Wednesday signed into law the Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act of 1996, which includes some of the wide-ranging security measures recommended by Vice President Al Gore's aviation security commission.
"(The bill) will improve the security of air travel," the president said at a signing ceremony in the Old Executive Office Building. "It will carry forward our fight against terrorism." (14 sec./160K AIFF or WAV sound)
The measure, combined with a budget bill signed last week, authorizes the installation of new bomb-detection scanners to examine both carry-on and checked baggage at major airports, pays for new FBI agents to be assigned to airport security, increases inspection of mail on board flights, and increases the use of bomb-sniffing dogs.
Gore's commission presented its report and recommendations on September 9. Clinton said Wednesday that the bill he was signing made almost all of those recommendations "the law of the land."
"This bill is an outstanding example of how we can advance our strategy when we work together -- the government and private citizens, the executive branch and Congress, Republicans and Democrats," Clinton said. (6 sec. / 80K AIFF or WAV sound)
The bill also assigns the National Transportation Safety Board the task of dealing with families of those injured or killed by air disasters. That recommendation grew out of complaints from families of victims of TWA Flight 800 that the airline was slow or inadequate in responding to their needs.
TWA Flight 800 exploded shortly after takeoff from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in July, killing all 230 aboard.
The bill authorizes $19 billion for the FAA over the next two years. It also bars unlicensed pilots from setting aeronautical records. This is designed to prevent a situation like this year's crash that killed 7-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who was attempting to become the youngest pilot to complete a cross-country flight.
Reuters contributed to this report.
So first, let's just take a step back and consider why meeting the threat posed by Saddam Hussein is important to our security in the new era we are entering.
There is no more clear example of this threat than Saddam Hussein's Iraq. His regime threatens the safety of his people, the stability of his region and the security of all the rest of us.
Now, let's imagine the future. What if he fails to comply, and we fail to act, or we take some ambiguous third route which gives him yet more opportunities to develop this program of weapons of mass destruction and continue to press for the release of the sanctions and continue to ignore the solemn commitments that he made?
Well, he will conclude that the international community has lost its will. He will then conclude that he can go right on and do more to rebuild an arsenal of devastating destruction.
And some day, some way, I guarantee you, he'll use the arsenal. And I think every one of you who's really worked on this for any length of time believes that, too.
In the next century, the community of nations may see more and more the very kind of threat Iraq poses now a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction ready to use them or provide them to terrorists, drug traffickers or organized criminals who travel the world among us unnoticed.
If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow by the knowledge that they can act with impunity, even in the face of a clear message from the United Nations Security Council and clear evidence of a weapons of mass destruction program.
But if we act as one, we can safeguard our interests and send a clear message to every would-be tyrant and terrorist that the international community does have the wisdom and the will and the way to protect peace and security in a new era. That is the future I ask you all to imagine. That is the future I ask our allies to imagine.
To your deaths tell your grandchildren how close we came to a crazy man running our country. Tell them that he use to shower 5 times a day..they wont believe it. But you will know its true. He's quite a psycho.
shaddup Al.
Al Gore, Slick Willie, Ted Kennedy, Howard Dean....
They're all following the 1992 playbook....
Get the pubbies fuming over NON-candidates
while the actual candidate goes relatively unscathed.
A lunatic playing the fool. Nothing more appropriate for ALGORE.
The Crazy Ass wing of the Democrat party appears to be gaining momentum.
Somebody tell me why this gets rated as "major".
Maybe Al can be the first to partake of the National Mental Health Screen!!??
Perhaps Algore prompted the Bush administration to propose it.
Maybe Al can be the first to partake of the National Mental Health Screen!!??
Perhaps Algore prompted the Bush administration to propose it.
Maybe Al can be the first to partake of the National Mental Health Screen!!??
Perhaps Algore prompted the Bush administration to propose it.
Excellent post - well done!
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