Posted on 01/16/2006 3:06:55 PM PST by Aussie Dasher
Former Vice President Al Gore today invoked Martin Luther King’s legacy in a wide-ranging attack on President Bush’s handling of war on terror—accusing the president of breaking the law and calling the war in Iraq a “colossal mistake.”
Gore delivered an animated and passionate speech that latest nearly 90 minutes. His address was co-sponsored by the American Constitution Society and Liberty Coalition. MoveOn.org heavily promoted the event to its members.
Much of Gore’s speech was devoted to Bush’s national security initiatives, including the domestic eavesdropping program that Democrats have tried to seize as an issue for the 2006 midterm elections. Although Bush’s efforts are directed at suspected terrorists’ activities, Gore compared it to government wiretaps that were used on King’s phones.
He accused Bush of breaking the law and, while stopping short of suggesting impeachment, made clear his desire to make the issue a headache for the president.
“What we do know about this pervasive wiretapping virtually compels the conclusion that the president of the United States has been breaking the law—repeatedly and insistently,” Gore said.
“A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government,” he concluded.
Gore shifted gears throughout the speech—attacking the Iraq war, slamming Judge Samuel Alito and bashing the Medicare prescription drug program—but the underlying point was Gore’s view that Bush was accumulating a dangerous amount of authority.
He called on Congress to take back power from the White House. He said the Iraq war was but one example of Congress’ failure to provide a check on the administration.
“Recently, for example, we learned from just-declassified documents after almost 40 years that the Gulf of Tonkin resolution … was actually based on false information,” Gore said. “And we now know the decision by Congress to authorize the Iraq war 38 years later was based on false information.
“Now the point is that America would be better off knowing the truth and avoiding both of these colossal mistakes in our history,” Gore said. “And that is why following the rule of law makes us safer.”
I suggest to Al the Loser, that he and Toon be retroactively impeached for their illegal wiretapping using Echelon during their kingdom. clinton EO 12949
Clinton NSA Wiretapped Top Republican
Upper Echelon [Or... 'When a Dem spies... the MSM never cries']
Oh yeah. This from "Mr. Sustainable Development" and Glactic President of the Agenda 21 UN and the Future Empire.
And I think Al is a threat to sanity? So
(Is Tipper still mixing her Prozac and Vodka?)
I'm watching him right now on Special Report (on FNC) and he's pointing his finger and raising his voice as if it were ......6 years ago. The report also said he bashed "American society in general" as well.
A 90 minute Gore speech?
I hope they taped it for use at Gitmo and the secret CIA prisons.
We'll get everything we want to know out of those guys in short order, now that we have this to use.....
I am truly surprised nobody said:
"STFU Gore!"
(There...I feel much better.)
ML/NJ
But Al invented the internet...
Gore didn't have the balls to stand up to Clinton's corruption and his meddling in his failed 2000 campaign, so he became a lunatic leftist and is trying to blame someone else for his lack of fortitude and guilty conscience.
No, he is just whipping up the masses for Impeach Bush and Cheney and Impeach and Demand Censure for Bush-Cheney Misconduct
or violence in the streets if they cannot get their RAT congressmen to do what they want. Algore is in the same camp as Howie Dean and John Conyers - regain power at all costs even if it means the destruction of America!
Let me be the first to say "Gore who?"
"But Al invented the internet..."
And Krispy Kreme Donuts by the look of him...either that or Michelin tires....
You already know the answer to that.
It is really important for the administration to go on the offensive...and claim first the rhetorical high ground...that he is in fact DEFENDING THE LAW, that being the Constitution, observing it to the letter, AND PROTECTING LIFE AND LIBERTY. And no AMERICAN rights have been flouted. Period.
By virtue of the responses of Gore and Clinton, who routinely flouted warrant requirements with their use of RICO, they are demonstrable hypocrites about lawfulness. This is far worse than the pot calling the kettle black. GWB is reaping the rewards of his bipartisanship. Any ways, the presumption is that they wouldn't defend the law of the constitution, these cretins would have abdicated it, and furthermore, they would not have protected U.S. life and liberty in those instances, so squeamish about self-imposed niceties...that it would have assuredly meant that much more U.S. blood would have been spilled...right here in the U.S.
Gore's totally wrong on the facts WRT the NSA survellience, but the thing that's just so deliciously funny is that the MLK wiretaps were court-approved.
Gore's thesis is based on thin-air.
And how many gnawed their wrists off?
Really?
Then I wonder what THIS was all about?
Republican as well as Democratic members of Congress should support the bipartisan call of the Liberty Coalition for the appointment of a special counsel to pursue the criminal issues raised by warrantless wiretapping of Americans by the President.
Second, new whistleblower protections should immediately be established for members of the Executive Branch who report evidence of wrongdoing -- especially where it involves the abuse of Executive Branch authority in the sensitive areas of national security.
Third, both Houses of Congress should hold comprehensive-and not just superficial-hearings into these serious allegations of criminal behavior on the part of the President. And, they should follow the evidence wherever it leads.
Fourth, the extensive new powers requested by the Executive Branch in its proposal to extend and enlarge the Patriot Act should, under no circumstances be granted, unless and until there are adequate and enforceable safeguards to protect the Constitution and the rights of the American people against the kinds of abuses that have so recently been revealed.
Fifth, any telecommunications company that has provided the government with access to private information concerning the communications of Americans without a proper warrant should immediately cease and desist their complicity in this apparently illegal invasion of the privacy of American citizens.
Freedom of communication is an essential prerequisite for the restoration of the health of our democracy.
It is particularly important that the freedom of the Internet be protected against either the encroachment of government or the efforts at control by large media conglomerates. The future of our democracy depends on it.
Headlines later today and tomorrow:
GORE CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL INVESTIGATION OF BUSH - Hints at Impeachment of President for Abuse of Power in Domestic Spying Scandal.
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