Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Go, Big Al!!

That earlier Teneessean who was elected President and had the election stolen from him, Andrew Jackson, would surely approve. I'm not sure about some of these other folks. But Al Gore's a real Democrat:

Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as "a renegade band of rightwing extremists".

In an interview with the Guardian today, the former vice-president calls himself a "recovering politician", but launches into the political fray more explicitly than he has previously done during his high-profile campaigning on the threat of global warming.

Denying that his politics have shifted to the left since he lost the court battle for the 2000 election, Mr Gore says: "If you have a renegade band of rightwing extremists who get hold of power, the whole thing goes to the right."
The only other person I've ever seen describe himself as a "recovering politician" is Jerry Brown. He later ran for mayor of Oakland and served two terms. Now he's running for California attorney general.

Let's hope Al follows Jerry's lead. Only shooting for the White House in 2008.

| +Save/Share | |




FEATURED QUOTE

"It is the logic of our times
No subject for immortal verse
That we who lived by honest dreams
Defend the bad against the worse."


-- Cecil Day-Lewis from Where Are The War Poets?


ABOUT US

  • What is the Blue Voice?
  • Bruce Miller
  • Fdtate
  • Marcia Ellen (on hiatus)
  • Marigolds2
  • Neil
  • Tankwoman
  • Wonky Muse

  • RECENT POSTS

  • The Christian Right and the "stab-in-the-back"
  • Imperial dreams
  • Four Candles
  • Suggested Reading
  • The Big Deal Concerning Gay Marriage
  • This drives me crazy
  • Leaving behind unnecessary frivolities to win the ...
  • Summer Reading List
  • What do the Christians say?
  • Iran and the nuclear issue

  • ARCHIVES




    RECENT COMMENTS

    [Tip: Point cursor to any comment to see title of post being discussed.]
    SEARCH THIS SITE
    Google
    www TBV

    BLUE'S NEWS





    ACT BLUE











    BLUE LINKS

    Environmental Links
    Gay/Lesbian Links
    News & Media Links
    Organization Links
    Political Links
    Religious Links
    Watchdog Links

    BLUE ROLL


    MISCELLANEOUS

    Atom/XML Feed
    Blogarama - Blog Directory
    Blogwise - blog directory

    Blogstreet
    Haloscan


    Blogger

    hits since 06-13-2005

    site design: wonky muse
    image: fpsoftlab.com