Al Gore, still pathetically lusting to be considered relevant, ripped into President Bush yesterday before a sycophantic audience.
Former Vice President Al Gore accused President Bush of breaking the law by authorizing wiretaps on U.S. citizens without court warrants and called on Congress Monday to reassert its oversight responsibilities on a "shameful exercise of power" by the White House."The president of the United States has been breaking the law repeatedly and insistently," Gore said in a speech at Constitution Hall in Washington. "A president who breaks the law is a threat to the very structure of our government."
NR's Byron York listened to the whole overheated rant (so you don't have to), but James Taranto had the best insight into Gore's tiresome performance.
We've heard a lot about the problems of congressional Republicans, in terms of both corruption and ideological drift away from the small-government philosophy that brought the party to power in 1994. There is much validity to these criticisms. Power corrupts.Gore, however, exemplifies how powerlessness also corrupts: by producing paranoia, persecution fantasies and a generally irresponsible politics. Republicans ought to pay a price for their shortcomings, but given the choice between Democratic paranoia and Republican profligacy, voters very well may decide that the latter is the lesser evil.
See for yourself via C-SPAN (Real format) if you've a strong tolerance for bluster and BS.
Posted by Alan at January 17, 2006 09:51 PM