I'm glad that I pre-ordered my copy of The Assault on Reason because if the article that I read from ABC News is any indication of the books content it's going to be an astounding read.
Here are a few choice excerpts from the article:
In the book, Gore is accusatory, passionate, and angry. He begins discussing the president by accusing him of sharing President Richard Nixon's unprincipled hunger for power -- and the book proceeds to get less complimentary from there. While Gore stops short of flatly calling for the impeachment of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, he certainly gives the impression that in his view such a move would be well deserved. He calls the president a lawbreaker, a liar and a man with the blood of thousands of innocent lives on his hands.
More below the flip.
Here are a few quotes about the Iraq War:
Bush, he writes, "has exposed Americans abroad and Americans in every U.S. town and city to a greater danger of attack because of his arrogance and willfulness."
"History will surely judge America's decision to invade and occupy (Iraq)...as a decision that was not only tragic but absurd," Gore writes.
"Bush and Cheney actually believed in the linkage (between Iraq and al Qaeda) that they asserted -- in spite of all the evidence to the contrary presented to them contemporaneously -- that would by itself in light of the available evidence, make them genuinely unfit to lead our nation. On the other hand, if they knew the truth and lied, massively and repeatedly, isn't that worse? Are they too gullible or too dishonest?"
This is the type of talk I would like to hear about on topics such as Iraq and George Bush from some of our presidential candidates.
And Gore continues to be the only major (potential) Democratic candidate to call for the repeal of the PATRIOT Act:
He calls for a repeal of the Patriot Act, and for the Bush administration to disclose all of its interrogation policies.
So, let's review:
Al Gore:
- Right on Iraq from the start.
- Right on Global Warming.
- Right on the Internet.
- Right on his criticism of the media.
- Right on the PATRIOT Act.
- Heroic efforts during Hurricane Katrina.
And people still wonder why folks such as myself continue to wait for this man to get in the race? I hope the reason that we continue to wait is crystal clear after reading his new book.
Link to the full article: ABC News