Let's break down the "Source: Gore thinks Clinton unstoppable" meme below the fold.
So... the meme goes like this:
Source: Gore thinks Clinton unstoppable
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A source involved in Gore's past political runs told CNN that he definitely has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to run for president.
But he will not run, because he won't take on the political machine assembled by Sen. Hillary Clinton, said the source. If the senator from New York had faltered at all, Gore would take a serious look at entering the race, the source said. But Gore has calculated that Clinton is unstoppable, according to the source.
Gore repeatedly denied he has any plans to run again, but this week a group of grass-roots Democrats calling themselves "Draft Gore" took out a full-page ad in The New York Times in a bid to change his mind.
- Has this so-called "source" had any recent interactions with Gore? The meme says nothing to that effect.
- Is the "source" part of Gore's close circle? Otherwise, how the hell does the "source" know about Gore's current ambitions up close and personal?
- The slime "has the ambition to use the peace prize as a springboard to run for president" is a major give away which ensures that this isn't from Gore's close circle, but instead someone bloviating and sliming. Clearly, it must be someone that stands to benefit from Gore not running.
- More slime on Gore: "Gore has calculated"
- This is the slam on Obama and Edwards' campaigns: "that Clinton is unstoppable". At this point, if this isn't the handiwork of the Clinton campaign, whose else?
- The title "Gore thinks Clinton unstoppable" rounds out the slime job by directly ascribing some bozo's sleazy bloviation to Gore and his inner thoughts and feelings. Great!
- "A source involved in Gore's past political runs". Is that Mark Penn whom Gore fired mid-campaign in 2000? It sure sounds like that to me.
What do you think?