I had a chance to listen to Al Gore's appearance at GWU via C-Span radio yesterday.
Heck, I had and hour and forty five minutes on my hand while driving home. Well, I didn't need it. It was all over, including the Q&A, inside 45 minutes.
It was interesting though. As some have said, he was a bit long winded and not particularly charismatic but there was enough there to hold my attention and even get me out to buy the book.
By way of coincidence, I saw his recent appearance on Jon Stewart last night.
I asked my wife a couple of weeks ago if she would vote for Gore if he were a candidate. The answer was not no, but not very enthusiastic all the same.
After hearing Gore and watching (and, no, I've not read the book yet) I got to thinking about the potentially unique position he's in.
How 'bout this. Taking the logic of his reason arguments to heart, why not skewer everyone who voted to give Bush a blank check to invade Iraq back in 02. Why not ... take 'em all. Especially the ones who have refused to admit the error of their ways. My wife is fond of telling me that "if I could see it, then why couldn't others?" Hilary for example, come on ... what is the reasoning? Surely you can tell a pile of crap when someone drops it on your doorstep? Or were you too scared of being labeled unpatriotic?
Now, if Al wanted to go down that path and do some truth telling and finger pointing I sure as heck would vote for him. We've all had enough of the crap. We need to get back to a place where the greater good is a "pro" argument instead of a "con" (no pun intended).
If you head in that direction and you're going to make all-inclusive arguments about assaults on reason, you'd better be prepared to run for President because you might just tear down enough front runners to make it a choice between Ron Paul and Dennis the Menace (or whatever his name is). And nobody wants to have to make that choice, right?
By the way, if you want to see some real assault on reason, check this out.
The question is: Why didn't T.Rex eat the other ark animals?