Al Gore is right, for once

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:40:30 GMT  <== Politics ==> 

Silver at Wolfesblog - Truthout has the full text of a speech given by algore on Monday, which Paul Craig Roberts described as "the most important political speech in my lifetime." The speech didn't move me, but then, this is algore speaking. [claire]

Gore presents a compelling argument that the US Constitution, and our liberties, are in grave danger. He should know, he has spent a lifetime pursuing that goal. It's easy to be cynical and read Gore's challenge of Bush's blatantly illegal acts as little more than sour grapes.

But Gore is right. What Bush and his handlers are doing is nothing less than erecting an emperor, one man who makes all laws but is bound by no law. He has openly defied the law as written by Congress, admitted his crimes, vowed to continue, and is seeking to punish those who sounded the alarm. Congress is supine, whether from their characteristic ignorance and cowardice or because most members secretly lust after precisely the kind of unlimited power Bush is claiming for himself.

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