Comments on: Al Gore’s Regrets http://themoderatevoice.com/22222/al-gores-regrets/ An Internet hub for moderates, centrists, and independents, with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, and right Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:15:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: superdestroyer http://themoderatevoice.com/22222/al-gores-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-133852 superdestroyer Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:25:10 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/al-qaeda/osama-bin-laden/22222/al-gores-regrets/#comment-133852 There is nothing in Gore's nature to make one believe that he would have pursued Osama or cared at all about Afghanistan. The Clinton Administration has many chances to get tough with Al Queda and took a pass every time. Besides, Al Gore wanted international law to apply to all military operations. A Gore presidency would have been facing a huge number of resignations in the military. <br><br>Also, the ecnonomy was headed south in the last few months of the Clinton Adminstration. <br><br>The best thing that could have been said about a Gore Administration is that the government would have been divided and thus there would have been less pork barreling spending and no new entitlement programs would have been started. There is nothing in Gore's nature to make one believe that he would have pursued Osama or cared at all about Afghanistan. The Clinton Administration has many chances to get tough with Al Queda and took a pass every time. Besides, Al Gore wanted international law to apply to all military operations. A Gore presidency would have been facing a huge number of resignations in the military.

Also, the ecnonomy was headed south in the last few months of the Clinton Adminstration.

The best thing that could have been said about a Gore Administration is that the government would have been divided and thus there would have been less pork barreling spending and no new entitlement programs would have been started.

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/22222/al-gores-regrets/comment-page-1/#comment-133849 DLS Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:45:55 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/al-qaeda/osama-bin-laden/22222/al-gores-regrets/#comment-133849 I watched the convention finale last night on a boat crossing Lake Michigan, with several other people. We thought Gore was great with his "recycling" remark, and we also were saying to each other than had Gore been more like this and less robotic and off-putting in 2000, he would have wiped the floor with Bush all of 2000 and naturally in November 2000's results. I watched the convention finale last night on a boat crossing Lake Michigan, with several other people. We thought Gore was great with his “recycling” remark, and we also were saying to each other than had Gore been more like this and less robotic and off-putting in 2000, he would have wiped the floor with Bush all of 2000 and naturally in November 2000's results.

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