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Gore Claims No Longer Sore Over 2000 Defeat
Over on Drudge there is a piece that sites an interview that al gore gave to Vanity Fair in which he blames the "unfairness" of the MSM for his election loss.
Gore tells Peretz that he does believe that some of his words were distorted and that certain major reporters and outlets were often unfair, and admits that the tendency of the press to twist his words encumbered his ability to speak freely.
Let's see, the MSM helped him in Florida by making an early call that Florida was his and that the polls were closed when in fact they were still open, which had a serious impact on the Florida panhandle voter turnout as it is in a different time zone than the rest of that state.
Gore was castigated for his assertion that he brought about the Internet, which was twisted into his claiming to have invented the Internet. Whatever the claim in that regards, the Internet dates back to the '60s when it was formed as DARPANet for the military, then expanded from there to what it is today. Not Gore, nor any politician, had much of an impact on its development, if any. Regardless, having his words twisted to "I invented the Internet" did nothing more than create a catch line for satire.
The media treated Bush far worse than they treated Gore, with claims that he was just filling in for "daddy," couldn't think for himself, and was a draft dodger, which is really weird as he served in the ANG and volunteered for service in Vietnam (Palace Alert in the ANG).
It was also Gore that started all of the lawsuits and attempted to force changes in Florida Election Law after the fact through the courts, which was later overturned by the Supreme Court: You can't change election laws and apply them to elections that have already occurred!
What is really funny is this bit:
"Modern politics seems to require and reward some capacities that I don't think I have in abundance … such as a tolerance for … spin rather than an honest discussion of substance. Apparently, it comes easily for some people, but not for me," Gore says.
If he lacked a capacity for spin in 2000, he has certainly made up for that lack since then with his Inconvenient Truth on Global Warming. And he has also learned to show a disregard for "honest and open discussion of substance" especially when he his very likely to be proven wrong on the facts.
Although he has not intimated plans to run in 2008, he can at least look forward to having his wife's support. At least that's one vote he can count on.
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