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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jackhach who wrote (508413)	12/12/2003 12:59:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 769670

Howard and Al "MoveOn" Both Gore and Dean have been drinking from the same poisoned wells in recent months, cavorting with the hatemongers of MoveOn.org. Although polls showed Dean as the emerging frontrunner, it was his victory in MoveOn’s “virtual primary” (in which Dennis Kucinich came in second) that cemented his status. The same website ran interference for Gore in 2000, attempting to jam the Nader campaign’s communication lines in the waning days of the campaign. And it was MoveOn.org (and, pointedly, not any official party venue) that sponsored Al Gore's two most significant speeches, in which he derided Bush’s handling of Iraq and called for the repeal of the Patriot Act. MoveOn has provided an enthusiastic audience as Gore allows his leftist convictions to finally come to the fore. Someone once said politics is the art of finding a crowd, getting in front of it and telling it what to do. Gore has found his crowd; it is at MoveOn.org rallies cheering Howard Dean. According to one of Gore’s associates, “When Gore gave a speech to MoveOn, he got 3,000 people there. There were times in the race when we couldn't get 3,000 people to turn up, and he was the nominee.” For his part, Gore barely disguises his motivation. Howard Dean has captured the party base in a way Gore never could. Assured by endorsements from two huge public sector unions (AFSCME and SEIU), Gore is comfortable Dean has "critical mass" to win the nomination. And now Al Gore wants to share his spotlight. In his endorsement Tuesday morning, Gore noted that Dean “really is the only candidate who has been able to inspire at the grassroots level all over the country.” Translation: Dean’s a winner and leftist soulmate, and I want to come along for the photo-op. Yet there is more to the endorsement; there’s also a very personal reason for his actions: revenge.