Al Gore as Kurtz

Every time Al Gore (D-Mars) opens his mouth, I am convinced that he lost his mind during the aftermath of the 2000 election that was "stolen" from him. Savor this bit from a talk he gave in Sweden:

When asked how the United States would have been different if he had become president, though, he had harsh criticism for Bush's policies.

"We would not have invaded a country that didn't attack us," he said, referring to Iraq. "We would not have taken money from the working families and given it to the most wealthy families."

Where's the signs of madness? There is ample evidence that Saddam Hussein was actively supporting terrorism and that he was horrendous thug that murdered his own people by the hundreds of thousands. Is Mr. Gore saying that if he were in charge, Saddam would still be in running Iraq and still murdering his fellow countrymen? That taking out Saddam and installing a nominally functional democracy was not in our national interest? That the people of Iraq don't deserve the ability to pick and choose their leaders the same as we do? That somehow, the people of Iraq should be held in perpetual bondage because hand-wringer like Mr. Gore don't want to feel guilt about anything? And as for taxes, the poorest people taxes did not go up. Everybody's taxes went down. These are not views of the political positions, these are established facts. And he can't see them. He has lost his mind.

I'd be willing to collaborate on any rewrite of the "The Heart of Darkness" with Al Gore in the Kurtz role.

dpny