Gore: Not Another 2000

Former Vice President Al Gore, who nearly won the U.S. presidency in 2000, cited the outcome of that election as the reason why Barack Obama should be elected president in 2008. Speaking to the Democratic National Convention ahead of Obama’s nomination acceptance speech Thursday night, Gore said if he had won the White House, the United States would have captured Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden instead of going to Iraq. The Nobel Peace Prize winner added that the country would have maintained a strong economy, upheld the integrity of the U.S. Constitution and be on the road to solving the challenges of global warming. “Today, we face essentially the same choice we faced in 2000, though it may be even more obvious now, because John McCain, a man who has earned our respect on many levels, is now openly endorsing the polices of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue them,” he said. “The same policies all over again? Hey, I believe in recycling, but ... (link)