Gore accuses McCain of policies too close to Bush

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080829/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_gore

Al Gore told Democrats Thursday night that the 2008 election is close because defenders of the status quo "are desperately afraid of the change Barack Obama represents." And the former vice president said he knows something about close elections.

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Gore said that if he'd been elected in 2000, the United States would not be bogged down in Iraq, would not be facing "a self-inflicted economic crisis," and the government would not be disregarding the Constitution or denying the climate crisis.

"Today, we face essentially the same choice we faced in 2000 ..." he said. "John McCain, a man who has earned our respect on many levels, is now openly endorsing the policies of the Bush-Cheney White House and promising to actually continue them, the same policies all over again."

Gore said he's for recycling, "but that's ridiculous," drawing cheers from the Democratic National Convention crowd.