"Left for Dead in 2000...Gore Returns as Defender of Reason" /E.J. Dionne

Gore's Revenge

E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Washington Post Writers Group

Gore, so gracious after that unfortunate court ruling, lets it rip against Bush on Iraq, civil liberties, global warming and much else. Gore speaks of "something deeply troubling about President Bush's relationship to reason, his disdain for facts, and his lack of curiosity. ..."

That sentiment will speak to the multitudes disgusted with the Bush presidency -- and draw vituperation from the same people who accused Gore of trying to "steal" the 2000 election simply because he wanted Florida's votes recounted.

Seven years later, the mood is very different, partly because of the rise of a new Internet political community that Gore wants to protect from the designs of big companies. Say what you will, the blogs and other online gathering places do promote a culture of engagement rather than passivity. The raucous back-and-forth they encourage looks, at least sometimes, like real, live democratic politics.

But the larger change is that the very process Gore describes -- of propaganda taken as fact, of slogans taken as arguments, of repetition substituting for logic and, yes, of lies and half-truths taken as truth -- is now well-recognized. What worked against Gore during the recount and what worked for the administration in the run-up to the Iraq War doesn't work anymore. That is an advance for democracy, and for reason.Gore, to his credit, won't talk about Florida, but I will. Whatever flaws he has, Gore suffered through an extreme injustice with great dignity. His revenge is to have been right about a lot of things, including the power of the Internet, global warming and Iraq.

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http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=22358

the 'fight' was dropped.

What was the hurry? i still don't understand why the appropriate time wasn't taken to get the 'accurate' tally-

It is nothing more than speculation, but i sure don't believe we'd be in this bloody mess today, if Al had refused to budge until an accounting was done- and had been supported by this party.

... with no Democrats publicly standing up and helping carry the fight.

Gore went as far as he could, and led by example in terms of submitting to the "rule of law" -- however corrupt and treasonous the judgement by the politically-biased Court.