Gore rattles right-wing cages

[TheDoorbellRang]

This was a delightful, refreshing find in a Springfield, Missouri paper no less.

Our Voice Published Monday, October 29, 2007

Gore rattles right-wing cages

The best thing about Al Gore winning the Nobel Peace Prize is that it has driven the Right Wing Nut Farm, home of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy, absolutely bonkers.

You thought they were whack-jobs before? Gore has sent them entirely over the edge. I don't listen to right wing radio myself — that stuff sounds ever so much better in the original German — but I'm told the Conservative Blather Machine is foaming at the dipstick over it.

I'm not sure why right-wingers hate Al Gore so much — maybe they can't forgive him for winning the 2000 election — but he sure rattles their cages.

Personally, I'm delighted he won and even more delighted that his crusade against global warming seems to be having some effect.

The nation, ever so slowly, like a giant grizzly rising from hibernation, is beginning to wake to the problem.

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Don Kaul is a two-time Pulitzer Prize-losing Washington correspondent who, by his own account, is right more than he's wrong. Email: [e-mail]


http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071029/OPINIONS01/710290356/1006/OPINIONS

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. They ought to give him his presidency back

keep rattling the cages Al!

[lame54]

28. i agree - let's all help -spread this around:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0Nnph3zkHNw

[Cronus Protagonist]

36. Albert Gore is The One

http://cronus.com/gore

Elect Albert Gore

[malaise]

2. Off to the Greatest page n/t

[proud patriot]

3. LOL great piece

:hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

4. I hope Gore is in their faces everyday!

In his positive way, he is slapping them silly by being right about almost everything! I hope the ones responsible for the theft of his presidency have trouble sleeping! Now more than ever!

[cascadiance]

29. Yes to remind them that governments should be afraid of their people!

... and not people afraid of their governments!



He IS the voice of the grass roots!

[wizstars]

49. ...and in their nightmares every night....... n/t

[DCKit]

5. Oh, those wacky wingers.

But you've got to admit, it's boys getting married that REALLY gets them worked up. Maybe Al could work that into his spiel and cause a few strokes.

[Didereaux]

6. a lot of oldtime Republicans admire what Gore has accomplished...there is backlash!

I've heard it. Quite a number of people who call themselves 'oldtime' Republicans say they admire what Al Gore has accomplished. They still would be hard pressed to vote for him, but they have lost all patience with the twirly-eyed foamers who are attacking so maliciously.

[stlsaxman]

19. I, too, have heard that from older staunch "real" Republicans... only the ones

I've heard from have gone so far as to say they'd vote for him if he ran.

They're friggin' sick of this shtuff.

[Uncle Joe]

7. This is most encouraging!

Thanks for the thread, TheDoorBellRang.:)

[TheDoorbellRang]

8. You're welcome, Uncle Joe

I especially liked his line: "I don't listen to right wing radio myself — that stuff sounds ever so much better in the original German..." :rofl:

[Uncle Joe]

9. That was classic,

I may steal it for future use.:rofl:

[ms liberty]

15. I nominate that line for a DUzy...n/t

[entanglement]

22. That's actually a famous Molly Ivins quote from 1992 ... A pithy critique of Pat Buchanan's speech

[peacetalksforall]

41. The author should have worked in a credit to her?

[ms liberty]

53. Wow - I didn't know that, and I love Molly Ivins...thanks for letting me know! n/t

[scarletwoman]

18. "that stuff sounds ever so much better in the original German..." My favorite line, too. (nt)

[stlsaxman]

21. That's Molly Ivans' line about Pat Buchanan's "Culture War" Speech to th RNC

"In her syndicated column, which appeared in about 350 newspapers, Ms. Ivins cultivated the voice of a folksy populist who derided those who she thought acted too big for their britches. She was rowdy and profane, but she could filet her opponents with droll precision.

After Patrick J. Buchanan, as a conservative candidate for president, declared at the 1992 Republican National Convention that the United States was engaged in a cultural war, she said his speech “probably sounded better in the original German.”

[scarletwoman]

23. Cool. I knew that line has been around for awhile, I just didn't know who originated it.

Thanks!

sw

[stlsaxman]

25. you are quite welcome!

:hi:

[Newkophile]

44. Remember Letterman's line about Buchanon supporters?

Letterman in his nightly monologue once referred to a walking demonstration of Buchanon supporters as the "million man goosestep".

[weeve]

10. Soon to rattle ...

... the "inevitable" cage of one Hillary "If-You-Can't-Beat-em-Join-em" Clinton, when he announces his run for Presidency within the week ! The rattlin' ain't even begun !

[loudsue]

40. From your lips to God's ears, weeve. "When he announces...within the week"

O8) Let it be so! O8)

[NastyDiaper]

46. "when he announces his run for Presidency within the week"

I'm about as dogmatic as "Harold", my front-porch toad.
But I'm praying that the ghost of Teddy Roosevelt hits up Gore's home for some candy and a little chit-chat tonight.

[cascadiance]

11. Always liked reading Don Kaul, even back to my college days at Iowa...

... when he was a columnist for the Des Moines Register.

Good stuff! Yup, As Melissa Etheridge says in her Oscar winning title song for "An Inconvenient Truth", we all have to collectively "wake up" and get Al Gore to be in charge and work with us to fix the mess we are in. Freepers either need to stand aside or get run over!

[TheDoorbellRang]

12. Like his self description

as a two-time Pulitzer Prize-losing Washington correspondent. The man's no "looser" in my book.:D

[FatDave]

16. I was just going to ask if that was the same Don Kaul

He used to have a column called Over The Coffee (I think it was called that) in the DSM Register that I remember from way back.

[progressoid]

38. Yay for Don!

I too remember "Over The Coffee". He's a good guy.

[SlowDownFast]

13. K&R. n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

14. And all those members of high-falutin', Neocon think-tanks just awaitin' for the phone to ring!

Maybe Faux will bestow some kinderv ackerlade on 'em.

[dickbearton]

17. Those right-wing blockheads have corrupted everything...

Neocon think-tank, now that's an oxymoron.

[Kurovski]

47. Scheme-factories is more like it. (nt)

[spanone]

20. ...and i love him all the more for that.

[2 Much Tribulation]

24. Gore represents serious opposition on the level of IDEAS, that's why he rattles them

and they should be rattled. But those without spine who sway with the political winds are little or no threat at all.

[Karenina]

26. Welcome to DU, 2 Much Tribulation

And you are indeed correct! :hi:

[Swamp Rat]

27. NeoGore is "The One!"

:D Liebling! :loveya:

[Karenina]

30. Naaaa logo!!!

Hier hab' ich schon viel gelesen Über Schwule und Schwartze! :rofl:
Regen wäre schön, meine ficken Fresse!!! :hug::loveya::hug:

[2 Much Tribulation]

34. Thank you Karenina! Newbies are especially adept at the OBVIOUS! ;) nt

[Canuckistanian]

31. Worth reading just for the Huckabee quote

"Whether it's going to your home and tearing up your living room furniture or whether it's going to God's home and tearing up what He created... those of us who are believers would classify it as sinful behavior. It's evil. It's wrong."

That's lost him the primaries right there.

[Triana]

32. Picking out narcissists....

....watch when someone amidst them receives high praise. The narcissist(s) will immediately launch a smear campaign against that person.

Narcissists: They out themselves.

[2 Much Tribulation]

35. Interesting observation: or at least they change the subject to themselves! nt

[Kurovski]

33. Kick. (nt)

[Kurovski]

37. Kick. (nt)

[mod mom]

39. GORE or bust!

[LiberalEsto]

42. RESTORE GORE

This would make a nice bumper sticker:

RESTORE GORE:
The Rightful President

[lyonspotter]

43. In the original German...

LMAO!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGLR8Xqxiio

[Sick_of_Rethuggery]

45. Here's a nice piece on Al by Al Hunt...

http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/10/28/america/letter.php?WT.mc_id=rssamerica

[colorado_ufo]

48. It's really very simple.

Gore terrifies them. He has the intelligence and clout to unite the country and give the Dems more respect than they have had since Kennedy. And they are guilty: They know the truth, that Gore actually WON the election.

The only way that they can deal with Gore is to discount him.

[Inkyfuzzbottom]

50. I am SHOCKED!

This actually appeared in the SPRINGFIELD, MO News-Leader? As a lifelong Missouri resident I am quite familiar with the area. Springfield is practically the rectum of the bible belt! Springfield is the town that spawned John Ashcroft (he was born is Chicago but grew up and has spent most of his adult life in the Springfield area).

[TheDoorbellRang]

51. It surprised me, too

I lived in Missouri for 20+ years so I know just how Bible belty that part of the state is. Wonder how this editorial went over with them.

[FourScore]

52. "in the original German "

:rofl:

I LOVE THAT LINE!!!

Thank you so much for posting this. The only thing wrong with the article was that it was too short!I would have liked to have read pages and pages more from this guy...