Bird Cage Liner Alert!

. . . From todays Amarillo Globe News, this stenographic bit of UNSIGNED RNC talking point blather. CLICK HERE TO VIEW COLUMN

"Democrats should be breathing a sigh of relief that their candidate for the presidency is John Kerry and not Al Gore. ". . .
Don't know about you, but I do not need the AGN to tell me how I should feel.

"Gore spoke the other day to MoveOn.org, a left-leaning political group, and proceeded to shame himself with hysterical rhetoric."
Since when is calm oratory hysterical? Since it is called that by the right and repeated by our lazy press.

Some echos out there:
Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 5/27/04: John Kerry’s advisers were surprised and annoyed to hear that Mr. Gore hollered so much, he made Howard Dean look like George Pataki.

Paula Zahn, Paula Zahn Now, 5/27/04: Well, we did see a pretty good Howard Dean imitation from Al Gore, didn't we?

Robert Novak, Crossfire, 5/28/04: [Gore] gained credence with the huge lunatic wing of the Democratic Party this week when he did his imitation of Howard Dean shouting.

Margaret Carlson, Capital Gang, 5/29/04: That looked like Gore channeling Howard Dean in Iowa. It’s not a good performance.

Chris Matthews, The Chris Matthews Show, 5/30/04: Wary Kerry! Al Gore screams like Dean, but the candidate stays cool, some say too cool.

Kooky Charles Krauthammer said, "It looks as if Al Gore has gone off his lithium again."

It's always easier to attack someone than disprove what they are saying.

Let 'em know what you think over at the AGN, and be civil!

john.kanelis@amarillo.com

To view Al's speech CLICK HERE

-PRODIGAL SON