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[Ya-ta Boy]

Gore: Obama's "lack of experience" no different than that of Lincoln

INVESCO FIELD -- Al Gore, who lost the closest election in national history to George Bush in 2000, chided criticism of Barack Obama�s short resume of experience by comparing it to the most famous man from Illinois, Abraham Lincoln...

�Before he entered the White House, Abraham Lincoln�s experience in elective office consisted of eight years in his state legislature in Springfield, Ill., and one term in Congress during which he showed the courage and wisdom to oppose the invasion of another country that was popular when it started but later condemned by history.�...

�One of the greatest gifts of our democracy is the opportunity it offers us every four years to change course,� Gore said. �It�s not a guarantee, it�s an opportunity. The question facing us is, simply put, will we seize this opportunity for change?

�Eight years ago, some said there was not much difference between the nominees of the two major parties and it didn�t really matter who became president. Our nation was enjoying peace and prosperity. Some assumed we would continue both, no matter the outcome.

�But here we all are in 2008, and I doubt anyone would argue now that election didn�t matter.

�Take it from me, if it had ended differently we would not be bogged down in Iraq, we would have pursued bin Laden until we captured him. We would not be facing a self-inflicted economic crisis; we would be fighting for middle class families.

�We would not be showing contempt for the Constitution, we�d be protecting the rights of every American regardless of race, religion, disability, gender or sexual orientation. And we would not be denying the climate crisis, we would be solving it...

�After they wrecked our economy, it is time for a change. After they abandoned the search for the terrorists who attacked us and redeployed the troops to invade a nation that did not attack us, it�s time for a change.

�After they abandoned the American principle first laid down by General George Washington, when he prohibited the torture of captives because it would bring, in his words, shame, disgrace and ruin to our nation, it�s time for a change.

�When as many as three Supreme Court justices could be appointed in the first term of the next president, and John McCain promises to appoint more Scalias and Thomases and end a woman�s right to choose, it�s time for a change.�

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A good speech by the man who should now be preparing to retire from the White House.

I liked his statement about change and opportunity. He made a good point about our system of government. We do have an opportunity to change direction every 4 years (you could even say every 2 years) and it is an opportunity. This time we have the opportunity to dump the failed radical policies of this administration in the trash heap of history where they belong.

[Tjames426]

Does that mean Obama will cause a Civil War in the USA??? With the result that State rights will be eroded further in order to produce a stronger central controlled Government???

Does that mean that Obama will be murdered in office???

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Interesting stuff.

[mises]

I think he is more like Gandhi, Jesus, Rosa Parks, mohammad, Vishnu, Roh and Canadian Heath Care (it's free!) rolled into an organic and free range burrito.

[Ya-ta Boy]

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[ReeseDog]

[Gopher]

Lincoln was a Republican, thank you very much. We Republicans served with Abe Lincoln, we knew Abe Lincoln, Abe Lincoln was a friend of ours. Ladies and Gentlemen: Barack Obama is no Abe Lincoln.

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[Kuros]

[Ya-ta Boy]

Sorry, Kuros. I should have known better than to condemn the political philosophy that has been used to protect slavery, lynching and Jim Crow for decades while people's lives were blighted, destroyed and wasted. I don't know what I could have been thinking. Of course the Bill of Rights should only apply in those states where the majority want it to apply and then only to those the majority want it to apply to. Foolish of me to think that we are a nation of people who happen to have local addresses but all the same rights, rather than a collection of states who have agreed to cooperate only on matters of national defense.

I am sorry for the sarcasm, but I don't know how else to address the most evil and dangerous political philosophy in our body politic when, more than a century after it was discredited, people bring it up as if it deserves respect.

[Kuros]

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