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Wednesday, September 29, 2004
How to Debate George W. Bush by Al Gore
Gore has a very good op-ed in the New York Times today on how to debate George W. Bush with some advice for Kerry. Gore makes a couple good, but personal, points, such as how we shouldn't be selecting the guy we most want to have a beer with. (Gore quotes the great Jon Stewart as saying in 2000 that "I want my president to be the designated driver.'' Nice dig on the DWI, BTW.)
But Gore's last line is the best:
The biggest single difference between the debates this year and four years
ago is that President Bush cannot simply make promises. He has a record. And I
hope that voters will recall the last time Mr. Bush stood on stage for a
presidential debate. If elected, he said, he would support allowing Americans to
buy prescription drugs from Canada. He promised that his tax cuts would create
millions of new jobs. He vowed to end partisan bickering in Washington. Above
all, he pledged that if he put American troops into combat: "The force must be
strong enough so that the mission can be accomplished. And the exit strategy
needs to be well defined."
Comparing these grandiose promises to his failed record, it's enough to
make anyone want to, well, sigh.
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