Al Gore made a well-received speech on the Bush presidency this afternoon. MoveOn.Org sponsored the speech. Gore told the audience of over 3,000 plus a web simulcast that:
"They (the Bush Administration) have taken us much farther down the road toward an intrusive, 'big brother'-style government — toward the dangers prophesied by George Orwell in his book '1984' — than anyone ever thought would be possible in the United States of America."He brought many the crowd of 3,000 to their feet when he called for a repeal of the Patriot Act, which expanded government's surveillance and detention power, allowing authorities to monitor books people read and conduct secret searches.
Gore chided the administration for what he said was its "implicit assumption" that Americans must give up traditional freedoms in order to be safe from terrorists.
"In my opinion, it makes no more sense to launch an assault on our civil liberties as the best way to get at terrorists than it did to launch an invasion of Iraq (news - web sites) as the best way to get at Osama bin Laden (news - web sites)," Gore said.
In both cases, Gore said, the administration has "recklessly put our country in grave and unnecessary danger."
It is always nice to see the man most Americans voted for as President in 2000 back on the political stage.
