Bob Barr + Al Gore = Bush Snub Fest
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in The War On TerrorismThe former Republican Rep. and the former VP/presidential candidate are looking to question Bush on his WOT policies…
Gore is teaming up with former Rep. Bob Barr, a Republican, for the policy address, which is endorsed by MoveOn.org and sponsored by the American Constitution Society and Liberty Coalition. Barr is an outspoken critic of Bush on issues of national security. He led the drive to impeach President Bill Clinton, Gore’s partner in the White House for eight years.“The speech will specifically point to domestic wiretapping and torture as examples of the administration’s efforts to extend executive power beyond Congressional direction and judicial review,â€Â? according to a press release distributed by MoveOn.org. “The extent of bipartisan concern over these issues is highlighted by former Republican Rep. Bob Barr’s introduction of the Vice President and by the organizations cosponsoring the speech.â€Â?
Gore’s speech marks the second time in two weeks he will make a sympathetic plea to Republicans. On Jan. 5, he appeared before a group of center-right activists at Grover Norquist’s popular Wednesday Group meeting to talk about global warming.
Well, at least Gore isn’t afraid to go into unsympathetic territory. Norquist is an avowed conservative voice and I’m sure that any group he’s involed with is going to be pretty strident when it comes to these types of issues.
Good for Gore and good for Barr. It’ll be interesting to see what sentiments emerge from their talks.
Personally, I think this is a good step. Don’t talk to the lockstep because they’re already bought in. Talk to those voices who disagree and attempt to sway them to your way of thinking. Nobody says it’ll work or it’s wise, but if you can at least present your case, some may move more towards your point of view.
Interesting times…
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January 15th, 2006 at 12:12 am
Strange bedfellows to say the least. Paleo-conservatives have every bit as much to hate about corporatism and imperialism as the most dovish and bleeding heart liberals. Pat Buchanun’s book, for instance, “Where the Right Went Wrong” is a rebuke of the neo-cons foreign policy. Grover Norquist is no friend of G.W. – his famous desire to reduce the fed. gov’t to the size it can be “drowned in the kitchen sink” is obviously not shared by this administration. Furthermore, a basic tenet of conservative dogma is a distrust of government, particularly the federal government. It makes sense that in a time of civil liberty toe-stepping, the ideological fringes from opposite sides find common ground. It would be interesting if anyone else had examples of this political phenomenon at other times in American History.
January 15th, 2006 at 3:06 pm
I wish I could listen to what they have to say, but when it comes to AlGore, my mind is already closed.
January 15th, 2006 at 3:44 pm
That’s unfortunate.
What exactly did he do that was so bad?
January 15th, 2006 at 11:41 pm
The Liberty Colation sounds like a fun organization. http://www.libertycoalition.net/taxonomy/term/24
January 15th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
That’s my own special spelling of “coalition”
April 21st, 2007 at 3:05 am
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