March 21, 2007
Al Gore's Political Epitaph
Something that Dean Barnett wrote on Hugh Hewitt's blog sparked my latent urge to rewrite, and I succumbed. I believe this inadvertent collaboration (which will come as news to Dean!) has reduced Al Gore down to what will surely be history's epitaph when he finally withdraws himself from the public sphere (which will be like finally shaking a rock out of your shoe).
Here is what Dean wrote:
After watching hours of the erstwhile Veep’s congressional testimony, I think I finally understand him . Ultimately, he is a tragic if unsympathetic figure. Has there ever been a man who so desperately hungered for greatness who was so thoroughly suffused with mediocrity?
And here is the epitaph that sums up, I believe, the "erstwhile Veep's" entire adult life:
Heck, that's all I wanted to say.
Hatched by Dafydd on this day, March 21, 2007, at the time of 8:17 PM
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The following hissed in response by: Fritz
Rolling on the floor, laughing my *ss off. Well said.
The above hissed in response by: Fritz ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://biglizards.net/blog/nav-commenters.gif)
at March 21, 2007 9:31 PM
The following hissed in response by: Mr. Michael
Somehow I don't see them putting that on his tombstone...
...at first.
The above hissed in response by: Mr. Michael at March 21, 2007 10:21 PM
The following hissed in response by: TBinSTL
Parker and Stone got it right.
He has no friends.
He craves attention.
He's willing to do enormous harm to get attention.
and
You want to pity him but he's too creepy/weird to hang out with.
Manbearpig!
The above hissed in response by: TBinSTL at March 21, 2007 10:31 PM
The following hissed in response by: nk
A tack hammer trying to set a railroad spike? ^_^
The above hissed in response by: nk at March 22, 2007 5:10 AM
The following hissed in response by: Rovin
Scott at Scrappleface has a good one:
Under the terms of a bipartisan measure to be introduced next week, Congress would create a new 30,000-person Department of Climate Control headed by a cabinet-level Secretary of Geothermal Management.
“Honest people can disagree on the issue of what causes global warming or whether it’s even a problem,” said one unnamed Democrat Senator, “The important thing is that we appear to do something about it, and the thing Congress does best is levy taxes and create new government jobs.”
Read the whole thing.....too funny!
The above hissed in response by: Rovin at March 22, 2007 6:05 AM
The following hissed in response by: DiscerningTexan
When you read something that is so true, it is hard not to laugh aloud.
ps - Don't forget about Al, Sr. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree...
The above hissed in response by: DiscerningTexan at March 23, 2007 6:46 PM
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