I'm sorry, but has the man simply flipped?

Dominance is as dominance does.

Al Gore's voice has always reminded me of Forrest Gump's.

One of the clearest indications of the impending loss of intimacy with one's soul is the failure to recognize the existence of a soul in those over whom power is exercised, especially if the helpless come to be treated as animals, and degraded. We also know - and not just from De Sade and Freud - the psychological proximity between sexual depravity and other people's pain. It has been especially shocking and awful to see these paired evils perpetrated so crudely and cruelly in the name of America.

"As we know from De Sade"? The idea of the combination of Al Gore and the Marquis together is a distrubing one indeed, but I'm pretty sure that most of the people who heard his speech would have no idea who the Marquis De Sade is and, those who did, would be rather mystified by Gore's apparent selection of him as a source of wisdom.

Of course, it's hardly surprising that a Democrat would invoke the name of a French pervert in attacking America.

The war plan was incompetent in its rejection of the advice from military professionals and the analysis of the intelligence was incompetent in its conclusion that our soldiers would be welcomed with garlands of flowers and cheering crowds. Thus we would not need to respect the so-called Powell doctrine of overwhelming force.

And your Administration followed that doctrine, Al? In any case, I doubt if we could have conquered Iraq much quicker.

There was also in Rumsfeld's planning a failure to provide security for nuclear materials, and to prevent widespread lawlessness and looting.

Nuclear materials? There was nuclear material in Iraq? What was it being used for, Al? Asprin manufacturing.

Oh, and I really liked this:

Kerry should not tie his own hands by offering overly specific, detailed proposals concerning a situation that is rapidly changing and unfortunately, rapidly deteriorating, but should rather preserve his, and our country's, options, to retrieve our national honor as soon as this long national nightmare is over.

So uhhhh... yeah... We don't know what we're doing but, uhhh... trust us anyways. I wonder if John Kerry will declare that he has a "secret plan."