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Best quote about Al Gore
Jun. 2nd, 2004 12:08 pmSo after Al Gore's speech, in which he called for the resignation of major policy-setters for Iraq, there was a lot of outcry on the right, most of it about how "crazy" he is. Like, in an "the man needs to be institutionalized" way.
My favorite quote, though, is from a National Review piece by Dr. Henry I. Miller. And there are a lot of quotes to choose from here. Like, well, there's the whole creepiness of "this is a real doctor?" He says Al Gore is "delusional" for placing Nature before Progress: "Gore's delusions also ran riot on issues of technology and environmentalism, such as his repeated endorsement of anti-technology tracts and criticism of technological advances." Um. Yes. Very delusional.
And the whole "this man's pretending this is research?" I mean, he claims Gore claimed to have invented the internet, which we all know is not true, and then he says that's a sign of Al Gore's grandiosity, so therefore he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and I am so not kidding. Oooooh, or there's this bit, where he says: "And as vice president, Gore and his staff purged the federal government of any dissension or challenge to his view of policy, in a way reminiscent of the worst paranoid excesses of the Nixon administration." Wait... that was Gore? I'm so confused! Either I'm mixing up my vice-presidents or he is.
But my personal, absolute favorite quote of the week on the subject of Al Gore: "Gore's patronizing, apocalyptic, and overwrought Earth in the Balance manifests many of the diagnostic criteria listed above, offering disturbing insights into its disturbed author." Disturbing insights into its disturbed author? I think he left out an opportunity to shove an adjective in. Shouldn't that be "disturbing, patronizing, apocalyptic, and overwrought... disturbing insights into its disturbed author?" And really, he could have fit another "delusional" in. There's no such thing as too many adjectives, right?
My favorite quote, though, is from a National Review piece by Dr. Henry I. Miller. And there are a lot of quotes to choose from here. Like, well, there's the whole creepiness of "this is a real doctor?" He says Al Gore is "delusional" for placing Nature before Progress: "Gore's delusions also ran riot on issues of technology and environmentalism, such as his repeated endorsement of anti-technology tracts and criticism of technological advances." Um. Yes. Very delusional.
And the whole "this man's pretending this is research?" I mean, he claims Gore claimed to have invented the internet, which we all know is not true, and then he says that's a sign of Al Gore's grandiosity, so therefore he has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and I am so not kidding. Oooooh, or there's this bit, where he says: "And as vice president, Gore and his staff purged the federal government of any dissension or challenge to his view of policy, in a way reminiscent of the worst paranoid excesses of the Nixon administration." Wait... that was Gore? I'm so confused! Either I'm mixing up my vice-presidents or he is.
But my personal, absolute favorite quote of the week on the subject of Al Gore: "Gore's patronizing, apocalyptic, and overwrought Earth in the Balance manifests many of the diagnostic criteria listed above, offering disturbing insights into its disturbed author." Disturbing insights into its disturbed author? I think he left out an opportunity to shove an adjective in. Shouldn't that be "disturbing, patronizing, apocalyptic, and overwrought... disturbing insights into its disturbed author?" And really, he could have fit another "delusional" in. There's no such thing as too many adjectives, right?
