The New American Citizen: Gore is a Renegade Leftwing Extremist
In a recent interview for Guardian Unlimited, Al Gore, the political “has been”, describes the Bush administration as a renegade band of rightwing extremists. That’s kind of ironic for two reasons:
- One of the hallmarks of the Bush presidency has been big spending, something previously attributed to mostly liberal politicians
- President Bush has taken moderate positions on many issues such as the Dubai ports deal and more recently illegal immigration and border security
It’s also ironic for Gore to launch such an attack when he himself has become a renegade leftwing extremist. Growing up in Canada, we used to lovingly refer to his type as tree huggers. I would also describe about 90% of the current democratic party exactly the same way. As both a Canadian and American Citizen I can spot a leftwing politician when I see one.
Al Gore has made his sharpest attack yet on the George Bush presidency, describing the current US administration as “a renegade band of rightwing extremists”.
In an interview with the Guardian today, the former vice-president calls himself a “recovering politician”, but launches into the political fray more explicitly than he has previously done during his high-profile campaigning on the threat of global warming.
Denying that his politics have shifted to the left since he lost the court battle for the 2000 election, Mr Gore says: “If you have a renegade band of rightwing extremists who get hold of power, the whole thing goes to the right.”
Read the whole interview here.