President Gore On 'Saturday Night Live'
Ever since I started blogging I've had an almost-daily sense of gratitude for Crooks and Liars, the site that makes it possible for us to miss great things on television -- but only for a few hours.
Al Gore opened Saturday Night Live last night with an Oval Office address to the nation that assumed we did not have a criminal Supreme Court in 2000 and that he has been president for the last six years. You really need to watch this clip. An excerpt:
Right now, in the 2nd week of May 2006, we are facing perhaps the worst gas crisis in history.
We have way too much gasoline. Gas is down to $0.19 a gallon and the oil companies are hurting.
I know that I am partly to blame by insisting that cars run on trash.
I am therefore proposing a federal bailout to our oil companies because - hey if it were the other way around, you know the oil companies would help us.
On a positive note, we worked hard to save Welfare, fix Social Security and of course provide the free universal health care we all enjoy today.
But all this came at a high cost. As I speak, the gigantic national budget surplus is down to a perilously low $11 trillion dollars.
And don't get any ideas. That money is staying in the very successful lockbox. We're not touching it.
Of course, we could give economic aid to China, or lend money to the Saudis... again.
But right now we're already so loved by everyone in the world that American tourists can't even go over to Europe anymore... without getting hugged.
Take a look. It's a very funny piece of television that I suspect will also give you a big twinge of sadness at the same time.
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OH, If only it were reality. (for the most part) And the "liberal media" said Al Gore had no sense of humor. Was to up tight. I just wonder how much did "Big Daddy Bush" paid them to say that? Thanks for sharing this piece. I thought is was great.
Gore did a fantastic job.
He was witty and his timing was great.
Had he been giving his rightful position
as President, who knows how much of this
could have really happened?
OK- The Anti-Hurricane and Tornado Machine
and Attack Glaciers are just hilarious!!
Kwahlfy
Submarine USS Wahoo ss238
Hey Kwahlfy,
Notice how the Republican comments below
That is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.
Just think if he gets gas prices down to $2 and does some superficial things to seal the border.
You're likely to witness another republican LANDSLIDE...
Big Daddy | 05.14.06 - 1:36 am | #
He states that if Bush gets gas prices down to $2???
Well No Sh*t, Bush is the cause of gas going to 3$ gallon and over............
Its like saying we will 'halve' the deficit in 5years,
Well you are the one who got it up to record deficit levels in the first place George???
How ignorant and dumb are these Constipated Conservatives?
LOL, Wahoo, you have found the
ultimate Repub. mystery---
How do they not see cause and effect-
even when it's right in front of their faces?
Georgie got us into this mess.
Somehow, they refuse, absolutely refuse to hold him
accountable for anything.
And he takes full advantage of that.
Re-elect Gore '08
He's the man.
President Gore
was quite good in fact and I hope Bush was watching to see how a "real" President acts.
President Gore II
I know the Honorable Al Gore rankles at being addressed as "President Gore" because he likes to play by the rules. He is, without qualification, the honorable statesman he was reared to be. I've met him several times and know him to be a personable, engaging, and committed patriot. Watching his clip was a pleasure and a glimpse of "what might have been."
If only we had been able to counter the fascists' lies about President Gore and the Net:
http://www.sethf.com/gore/
God knows we can certainly detail Mr. Bush's lies:
http://www.whodies.com/
http://www.bushlies.net/pages/10/index.htm
http://www.bushlies.net/pages/1/
http://bush-lies.blogspot.com/
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/07/22_lies.html
http://pearly-abraham.tripod.com/htmls/bushlies1.html
So, remember, Bush lied, and a fish died:
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2006/05/bush-tells-german-paper-he-caugh...
For Christ's sake!
Al Gore Did a fantastic Job.
Al Gore Did a fantastic Job.
The Gore Years is Live!
And was, actually, live before the Saturday Night Live broadcast.
Go here for background:
http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/iraq-during-the-gore-years/
The Gore Years is a fictional blog about how life might be like if we had an intelligent president. I started it not because I was infatuated with Gore (although the more I learn about him the more I realize how truly competent he is), but because ANYBODY would be better than the clowns now in office.
http://thegoreyears.wordpress.com/
I was absolutely thrilled to see Gore sort of doing the same thing (note, however, that if you do a WHOIS on thegoreyears.com you'll find I started the concept long before this broadcast. Well, ok, not LONG before. But a little before.)