With every breath Gore not only makes his ignorance more transparent he demonstrates how much better off the United States is thanks to the outcome of the 2000 election.

His inane and unfounded policies regarding the environment, in addition to his stance on taxation (which is much farther left than that of his ex-White House chief Clinton) would have left the economy in peril after 9/11 and the internet bubble burst.

That combined with his massive ego, which far surpasses that of our current President, would have spelled disaster for America. Chances are very high he would not have reacted with a strong hand following 9/11, exposing Americans to more attacks here on our home soil, something which has not occurred since that tragic day.

Say what you want about the current Bush, at least at night we can all go to sleep sound in the knowledge that there have been no attacks in five years due to his policies. For all those who consider them heavy handed you should consider the facts of the last five years rather than the media fiction that is disseminated each evening and in our now dying print media.

and some folks wonder why this throwback is rejected in his home State!

The most relevant response to Gore's comments is, "Who cares?". Gore exposed himself as morally anchorless, and his hubris is exceeded only by his complete lack of personality. His willingness to plunge the nation into a 36 day period of succession uncertainty, while his legal team tried ovver and over to include ballots in the count that were never cast, and exclude some that were, is the best evidence that for Gore, it is indeed, "All about me".

Al Gore is the ultimate coward.

The worst thing that ever happened to this country were any and all of his elections and his Vice Presidency.

We've been bored by him and embarrassed by his actions and yet for some reason, the leftist press and blogs still give him air time.

*HE* is the worst thing that happed to this country, right behind hillary.

R

Wait worse....what about when you invented the internet and its effect on global warming?

Al Thanks for saving me from hot weather...You are my hero.

What a loser! Worst mistake in American history? C'mon. As for all those complaining about the loss of American soldiers' lives during this conflict, put it into perspective, please. Here are some facts about wartime deaths over the past 200+ years:

American Rev War 25324
The War of 1812 2260
The US Civil War 562130
World War I 116708
World War II 408306
Korean War 54246
Viet Nam War 58219
Gulf War I 363
Afghanistan 153
Gulf War II +/- 3000

I really cherish inane comments from quite possibly the WORST VP in the history of the United States. Thank GOD, that moron wasn't President on 9/11!

Gore is not content to be president. The failed divinity student sees himself as a priest, in charge of sacrifices to the sun-god.

It's very easy to say something does not work. During all of the time after 9-11, during the anthrax attacks, during all the dangers fought and avoided, all of the them, Mr. Gore has never offered a solution.

A leader needs to offer solutions, and not be a movie critic. Mr. Gore is not leading.

Only history will show whether it is the worst strategic mistake. Meanwhile, the Democrats are trying their best to make the second worst mistake (behind the failure to abolish slavery back in 1783) in American history by promoting the amnesty and mass increases in mass immigration they need to grow their numbers. This after twenty years of promoting illegal immigration.

It's very easy to say something does not work. During all of the time after 9-11, during the anthrax attacks, during all the dangers fought and avoided, all of the them, Mr. Gore has never offered a solution.

A leader needs to offer solutions, and not be a movie critic. Mr. Gore is not leading.

Al Gore,

Will you just go away !

So Gore thinks that us going to Iraq is "the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the US". This is odd, I guess he doesn't consider not getting involved in World War 2 earlier, and probably saving many millions of people from genocide, as a worse mistake.

Then he goes on "worse than the civil war" ... apparently for a rich southern boy from Tennessee there ain't nothing wrong with slavery. I'd say one of the worst mistakes the US made, definitely worse than Iraq, was to permit slavery in the first place, we are still reeling from that mistake over 200 years later!

Brilliant man, I wonder if his grasp of science & global warming is as deep as his grasp of history?

electing Clinton was the worst thing ever.

So Gore thinks that us going to Iraq is "the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the US". This is odd, I guess he doesn't consider not getting involved in World War 2 earlier, and probably saving many millions of people from genocide, as a worse mistake.

Then he goes on "worse than the civil war" ... apparently for a rich southern boy from Tennessee there ain't nothing wrong with slavery. I'd say one of the worst mistakes the US made, definitely worse than Iraq, was to permit slavery in the first place, we are still reeling from that mistake over 200 years later!

Brilliant man, I wonder if his grasp of science & global warming is as deep as his grasp of history?

so once again, Al Gore talks alot, but says nothing. fabulous.

Gore/Obama

Now that's an impressive ticket!

It's very easy to say something does not work. During all of the time after 9-11, during the anthrax attacks, during all the dangers fought and avoided, all of the them, Mr. Gore has never offered a solution.

A leader needs to offer solutions, and not be a movie critic. Mr. Gore is not leading.

whew...am I glad Al Gore didn't win the presidency...the guy has no concept of history or science (global warming agenda).

Where does Gore get off criticizing anybody? It was under his watch that Saddam was allowed to kick the weapon inspectors out of Iraq. If the Clinton administration (with its beloved U.N.) had kept the inspectors in Iraq, Bush 43 (and the rest of the world) wouldn't have had to speculate about what Saddam had or didn't have after 911.

Al Gore was the worst mistake in the history of his parents!

Gore is such a joke. "All about him" is Gore to a tee. Mr I Invented the Internet and Love Canal is about Me should let the informed adults run the country. We saw how he and Pres Clinton did by cutting the intelligence budget to the bone, and then the consequences of that decision.

Only history will show whether it is the worst strategic mistake. Meanwhile, the Democrats are trying their best to make the second worst mistake (behind the failure to abolish slavery back in 1783) in American history by promoting the amnesty and mass increases in mass immigration they need to grow their numbers. This after twenty years of promoting illegal immigration.

Even worse than Seward's Folly?

So we were to ignore the 17 resolutions the UN refused to enforce while thousands of people were being murdered. Ignoring the rape rooms, the activities that Sadam and his sons were caring on, ignoring the way women were treated, crimes against humanity! Gore was the worst VP ever, did nothing and still is an embarassment. He should go back to his fathers property and live off their oil royalties and coal mine. Gore is a two faced idiot!!!

Extravagantly embellished statements like these, and one wonders why Gore's political career isn't worth spit anymore. It only helps impeach his global warming arguments.

Simply put, if Gore were president we would not be in this mess, and the world would be much better off.

The worst mistake in US History was Al Gore's mom not following his ideology and having an abortion when she was carrying him...or wait, maybe she did have an abortion and is Al the result? Hmmm. This one is just too close to call. The boy aint right.

If Teddy Davis was doing the interview, he didn't do me no favors. A real interviewer would've brought up, say, Seward's Folly, the biggest mistake of its day, yet it didn't turn out so bad. Then, I'm sure Gore has the answer, quickly implementable simply on the returns of an election.
Like Chris Reeves getting to walk again if we'd only elect Democrats.

Is this a joke? It has to be. Maybe Gore's history book fell out of his backpack on the way to the 2nd grade. Try the Civil War, Captain Hyperbole.

Wait, I didn't realize that I'd clicked on the Fox News Channel.

Maybe if you bobbleheads would take one minute to focus your anti-Dem myopia on, I don't know, the CURRENT leadership of this country, you might take stock of what the real problems are and why such problems developed.

Ok...back to Hannity for you....

I like to think the Al Gore conception...

who voted for this guy bush? At least Al Gore makes sense...oh wait we went into IRAQ without any premise or with a purpose...you people bashing him..please apologise for voting for this "war" with a country that had NOTHING to do with 911. Americans...yeah..you got it..what a shame!!

Ahhh, I see...Gore's been promoted to "Captain Hyperbole" for his Iraq war criticisms by the majority on this Board.

Would then W be fairly labeled "Five Star General Hyperbole" for his laughable premises that seduced this country into falling for the Iraq experiment? I'd guess so.

To Jason:

Our Civil War was very bloody and thousands and thousands of Americans lost their lives. But in the end, the United States was saved.

So I don't call fighting that war a mistake, do you?

But Iraq.. again, WHAT do you think we are we going to get out of this that is worth fighting for?

Al Gore or George Bush, it really does not matter! The president is but a hood ornament. The illuminati are the deciders.

Scott, Iron

You two are kidding right? You must be. IRaq is not the worst mistake made. This Iraq MESS as you call it is Bush trying to clean up Gore and Clinton's laziness.

I'd think slavery was a mistake.
I'd think letting the Civil War occur without hearing the South out was a mistake.
I think not fully supporting our forces in Vietnam was a mistake.
I think sitting on our butts and letting Bin Laden plan 911 for 8 years (who was in office again?) a mistake.

In this context, trying to oust a cruel dictator that was obviously against America and funding terrorism (anyone who denies this is delusional) seems like a step in the right direction for once.

Gore is not content to be president. The failed divinity student sees himself as a priest, in charge of sacrifices to the sun-god.

I am a high school history teacher, and reading the comments yahoo users have made about Al Gore prove only one point, THAT AMERICA IS THE MOST RACIST NATION IN THE WORLD TODAY. Or maybe its just that the most racist of Americans have the most to say. I dont see how one could defend President BUSH's policies. HE has made many,many mistakes, and yet people still try and praise him. Al Gore has done nothing but good, and yet people still talk about his personality. The environment is a major concern to the future. Al Gore knows this, I would much rather have a President with simpathy for all living things rather than the narrow mined Bush.

Worse than slavery? Worse than the civil war? Worse than the internments? If you were on the fence about this guy being a joke, these comments should seal the deal. And for the people defending him still, where were you when this war started? I wrote to my rep telling him my thoughts about it being wrong. Very few listened, including many democrats who are now against the war, which is even worse than being still for the completion of the war.

Gore is a loser - a man child.
His father wanted him to be president and he let him down - good thing he is dead.

The news isnt telling you the whole story about Iraq-leave it to ABC theyre trouble makers. We are not losing it.

Al Gore in saying, "the worst strategic mistake in the entire history of the United States", could only be referring to Al Gore.

Iraq is a debacle, but is it worse than slavery? Mr. Gore exaggerates so much that his credibility is smoke.

I think the attack on our soil (World Trade Center) ranks pretty high on what's the worst list.

Personally, I wish Gore would have won so I could be at home right now throwing back vodka soda's and putting dust up my nose. Oh well, HERE BARNEY..HERE!!!

The man wants to save the world even if it isn't in trouble. I imagine that if he was elected in 2008 he would amazingly stop global warming by signing one or two bills restricting industry polution and banning SUVs. Then claim that after 2 years under his leadership, we are no longer in danger.
Every parody of this man is true. From the Saturday Night Live skits where he claims to technically be the real president to the South Park where he attempts to save the world from Man-Bear-Pig.
I've never seen someone so starved for attention except maybe Cindy Sheehan. How much fual does he burn flying all over the world to "educate" people on global warming? Name one idea he has on Iraq besides "find a way to get U.S. troops out of Iraq 'as quickly as possible without making the situation worse'". What an amazing idea. I can't believe that the Bush administration never thought of that. Maybe after saving the world from global warming and fixing Iraq, Al could end poverty and starvation, cure AIDS, and bring about world peace. Pure politician.

GW Bush: the paragon of the Peter Principle. Rising to level of supreme incompetence.

Go ahead, everybody. Attack Gore. Burn up the fuels, Overpopulate. Start wars based on lies.

Gore is in comparisona level-headed genius.

The people on this site who post numbers of AMERICAN dead are showing their ignorance and conceit by ommitting the dead of the county's we have invaded without cause...ie Iraq. The numbers are unknown because (for the first time in modern history) our beloved bush has decided that "enemy" body count is not important. I guess I would too if I ordered the worlds strongest military to attack a nation (without good reason) and then accidentally killed 500,000 innocent civilians.

You republican babies need to stop caring more about your money (economy) than you do about some important things like the lives of humans outside the US borders, or the land and trees that, like it or not, provide the air for you to breathe. If you all think that oxygen will just create itself after we have destroyed our fragile environment, i invite your party to fly off to NASAs new home on the moon, or mars, where we now found water. Maybe there you will realize what a harsh environment is like, and you will start to respect ours.

peace.

Al Gore can actually construct a sentence in his mind and then say it, unlike Mr. Bush. If this subtle difference doesn't influence you with its import, then remember this is the illiterate Harvard & Yale grad that is running the war in Iraq as well as our country into the ground.

Mr Bush has failed in so many efforts, his grand scheme to fix social security comes to mind. Homeland security is an expensive joke, immigration is a disaster and off shoring of jobs should soon bankrupt this country as our trade deficit continues to soar destroying our fiat currency as the favored currency of exchange.

To call the war in Iraq the biggest mistake in U.S. history is to be short sighted. Surely the biggest mistake will prove to be the election (twice) of this idiot puppet Bush, who cares little about the nation, as long as his family fortune continues to inflate from inside trading in defense industries and foreign oil.

Two more years of his madness may well spell the end of this once great nation, ran aground by her own captain.

Just by way of clarification, Algore did carry his home "state" in 2000. He carried DC by a landslide. Although he maintains a vacation home in Tennessee, there is no way that he could ever be considered a real Tennessean. He is nothing but a pseudointellectual Ivy League poseur who has used a Tennessee address in much the same way as shipping companies register freighters in places like Liberia and Panama under flags of convenience. Tennessee is a Conservative RED STATE that has the good sense to utterly reject this bag of wind.Tennessee decisively repudiated this clown in the same way that it repudiated his utterly corrupt father back in 1970. If he really wants to stop the excessive production of CO2 he should simply hold his breath. We should all be very glad that Tennessee's vote in 2000 provided the 11 Electoral College votes needed to elect George W. Bush and to prevent Algore from getting into the White House.Algore's election would have caused incalculable harm to the USA.

"The failed divinity student sees himself as a priest, in charge of sacrifices to the sun-god." (Humbert-Humbert above)

At least Gore doesn't claim to have a direct pipeline to the "Father" for guidance which got us into this fiasco. He should have listened to his earthly father. After the debacle he as created, maybe Bush needs to turn to the sun-gods.

When Patrick J. Buchanan claimes Bush's policy the worst decision in American history, you can believe it's on the mark.

From day one, Gore knew this was was a mistake and he was proven correct.

All these personal attacks on Gore show how barbaric some of these "civilized" Americans can be.

One can debate whether the Iraq thing is the worst mistake in US history. Americans and Iraqis are all losers in this. But it has certainly produced at least one winner: the Chinese. While the arrogant Americans are so happy with themselves that they are throwing their money and credibility away like mad, the Chinese are very happy to take ths opportunity to play the catch-up game.

Good job Americans. Do not blame Bush. He was elected twice.

July 8, 1947: UFOs allegedly crash at Roswell. Nine months later (March 31, 1948) Al Gore is born. A coincidence?

Dear God, please let the Democrats nominate this guy in 2008!

Once again the tradgey that was the 2000 "election" is made manifest. Al Gore is clearly more of a public servant than Bush ever could be. Even in defeat he has steadfastly worked to improve the world and the lot of humanity even as Bush as burned and fiddled. When WW III follows Georgie's misadventure, I hope that all of the fatuous sheep that trotted after this muttonheaded sheppard bear the costs. Of course they won't. They are all commenting here instead of serving in Iraw. Or serving at all. Ultimately that is the difference between the Bushies and the rest of us: the rest of us realize that the foremost duty of holders of public office is to serve the public. Bush serves no one, not his people, not his god, not humanity, and ultimately not even himself.

How dare Gore tell President Bush to separate the personal...he who attacked the President as viciously as anyone did in a personal way....Al Gore and his election to any office was a much greater mistake than Iraq ever was or will be...

What the Gore haters should do is take a long nap...say 20 to 50 years long. When they wake up and read their new history books they will most likely learn that Al was right on both counts of the current administration and global warming. That is, if the planet hasn't killed off a few billion of them because of our current folly.

Al Gore is to military strategy as Brittany Spears is to classy modesty!

Gore is an idiot. Nevertheless he gets to spout his nonesense to his willing allies in the press, without comment.

Every time Al Gore opens his mouth, he inserts his foot (and chews on the toes)! You'd think that by now, he'd have finally choked to death and we'd be rid of him! Funny how "STUPID" never disappears!

Worst VP in U.S. history? What, were you idiots asleep when we had a guy named "Quayle" in the office?

With wunderkind like this on the Internet, it's no wonder that reality TV is a huge success.

You're now free to going back to being afraid of Hillary and her lady parts.

Wow, worst strategic mistake? That is rather glib. How about the handing over of the Panama Canal to Panama who then handed it over to the Chinese to manage? Would that not be a bigger strategic mistake? Losing a vital transportation hub in our hemisphere seems much worse than toppling a dictator in a far off desert that hasn't turned out much oil in 15 years.

Gore hit the nail on the head. I've been a professional historian for more than three decades, and I can't summon up a self-inflicted foreign policy disaster worse than the invasion of Iraq. With the other disasters their authors can plead ignorance. They had no way of knowing things would turn out as they did. With Iraq, every setback envisioned by the uniformed military, foreign policy establishment, and area specialists has come to the pass. Bush, Cheney, and Rumsfeld can't say they weren't warned. They were--in spades. Yet they blundered in anyway. Talk about hubris. We're beyond partisanship here, or should be. There were a lot of Republicans who were leery of the invasion but were stampeded into this misconceived adventure by the White House. How we extricate America from Iraq is the challenge facing Republicans and Democrats alike. The Baker-Hamilton commission gives me some hope. But it is diminishing by the day. I've never been more worried for the safety of the republic. As tumultuous as the politics of the Vietnam War were, the stakes seem limited in comparison to the potential for world-shattering crisis in the energy-rich Middle East.

Yeah, we all expected an 'intelligent' society freed from a dictator to degenerate into a bloody abyss....don't keep blaming President Bush for Iraqies killing each other. We didn't supply the explosives or the historical hatred they have in their hearts for each other. Yeah, Gore would have made all the difference.

Having myself served in Iraq, I can tell you that I do believe that it is one of the biggest mistakes this country has ever made. Perhaps not THE biggest, but one of them. And the civl war was not a MISTAKE. You people need to brush up on your OWN history. It was unavoidable, as the socieities of the south and north were growing so far from each other. No CHOICE was made to initiate the war by a sitting US President.

Hey, at least Al Gore thinks.

Unlike our current Chief Executive.

But, let's just stay the course, even though it's headed for a brick wall.

From a Bush Fan, Iraq is a mess, but the Dems have not offered one productive suggestion from day one. I have to wonder how far along we would be in Iraq if the Dems had supported the effort and sought victory even at the expense of making Pres. Bush look good. Folks like Gore have done everything they can to make this the worst blunder in US foreign policy history regardless of consequences for our security or our troops. Gore has not once offered a viable plan for protecting this country and destroying terrorists. His and others hatred for Pres. Bush has become their defining characteristic and trumps all other objectives such as victory in Iraq and over terrorists.

it looks like all of the comments here were written by one person. and what a moron he is too. Bush is the single worst president in the history of the United States. His name will forever be linked with failure, lies and death. think herbert hoover but worse.

I am ashamed that some of you call yourselves Americans.

Your extremely slanted and shallow views are so easily countered, yet you are 100% positive you are correct. And there is no point proving you wrong as you will refuse to listen anyway..

That is the biggest problem with GW Bush as well, and you simply can't see it.

I am no fan of Gore, but to say things like we've not been attacked in 5 years BECAUSE of GW's policies is a LOL JOKE.

You have no way to prove it was GW that kept us from attack, if anything it's been pure LUCK that we haven't.

You also cannot prove it wasn't luck that kept us from being attacked.

So, if we do get another major attack, how well will you be defending the Bush administration?

I can answer that actually, you will continue to support and follow him into disaster like the sheep you are.

Sickening all of you with absolutely no ability to form your own opinion or accept that our leader could possibly be wrong, about anything..

Simply sickening that you call yourselves Americans.

He just wants to have himself bumped to number 2.

Of course there have been no attacks on the US homeland since 911. By invading and occupying Irag, Bush and Co. have effectively parterned up with Al Qaeda in creating the ultimate terrorist training camp; Islamic terrorists are getting real-life experience in the streets on Iraq. Not only has the Iraq invasion played right into the hands of Al Qaeda, but it also fuels Islamic terror from an ideological perspective thus strengthening the cause of Jihad. American imperialism is at the root of this misadventure. It's sad when a country loses the values it fought so valiently to establish. That the US administration believes that it is above all international law and can act outside the jurisdiction of international courts is yet another sickening reality. Because of Bush and his policies of agression in the name of anticipatory self defense, including his disregard for the Non-Proliferation Treaty, the world is now on the brink of an arms race. Americans should be very proud of their President for making the US a safer place indeed.

Only the deranged would believe one syllable that comes out of Gore's mouth. He is a sore loser and a bitter man.

Obviously, this country is still full of retards if we have people thinking that Gore is worse than this freak show at the top currently and if people still believe that Rove lie about Gore saying he invented the internet. Use your brains people. Bush sucks, and he's a disaster.

The very worst thing to happen to the country was that Gore's mother did not abort him, thereby saving us all from his devil-may-care elitism.

Gore is right. This war was the most stupid exercise in the history of America by the most stupid president in the history of America. I tremble for this country over the next two years. Who knows what damage this sociopathic moron might do. George W Bush is a disgraceful embarrassment to the people and the history of America.

Is it just me, or are there just a bunch of bitter Bush sheep in this flock? Last I checked, Gore hasn't done any of these things that our current executive has:
1) Mismanaged tax resources towards an inevitably unending conflict in the Middle East.
2) Awarded non-bid contracts, tax cuts, and lucrative positions to friends and family throughout his administration (also known as cronyism-check it out).
3) Ignored domestic policies in favor of camp retreats and useless campaign speeches (see Hurrican Katrina).
4) Used divisive dialogue to coerce the American public into thinking we are "evenly divided" on all major political issues (see Fox News). One point on this, America is not that divided on the imporant issues. But the Bush Admin has allowed fringe elements of the party (see Neo-Cons) to take up the champion causes of the Republic Party. This is not the GOP any of my friends or family signed on for (See Reagan Republicans).

Come on people, wake up and smell the horrific odor that is Bush Policy.

I'm sure all the "GOP's" (those are the "Gullible Oprah People" are all worked up after Uncle Al dazzled them all with his doom and gloom Powerpoint charts and nifty graphics, showing the spellbound audience what will happen when Greenland melts on her show yesterday. I was amazed (well, maybe not) that everyone was suckered in by this. As usual, Oprah has a guest on the program that claims to have all the answers, and her and the audience fall for the claptrap.

The only mistake made during the Civil War was the wrong side won. And don't respond by saying I'm racist because I am strongly against slavery. But when the North won the power shifted from the Constitutional power granted to the states to a self imposed Federal Power that was granted by themselves. States now have little or no power in regards to the federal government. The South losing was the worst possible thing that could have happened to this country. Just to get on topic Al Gore you are a moron. We have killed over 40 million Americans in just over 30 years, and you support that, FOOL.

Hmmm...what about sitting-by as hundreds of thousands of Rwandans were slashed to death. That was sort of a mistake. Oh, oh, and also that whole thing where we failed to enforce any resolutions on Iraq in the 90's which allowed the situation to escalate to the current predicament. Oh, hey, yeah, and there was also that pesky letting Al Qaeda & OBL plot their attack unfettered thing. Not sure if any of those would qualify as the WORST mistake in our history, but they might all be a bit worse than Iraq. I would submit that our worst mistake took place in November 1992.

As usual Al Gore doesn't know what he is talking about. I thank God everyday that he lost the 2000 Election. By now we would be the United States of Arabia. I wish the news media would drop him so we don't have to waste our time on his endless drivel.

I've never seen 52 comments at
one time on this page before.
ALL Anti-Gore, doesn't that seem strange to you? Like someone (or group) posted all at nearly the same time???? Seems like a Radical right wing Comment bomb to me. A comment version of the phone jamming fraud sceme the Republicans were convicted of, excuse me, settled out of court. How pathetic and transparent you are.
GO AL GORE!!! This patriotic American supports you!

Don't forget Iran! They got a big boost out of the Iraq war:
- Their main local antagonist, Iraq, taken to pieces;
- Their main international antagonist, the U.S., too tied down to attack them;
- The entire Islamic world united against the West.

There's always a silver cloud for somebody - even if it isn't for the people of the United States.

It still amazes me how many liberals do not have college degrees (or street smarts.)

If nothing else, Mr. Gore gives us a great distraction from reality. President Bush isn't perfect, and he's made quite a few mistakes. We elected him twice because the GOOD things that he did much out weighed the BAD things. I feel much safer with our President at the helm than if it had been Al Gore.