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Originally Posted by RedHot25
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2...gore-book.html
Gore released a new book on Tuesday, The Assault on Reason, which describes U.S. politics as a rigged game that suppresses honesty and rewards deception.
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"It's about that there are cracks in the foundation of American democracy that have to be fixed."
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"It is too easy and too partisan to simply place the blame on the policies of President George W. Bush," Gore writes in The Assault on Reason.
"We are all responsible for the decisions our country makes. We have a Congress. We have an independent judiciary. We have checks and balances. We are a nation of laws. We have free speech. We have a free press. Why have they all failed us?"
Despite claiming not to blame Bush, Gore is intensely critical of the current U.S. president's climate policies and his response to the 9/11 attacks.
The Bush White House "has engaged in an unprecedented and sustained campaign of mass deception — especially where its policies in Iraq are concerned," he writes.
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Of course democracy is failing from Al Gore's prospective. He lost despite having the popular vote. I'm sure he's still pretty chapped about that.