"It appears Saddam Hussein has unleashed a new weapon of mass distraction on America, a Gore-like android so realistic it is every bit as lifeless as the real thing."

Ain't the Internet a wonderful research tool?

Best of the Web yesterday draws our attention to how Al Gore used to be Gung Ho for getting rid of Saddam Hussein:

'Gore: Saddam Must Go' That's the headline of an article on the BBC's Web site, which reports that the erstwhile vice president "has told Iraqi opposition politicians that the United States remains committed to the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein."

OK, that article is dated June 28, 2000, so it may not be an up-to-date reflection of Gore's thinking. So let's look at something more recent, the New York Times account of Gore's Feb. 12, 2002, speech to the Council on Foreign Relations. Reports the Times:

Al Gore said last night that the time had come for a "final reckoning" with Iraq, describing the country as a "virulent threat in a class by itself" and suggesting that the United States should consider ways to oust President Saddam Hussein.

So who's this impostor, claiming to be Gore, who delivered a speech yesterday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, in which he delivered what the Associated Press calls "a sweeping indictment of President Bush's threatened attack on Iraq, calling it a distraction from the war on terrorism that has 'squandered' international support for the United States." ....

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 09/25/02 08:26:11 AM
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