wit45,

Since you seem to be a truth vs. opinion kind of guy, it's time you looked at the truth.

1) Our freedoms will diminish under Al Gore: This is opinion only. You may think that's the case, but I don't see it that way. You just put the freedom to own firearms ahead of the freedom to dictate your own reproductive choices, and choices of whom you sleep with. Conservatives always view the 2nd Amendment as written in stone, but don't seem bothered by assaults on the 1st Amendment.

2) Government access to email. This one is really funny, wit45, since your pal, Slade Gorton voted to INCREASE the governments ability to stick its nose in your electronic correspondence. So don't support Slade, and then whine about the powers HE voted to keep in the FBI/CIA's hands.

3) Inventing the Internet: Al Gore didn't "invent" the internet. But the internet would NOT be what it is today without the efforts of Gore. Without Gore the evolution of the ARPAnet into the internet would be years behind where it is today. Your GOP friends didn't even know what the ARPAnet/internet WAS back in the 80's and early 90's, but Al Gore saw what it could be and helped secure government funding to expand the infrastructure that would allow the internet to become the tool it is today. And the ecomomic boom of the 90's is largely due to the performance of technology-based companies that were helped a great deal by Al Gore's attention to technology. You can play all the word games you want about "inventing" the internet. But remember that without capital, NO invention is viable. Ford didn't "invent" the automobile, either, but without his implementation of the assembly-line, the auto wouldn't be what it is today. I give Al Gore much credit for making the internet the tool it is now.

4) Al Gore's intelligence: This one is a laugh. You think Gore is a dimwit? Then challenge him to a match of IQ's, wit45. You may be embarassed by the results. Stephen Hawking doesn't exude much personality either, and he's not very good with humor, but that doesn't say ANYTHING about his intelligence. Lack of an electric personality doesn't have a damn thing to do with one's intelligence. You should be embarassed you even brought this up. Match Gore up with Bush in this case, and your argument makes even less sense. GW isn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.

Once again, opinion takes place of fact. If the GOP is so good for business, then why has the Dow Jones Industrial Average performed its WORST when the GOP controls the White House and Congress? Like 6-10% annual growth vs. 1.3% annual growth with a GOP Pres/Congress. That's a hell of a difference, and those are FACTUAL numbers from historical data, not opinion and innuendo about which party is better for business.

You sound like a political TV commercial, wit45. Gore is far from perfect, and if you want to criticize him on REAL issues, feel free to do so. But so far, your reasons are shallow and lack substance, much like a TV commercial. Watch the debates (if Bush isn't afraid to debate) and judge for yourself who has more to offer the country. I get the feeling that even if Bush showed up to debate in a pink tutu and answered "yabba-dabba-do" to every question, you'd STILL vote for him.

Fish on.......