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I was proud once again yesterday to be a member of the blogosphere. Gore had made the reckless and silly statement that Bush had “betrayed” America. The blogosphere (particularly Instapundit, LGF and Powerline) swiftly responded, showing Gore’s errors precisely and without hyperbole.
The question many had was, why is Gore doing this? Listening to the gutteral, angry manner of his speech, one is reminded of Dean. Rush said, “Now We Know Who Gave Dean Speech Lessons.”
I would suggest a different explanation. Gore sees the Dean candidacy as finished, and is now trying to appropriate Dean’s followers.
Gore is well-known as a chameleon who tries to change his personality on the spur of the moment. He may even see bombastic anger and illogical arguments as things he can easily imitate.
Update 2-13-04. The Chicago Sun-Times makes a similar point (but you heard it here first):
“In addition to Gore backing Howard Dean for president, because he wanted access to the cadre of Dean youth called the “Deanie babies” when he runs for president again and goes up against Hillary Clinton, Gore chose Dean because he feared the Kerry female mess would rear its ugly head,” the source added.
