Maybe the fact that I find this so damn funny is mere proof that I have a fucked up sense of humor. Or maybe it’s just a sign of how very gone the chance of hope in our political process is. Regardless, I read this last night and literally laughed so hard that I cried.
For those of you who haven’t heard, Gore was at the White House, yesterday. In this article, the Times goes through a lot of effort trying to make Bush look gracious by inviting Gore to an annual event for Nobel Prize winners that he really didn’t have a choice in inviting him to, and then giving him a whole whopping 30 minutes of his time. In any case, it was the first time that Gore has been to the White House since Clinton left office, and the first time since the 2000 election that the two men have been alone together. Let the funny begin.
Aides say the two have had little contact in the years since, meeting only occasionally at public events like Mr. Bush’s first inauguration and the dedication of President Bill Clinton’s presidential library. Mr. Bush made no comment when the Nobel Peace Prize was announced, and on Monday, the two men stood silently, and a bit awkwardly, during the photo opportunity.
But the president did personally telephone Mr. Gore to extend the invitation, and the White House changed the date of the event so Mr. Gore could attend. Mr. Bush’s press secretary, Dana Perino, told reporters there was no bad blood between them.
“This president does not harbor any resentments,” Ms. Perino said. “He never has.”
And I think that’s mighty big of him, don’t you? To be able to look at the guy who he publicly lied about and humiliated, blatantly and unapologetically stole an election from with the help of a corrupt court made up and appointed by friends of his daddy and say “I don’t hold it against you” . . . wow. What a guy.
You know, I’m well aware that this administration has no sense of irony — if they did, the Daily Show’s job would be much harder. But I think this takes it to a new low. And for thinking the American public is so stupid, for in fact being an administration so stupid, I think this qualifies as the offensive remark of the week, too. Or it will, when I stop laughing.
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