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So Grieve thinks " it's beyond fair to describe the current Republican leadership in Washington as 'rightwing extremists.'" But when Gore does this--apparently, just speaking the truth "beyond fair"--he gets labeled "political" and worse yet, suspected of running for something.
How come I suspect that if Gore had said nothing, Grieve would call it political? And if he had issued a typical weasel-worded truly "political" statement, Grieve would have called it political? That Gore could have vanished from the seat with a pop, and Grieve would assert that he was "running for something"?
Maybe I do Grieve a disservice, and what we're seeing here is just wishful thinking on his part--I know I wish fervently that Gore would run for something and would do so with the straight talk that he exhibited in this interview. But until then, give the man a frackin' break.
