"Michael S. Lorrey" wrote:
>
> For those still not convinced that Al Gore is a liar, gander at this:
> Planet Puck noted that Al Gore was up to his old lies and misleading
> taking of credit again...
> Al Gore said (in his CONCESSION speech, no less): As for the battle
> that ends tonight, I do believe, as my father once said, that no matter
> how hard the loss, "defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the
> soul and let the glory out. "
> This was really said by Edwin Markham, in Victory in Defeat: "Defeat
> may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.
> "(source)
> We just dodged a bullet America.
So his father was quoting Markham, directly or indirectly. I fail to
see how Gore was lying, or how this continues to really matter.
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