Did Al Gore turn his back to George W. Bush at Ted Kennedy’s funeral?

[PeteNYC]

Watch this video and note what Gore does as Bush enters his line of sight. Around ten seconds into the clip (as MSNBC goes to a split screen), Gore does a complete about-face as Bush approaches…

http://www.considerthisnews.com/index.php/site/thefeed/did_al_gore_turn_his_back_to_george_w._bush_at_ted_kennedys_funeral/

[Colobo]

1. I can't blame him. At all.

[GoCubsGo]

2. It looked like that to me.

Can't say I blame him, if that's what was really going on.

[nc4bo]

3. It certainly looks like he did just that. nt

[Greybnk48]

4. He sure did.

and I think it was clearly deliberate. Good for AL.

[malaise]

5. Bravo Al

:yourock:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Gore is much too classy to do something that rude.

The camera makes everyone look closer together than they really are, and the appearances are sometimes deceptive.

Come on, it's a state funeral. As much as Bush is a dirtbag, Gore is a class act and would not intentionally snub anybody, even Bush, at an occasion like this -- where people are supposed to above petty shit.

[elocs]

29. Right, Gore has too much class and like Ted is a better person than many,

even many here at DU.

[HillbillyBob]

34. Stealing a presidency and killing how many Iraqis and around

4900? of our own service members, (i lost count, one is too many to die for this piece of shit), the maiming of how many civilians and service people,then there is the robbery of our treasury to pay helofaburden and blackwater et al, our civil rights, the invasion of my home and accusing me of being a terrorist because I spoke out about the ballot shredding in Fort Lauderdale the night of the 2,000 sElection..none of that is petty.

[northernlights]

48. actually, more distance makes it easier to avoid someone w/out being overtly rude

If you turn away before the other person sees you, especially before they catch your eye, then you can simply avoid the situation altogether without guilt or blame.

[Cirque du So-What]

7. I'd turn my back on him too

Good on ye, Al!

[csziggy]

8. And when Al turned completely around, there was Larva so he turned back 90 degrees!

I don't blame them, it is not polite to either vomit or punch someone at a funeral.

[Sannum]

9. That is exactly what I would do.

[maxpower]

10. Who can blame him

Good on you President Gore

[baldguy]

11. Bush is such a small man, he's easy to miss.

[roody]

12. Go, Al

[roamer65]

13. The Moron should not have been invited, anyway.

I was pissed when I heard he was going to show up.

[stlsaxman]

20. W was probably pissed when Poppy said he had to go in his stead.

Poppy would have had to attend otherwise.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. Odd that so many people think that being a petty ass at a state funeral is a good thing.

I don't think Gore intentionally snubbed Bush, not do I think he would do so at an occasion like this. Ted Kennedy wasn't that kind of guy and Gore wouldn't dishonor his memory by being snitty at his funeral.

[populistdriven]

24. bush deserves far worse

[uncle ray]

30. petty ass?

after what that bastard did to this country, you consider simply turning ones back to bush petty? shit, what Al did was the polite thing to do, a lesser man like myself would not have let the opportunity pass, and would have been in his face telling him what a piece of shit he is. Gore was considerate of bush's sensitive little feelings by avoiding the confrontation instead of refusing to shake bush's hand right to his face, which would have caused quite a stir. whatever Al has do do to maintain composure in the company of that foul excuse for a man is fine with me.

[Cronus Protagonist]

15. I'm sure it was nothing at all like that

He probably had to fart and wanted to be sure it went somewhere that no one would care.

[SmileyRose]

16. There is not a petty rude bone in Al Gore's body.

Shame on you in this thread who think he was doing this as some sort of personal afront to StupidAss.



Edit to clarify.

[PeteNYC]

19. Who said anything about petty and rude?

He may simply have not felt like speaking to him at that moment and turned away.

[SmileyRose]

26. Sorry I meant that to responders in general, not you personally

Your OP did not put any judgment on the act one way or the other. My apologies for not making myself clear. I will go edit.

[PeteNYC]

31. NP, I misunderstood you

:)

[Kaleva]

27. Bush was a few feet away talking with someone else

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

17. Al was probably afraid of turning into a pilar of salt! n/t

[Raine]

18. I hope not, that would be tacky and rude

not the level that Gore would sink too, more of a reTHUG thing to do that.

[ThomWV]

21. Doesn't look at all like it was a purposeful avoidance to me - just a casual motion

[Kaleva]

22. I think people are projecting here...

and are seeing something take place that didn't actually happen. Meaning, Gore saw Bush and turned around to snub him.

[demwing]

23. If you notice, Gore turns and wipes the tears from his eyes

emotional moment, probably wanted to have a little privacy.

[uncle ray]

32. if i was having an emotional moment about Teddy,

the last person i would want to face would be bush. especially if i were Al Gore.

[PeteNYC]

37. I didn't notice that

...but he does seem to wipe his eye

[BlueMTexpat]

41. I think that was exactly what was happening here.

People are reading too much into it. Al is a class act ... unlike *.

[Botany]

25. Al turned his back on bush ...... no doubt.

Better that then grabbing the man who stole the Presidency from him on national T.V.. Seeing both John Kerry & Al Gore
I kept thinking about what might have been .... no 9/11, no wars, no torture, the money would have been spent on the
levies around New Orleans, no Seigelman in prison, no spying ...... :cry:

So what he turned his back on that little man .... good on him.

[Xenotime]

28. * stole the election. I would too.

[Kaleva]

33. It's interesting that people can view the same video but...

come to different conclusions as to what took place. This is like that controversy about Obama supposedly snubbing Hillary at the SOTU address.

http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/1/29/04240/1321

[janet118]

35. Who cares . . . It seems Bush was ignored by many people

Did you see the sourpuss face on W when Obama greeted him? Does that mean that Bush is a petulant little twerp or that he has severe indigestion because he doesn't want to appear in public? Who knows? I didn't watch the referenced video with Gore. I remember there was some gasbag discussion about Carter being shunned by the other presidents in the Oval Office as "evidenced" by a news photograph. In a later interview, Carter said it was silly hogwash.

And who can forget the video that purportedly showed Obama turning his back on Hillary - both he and Hillary said that they had already greeted each other cordially.

The lesson - video is not reality unless you know the whole context.

[Lars39]

36. He had to...Dubya's too dumb to understand the cut direct.

[nilram]

38. oooh, I say Yes -- he turned his back,

paused a moment, wiped (perhaps) a tear from his eye, turned his head slightly to his left to see if the B*sh was still there, then turned his head back to maintain his facing away.

I think Gore had to do this, in order to not blurt "Why are you here, you lame f**ker? Senator Kennedy was an honorable man who stood against everything you are and everything you represent. Go back to your air-conditioned Dallas hovel and count the war-dead." Well, I think he might have more to say, and say it more eloquently.

[checks-n-balances]

39. What's the problem? GWB turned his back on most of the USA

and his policies are still doing so.

Mountain, meet molehill.

[madokie]

40. Darn tootin he did

That made my day

[KharmaTrain]

42. Little Boy Lost...

I'm surprised I'm not hearing more about the attempt Hillary Clinton made to give a kiss to President Obama and he backed away.

Anywho, the manchild looked like a kid who was being taken out to a party with adults and wasn't sure how to act or react. It had to be wierd. Here he was in a Catholic church (what's this potato chip thing they're handing out?) in the middle of the inner city (why aren't them colored folk dancing like they do in the videos?) in Boston...one of the most liberal cities in the country. He was in the belly of the beast and it showed. Those who were there placated him. He really looks both lost and as self aborbed as ever.

[madokie]

43. Looks like he made sure that bushthelesser was where he could see him do that too

Damn Al you're goood

[Roland99]

44. Where was Bush? I didn't even see him in the video

I know I don't have my contacts in but, uh... Looked like Al was just turning to scan the room.


Was Bush the guy going up to Biden (?)

[Deja Q]

45. After 20 looks, I found which one was Gore... coincidental body shift.

On initial viewing I was expecting to see an actual about-face turnaround, but he only moved a tad - he's not a soldier where he has to be rigid.

[MiniMe]

46. Looked like he turned to face the same way that everybody else was faced

Yes, it was away from Bush, but I think it was because the pallbearers were moving, not to snub Bush.

[crazyjoe]

47. No, Al has more class than that