"I think he is a bully, and like all bullies, he’s a coward when confronted with a force that he’s fearful of. His reactions to the extravagant and unbelievably selfish wish list of the wealthy interest groups that put him in the White House are obsequious. The degree of obsequiousness that is involved in saying ‘yes, yes, yes, yes,’ to whatever these people want, no matter the damage and harm done to the nation as a whole ­ that can come only from genuine moral cowardice.”
-- Vice President Al Gore, regarding President George W. Bush, in his interview with David Remnick of The New Yorker.