The Assault on Reason

Al Gore

"I was given a copy of Assault on Reason by Al Gore because I work for his TV station, and so all of the employees were given that for our first anniversary party. A lot of people have gotten into this Al Gore should be President kind of feeling, and I wanted to actually read about what he thinks because I didn't think he was all that great a candidate the first time he ran.

Assault on Reason is essentially about how over the years since Bush was elected, reason largely has been bombarded by increased bureaucracy and more power given to the Executive Branch so that reason isn't really given a voice; so that essentially people aren't able to tell the difference between reason and what they're being told.

I agreed with everything he was saying. A lot of it I had heard about from other sources, so if you're someone who already looks into a lot of these type of issues and pays attention to the news that's not necessarily covered on TV, not a lot of it will be new; but he has a very easy style, and it's easily digestible for anybody that wants to read it.

He doesn't do a lot in terms of what someone should do better. He kind of just states the problem, and there's a little bit too much of how things were better when he and Clinton were in power. He did a lot of comparing. I personally would give it three stars. I think people who think Al Gore should run for President should read it. Ideally, I would love people who don't like Al Gore to read it and just get both sides of it."

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