(I apologize to the reader aforehand for any typos in this comment resulting from my not proofreading it thoroughly)

Hello FLH,

I have accidentally happened upon this post. Clearly, you have left me with no choice but to respond bacause of your references to me.

I wrote quite a lot about this at DailyKos, which is the reason that "NeuvoLiberal" negatively rated so many of my diaries and comments. She was tired of my criticisms of Al Gore, whom she adores.

You know what Francis? I think that you're a talented and passionate individual, but it is appalling that you are wasting your time and that of others with your impertinent criticisms of Al Gore.

Secondly, as any trusted user (TU) at Daily Kos can verify, I have not troll-rated any of your latest 30 comments (all of which have been troll-rated into becoming hidden comments):

In the total of 500 or so troll ratings you've received in the list above, only 5 of them were from me (i.e. following the first 30 comments). Therefore, your singling out of me here is unfounded.

Next, you claim "She was tired of my criticisms of Al Gore, whom she adores". You're right in that I was and still continue to be tired of utterly unproductive and pointless discussion.

No, I do not "adore" Al Gore. I respect and admire his work, vision, experience, and basic decency.

You have also linked to my diaries apparently as a proof of my "adoration" sinde the reader will find several Gore related diaries. However, if it isn't obvious, many of my Gore related diaries come in response to unfair and unreasonable attacks on Gore such as those by you. In other words, your "proof" is a self-fulfilling hypothesis.

As for the content of your criticism, here are the facts, in brief: Gore left law school to run for US house, started out as an underdog for the nomination, but went onto win that and the general election. His father had already lost his Senate bid in TN (one of the main reasons for which was his support for civil rights. You should remember that as a southern Democrat, it took great courage on his part to stand up to do the right thing).

I have timed this response, and it has taken well over an 1 hour of my time. One hour of an utter waste of time.

It's grotesquely shameful that you continue to waste your talents and time on this, FLH, and in the process, force others into wasting their time as well.