In a speech to New York University last week, Al Gore came out of political hiding. A quote from that speech: "Millions of Americans now share a feeling that something pretty basic has gone wrong in our country, and that some important American values are being placed at risk." Contextually, he is speaking of the pattern of deception of the Bush administration regarding war, terrorism, the economy, etc.

It is a pattern. Gore is right. As Bob Herbert, NY Times columnist, put it: "Credibility is the Achilles' heel of the Bush administration."

Check out www.nytimes.com/2003/08/11/opinion/11HERB.html for a thought provoking read.