Al Gore is sounding pretty good to us today, as he accuses Bush of eroding our freedom:

"Gore's Thursday comments came at a fund-raising breakfast for Delaware attorney general candidate Carl Schnee. "

"Gore said "highly questionable" decisions are being made in the criminal justice system under Attorney General John Ashcroft. "

"What's going on nationally, with the attack on civil liberties, with American citizens in some cases just disappearing without right to counsel, without access to a lawyer, I think that is disgraceful," he said. "

"I think we need to stand up for our principles in this country and stand up for what this nation represents, even as we face the terrible dangers that we have to confront in the world today," he added. "

Gore also decried any efforts to portray Democratic critics of the administration's homeland security plans and possible war with Iraq as unpatriotic or unconcerned about national security."

Keep it up, Al. We might get back behind you. And if you add your support for a moratorium on the death penalty, you'll have us and a lot of others, for sure.