In the book, Gore accuses [[President Bush]] of having an unprincipled hunger for power.
ABC's Jake Tapper wrote
:"The Assault On Reason" is an assault on President George W. Bush -- 308 pages of professorially rendered, liberal red meat . . .
In the book, Al Gore discusses how he thinks that the American democracy has been undermined by the current administration's intrusions of power. While claiming that the book is not political, Gore attacks the current President and his administration relentlessly.
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The Assault on Reason reestablishes Gore as America’s premier besserwisser and moral scold: the politician who both warns that we are scaring people to death and argues that Manhattan will soon be submerged beneath the Atlantic.<ref>[http://reason.com/news/show/120701.html Free Speech for People Who Think Like Me], Michael Moynihan, ''Reason'', June 12, 2007</ref>
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ABC's Jake Tapper wrote:
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"The Assault On Reason" is an assault on President George W. Bush -- 308 pages of professorially rendered, liberal red meat . . .
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