Gore Calls Bush a 'Moral Coward'

"While President Bush likes to project an image of strength and courage, the truth is that, in the presence of his large financial contributors, he is a moral coward -- so weak that he seldom if ever says 'no' to them on anything -- no matter what the public interest might mandate," Gore said.

"The problem is that our world is now confronting a five-alarm fire that calls for bold moral and political leadership from the United States," he added, in a speech in New York sponsored by the political advocacy groups MoveOn.org and Environment2004.