In a Forceful Speech, Gore Criticizes Administration. ‘ORLANDO, Fla., April 13 — Declaring that “here in America, patriotism does not mean keeping quiet,” former Vice President Al Gore re-emerged today at the scene of the 2000 electoral crisis, forcefully — and noisily — taking on President Bush on tax cuts, the environment and other issues.’ Still blowing both ways; he couldn’t have sounded more like the gracefully defeated candidate rallying behind the president in his post-Sept 11 comments; now he reinvents himself once again when the occasion suits him.