This is wild...
Anyone remember this??
It was 1987!

At a lecture the other day they played an old news
video of Lt. Col.Oliver North testifying at the
Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting
the third degree, but what he said was stunning!


He was being drilled by some senator; "Did you not
recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security
system?"


Ollie replied,"Yes, I did, Sir."
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of
the audience," Isn't that just a little excessive?"

"No, sir," continued Ollie.
"No? And why not?" the senator asked.
"Because the lives of my family and I were threatened,
sir"

"Threatened? By whom?" the senator questioned.
"By a terrorist, sir" Ollie answered
' "Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you
that much?"

"His name is Osama bin Laden, sir" Ollie replied.

At this point the senator tried to repeat the name,
but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then
probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the
attempt. Then the senator continued. "Why are you so
afraid of this man?" the senator asked.

"Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I
know of", Ollie answered.

"And what do you recommend we do about him?" asked the
senator.

"Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that
an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and his
men from the face of the earth."

The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was
all that was shown of the clip.

If anyone is interested, the senator turned out to be
none other than Al Gore.

Imagine if he were president right now.