Al Gore is still fat, apparently

The Times engages in some fact-esque reporting:

Mr. Cheney has been a particularly fierce critic of the Obama administration and a defiant defender against critics of the Bush administration, including President Obama. While his remarks have been striking, they are not unusually outspoken by comparison, for example, to former Vice President Al Gore’s condemnations of the Bush administration when it held office.

That is, to a degree, true. But the nuanced reality is more difficult. Gore didn't begin condemning the Bush administration until the latter began "marketing" the war against Iraq. In a series of fierce speeches (as opposed to appearances on Fox News), Gore condemned the rationale for the war and -- correctly -- discounted the evidence that Iraq posed a threat to the United States.