Actually, I think you caught a misquote. I looked it over and thought that this quote didn't quite sound right. The source I used, in my opinion was wrong. I believe the quote is from Al Gore about George W. Bush. Here is the citing I found today after you brought it up:

https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.421.1159

This makes more sense. Thank you for the question and an opportunity to correct my story.