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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 11:41 AM
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Al Gore and Roger Ailes talk about news in general (and Fox in particular)
CNN's Jeff Greenfield moderated.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=industryNews&storyID=2005-04-21T071006Z_01_N21264480_RTRIDST_0_INDUSTRY-MEDIA-GORE-AILES-DC.XML

Gore lamented, in hushed tones followed by thundering oratory, that the political dialogue is not in Congress as it has historically been but instead in "30-second television commercials that are not the Federalist Papers."

Gore's animated demeanor prompted Greenfield to wonder aloud how Gore earned a reputation for being a stiff and dispassionate public speaker.

Quipped Gore, in a news-anchor voice, "Al Gore distinguished himself tonight from the wooden podium behind him."

Gore also questioned the TV news media's role in promoting, or creating, society's "serial obsessions," such as the Michael Jackson trial and the Terri Schiavo feeding-tube controversy.
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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 11:51 AM
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1. Gore is wonderful.
I wish he'd run again.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 11:52 AM
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2. Al Gore is the conscience of the Democratic Party..
It would be a mistake to throw him overboard...or to disregard his comments.
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carnie_sf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 12:23 PM
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3. We need him
back in the senate.
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FreedomAngel82 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:02 PM
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4. I think Gore is great
He and Clinton were the best.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:05 PM
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5. I actually like Gore better than Clinton. NT
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-21-05 01:40 PM
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6. If anybody should run in '08 it is President Al Gore
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