The Transformation of Al Gore

I disagree with this article in that I ALWAYS saw the funny, warm, interesting guy; but I guess you had to look really, really hard to see that.

from the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-greene/the-transformation-of-al-_b_21510.html

The transformation of Al Gore . . . starting with his surprisingly relaxed concession speech in 2000 and more recently seen in his fire and brimstone speeches on the stump, his masterful appearance on Saturday Night Live and now, as the shockingly warm, intimate, passionate and soulful man and his slide show in this superb film . . . is a thrilling case study of what is so terribly wrong in politics and what can be so terribly right.

Every politician should see "An Inconvenient Truth", but not only for the scientific wisdom. They should see it because Al Gore, genuinely the professor here, shows us the true potential power of politics . . the simple yet awesome power of being one's self.

That that power wasn't there in 2000 but is, so profoundly, in the movie, illustrates what is possibly the political teaching for our time.

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Al Gore, left to his own devices, left only to his own very deep and honest passion, has had a spiritual and political transformation that may, indeed, make Americans want to elect him . . . again.

...is so ready for a kinder and gentler "Decider"... One who possesses both a heart and a brain...

in 2000 and 2004 on themselves, so, instead, they have to turn around and say well, it's GORE who's different now, NOW he's someone we can like and support . Or...gee...NOW Kerry is fighting when he didn't before.... why couldn't we have THIS John Kerry.

The objective and left media did a very poor job of countering the RW message machine, so any failure HAD to be the top of the ticket, as if there was no one else on the team. They all need full-length mirrors in my book.

Gore was STIFF and WOODEN. He was that way since Day of the Clinton/Gore campaign - in front of the Cameras he was that way and Gore admits and explains what that was all about.

It was the DLC advisors and consultants. "Say this", "don't say that". Etc etc etc.

Gore was NOT himself in those election years.. he was the person "they" wanted him to be.

Gore is no longer beholden to these assholes, and is now fully liberated and thereby totally being himself and the AUTHENTICITY of his charachter, his very Heart and Soul is now revealed to the world.. when it wasn't then. And it's wonderful breath of fresh air.

On the other hand, those campaign trail videos that were never seen in the media -SHOULD HAVE BEEN- because those too allowed the viewer to seem him as he naturally is, which was never allowed to be revealed by his consultants and advisors, so it never made it in the media and the public was cheated from getting acquainted with the real Al Gore.

Don't blame that fact on the "Liberal" Media!

and you either got it or you didn't. I think media CHOSE to not get it.

The only thing different about Gore is that being away from DC got him closer in touch with his more progressive self - but, the intellect and humor is intact, albeit sharper.

If he would pledge to open the books on BushInc - ALL of them - I would have no touble supporting him if Kerry decides against running.

But, in the meantime, I will hound his butt to pledge Open government that will open the books on BushInc. If he doesn't, why bother? I'll support the Democrat who will.

I wrote extensively on the 2000 campaign, and Gore was tripped up at every turn by the media complicit with the GOP in berating him on the most petty, insignificant, often false pseudo-issues. He had his game face on, but from his first appearance on Letterman in the 1992 campaign, he showed a tremendous amount of humor and wit. And little tidbits filtering out such as his current comment on whether or not he felt the 2000 election was stolen make my enthusiasm sore. He is a gentleman and a witty, savvy politician.

The noxious GOP saddled Gore with monikers like "wooden" which the media gladly picked up and ran with, and I cringe when that is repeated here at DU.

I too would like particularly Iran-Contra investigated thoroughly as it should have been, but that has fallen into the pages of history by virtue of the passage of time. However, I have no doubt that Gore would sanction investigations of BushCo this go as he has expressed his outrage on so many issues over the past six years.

so it is all part of the same crime wave - all connected.

And I do agree with you that it is never too late for them to pay.

because Clinton allowed the secrecy and covertness to CONTINUE when he refused to allow further scrutiny. It's not a matter of LATE justice - the crimes are ongoing.

They are furious he didn't invade Iraq after our forces pulled out of Kuwait. Bottom line is they are all criminals, some pardoned, some plea bargained, some cases lost on technicalities, but none taking to fruition.

key figures, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Porter Goss, to name a few.

Even when he was a sitting VP.


""He almost made me pee in my pants a few times," confessed a former senior staffer who traveled with him extensively. "He has a very sharp, biting wit and he just picks his moments."

Much of Gore's humor is purely situational. Some of it just rings funnier because he is the vice president of the United States. "He has an awareness of that and can play off of that," noted a former aide. Often what cracks people up is quite subtle -- a facial expression, a raised eyebrow, an inflection, an a side. Or it will be a playful gesture, like ordering the lights of his motorcade dimmed in honor of Elvis while driving past Graceland. Or stopping short while walking in front of over-aggressive Secret Service agents, causing them to barrel into him."





http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/weekly/aa100300a.htm

president and maybe we could get some respect around the world..and I think that he had to give up, we really do not know what was said to him or how he was threaten..they had the media, they had the military and near half of this country and the coroporations..he also had a family that also could have been threatened..

ignored it.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/weekly/aa100300a.htm

I don't have time to post some snips right now.

k and r

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