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Al Gore: So Pre-9/11
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GORE
SURGES INTO 2004 DEM LEAD |
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Al Gore, uncomfortable in his own
skin, speaks while swathed in denim |
By
Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 27, 2002; Page A01
Emphasizing
economic justice, health care, environmental protection, and other issues that
seem passé to most Americans in the wake of the bombing of the World Trade
Center, former Vice President Albert A. Gore has somehow taken the lead among
potential Democratic presidential nominees, according to the Zogby poll.
However, compelling anecdotal evidence gathered by the Post indicates that Gore
has lost all luster among the female voters who provided most of his support in
2000.
“The
thought of Gore becoming president makes me shudder in revulsion,” said Mrs.
John O’Connor of Washington, D.C., a self-described “normal American”.
Mrs. O’Connor, who goes by the nickname Sandy, expressed the view of many when
she went on to say, “Gore is so despicable, I would violate every canon of
legal ethics to stop that bastard from ever getting elected.”
Mrs.
O’Connor’s comments indicate that, like most women, she abhors conceited,
lying, pompous, phony gasbags. Numerous females have confided to this reporter
that Mr. Gore “just makes us want to barf”.
“Gore
is a pathetic jerk,” said professional woman Kit Seelye of New York City, an
“everyday kind of gal” who works for a large corporation. “ He deserves to
be libeled into total oblivion by mainstream reporters. Frankly, I’m
embarrassed and disappointed that mission hasn’t already been accomplished. I
assure you, it isn’t for lack of effort.”
Mr.
Gore has refused to comment on whether he will run. Democratic insiders are said
to be embarrassed by this latest example of the former vice president
withholding the truth. Gore’s reticence is interpreted by some as tacit
acknowledgement that such a campaign would merely reveal how much decent people
are still disgusted by the appalling deceit that is widely considered to be the
very essence of the man.
The
apparent overwhelming anti-Gore attitude on the part of rank and file distaff
voters is just one factor in what experts believe would be the undoing of yet
another unwise Gore run for the presidency.
“Tactically,
he’s a fool,” exclaimed Kathy Harris of Tallahassee, Florida, an employee in
the division of the state government that oversees elections. “It appears as
though his strategy is still to ‘get the most votes’.”
“Some
people never learn.”
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