Reply #107: Lieberman - Exactly was the right choice. [View All]

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refusing to talk about (and take partial credit for) Clinton's terrific record

1.Clinton didn't create the boom.

2.Clinton's "terrific record" meant triangulation which managed to angered the far-left. They went to Nader as a result.

3.Gore did talk about the record. Who cared?

Choosing Lieberman as a running mate to further distance himself from Clinton,

Which gave him a jump in the polls. But nevermind. You can rewrite history if you want.

not having the confidence to be his "true self"

How in the world can you know that? He was his true self. That's why he was right just about everything.

was far too "staged" and "coached" and it came off very poorly.

Who "staged" and "coached" him, huh? Would you name those mysterious people?
Gore never liked the camera. That itself was no big secret. But that doesn't mean he was "coached" or "staged".
His town hall meeting were terrific. Probably you didn't see any of them.

Gore ultimately showed a lack of confidence

It was not Gore who showed a lack of confidence but the press morphed him into a caricature which suggested that he was "not comfortable in his own skin".
But that was bullshit. He knew very well what he was talking about. And he knew what he wanted to do as president. Anyone who payed attention and not just consumed the media caricature could see that.