I love Al Gore and everything he stands for...but

[Auntie Bush]

I don't like the way he speaks. The hesitant pausing distracts me. Picky, picky! Anyone else notice that?

I wish he would just speak nice smooth sentences. However, I'll still vote for him if given the chance.

[laruemtt]

1. my god - after the jabbering idiot in the white house now,

al sounds - and IS - positively erudite!

[Auntie Bush]

8. You're right...but we need to compare him to something better than

a bumbling idiot. I can certainly forgive him for that one little thing.
Proof is...Clark sometimes does the same thing and I overlook that. I was just wondering if it was me or if anyone else noticed.

[elizm]

2. I know what you mean....

...I remember how uninspiring he was when I heard him in 2000...even though, I still voted for him.

[Hieronymus]

3. I remember commenting, when Clinton was elected,

that it was so great to hear a president speak in complete sentences. Neither of the Bushes could speak worth a damn.
Gore is very formal in his speech .. I think that's an asset in a president rather than a fault.

[burythehatchet]

4. I'll tell you what it is, he has worked too hard to lose his southern accent

I someties listen to people talk who have suppressed an accent and it doesn't work well. He would have been much more appealing if he had let his natural accent work.

[Double T]

5. Compared to the vocabulary slaughterer-in-chief, Gore is a smooth talking.........

orator.

[Grateful for Hope]

6. I have heard him on many recent interviews

and, from what I am seeing, he has gotten much, much more sure of his responses. I think he tends to hesitate more when his responses have a high degree of complexity.

What a concept...highly complex responses. It's been soooo long since we have heard even a semblance of intellect, let alone complexity from our current "leader".

I think he rocked on KO tonight.

[Hieronymus]

11. Right on .. he pauses to collect his thoughts .. he's brilliant.

[Grateful for Hope]

18. Absolutely brilliant. n/t

[Auntie Bush]

13. Yes, he was talking much smoother tonight than he did on Larry King.

Oh goody! He'll be on KO again Wednesday night. Wow! Keith rocks!
I loved the fact that Gore thanked him for his views etc. He must have LOVED his special comments. I think those comments earned him the privilege of Gore being on his show.

[Grandrose]

7. Picky is right!

Intelligent people, preparing to make a point of substance or significance, I have noted, do sometimes hesitate or pause for clarity!

This does not apply to the Bush smirk and studder!:rofl:

[IntravenousDemilo]

9. Well, Moses was "slow of speech and of a slow tongue", too.

And he was mighty influential. Sure, he never got to enter into Canaan, but still...

Of course, The Usurper isn't exactly the quickest talker either and he's been running things (into the ground) for the last six years, but then, he's not the quickest thinker either. Gore, however, is refreshingly bright, and I hope America can see the brightness through the hesitancy.

And apparently Lincoln had a high-pitched, nasal voice.

And Coolidge hardly talked at all.

[Ishoutandscream2]

10. Well, he's southern

We're not known for speaking rapidly.

[AlCzervik]

12. Seriously? Seems to me he likes to actually finish forming his thought before he

actually verbalizes it.

[blm]

14. WE need to tell the corpmedia to GROW UP and stop lying that Americans want beers w/candidates.

I want to drink beer with my HUSBAND and a few friends in a Mexican restaurant.

[AlCzervik]

15. yeah, i'd really to have a president i respect.

[Ishoutandscream2]

16. I'll be happy to join ya'll

But instead of beer, I'll go with a strawberry margarita. And while we're at it, let's go ahead and invite Al.

[Jackpine Radical]

19. I always thought I'd much rather havfe that beer with Al.

The bar I used to frequent in my drinking days was a talk bar. No jukebox. At least half the crowd had PhD's, and most of the remainder were working on them. It was a good place to get into a long, intoxicated discussion with a couple of philosophy profs, a physicist or two, a stray neuroscientist, and the like. I think Al would have fit in. Especially after inhaling.

[blm]

33. heheh....would definitely toke with Al or Kerry. Not so much Bill, as I like to be the

one who hits on shyer, intellectual type guys and i do NOT like 'loveguys' at all.
;)

[Uncle Joe]

22. Can you imagine, if you were going on a flight

and they get on the intercom and say ladies and gentlemen which pilot would you choose to have a beer with for your flight?

[KoKo]

17. All the Repugs can Speak in Sound Bytes that Resonate...think of Ginrich and DeLay

and the "kids" like Goodling to have their "sound bytes" down pat. You sit up and LISTEN when they speak. It's very FORCEFUL!

[veness]

20. Yes Auntie.

My dad just now told me the way he speaks bugs him too. He was watching Al on Countdown and ended up switching the channel.

Go Gore/Clark!

[Auntie Bush]

21. That's my ticket too!

:hug:

[rucky]

23. If that's your biggest complaint...

He's not doing too badly.

[jillan]

24. I could listen to him for the next 8 years and wouldn't mind one bit.

[TwilightGardener]

25. He's a little ponderous at times, but that might actually be desirable next time around,

after 8 years of senseless blither.

[StudentsMustUniteNow]

26. I like the way he speaks

He brings a sort of intellectual style and erudition to the Presidency that we haven't seen since...maybe FDR.

[hatrack]

27. Compared to Bush, he is fucking Demosthenes

Yeah, so he's not Joel Osteen or Wade Cook - neither of which we need as exemplars here in any field other than public speaking.

After 8 years of the Simian Dauphin, WHO CARES?!?!?!

[RestoreGore]

28. No plans to run...Not thinking about it...

Not hard to tell why, and it is no wonder as he did look uncomfortable tonight as opposed to the relaxed way he interacted on the Daily Show when the atmosphere was much more relaxed and open.

[JI7]

29. after the monkey creature, i kind of find the way Gore speaks to be appealing

[jenmarie]

30. Just watched him on KO

and my dad and I were talking about exactly the same thing. He also comes across as sort of condescending -- I don't take it that way, but I can see how some would. He is brilliant but you're correct, he isn't a compelling speaker.

[VPStoltz]

31. Ever heard Lincoln?

I read that one of the most eloquent "speakers" to inhabit the White House had an annoyingly high pitched. scratchy voice. He seems to have been remembered for what he said, not how he said it.

[Lord Helmet]

32. compared to the giggling murder-monkey

Al Gore is eloquent.