Gore breaks silence on media coverage of 2000 election

[EV_Ares]

For the first time Al Gore talks about the effect the press had on him and on the 2000 presidential election, telling Vanity Fair contributing editor Evgenia Peretz that he doesn’t blame the media for his loss and that he accepts responsibility for not being able to communicate more clearly with the public, according to a release from the magazine to RAW STORY Tuesday.

“Modern politics seems to require and reward some capacities that I don’t think I have in abundance … such as a tolerance for … spin rather than an honest discussion of substance. Apparently, it comes easily for some people, but not for me,” Gore says.

Peretz reports specifically on Gore’s coverage in The New York Times and in The Washington Post, each of which reported and/or referenced Gore’s supposed claims that he invented the Internet, that the two main characters in Love Story were based on him and Tipper, and that he discovered the toxic waste at Love Canal.

Asked about the debate coverage, Gore tells Peretz, “The sighs, the sighs, the sighs … Within 18 hours, they had turned perception around to where the entire story was about me sighing. And that’s scary. That’s scary.”

Peretz reports that the Gore family joked about the nonstop talk about which president you’d want to have a beer with, and Kristin, the Gore’s middle daughter, said, “Gee, I want the designated driver as my president.” But, according to Peretz, deep down they weren’t laughing.

Tipper Gore tells Peretz that following the loss, “we were roadkill … it took a long time to pick ourselves up from what happened.” Tipper also says that Al has made no moves that would suggest a run for the presidency, but adds that if he turned to her one night and said he had to run, she’d get on board, and they’d discuss how to approach it this time around, given what they’ve learned

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http://rawstory.com//news/2007/Gore_breaks_silence_on_media_coverage_0904.html

[Grandrose]

1. Is that a glimmer of hope??????? (K&R)

Way to go Tipper! "that if he turned to her one night and said he had to run, she’d get on board, and they’d discuss how to approach it this time around, given what they’ve learned"!

Gore/Obama is the ticket!:applause: :patriot: :kick:

[Hekate]

2. Gore is one of the best of men, but I don't know how we can ask him to go through this again

I will respect whatever decision he and Tipper make, but personally I think he has carved out a wonderful niche for himself and is accomplishing wonderful things.

Blessings to Al and Tipper Gore!

Hekate

[catgirl]

3. Speak for yourself, I'll ask him!

He'll accomplish even more as the President. Much more.