Word: gores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turn to Al Gore '69, Mr. Beta-man-soon-to-be-alpha-man. Americans must be making the poor vice president so confused. On one hand, he's breaking all ties with the "Big Daddy" Bill Clinton administration. And if he takes away just one thing from Clinton's cigar antics, it's that leaders who can't seem to nail that family-values persona can and will be slammed...
Ironically, though, Gore is getting slammed for too much sweetness. Too much affection for Tipper. Too much effort when he switched to cowboy boots. For God's sake, they even criticized him for wearing too much navy blue. So he has moved onto tan. Of course, while navy blue evokes important discussions around an oak table, tan signals pick-up lines at a Formica bar-top. But when you're dealing with someone as dry as Gore, maybe it's a good idea to go to the extremes...
...changing his suit jacket didn't cut it and now Gore plans to pay "Beauty Myth" author Naomi Wolf $15,000 each month to make the evolution from the gentle cub to unruly grizzly complete. The absurdity of her salary aside, we should cringe that Gore needs to relearn how to walk and how to talk just to become our next president. I understand a presidential candidate responding to public sentiment about a particular political issue. But Americans' ungodly personal harassment convincing Gore to change his personality stretches beyond politics. Why the need to get so personal? Why the need...
...hard to imagine that Wolf has pushed this specific idea on the candidate. But Wolf has a way of popping up at make-or-break moments for Gore. She spent three days last week in New Hampshire with the Vice President, helping prepare him for the debate on Monday and Tuesday and then watching the televised event on Wednesday. Afterward, while Gore spent 90 minutes answering questions from lingering audience members, Wolf sat half a dozen rows back in the auditorium, dressed in black, watching her client intensely. "I don't think I can properly describe her role," said...
...there is any testament to Wolf's staying power inside the Gore campaign, it may be that she has survived every one of its shake-ups. That may be because she's indispensable--or perhaps it's just her deep cover. Not even newly appointed campaign manager Donna Brazile knew of Wolf's involvement until recently. In the leaner operation that Brazile is running out of Nashville, Tenn., everyone has to sacrifice. Brazile, no Beta herself, cut Wolf's pay to $5,000 a month...