The Washington Post, November 2nd, 1999
If presidential politics were a playground brawl, the churlish scrutiny of Al Gore's personality would be akin to getting trapped inside the monkey bars. Gore has been cornered by a pack of taunting bullies. The tormentors are calling him names: prosaic, stiff, boring. Dull boy, dull boy. Dull, dull, dull. Poor Al, can't bond with people because he's stiff as a board. Waaa! The bullies fire off the insults as if they've studied the very nature of bland and found Gore to be its essence. So Gore decided to prove them wrong, to change his image before their very eyes. He would electrify crowds, e...
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