"And no single bit of writing during the 1990s captured that weird ability of Al Gore to make himself ridiculous through exaggeration like Kelly's piece "Farmer Al." After noting Mr. Gore's claim to have been raised on his daddy's farm, Kelly contrasted that with Mr. Gore's real upbringing in a plush Washington hotel."
THINGS WORTH FIGHTING FOR: COLLECTED WRITINGS OF MICHAEL KELLY
Introduction by Ted Koppel
The Penguin Press, $26.95, 426 pages