Al Gore, however, is not likely motivated by a desire to elevate the level of political discourse. His motivation for giving a speech like this is likely two-fold: 1) convince people to watch his TV shows---you know, the TV shows made by (wink, wink) smart people, for (wink, wink) smart people. And 2) If his attempt to create a viable TV/media network fails, to lay the groundwork for a revival of the "Fairness" Doctrine---after all, if a (wink, wink) smart network can't make it, well, we'll just have to force our programs onto TV and radio, it's all getting too stupid without our (wink, wink) smart perspectives.
Al is simply playing to the Democrat superiority complex with this speech.