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If he were a "recovering politician" why does he spend so much time getting his ugly mug in the press thrashing about on political issues?

Can't he find a real job? Maybe picking lettuce? You know, those jobs we "need" illegals for because Americans just won't do them? Maybe he could work on employing blacks since they're unemployment rate is 2-3x's the rate of basically any other ethnic group (it's over 10%). Nope, he's got to waste his time bashing Bush, bashing a newly elected PM of Canada, etc.

You have to understand something, and this is a serious answer: Gore first tried to run for president long ago, when he was being portrayed as young, dynamic, just what the democrats needed, another young JFK-type figure. Kind of the John Edwards of his day. He knew he wouldn't win that time, but it made his name.

Fade out, and fade in on Bill Clinton, who gets the attention that Gore thought HE was gonna get--young, dynamic, a new JFK figure, blah blah blah...and the best Al Gore can do is play second fiddle to him, a man whose morals he despises. But he goes along with him for political gain.

Then, his moment comes...and he loses in one of the closest elections ever. Damnit, he even won the popular vote, so he REALLY won!

That's where he is now--he could have been The Man, but all he is is a footnote. But all those years in the spotlight, shared with Clinton, gave him a lust for that spotlight, and he just can't let it go.