The “Divinity School” stuff was a con, too. See, that was an early ticket home from Vietnam, so of course Gore jumped at it. Then, once he was safely off of the DOD’s “radar”, Al “flunked out”.
I gotta tell ya, a presidential run would give a good con man a sucker list of millions of true believers. Enough to keep Al in Krispy Kremes for a lifetime, and then some.