The first time I heard Gore I thought he was someone who was mentally “slow”! Maybe he isn’t but that’s was my initial impression. Since then the image that pops in my head of Gore when I hear him is a scene from the movie “O Brother Where Art Thou”. The scene where the Mississippi governor played by Charles Dunning. He, his campaign advisor and son are discussing he threat posed by the opposition candidate - the ‘reform’ candidate. The Governor’s son says, “Daddy why don’t we get some of that ‘reform stuff’ and then we can be the ‘reform’ candidate too!”. The Guv says that’s the stupidest idea he has ever heard and presides to beat this son with his hat! Funny scene! In my mind’s eye I see the old crafty (and bigoted!) Southern pol Al Gore Sr, sitting there like the Mississippi governor. Gore Jr says something stupid and Gore Sr chases him around beating him with his hat!
Gore on his climate scare stuff reminds be of a traveling fire and brimstone preacher, going from town to town preaching “money the root of all evil”. Only way to save yourself was to give him your money so he could use it to keep preaching and save others.