Who is Al Gore's Speech Coach?

[ml/nj]

Today, while I was listening to Rush play tapes of Al Gore's speech yesterday, I started wondering if Al Gore really always spoke like Forest Gump. Really! If you listen, it sounds like he has to rest in between syllables whenever he uses a word with more than two syllables.

I cannot recall how Gore sounded back in the 80's e.g., but this is a guy who grew up in Washington DC, and then went to Harvard. His father was a Senator. I don't really recall Gore Sr., but my guess is that he went along with the prevailing wisdom that a politician should sound educated. If he thought his son had any sort of speech problem, I'm sure he would have gotten a coach for Al Jr.

And the DNC? Didn't they pay big bucks to some babe to advise Gore Jr. on how to dress. I'm sure they also provided him with a speech coach, and he probably still has one.

All of this lead me to the conclusion the Gore is intentionally trying to sound like Forest (but he either forgot, and just cannot duplicate, the down home wisdom). The question is: why?

My own guess is that the Democrats think they can win elections if they lock up 90% of the voters with below average intelligence, and Gore thinks that the Gump routine is his path to those voters. He just can't be that stupid, can he?

ML/NJ

[ml/nj]

Heck, the klintons (sic) hand-picked Gore as their successor, because he would be easily controlled.

I think there is some truth to this.

But with the exception of Carol Mosley Braun, whom I think is a special case, there has never been any Senator that I can recall who approached the level Al Gore seems to have settled at as Vice President and Candidate. I thought about the other Tennessee Senators: Baker, Sasser ( I know Rush has a good time with him, but any comparison with Gore is really unfair.) and Thompson. Maybe they aren't all giants but they're none are mental midgets either.

This has to be some sort of a screen play.

ML/NJ

[ml/nj]

As to his speech and hair, he's probably drinking Rogaine and inhaling Sterno.

This is the very best explanation I've seen so far!

ML/NJ

[Political Junkie Too]

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-PJ

[Billthedrill]

It sounds like what it is - speech recorded for a 78 RPM turntable, and a brain that only goes 33.

[Redcloak]

Who is Algore's speech coach? Darrell Hammond, of course.