That was suggested when I discussed this with friends.
I can't really believe that he is so "far out," that he cannot be coached back to reality. Look at all the performers who are dope heads, who can act or sing. Consider too, how most of the folks asked to "host" Saturday Night Live do. They are only coached for a week. Or the bird-brained athletes who have to answer media questions; most seem positively brilliant when compared with Gore.
Others suggested that maybe it had to do with depression brought on by the loss, but he hadn't lost when the Forest Gump routine was already in evidence. I'd probably put the dividing line for Gore at receiving the Vice Presidential nomination back in '92.
I cannot recall any other person who ever ran for President who seemed so completely bereft of intelligence. There are other people who want the job, and they're not all stupid. I think they would bury a man a vacuous as Gore seems. But they're not burying him.
It has to be an act!
ML/NJ
I think Bill and Hitlery tapped Gore in 1992 because he was dumb, and he wouldn't make waves. Aside from breaking tie votes in the senate, what did Gore do for eight years? Mostly dialing for dollars, and acting as a bagman for the Russians and Buddhist monks. He was low-profile, and never competed with the klintons in the glamor department.
Heck, the klintons hand-picked Gore as their successor, because he would be easily controlled. All the dirty election tricks in Florida was done by the klintons. Al had already conceded when he received a page from the White House telling him to un-concede and await further instructions.
It's really funny watching the democRAT nobodies like Gore and Dashole pretend like they're competing for the nomination in 1992. The klintons have their FBI files, too. Any wannabe who gets out of line can be given the insider's tour of Ft Marcy Park, too.
The democRAT candidate in 2004 will either be Hitlery, or someone hand-picked by the klintons to be the false front that Gore would have been.