AL GORE might be in a little trouble tomorrow night – I mean, he can’t win votes by kissing George W. Bush, now can he?
The famous kisser of Democratic Convention fame will have to leave his lips at home.
On the other hand, he could pick up a few points by singing his favorite lullaby, “Look for the Union Label.”
And he can remind us all of his greatest accomplishment, inventing the Internet.
And he will certainly get the dog lovers’ vote for spending so much money on pooch medicine.
Now, he might have trouble with the Buddhist vote, since he mugged all those nuns at the California temple.
And the plumbers union certainly won’t be too happy since he stiffed the people who are renting a home on his Tennessee plantation – he didn’t pay for the plumbing.
In an election that’s revolved around rats, dogs and moles, I can’t see for the life of me why Jim Lehrer is moderating the debate.
Clearly it should be Oprah Winfrey.
But Gore has a decided advantage.
We are told that the temperature in the Boston Fieldhouse, where the debate will be held, will be a cool 65 degrees.
A definite plus for the Iceman.
Now George Bush has to be warned – don’t wear a watch.
His dad did in a town-hall debate in 1992. He glanced down at it and bingo, he looked like he was bored and he lost the election.
Forty years of presidential debates, and none of us have really got it.
Fact is, as Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said: “Most people don’t know exactly what you said. They look at your performance.”
Bill Clinton was one of the best performers off a Broadway stage and look what we got.
Nixon loses his debate with John F. Kennedy because of a few beads of perspiration.
I mean, how would Eisenhower or Truman have done in a debate?
They would have come across like lead balloons.
Could you imagine Abe Lincoln in a debate on television? You’ve got to be kidding.
Gov. Tom Ridge (R-Penn.) got it right yesterday on CNN.
“[Gore] will have the best lines that Hollywood can write for him,” he said.
And there lies the terrible sadness of it all.
How far have we come if we measure a man’s character and his grasp of issues because he is the best dancing bear in the ring?