He is no longer "boring", IMO. Have you heard his recent speeches? His problem in 2000 was that he was too camera-conscious and was not crisp in his message.
and how he look at people as if they where retarded they may be but you don't do that to win Presidential election.
He looked down and sighed at George Dumbya Bush as if the latter is a retard (I do agree that that may have cost him votes and possibly the election; But I am sure that Gore won't be sighing in 2008 debates should he be the nominee :)). But in W's case, that's hard to resist, don't you agree?
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