FROM THE GORE-LIAR-NARRATIVE DEPARTMENT
On friday night's Late Show with David Letterman, President-Elect Al Gore told us a true story. This has probably all been vetted before, but for those just joining us (as well as those who buy the "librul" media narrative that Al Gore is some sort of pathological liar, and "uncomfortable in his own skin", as they put it), here is the chornology of that story:
DAY 1: Gore and his wife Tipper, driving around Nashville (their hometown) in a rented Ford Taurus, decide to have a meal at a reasonably-priced family restaurant, the local Shoney's. When they sit down to eat, one of the waitresses makes some commotion, and points out to another man in the restaurant that the former Vice President is in Shoney's with them. The man replied to her, "Look how far down he's come". (the Late Show audience laughed heartily at this point)
DAY 2: Gore flies to Nigeria to give a speech, which he starts by telling the story of what went on at Shoney's just before.
DAY 3: On his flight back from Nigeria, the plane stops on an island in the Atlantic to refuel. Gore sees a man on the tarmac, running towards the plane with a piece of paper. Gore wonder's what's going on, and the man says that there's "trouble in Washington".
What's the "trouble", you ask?
There were stories circulating that Al Gore was now running a family restaurant in Tennessee!
Did Matt Drudge link to it? Yes, and not only that, he made it a large-font BANNER HEADLINE!
Rueters soon retracted their story, the Drudge headline soon faded, and now you can't really find that report anywhere at all, except for one guy who saved it and emailed it to someone. (his link is dead)
But the damage was done. A story that was promoted by those who oppose Gore runs that feeds the bullshit narrative, but it's just trivial enough not to attack it. Just like the Springsteen-tickets story, which was utter nonsense. This restaurant story is very instructive as an example of how the media has treated Gore for years.
On friday night's Late Show with David Letterman, President-Elect Al Gore told us a true story. This has probably all been vetted before, but for those just joining us (as well as those who buy the "librul" media narrative that Al Gore is some sort of pathological liar, and "uncomfortable in his own skin", as they put it), here is the chornology of that story:
DAY 1: Gore and his wife Tipper, driving around Nashville (their hometown) in a rented Ford Taurus, decide to have a meal at a reasonably-priced family restaurant, the local Shoney's. When they sit down to eat, one of the waitresses makes some commotion, and points out to another man in the restaurant that the former Vice President is in Shoney's with them. The man replied to her, "Look how far down he's come". (the Late Show audience laughed heartily at this point)
DAY 2: Gore flies to Nigeria to give a speech, which he starts by telling the story of what went on at Shoney's just before.
DAY 3: On his flight back from Nigeria, the plane stops on an island in the Atlantic to refuel. Gore sees a man on the tarmac, running towards the plane with a piece of paper. Gore wonder's what's going on, and the man says that there's "trouble in Washington".
What's the "trouble", you ask?
There were stories circulating that Al Gore was now running a family restaurant in Tennessee!
Did Matt Drudge link to it? Yes, and not only that, he made it a large-font BANNER HEADLINE!
Rueters soon retracted their story, the Drudge headline soon faded, and now you can't really find that report anywhere at all, except for one guy who saved it and emailed it to someone. (his link is dead)
But the damage was done. A story that was promoted by those who oppose Gore runs that feeds the bullshit narrative, but it's just trivial enough not to attack it. Just like the Springsteen-tickets story, which was utter nonsense. This restaurant story is very instructive as an example of how the media has treated Gore for years.
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