It's a perfect solution for 76 million, self-absorbed baby boomers. Best money he ever spent. Al Gore wants to have it both ways. But he wants to make certain that we know that he does consider his boss to be a sewer rat, and that he has character, while his boss has only charisma. Thus, The Kiss.
Actions speak louder than words.
The press and the pundits said that the vice president's acceptance speech at the convention was good, but not spectacular. He appealed to his base, and offered 21 new spending programs that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. It plants the seeds of the Great Society of the 21st century. As little as they talked about that, they could not stop talking about The Kiss. And suddenly, Alpha Al is leading in all the polls.