After his Army service, he spent seven years as a journalist, and his reporting at the Tennessean in Nashville put corrupt officials in prison. He even authored the US nuclear negotiating position. And at a time when President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev faced off on the superpower stage, Gore had his own meeting with Gorbachev. And, of course, he created the Internet. At various times in his political career, Gore, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has said all those things about himself and his family.
None are quite true.
While Clinton has been the beneficiary of a strong economy helped immensely by Microsoft, the company his administration has tied up in litigation his personal conduct in office has indeed left voters with a bad smell about the White House. If that weren t true, Gore would be leading by a dozen points. But despite Clinton s lying and womanizing, Gore s lies might even be worse for a candidate. That he warped that grand notion, so much so that he was impeached, is why his personal approval ratings remain low. But Gore, a child of privilege, is a congenital liar.