Actually, I disagree with you on this. Both are well-educated and bright guys. I completely disagree with almost everything Gore has ever done, and think he is an incredible liar and hypocrite, but I don't think he is a fool.

To carry the "prior VP" concept a bit further, wouldn't it actually be interesting to have some of the prior VP's at some sort of panel discussion, to talk about their perspectives on historical events? If you could keep present-day politics and partisanship out of it, it could be fascinating. Sort of the idea of just having a beer with some of these guys.

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