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Now an article on the front page of the Sunday Washington Post claims that Al Gore is a “rock star.”

Incredible as it may seem, Al Gore is not only totally carbon neutral, but geek-chic cool. No velvet rope can stop him. He rolls with Diddy. He is on first-name basis, for real, with Ludacris. But what does this mean? And how did it happen? Did Gore change? Or did the climate — political, cultural, natural — change around him?

But who has changed, Al Gore or the rest of us?

Guggenheim explains: “People say to me that Al Gore is so different now. Why wasn’t he like this when he ran for president?” Meaning that Gore now appears relaxed, confident, happy, and not stiff, robotic, pinched. “They say Al has changed. But I don’t think so. We’ve changed. The setting has changed. He’s the same. When you’re running for office, you’re a target every moment you are in front of the camera. Now, he’s in a different place and we see him in a different way.”

What do you think, readers? Could the American electorate overcome its mental image of Wooden Al Gore, Who Doesn’t Know Who He Is And Has Serious Character Issues?

I say, not in a million years. Dream on.