By Dan Kennedy • The press, politics, technology, culture and other passions

Go-go Gore

Remember when people used to parody Al Gore by talking … very … slowly? He just rushed through his brief speech like the guy from the old Federal Express commercials.

The parallels he drew between Obama and Lincoln — their relative inexperience, their opposition to popular wars, their eloquence — were a reminder that long years in office are no substitute for judgment, even if you think Obama = Lincoln is a stretch.


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  1. mike_b1

    George Washington had no legislative experience before becoming president. Who would Lincoln vote for?

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