Word: alpha
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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SAVE THE EARTH TONES We're often told brown is the new black, but Al Gore seems to have been following that fashion advice a little too literally on the campaign trail this past month. Perhaps alpha males are supposed to have monotonously autumnal wardrobes...
...have been a case of the hungrier candidate carrying the day. Throughout the early debates of the primary season, Gore repeatedly told Bradley: "Bill, this is not an academic exercise." And while Gore hired feminist image specialist Naomi Wolf to help convert him into a power-suit-wearing Alpha Male, Bradley remained the genteel, cardigan-wearing policy wonk he was known for being on the Senate floor. Bradley also suffered by having the air sucked out of his campaign by the fierce battle between John McCain and George W. Bush. After Bradley's strong showing...
...While one might consider such a locking of horns to be standard fare when bringing together a number of alpha-females and -males into the same extremely cramped workspace, such an analysis would be ill-considered, to say the least. We here at the magazine instead consider such behavior to be the successor to existential crisis in the postmodern milieu. Clearly, we find ourselves trying to wrap our minds around a difficult, nay, hot-buttony issue...
...mezzanine box of Bill Bradley supporters included filmmaker Spike Lee, Harvard philosopher Cornel West, rapper Usher and L.A. Lakers coach Phil Jackson. But while the setting and faces were untraditional, the results were familiar: The candidates appeared ideologically similar - and, as has been the case in recent encounters, emerging alpha male Al Gore seemed to bull his way to the upper hand...
Batman had Robin. Johnny had Ed. Every Alpha needs a Beta, especially on the ego-crushing gauntlet known as the presidential race. Here's a look at those tireless bundles of hype and positive energy, the Campaign 2000 sidekicks...