Word: sisterly
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...night of Aug. 28, 1996, changed Gore's image forever. It was the night his relationship with the Washington elite began to unravel--the night he addressed the Democratic Convention in Chicago. In his speech, Gore told the story of his sister Nancy Hunger, who started smoking at 13 and died of lung cancer at 46. After describing her ghastly death, he vowed that "until I draw my last breath, I will pour my heart and soul into the cause of protecting our children from the dangers of smoking." The people in the hall that night were moved, and polls...
...disclaimer at the beginning of Al Gore's bio movie Thursday night: "No Gores were harmed in the making of this film." In his last two convention speeches, Gore famously trotted out his family's tales of woe - his son's being hit by a car in '92, his sister's death from lung cancer in '96 - so viewers could be forgiven for wondering just which Gore would have to take the hit this time around (and whether the rest weren't secretly praying for no renomination speech...
...Perhaps the finest moment was Bill's speech at the end, in which he thanked his family (including his brother and his sister-in-law, who were in attendance) for taking the heat that went along with being associated with him these past four years. He said that even the bad days were great days, and somehow that was reassuring. For this was a Democratic contingent made richer during the booming prosperity of the Clinton era. They had enjoyed the eight-year intersection of Hollywood and politics. They seemed glad that it was good...
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...Obviously the Gore team has decided that running against Hollywood sleaze is a winner, as evidenced by the Democrats' sudden, Sister Souljah-esque turning against longtime supporter Hugh Hefner. But what's really dangerous is a national political figure endorsing the notion that certain messages need to be controlled for the good of society. That technology and media have made it too hard to inculcate your own values in your children and that, therefore, we simply have too much freedom in society. That it's not good enough that I be able to turn off a sleazy program...