Tuesday, June 01, 2010
Climate change in the Gore household
Al and Tipper Gore are separating. One is tempted to judge -- that is what we bloggers do -- or deride: Two of the more annoying people in American public life finally tired of each other? Quelle surprise! But the Gores have not had an easy time of it, what with the intense stresses of the lives they have chosen to lead and the challenges of child-rearing, and that is only the stuff we know about. The wags, of course, will wonder whether all their professions of marital bliss -- the frankly excessive smooch at the 2000 Democratic National Convention and the book about their marriage, Joined at the Heart -- were sincere, but who really knows whether any marriage's public face is genuine or not? Better this: May the Gores land well in their new lives.
13 Comments:
By 
, at
Tue Jun 01, 02:49:00 PM:
Classy response to what is always an unfortunate announcement.
By 
Escort81, at
Tue Jun 01, 02:53:00 PM:
Yes. All of us have had heartbreak in our lives at one time or another, so we may wish that the Gores do OK individually in the future.
Politicians are subject to particular scrutiny when it comes to hypocrisy, and rightly so; also, they have inevitably employed their spouses as quasi-props as well as partners. We can't begin to know what went on between the Gores, and it is their business.
By all accounts, Al and Tipper did a decent job raising their kids, which is probably the most important thing a married or formerly married couple can do.
By Cardinalpark, at
Tue Jun 01, 02:59:00 PM:
It's sad. I can't believe Bill and Hillary's marriage survived and this one didn't.
By MTF, at
Tue Jun 01, 03:04:00 PM:
Marriage is a tough go. Good luck to them, and to the Clintons (though, with the exception of their sterling effort at raising a daughter, their marriage never looked to me to be anything but a convenience).
By , at
Tue Jun 01, 03:10:00 PM:
All sorts of thoughts! Let's see when the NYT publishes anything; my bet is 2012 or 2013. Of course, it isn't true
until the National Enquirer says it's true. What about the new palace in California; they must have thought long and hard about that, and, then, the split. Do they have a pre-nup?
There are not and never have been many leeches on US culture as big as Al Gore. At least Far Teddy had some elan; Gore is just a load.
By , at
Tue Jun 01, 03:46:00 PM:
To the couple of girls I didn't marry and divorce after all, I say to you, the pain up front was worth it!
M.E.
Love makes no sense but at least I can understand it.
By , at
Tue Jun 01, 04:15:00 PM:
Tipper's getting her half before Al's scam falls apart.There could be big liabilities associated with the carbon trading racket.
By , at
Tue Jun 01, 05:39:00 PM:
I think they'd be better off together....
But no one knows what goes on between two people.
By Escort81, at
Tue Jun 01, 06:38:00 PM:
Right, JLW III, I was focused on the daughters, for some reason.
By Mystery Meat, at
Tue Jun 01, 08:36:00 PM:
Tipper's loss is Kim Kardashian's gain.
By , at
Tue Jun 01, 09:45:00 PM:
I can't help but wonder whether news of George and Laura Bush getting a divorce would be met with the same reaction, or lack thereof, from the MSM.
By , at
Wed Jun 02, 11:52:00 AM:
Maybe Al will have more time to work on his poetry. Here's a sample:
Global Warming Poem
One thin September soon
A floating continent disappears ...
By , at
Wed Jun 02, 01:06:00 PM:
There's a lot of that going around, including close to home. It's sad, and I wish all in that circumstance peace and courage to move on.
