While I take the good and the bad of gore and any politician... After my post of "Bush, Gore and Arnold in the Middle"... My comment on Gore was: I post more good Gore than bad Gore (Search my posts) .... and I have "less" of a problem with Gore than most politicians.
I think we are always more critical of people we know and want to do better.
Critical of people who have the greatest influence over our people and our environment.... is there anything more important?
But, GRIST may be taking Gore critics a little personal
http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/10/15/21959/112
From the Grist: "I don't mean to paint Gore as a saint, or say there's no ego or calculation behind his actions. Human beings are complicated. But the explanation of his life that makes the most sense, that requires the fewest pop-psychological speculations and conspiracy theories, is that he's a decent, committed human being. He kept plodding on, kept trying, until he got it right. What finally worked for him was artless, unapologetic sincerity. This irony-armored reality TV world goes piss poorly on sincerity. I won't apologize for being inspired by its improbable success."