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You had me at “My fellow Americans,” Al.

In case you missed it, Al Gore taped an address to the nation for Saturday Night Live, and it was excellent. If I’m right, it means that he’s seriously considering another run for President — beyond “Maybe and maybe not” toward “I need to do something, fast, because the nation’s in bad shape” — and injecting himself into SNL was his way of subtley reminding the public that a) he’s alive, b) he’d lead the nation in a very different direction than Bush.

Using this program as a springboard is a subtle, tactful way to inject himself back into the world of politics because, at the least, it keeps Hillary Clinton looking over her shoulder. Of course, it could ultimately mean that Gore has let the dream go and is having fun at its expense, but considering that this isn’t 2003 anymore, I highly doubt it. Either way, the video does starkly remind one that the times, they could have been-a better.

While Al Gore has subtlety and tact to spare, Laura Bush has the tact of a yes man in the Kremlin. “I don’t really believe these polls [on my husband]” she says. Like she doesn’t believe in global warming, competent politics or honesty in regard to romances with George.

But hey. She’s a Librarian. Not a mathemawhatchamacallit. Or a scientist, for that matter. So give her a break, will you?

This entry was posted on Sunday, May 14th, 2006 at 7:46 pm and is filed under Outside Retort (Current Affairs), The Politics of Sarcasm.