AL GORE
(Former US Vice President)

Only in America that the guy who got the most votes lost in a presidential election. That’s the beauty of Electoral voting system that States has. That’s what happens to this loser. Basically, I viewed Al Gore as somebody who is arrogant and rude. He used to come here in Malaysia in a dinner function and then bluntly expressed his support to the ‘reformasi’ movement and criticized Malaysia in other issues. According to some reports, he then just left the dinner, which was very insulting to the host and the people. I don’t mind if he expressed these views in other events, but not like this. In my opinion, there is no doubt that he is more charismatic than Bush, but that’s not a main factor in American politics. Al Gore is very well-known for exaggerating stuffs to his advantage. Here are the best of them.

The Top Ten Quotes

10. Criticizing Bush's Social Security privatization plan at a rally in Tennessee, Gore said,
"He is proposing to privatize a big part of Social Security and he's proposing to take $1 trillion, a million billion dollars out of the Social Security trust fund and give it as a tax incentive to young workers."
A trillion is one thousand billion, not a million billion.

9. "Hey, you know what. I gotta go on the Letterman show. That show is so lame." Al Gore.
"Oh, yeah. Big time." Joe Lieberman.
A mock aside Gore made to Lieberman during a campaign rally "caught" on videotape and aired during Gore's appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman.

8. At an event in Las Vegas on Monday, 09/1800, Gore declared potential breast cancer victims faced
"A long waiting line before they could get a biopsy or, uh, or a uh, another kind of, what am I looking for, a sonogram or...."
People in the crowd shouted
"mammogram."

7. "I'm very familiar with the importance of dairy farming in Wisconsin. I've spent the night on a dairy farm here in Wisconsin. If I'm entrusted with the presidency, you'll have someone who is very familiar with what the Wisconsin dairy industry is all about."
Suddenly an expert in dairy farming after spending a night in a farm!

6. "I am Al Gore, and I used to be the next president of the United States of America."
In a speech at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

5. "Who are those guys????"
Al Gore, pointing to the busts of George Washington, Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, during a tour of the museum at Monticello prior to the 1992 inauguration.

4. When asked about his illegal fundraising activities that took place in a Buddhist temple:
"I didn´t realize I was in a Buddhist temple."

3. “I'm a really big fan!”
“Yeah, right. Name a song, Al.” Courtney Love
"I can't name a song; I'm just a really big fan."
Pretending to be a fan of Kurt Cobain’s wife, Courtney Love. Nice try, Al.

2. "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet."

1. "I tell you, that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he? He's just unbelievable."
While watching Chicago Bulls star Michael Jordan