Can one truly be astounded anything anymore?  Questions about why the
world is the way it is, why we in the USA live in an increasingly
fascistic state, or why certain laws ever existed all pale in depth
and profundity in comparison to the question:

                          Whose Ox Was Gored?

There were Bushisms and Quayleisms, and now there are Goreisms.....

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."  -- Al Gore

"Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and
child." -- Vice President Al Gore

"Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow
astronauts." -- Vice President Al Gore

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same
distance from the Sun, which is very important.  We have seen
pictures where there are canals, we believe, and water.  If there is
water, that means there is oxygen.  If oxygen, that means we can
breathe." -- Vice President Al Gore, 8/11/94

"The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.  I mean
in this century's history.  But we all lived in this century.  I
didn't live in this century." -- Vice President Al Gore, 9/15/95

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and
democracy - but that could change." -- Vice President Al Gore,
5/22/98

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president,
and that one word is 'to be prepared.'" -- Vice President Al Gore,
12/6/93

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." -- Vice President
Al Gore, 11/30/96

"I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments
in the future." -- Vice President Al Gore

"The future will be better tomorrow." -- Vice President Al Gore

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."
-- Vice President Al Gore, 9/21/97

"People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions
and have a tremendous impact on history." -- Vice President Al Gore
(talking about Clinton maybe? :-)

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made." -- Vice President
Al Gore to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO.  We have
a firm commitment to Europe.  We are a *part* of Europe." -- Vice
President Al Gore

"Public speaking is very easy." -- Vice President Al Gore to
reporters in 10/95

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat." -- Vice President Al
Gore

"A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
polls." -- Vice President Al Gore

"When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L.A.,
my answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots?
The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The
killers are to blame.  -- Al Gore

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not
having it." -- Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/996

"We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." --
Vice President Al Gore, 9/22/97

"For NASA, space is still a high priority." -- Vice President Al
Gore, 9/5/93

"Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
children." -- Vice President Al Gore, 9/18/95

"The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Al
Gore may or may not make." --Vice President Al Gore

"We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on
the mistakes we may or may not have made." --Vice President Al Gore

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the
impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Vice President
Al Gore

"[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system." -- Vice
President Al Gore