Wow, Al did really put on weight

[lancdem]

He looks like a blimp.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041118/480/arrf11511181901

[Oreo]

1. He's positively bloated!

Looks worse than he did in 2001 when he had the beard

[Lavender Brown]

11. I liked his beard!

:)

[AlFrankenFan]

37. OMG

:wow:

Looks like something that ATE Al Gore!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

2. Al...

Babe, pally...Hit the gym.

[lancdem]

5. I have no idea what's happened

Has he become a couch potato or something? He got fat and Clinton got thin.

[w13rd0]

27. He spends alot of time online...

...might even be here...

[chicagiana]

34. He has three internets now ...

... that takes a LOT of time. ;-)

[Elidor]

3. Mercy!

Time for some exercise, Albert. That is not healthy.

[smbolisnch]

4. Whoa...

He really did! A few too many :beer:s??
:)

[DS1]

6. Since when was DU fattist?

:eyes:

[lancdem]

10. I'm just used to the buff Gore

This is a shock, frankly.

[Scout]

31. Always

at least for some of the posters here.

[ElectroPrincess]

33. Would you believe?

We did it just for you. :-)

[TwentyFive]

7. What do expect? Clinton & Gore were really screwed by the huge repug...

machine. Clinton was lucky he caught his heart disease. Poor Al just seems to be eating his way to an early grave.

[Sputnik]

8. I still love him, sorry

But I do miss the more svelte Al, yes.

OTOH, Tipper looks fabulous!

[lancdem]

13. It doesn't change my opinion of him

I just hope there's nothing wrong.

[TwentyFive]

9. He needs to hit the treadmill....too many cupcakes for Al.

[merh]

12. Is that a bloating from overeating

or meds? I have seen folks on steroids for Krohns blow up this way?
:shrug:

[cmf]

14. Could he possibly have some health issues we don't know about?

There are several condtions and/or medications that can cause weight gain.

[madison2000]

15. Maybe its because Clinton looks so skinny after surgery

except he's not even in the picture :headbang: :headbang:

[fujiyama]

16. It must be the stress

He seems to be getting a bit worse each election cycle.

Hey, I have no problem electing someone overweight, but I think if he is considering '08, he should start losing some weight.

And as someone else here said, it's just not healthy.

[SammyWinstonJack]

21. Stress has caused me to put on some pounds these past four years

I can't imagine what Pres. Gore's stress level must be.

[democrat in Tallahassee]

17. deleted

[u4ic]

18. Why does everyone assume

he's just been pigging out?

Many meds, or medical conditions, can bloat a person up, too.

[PretzelWarrior]

19. that's what happens when you're robbed in the worst way....

and you know it....and you can do nothing about it.

It's sort of like a dude with all the qualifications to be the top man at a company getting screwed out of it by a dude with connections and no ability.

then you are forced to watch as an unemployed ex-employee as this stupid underachiever runs your company into the ground.

Break out the Ben and Jerrys. It's another long 4 years for GORE in his own personal wilderness.

BUt hey. He should sign on as a spokesperson for 24hour fitness. Then he can work out wherever he goes....and trim down a little.

Hey, if Monica Lewinsky can do it....

[sandnsea]

20. So what

First I think he looks fine. But what the hell is it about people that just has to beat the living shit out of another human being. Here we sit around and say how tolerant and peaceful and all-loving we are, then we just annhilate others over the most unimportant things imaginable.

[Chomp]

24. Not sure it is unimportant....

...not least because it does raise health concerns. Anyone thinking AG could yet be the man would/should be perturbed.

More cynically, I think a "healthy" bigness is no bad thing, image-wise (assuming his health is ok). With the beard, I thought Al was very avuncular and reassuring looking. Made him look wise and presidential in Santa Clause-Philosophy professor kind of way.

But of course, that could be the last thing the electorate wants.

[sandnsea]

29. "He looks like a blimp"

Oh yeah, a real outpouring of concern in that line. :eyes:

[NewInNewJ.]

36. I love your post.

I totally agree. I have always thought that it is what is inside your heart, not how you look.

[OneTwentyoNine]

22. Forget that crap,Tipper still looks pretty damn hot in my book...

I always love the way that lady looks..nice!

David

[Carni]

23. He should get his thyroid count checked

Not kidding/ that bloating doesn't just look like normal weight gain to me. Hypothyroidism is becoming more and common in men!

[MADem]

35. Isn't it a sad commentary....

because the truth of what you say (that it is becoming more common in men) will be the thing that motivates better testing procedures and more aggressive diagnosis. Right now, the testing misses a lot of people, many of them women, who are told to NOT BE TIRED, or they must be depressed, or they are eating too much when they are living on rabbit food.

[Gloria]

25. Did you notice that Clinton said he thanked Gore "for the challenge

I'm still trying to live up to??" (after the building effieciency comments)

Very coded personal language, I think, and at the same time, a very public olive branch and acknowledgment that Clinton screwed up enough to hurt Gore in 2000.

[Generator]

26. Who cares?

Is this the trivial politics discussion group?

[Left Brain]

28. I dunno

Al Gore still looks to me like the guy who won in 2000.

[Selwynn]

30. He's trying to appeal to "heartland values"

Just kidding.

[nonconformist]

32. Yowza. nt

[Cha]

38. That makes me so sad to see.

Because I like People in fighting shape and Al Gore is letting himself go.

Somebody needs to get a hold of him and make him realize it can be fun to eat sensibly and exercise. It saves on hospital bills and tragedy in the end.

At least you have to try.

[n2mark]

39. Al

he has been on DU too long. Since I've been on DU (no offense secretaries) I've acquired the secretary spread. This is a joke, we use to laugh about this in the office with our secretary. She's the one who brought this up.

[SmokingJacket]

40. Cut the guy some slack, he's had some rough times.

I've gained a few since Nov 2, and I wasn't even a candidate.