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Summary: Something very strange is going on in this book . . .
Review: . . . something that almost can't be put into words, but I'll give it a shot: As simply as I can say it, the book's essence, its soul, belies it title. Al 'n' Tipper come off as anything BUT joined at the heart. There's some weird discontinuity between their marriage, their family, their thesis, and the book's title. Let me be clear: I come from a totally different perspective than the Gores. I'm thrilled he's not in the White House. I think their ideas on the family in America are fundamentally wrong. But there's some other weird thing happening in this book that goes beyond all that. Their take on the family, for all its nuanced social science grounding, just seems like a steaming pile of do-do. What's going on here? I think this book strangely and unwittingly uncovers the bane of modern existence: A case of ideology trumping common sense. What I mean is this: Whereas their data all tend to point in the direction of a recovery of tradional values vis-a-vis the family, their conclusions point in the opposite direction--toward the accomodation of the family in relation to modern corrosive values that, indeed, threaten its very existence. Thank God this confused individual has decided not to seek the Presidency in 2004.
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Summary: Give them a break!
Review: Al and Tipper Gore are two of the most thoughtful and decent people I have ever had the honor to know. I attended one of their Family Reunion conferences (the reason this book came to be) this past fall and was extremely moved by the very real and touching testimonials of some of the participants. Whatever party you belong to, no one can deny that Al Gore was a good, decent and honest public servant who dedicated 24 years of his life to the service of his country. Joined at the Heart is thoughtful and well written. It is o.k. to not like the book, but it is not o.k. to write a review attacking him for mistakes he didn't make or for the faults of any other public servants. These reviews are meant to help readers decide whether to read or not to read. When you use the opportunity to attack him simply because you don't agree with his politics you do other readers a disservice.
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Summary: GORE'S LEGACY
Review: Al Gore is a good man. Al Gore is an honest man. This may have been his problem. As an honest man, he found himelf at odds with the Clintons. Try as he might, he is linked to them, and this is the nexus of his demise. Whereas Clinton enjoyed popularity without coattails, Gore lacked the popularity and the coattails. Everything the Clinton/Gore team has touched since November, 2000 has been hurt by association with them. Gore lost the election. Joe Lieberman, his V.P., found his honesty drowned out in a sea of misinformation. Hillary tried to speak to firefighters and was bood off the stage after 9/11. Gore's book did poorly. Clinton/Gore campaigned for Democrats in 2002 and they were swamped. Clinton campaigned for Gray Davis in 2003 and he was beaten back. Gore spoke about global warming on the coldest day in New York City in 150 years, then endorsed "The Day After Tomorrow" as a big movie about global warming that has to be seen. It was so bad, got such terrible reviews, and was so universally panned as lies that it cannot be described herein. Gore has now taken to podiums, changing his voice to sound like Huey Long or George Wallace or some such Southern populist, rolling his r's, leavin' the "n's" off his words, and every time he makes these speaches those he opposes rise in the polls. Al said he "had" to be President, and now he just seems unable to accept his fate. STEVEN TRAVERS
AUTHOR OF "BARRY BONDS: BASEBALL'S SUPERMAN"
STWRITES@AOL.COM
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Summary: tipper was tippsy and al was fuzzy
Review: Can't sleep, don't read this - it is so pathetic that even gore supporters will be embarassed... The premise is that we (you, me, our parents-children-grandparents-friends-etc can learn something from tipper and al about life. gore ... have hit the big time with this one - they are the ... . Yes, sure al wants the democrats to beg him to run for president in 2004 and this book is meant to present a jimmy carter like image (read that as: i am a great person, a meaningful person, an humanitarian.. really, i am honest and caring - please love me)... and by the way, the love of my life, tipper my wife, is a really, really significant person too, please love her too. anyway, this book is not worth the recycled paper it was created on....enjoy
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Summary: This Book Shows Tolerance is Big Issue
Review: This was a wonderfully refreshing book. It's so important to teach our children tolerance in this day and age where there is too much competition, warfare and discrimmination. I hope my son Ryan reads this book some day and realizes that what the Gores are saying is not just politically correct garbage as the extremist republicans would say. The message in this book is similar to what Ghandi meant when he said "All men are brothers." In elementary school, my son got an award for friendship and tolerance. I would hope some bigots and racists in this country who fail to see we are all one family would start to get it. Jesus commanded us to love one another. This book took guts to write, and I'm proud of the Gores.
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