Sad, isn't it?
Unfortunately... Though, the GOP has had its share of nut jobs and paranoid folks. The only one that I've slowly come to terms with after reading about him, his interviews, etc. is Nixon. He was certainly brilliant, but seriously had issues; none-the-less, I've come to find a sense of humanity in him, so to speak. It's hard to explain.
Well, one could argue this topic. Snopes is correct in saying that Al Gore never really claimed to have invented the internet but he did say "I took the initiative in creating the Internet" which is what had everyone, to this date, going on with the joke. So one could say this was more of a poor choice of words or not well expressed for people who will take anyone and spin it like a top.
Indeed, and my opinion is that: 1) He never said it. 2) He could have implied it, but then gain a lot could be implied by what someoen says. I mean, seriously, that's why we have double entendres. 
3. Kidding aside, yeah.
Yea, but they are usually together under the same administrations or year, not separated by decades.
Foolish politicians separated by decades? Now that is wishful thinking. 
I think we as citizens run the gamut for fools and idiots. I mean, we do re-elect the fools, er, politicans. So yeah, who's the fool/idiot then?
