Reply #133: So I'll blame this on the coup, too

[politmuse1]

I know. This is no time for cheap shots. I know nothing and I'm just stunned and saddened like everyone else. But sometimes you just need to find a villain, and in this case he's so easy to find.

No, I can't claim that if Al Gore had been inaugurated president in 2001 and even served two happy terms, his marriage would be 100% intact. Maybe it would have disintegrated sooner. Maybe never. But we all know what a horrible blow that entire coup was for the Gores, and how stressful it must have been to never vent, never scream bloody murder, just play the nice guy and joke about it. To this day I've not come to terms with it, so why should I expect that President Gore has? And if so, it's not a huge stretch of the imagination to consider that a painful situation like that could have put a big strain on their marriage. Chances are there was a straw that broke this camel's back, but maybe a happier decade might have made the difference. Just maybe ...