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Jeff Greenfield of CNN: "There is that problem that Gore has always had as a candidate, and so that when he doesn't wear a tie--and this may be unfair, but I don't think so--you have the sense that somebody, some clothing-engineer-consultant, said, 'Al, you know, use--we need the softer tones,' and then they take a focus group: 'You like the shirt buttoned or not?
His doleful low tones and operatic mouth-breathing give even his vilest lines a dopey sweetness.
They invariably dial by the pulse method; although it is certainly technically feasible to arrange for them to dial with tones, nobody has figured out why anyone would want to do so.
In any case, as if still unsatisfied, around these tones Roth has orchestrated a still vaster range of side topics--ethnic sociology (Jews, blacks, Irish, WASPs, intermarriage), industrial history (glove-making craftsmanship and its decline, recounted at length), political debate (the crimes of Presidents Johnson and Nixon, the migraine rhetoric of Angela Davis), and more, some of it rendered with exquisite precision, which is fun to read.
In my opinion, the proper route to appearing more alpha is not earth tones, as suggested, but would be for him to wear a leather jacket, suck on a cigarette butt, and make a bunch of appointments to meet with women's groups that he suddenly cancels at the very last second without offering an explanation.