I'd been hyping the Goron's economic policy speech yesterday, because I expected him to make a fool out of himself this week, just like last. Instead it turned out to be a typical yawner, but the "big" news was that
Al Gore came to blast President Bush's handling of the economy but in the end got caught up in The Wedding Ring controversy. Asked why he wasn't wearing his wedding band, the former vice president was forced to make an embarrassing confession to the Brookings Institution crowd: "Because I've gained so much weight."Most of it between his ears.