As a service to readers, THE SCRAPBOOK sat through the entire Diane Sawyer interview of Al Gore last week just to bring you these highlights. One highlight, actually:
SAWYER: You said [during last fall's impeachment debate] that misleading statements are very different from lying. Is that the article of faith that you want to run your presidential campaign on?
GORE: Well, no, of course not. That's -- that's in the context of the effort by -- a partisan effort, what I felt was a partisan effort in the Congress to remove [President Clinton] from office.
So, there you have it. As long as the presidential election remains nonpartisan, we can expect Al Gore to be truthful. But if it turns partisan, all bets are off.