text: On Face the Nation , political consultant Ralph Reed went further , calling the scandal Al Gore 's albatross because he acted as an advocate for a president who 73 percent of the American people believe committed perjury and only 24 percent think is honest and trustworthy .
  
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  Al Gore acting in support of a president with a sense of honesty at question by the American people was a source of guilt to him , according to Ralph Reed .