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Al Gore to Play Keith Olbermann on Current TV

Former Vice President of the United States Al Gore speaks onstage at Sean Parker Presentation during the 2012 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 12, 2012 in Austin, Texas.
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Down an imposing, recognizable, and opinionated anchor, former vice-president Al Gore will step in to lead coverage of the Republican and Democratic National Conventions on Current TV, the network he co-founded. Gore will be joined by his trusty team of politicians-turned-cable news hosts, including former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm and Eliot Spitzer, Current announced today, while Keith Olbermann will hopefully be sitting around making .GIFs of them for his Tumblr.

Al Gore to Play Keith Olbermann on Current TV