Reply #33: Its a common theory in history that lets, historically speaking,

[bryant69]

peasants excuse failings in the rulers by attributing them to the advisers. "If the king only knew the truth he'd fix these problems immediately." It shows up in fiction a lot as well. See for example the legend of Robin Hood.

In this case - relatively few of us were involved in the decision to select Lieberman (I would venture to guess that none of us fit in that category); we have no way of knowing how much of a role Gore played in it. So we craft a narrative of false advisers to have someone to blame for that blunder while letting our guy off the hook.

Bryant