Answer: gore

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GORE'80s-'90s Tennessee senator
GOREPossible reason for an R rating
GORE2009 Grammy winner Al
GORE"Political will is a renewable resource" speaker
GORECheney predecessor
GOREBush battler
GOREHe conceded on 12-13-2000
GORE"Earth in the Balance" author
GORE2000 also-ran
GOREClinton's veep
GOREQuayle's successor
GORE"The Assault on Reason" author
GORE2000 runner-up
GORECheney's predecessor
GORE'50s-'60s Tennessee senator
GOREBush fighter
GORE1990s veep
GORE2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
GOREEither of two former Tennessee senators
GOREHe "used to be the next president"
goreto pierce with a horn
GORETriangular insert
GOREHe lost Florida
GOREReason for an R rating
GOREPierce
GOREStab
GOREFigure sent up in the "South Park" episode "ManBearPig"
GOREHorror film sight
GORESkirt insert
GORE2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner
GOREVidal
GORE..-Tex (water-repellent fabric)
GOREWriter Vidal
GOREY2K runner-up
GOREEx-Veep who made a film
GOREAl with a Nobel prize
GORE2000 race loser
GOREQuayle successor
GORE..-Tex fabric
GORE2000 candidate