Answer:

gore

Answer	Crossword Clue
GORE	..-Tex (water-repellent fabric)
GORE	He lost Florida
GORE	Reason for an R rating

GORE	Pierce
GORE	Stab
GORE	Figure sent up in the "South Park" episode "ManBearPig"
GORE	Horror film sight
GORE	Skirt insert
GORE	2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner
GORE	Vidal
GORE	Triangular insert

GORE	Writer Vidal
GORE	Y2K runner-up
GORE	Ex-Veep who made a film
GORE	Al with a Nobel prize
GORE	2000 race loser
GORE	Quayle successor
GORE	..-Tex fabric
GORE	2000 candidate

GORE	Tipper's last name
GORE	"The Assault on Reason" author
GORE	Possible reason for an R rating
GORE	2009 Grammy winner Al
GORE	"Political will is a renewable resource" speaker
GORE	Cheney predecessor
GORE	Bush battler
GORE	He conceded on 12-13-2000

GORE	"Earth in the Balance" author
GORE	2000 also-ran
GORE	Clinton's veep
GORE	Quayle's successor
GORE	'80s-'90s Tennessee senator
GORE	2000 runner-up
GORE	Cheney's predecessor
GORE	'50s-'60s Tennessee senator

GORE	Bush fighter
GORE	1990s veep
GORE	2007 Nobel Peace Prize recipient
GORE	Either of two former Tennessee senators
GORE	He "used to be the next president"