Al Gore, VP during Bill Clinton's term and activist on global warming, is a "Valley guy", says one of the tech industry's leading investors. John Doerr, the Kleiner Perkins partner who gave the former politician such a glowing reference, was referring to Gore's understanding of tech issues. But what about the whitewash he organized at Apple, in the Cupertino company's internal investigation of stock option irregularities, or his huge but undisclosed stake in Google, the search engine he's advised since 2001? Yes, Gore, who's speaking on climate change in San Jose tomorrow, truly is a Valley guy.