Did you all watch and hear the remarks by Gore and Bush last night at the Al Smith dinner...All were in white tie and tails...Both had some good one-liners.... and Bush's comments about Cardinal O'Connor and the country were very good.... Too bad all the channels don't run both men and their uninterrupted comments...We could all see a different side of them... Here are some of the notes on Netscape.com this AM....
Bush, Gore Show Humorous Side
dailynews.netscape.com
NEW YORK (AP) - Both Vice President Al Gore and Texas
Gov.
George W. Bush got off some choice one-liners at Thursday's Al
Smith Dinner in New York - an annual banquet benefiting
Catholic
charities that showcases top political leaders and their
self-mocking humor.
It is named for the former four-term governor of New York who
was the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate
and
also the first Catholic to run for president.
Some highlights:
Gore: The vice president suggested Smith had run on a
platform
of building ``a bridge to the 1930s.'' He said he was glad to see
that Bush had ``adopted the same agenda this year.''
Bush: ``The story of Al Smith's historic run for the presidency
is truly inspiring. It gives me hope that, in America, it's still
not possible for a fellow named Al to be commander in chief.''
Gore: Surveying the $800-a-plate white-tie crowd: ``This is a
fund-raiser, isn't it? Whenever I see everybody dressed the same
way, my antenna goes straight up,'' referring to his 1996
fund-raiser at a Buddhist temple in California.
Bush: ``This is an impressive crowd: the haves and the
have-mores ... Some people call you the elites. I call you my
base.''
Gore: ``I never exaggerate. You can ask Tipper or any one of
our
11 daughters.''
Bush: On advice from his wife Laura: ``Don't try to be witty,
charming or debonaire. Just be yourself.''
Bush: ``There's really no place like New York, especially for
baseball fans like me and Mrs. Clinton.'' Mrs. Clinton surprised
some when she pronounced herself a New York Yankees fan.
Gore: Said he did not ``get to use some of my best zingers'' in
the three debates. Here's one, he said: ``Governor, there I go
again.''
Gore: Suggested he wanted to connect his program with real
people, and that there was a woman he hoped to get out of
public
housing. ``Hillary Clinton I want to fight for you.''
Bush: Noted that fellow Yale graduate and conservative
commentator William F. Buckley was in the audience. ``We have
a lot
in common. Bill wrote a book at Yale. I read one.''
Bush: Making fun of his difficulty in pronouncing names of
foreign leaders: ``Do you know what this world really needs? It
needs more leaders named Al Smith.''
Gore: Poking fun at his audible sighs during the first debate:
``I may not be the funniest president. But I will never sigh to
you.''
Gore: Kidded his running mate, Joseph Lieberman, for his
outspoken devotion to his Jewish faith. ``Joe Lieberman will get
20
seconds to rebut grace.''
Gore: Joked about a Democratic ``mole'' in the Bush campaign
headquarters in Austin, saying the spy had faxed him all of Bush's
jokes for the dinner - and that he had used them. ``That's why
you're on your own, governor.''
Bush: Responded to Gore's criticism that the top 1 percent of
taxpayers would benefit the most from his tax-cut plan. He said
Gore hadn't heard his latest plan: ``The bottom 99 percent will do
well when they get to split Dick Cheney's stock options.'' |
