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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Neocon who wrote (5321)	9/12/1999 8:29:00 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

Now who says Allbore has no sense of humor. Did you see this article in the Washinton Post. I highlighted the humorous part. JLA Gore Denies 'Clinton Fatigue' Notion By Mike Glover Associated Press Writer Sunday, September 12, 1999; 8:06 p.m. EDT INDIANOLA, Iowa (AP) -- Vice President Al Gore denied Sunday that so-called Clinton fatigue is dogging his campaign and said history foretells a rebound in next year's election. ''He is probably in a stronger position in the seventh year of any president that I can remember,'' Gore said of President Clinton in an interview with The Associated Press. While Gore leads in most polls for the Democratic nomination, those surveys suggest he would face general-election trouble against Texas Gov. George W. Bush, front-runner in the Republican race. Some analysts say Gore is suffering from his association with Clinton because voters are tired of the Monica Lewinsky scandal and the president's other controversies. And former New Jersey Sen. Bill Bradley argues for a ''fresh start'' in his nomination contest with Gore. But Gore argued there's little new in public sentiment as Clinton winds down his administration. ''History shows that there's a well-established pattern that, regardless of the individual, regardless of the party, whenever our country has a two-term president, there's a feeling in the seventh year that has been described by different labels,'' Gore said. ''In the eighth year there's a renewed burst of energy and positive feeling about what's been done and the reasons why a president has had two terms.'' The issue is delicate for Gore: He is trying to establish his own identity and distance himself from the administration's troubles without jeopardizing his ties to Clinton. Gore asserted the dynamics of the race will change as an election still 14 months away approaches and voters begin to focus. ''I think you look at the overwhelming positive view of the policies this administration has followed and the president's leadership, especially on the economy,'' he said. Bush, on his own campaign swing through Iowa, at first declined to talk about someone who ''hasn't won his party's nomination yet,'' but then aimed a few words at the vice president. ''I trust people to make the right decisions for their lives,'' said Bush. ''It seems the potential nominee of the Democratic Party trusts government.'' Gore shot back: ''I'm going to let him take the negative road.'' Also in the interview, Gore: --Said the U.S. role in a proposed peacekeeping force in East Timor was still evolving. ''We have not ruled in or out any form of participation.'' --Refused to be drawn into the debate over Clinton's granting of clemency to a group of Puerto Rican nationalists. ''Under the Constitution our founders gave that power to the president, without any checks or balances,'' said Gore. ''I'm not going to stand in judgment of his decision.'' GOP presidential candidate Steve Forbes had challenged Gore to take a stand, calling Clinton's clemency offer a ''terrorists-for-votes deal'' to help Hillary Rodham Clinton win a Senate seat in New York.