To: JPR who wrote (9462 ) 11/8/1999 12:32:00 PM From: JPR Read Replies (1) | Respond to
The best money so far is on Gore, who has managed to keep himself relatively free of the numerous scandals plaguing the Clinton administration. Harvard, where he earned a B.A. in government and graduated cum laude in 1969 after writing a thesis about the impact of television on the conduct of the president. While at Harvard, the future vice president of the United States shared a room with future Academy Award winner Tommy Lee Jones. enlisted in the army following his graduation, serving as a reporter for Stars and Stripes. When the war ended, Gore continued down the journalistic path, landing a job with the Nashville Tennessean and attending Vanderbilt Law School at night. Gore would serve four distinguished terms in the House of Representatives and two in the Senate, establishing himself as an expert in nuclear disarmament, the environment and countless other issues, before his ascendance to the vice presidency. One of Gore's brightest moments on the Hill came while he was on the House Intelligence Committee. Having committed himself to poring over literature pertaining to arms control for eight hours a week, Gore published a comprehensive report in the February 1982 issue of Congressional Quarterly. A few months later, when a group of American arms experts went to Moscow, all the Soviets wanted to talk about was the "Gore Plan." Despite climbing through the ranks in the House and the Senate, Gore always seemed to be pursuing a loftier political goal. He decided to make a run for the presidency in 1988. Although he prevailed in five Southern states on Super Tuesday, he was outlasted by the eventual Democratic nominee, Michael Dukakis. In choosing Albert Gore Jr., however, Clinton bolstered his ticket with more than just another Southern baby boomer - he gave it the political acumen of a man born with politics in his veins. the best money so far is on Gore, who has managed to keep himself relatively free of the numerous scandals plaguing the Clinton administration.
