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

To: Brumar89 who wrote (34282)	9/2/2000 2:57:22 PM
From: Kenneth E. Phillipps	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Gore now ahead in the electoral count. Analysis is on voter.com. Gore has the momentum. Bush must do something to regain the momentum or he is done. Gore has 20 point lead in voters over 50. Bush positions on social security and prescription drug benefit are hurting him and might cause him to lose Florida which is now dead even.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (34282)	9/3/2000 8:53:19 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

From the article to which you provide the link: In 1987, Gore's eagerness to play up his image as an investigative reporter led to one of the worst gaffes of his short-lived campaign for the presidency. Gore told The Des Moines Register that his reporting "got a bunch of people indicted and sent to jail." The Memphis Commercial Appeal caught the exaggeration, and newspapers around the country ran stories on it. At the same time, it emerged that the Gore campaign was distributing copies of two articles that made similarly inflated claims.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (34282)	9/3/2000 9:50:08 AM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

""I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people."-- Vice President Al Gore --With this guy in charge, no wonder the schools have challenges! "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure." -- Vice President Al Gore --Really? No kidding? "Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."-- Vice President Al Gore --And I thought they only favored bondage of the poor to the state. "Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."--Vice President Al Gore --Confirmation that Gore is indeed in outer space. "Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where there are canals, we believe, & water. If there is water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe."--Vice President Al Gore, 8/11/94 --We'll volunteer to send him there to find out for himself . . . . . "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century." -- Vice President Al Gore, 9/15/95 --Bring back Quayle! "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and democracy - but that could change." --Vice President Al Gore, 5/22/98 --Irreversible, huh? "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, & that one word is 'to be prepared'." --Vice President Al Gore, 12/6/93 --New math? "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things." --Vice President Al Gore, 11/30/96 --And he should know. "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future." --Vice President Al Gore --Now that's confidence. "The future will be better tomorrow." Vice President Al Gore --And he should know because he's been there. "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world." --Vice President Al Gore, 9/21/97 --Sure glad they saved something in the Chinese giveaway. "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history." -- Vice President Al Gore --We presume he's touting his boss. "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made." --Vice President Al Gore to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93 --Good. No one else will. "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe." -- Vice President Al Gore --Man, I'm suing my geography teacher. "Public speaking is very easy." --Vice President Al Gore to reporters in 10/95 --What you don't know can hurt you. "I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat." --Vice President Al Gore --1 out of 2 is pretty good for this guy. At least the second statement has some truth in it. "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls."-- Vice President Al Gore --Glad he cleared that one up! "When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my answer has been direct & simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to blame. --Al Gore --Finally a Democrat who's willing to blame the perpetrators. "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having it."--Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/96 --Insightful. "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur." Vice President Al Gore, 9/22/97 --Good, I guess. "For NASA, space is still a high priority." --Vice President Al Gore, 9/5/93 --Glad NASA's doing something. "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children."--Vice President Al Gore, 9/18/95 --And parents do what? "The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Al Gore may or may not make." --Vice President Al Gore --Well at least he doesn't. "We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made." --Vice President Al Gore --Believe me, the record is enough. "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it." -- Vice President Al Gore --Time to start dumping those toxins. "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system." -- Vice President Al Gore --And we've been where the last six millenia? "As many of you know, I was very instrumental in the founding of the Internet"--Vice President Al Gore --Not bad for a kid, huh? Sadly, this one wasn't even a gaffe--it's Gore's own litmus test: Litmus Test for Joint Chiefs “Last week Vice President Al Gore vowed that if elected president, he would lift the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military. He further stated that he would impose a ‘litmus test’ who anyone he nominated to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, appointing only those candidates who supported his policy. As a former member of the Joint Chiefs and the father of a son now serving his nation in the military, I am extremely concerned at the prospect of a president who would use a social or political issue as a measure of an officer’s fitness to serve at the highest levels. While Mr. Gore is now rapidly backpedaling, I believe we already have the true measure of his attitude. ... There can be no question in the minds of the American people and those serving in the military that an officer’s nomination and confirmation to serve on the Joint Chiefs of Staff must be based on military experience, military expertise and leadership ability. It cannot be based on support or lack thereof for a current social or political position. As a nation we must never allow our elected leaders to subordinate an issue of national security for the sake of political gain.” - Gen. Charles C. Krulak, former commandant of the Marine Corps, Wall Street Journal, 1/12/00 members.aol.com