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To: Cisco who wrote (661)	10/5/2000 1:57:01 PM
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Al Gore - who took flak for ostentatiously sighing and grimacing while rival George W. Bush was talking at the first debate - yesterday said it was a mistake and he won't do it again. But Gore blamed it on the TV camera operators he said broke the rules and showed him while Bush was speaking, although his sighs could be heard even when the camera was on Bush. "Under the debate rules, we were told there was going to be no coverage of our reactions when the other guy was talking," Gore told CNN, denying he intended to seem condescending toward Bush. "Anyway, I learned my lesson on that. I'll be much more careful not to give an audible reaction when he is talking." It's not the first time Gore has taken flak for heavy sighs in a debate - he was slammed after he did it in a "Meet the Press" debate with Democratic rival Bill Bradley last winter. Each rival brought his own makeup artist with different results - Gore got a much heavier coat of pancake with rather pink cheeks. Gore's heavy makeup also tended to underscore his grimaces, begging the question of whether either camp will revise its makeup or face-making strategies at tonight's vice-presidential debate in Kentucky. nypost.com