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AL GORE: IN HIS OWN WORDS
Lying Al: "During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet." (Al Gore, CNN's Late Edition, March 9,
1999)
Know it all Al: "I believe our civilization must be considered in some basic way dysfunctional." (Al Gore, Earth in the Balance, 1993, p. 230)
Bill's favorite Al: "... does a great disservice to a man I believe will be regarded as one of our greatest presidents." (Al Gore, on the House
Impeachment vote against Bill Clinton, December 19, 1998, Washington Post)
Fast learner Al: "I'm very familiar with the importance of dairy farming in Wisconsin. I've spent the night on a dairy farm here in Wisconsin. If I'm entrusted with the presidency, you'll have someone who is very familiar with
what the Wisconsin dairy industry is all about." (The Washington Post, June
14, 2000)
Zoology ignorant Al: "A zebra does not change its spots." Attacking President George Bush in 1992. (The Toronto Sun, 11/19/95)
Latin ignorant Al: "We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be e pluribus unum -- out of one,many." Except, "E Pluribus Unum" is the motto on the Great Seal of the United
States of America, and means, "out of many, one." (January 1994. From a Milwaukee speech to the Institute of World Affairs as quoted in Investor's Business Daily, October 25, 1996.)
Bible Studies ignorant Al: "Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full." (Press Conference
at HUD, 12/22/97; George Will column, Sunday May 17 1998)
Active campaigner Al: "I certainly learned a great deal from 3,000 town hall meetings across my home state of Tennessee over a 16-year period" in Congress, Gore told NPR's Bob Edwards. Except, that's 187 town hall meetings
per year -- one every other day for 16 years.
Pretending to be honorable Al: "My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I'll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress." (Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential
debate)
Tobacco seller Al: "Throughout most of my life, I raised tobacco. I want you to know that with my own hands, all of my life, I put it in the plant beds and transferred it. I've hoed it. I've dug in it. I've sprayed it, I've
chopped it, I've shredded it, spiked it, put it in the barn and stripped it and sold it. (Newsday, 2/26/88)
Blind and stupid Al: "I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple."
Or, lying to the FBI Al: According to notes of a 1998 interview, he drank a lot of iced tea during meetings about that Buddhist temple fund-raiser,which "could have necessitated a restroom break" and he didn't hear it was a
fund-raiser. (New York Times, 3/11/00)
Delusions of grandeur Al: "I was the author of that proposal. I wrote that.... That is something for which I have been the principal proponent for a long time." (Time Magazine November 1, 1999, on the Earned Income Tax
Credit. That became law in 1975, while Al was a newspaper reporter).
The prestidigitator Al: "I am not asking you to read my lips. I'm asking you to read my heart! And watch my feet! And watch the work of my hands!" (To an NAACP meeting, per CBS July 12, 2000)
Totally confused Al: "It's not just about more money. It's about higher standards, accountability - new ideas. But we can't do it without new resources. I will invest far more in our schools -- in the long-run, a second- class education always costs more than a first-class education."
(Speech to the Democratic National Convention Aug. 18, 2000)
Compassionate Al: "If I was the parent of a child who went to an inner-city school that was failing, I might be for vouchers, too." (Boston Globe editorial by George F. Will, Aug. 31, 2000)
NEA controlled Al: "And I will not go along with any plan that would drain taxpayer money away from our public schools and give it to private schools in the form of vouchers." (Speech to the Democratic National Convention Aug.18, 2000)
Do as I say, not as I do Al: "Right now, the science does not show me, or the experts whose judgment I trust, that it is the proper medication for pain and that there are not better alternatives available in every situation," Gore told kids about marijuana at a grade school visit in a
low-income neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles. (Ceci Connolly,Washington Post, May 12, 2000)
Big government socialist Al: "I support the elimination of this don't ask-don't tell policy. I helped to pass the toughest new gun control measures in a generation. I believe that we ought to have total license ID's for the purchase of new handguns. I think we ought to ban assault weapons and Saturday night specials and junk guns. I also am committed to the principle of high quality affordable health care for all. And I don't really care what kind of label people apply to those positions and views."
(Democratic Debate in Durham, NH Jan 5, 2000) |
