Talking points from '04

[rosesaylavee]

http://www.al-gore-2004.org/talkingpoints/talkingpoints.htm

In the 2000 Presidential election, Al Gore received over 500,000 votes more than his opponent. But did you know that he also:

Received more votes than any other Democratic Presidential candidate in history?

Received the second largest number of votes of any Presidential candidate in history?

Received more votes than any other first time Presidential candidate?

Received more votes than any other Vice President who ran for President?

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Nine Basic Talking Points for Gore Supporters

1. Gore Knows How Real People Live: Before entering politics, Gore's father was a farmer and teacher; Gore's mother was a waitress. Both worked their way through college and law school. As a child, Gore worked for his father on the family farm, getting up before dawn to help feed the livestock, clean out hog parlors, and help to clear and plow fields with a mule team. Gore served as an enlisted man in the U.S. Army. After he left the service, Gore worked as a newspaper reporter in Nashville, Tennessee.

2. A Lifetime Spent in Service to the Nation: Although he was offered a position in the National Guard that would have kept him out of the Vietnam war, Gore volunteered for the Army and was posted near Saigon. Gore served four terms in the House (1977-1985) and two terms in the Senate (1985-1993). He served as Vice President from 1993 to 2000; his duties included being an advisor to President Clinton, a Cabinet member, President of the U.S. Senate, a member of the National Security Council, and head of a wide range of Clinton Administration initiatives.

3. Intelligence: Al Gore received a degree in government with honors from Harvard University in 1969. He wrote "Earth in the Balance", a groundbreaking book on the environment which reached #13 on the New York Times bestseller list. Gore was instrumental in the creation of the Internet and literally dreamed up the Triana satellite, which was designed to study global warming. Since leaving the Vice Presidency, Gore has taught graduate level college courses, even creating a new academic discipline on how to build family friendly communities.

4. An Economy For The People, Not The Powerful: Gore cast the tie-breaking vote that passed the 1993 federal budget, which turned record deficits into record surpluses and ushered in the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. More than 22 million new jobs were created under the Clinton/Gore Administration, the most jobs ever created under a single Administration. The unemployment rate was the lowest in three decades (3.9%). Hispanic unemployment and African-American unemployment were reduced to the lowest levels ever recorded. Under Clinton/Gore, the minimum wage was increased for the first time in five years, real wages rose at all income levels and home ownership reached record levels.

more at the link

Dear Mr. President,

Its Constitution Day. Is there something you would like to say today?

[Mabus]

1. And the list continues to grow

What an amazing man. He's our Man in Black: http://youtube.com/watch?v=ihtZtUpn7sQ (a link to Gore's friend, Johnny Cash singing, what else? "Man in Black").

[rosesaylavee]

2. Thanks for linking to that

I had never seen that before. Wow. What a wonderful song!

[Mabus]

3. Whenever I see Gore in black

That song pops into my head. It summarizes what I think of Gore. I've often thought that it I could make a video (for youtube) that had that song with pictures of Gore it would be killer.