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  U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Albert A. Gore, Jr., 45th Vice President (1993-2001)
Gore continued the comparison: "I'm told that Hope, Arkansas, is a lot like my hometown of Carthage, Tennessee: It's a place where people know about it when you're born and care about it when you die." Yet Gore had been born in Washington, D.C., and only sporadically lived in Carthage.
Gore settled in Carthage, a small town forty miles northeast of Nashville, and was elected as the county's superintendent of education while still a law student.
Gore kept the treaty alive in Kyoto, but there was no chance of its survival in the Senate, and the treaty was never submitted for approval.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/generic/VP_Albert_Gore.htm   (7209 words)

  
  Al Gore - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gore was the Democratic nominee for President in the 2000 election.
Gore voted 7 to 2 to declare the ongoing recount procedure unconstitutional because it feared that different standards would be used in different parts of the state, and 5 to 4 to ban recounts using other procedures.
Gore's endorsement of Dean was helpful to the latter in legitimizing him in the eyes of the establishment faction of the Democratic Party, but it also led the media to dub Dean as the clear front-runner, with the result that his opponents devoted more of their emphasis to opposing him.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Gore   (6782 words)

  
 Albert Gore, Sr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The son of farmers Allen Gore and Margie Denny, Gore was born in Granville, Tennessee.
Gore's victory, coupled with that of Frank G. Clement for governor of Tennessee over incumbent Gordon Browning on the same day, is widely regarded as a major turning point in Tennessee political history and as marking the end of statewide influence for E.
Gore was re-elected in 1958 and again in 1964, and served from January 3, 1953, to January 3, 1971, after he lost reelection in 1970.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_Gore,_Sr.   (742 words)

  
 TN Encyclopedia: ALBERT ARNOLD GORE JR.
Albert A. Gore Jr., forty-fifth vice-president of the United States, was born on March 31, 1948 to former congressman and U.S. senator Albert A. Gore and Pauline LaFon Gore.
John Seigenthaler, then editor of the newspaper, recalls that Gore was equally thorough and serious in his approach to assignments whether on the police beat, covering country music, or exposing major corruption in local government.
Vice-President Gore is focused on the role of fathers in modern society and each year has hosted a high profile conference to address different issues pertaining to that role.
tennesseeencyclopedia.net /imagegallery.php?EntryID=G032   (815 words)

  
 Albert Gore, Jr. Biography | Encyclopedia of World Biography
Albert Gore, Jr., was born in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1948.
Gore was inaugurated as the 45th vice president on January 20, 1993.
Gore held a press conference on March 3, 1997, to defend his actions, saying there was nothing illegal about what he had done, although he admitted it may not have been a wise choice.
www.bookrags.com /biography/albert-gore-jr   (1603 words)

  
 Albert Gore's Biography, politician and the 45th vice president of USA
Gore was born in Washington, D.C., on March 31, 1948.
Gore graduated from Harvard University in 1969 with a bachelor's degree in government.
Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976.
www.infonotas.com /biography/albertgore/index.htm   (302 words)

  
 Vice President Al Gore
By all accounts, Vice President Al Gore should be boasting that the longest period of uninterrupted economic growth, low unemployment, and three consecutive budget surpluses are reasons to keep a Democrat in the Oval Office.
Gore beefed up on the imminent environmental crisis as a senator, becoming an expert on global warming, the depletion of the ozone layer, the destruction of rain forests, and new earth friendly technology.
Gore has also been embroiled in his own controversies, notably when he was investigated for soliciting donations from White House telephones, a no-no under the campaign finance laws.
www.infoplease.com /spot/algore1.html   (900 words)

  
 Al Gore Summary
Gore was the Democratic nominee in the 2000 presidential election.
Gore voted 5 to 4 to declare the ongoing recount procedure unconstitutional because it feared that different standards would be used in different parts of the state, and 5 to 4 to ban recounts using other procedures.
Gore's group, Generation Investment Management, was created to assist the growing demand for an investment style which can bring returns by blending traditional equity research with a focus on more intangible non-financial factors such as social and environmental responsibility and corporate governance.
www.bookrags.com /Al_Gore   (9298 words)

  
 CNN Specials - Democracy in America
Gore was a son for whom there were only the highest expectations, political expectations.
Gore thought the Vietnam War was "national madness." And by the time he was a senior, his father, the senator, was strongly anti-war.
Gore told his young wife and his friends that he was disillusioned with the political system that had turned away his father and brought about Vietnam.
www.cnn.com /SPECIALS/2000/democracy/gore/stories/gore/index.html   (1438 words)

  
 Tipper Gore -- Gore-LIEberman 2000 unofficial campaign web site
In 1985, Tipper Gore made a name for herself as a crusader against "porn rock." She was a founding member of the Parents Music Resource Center (PMRC), a group which emerged overnight on the national media scene.
Al Gore, Jr., while a relatively junior member of the committee, was already considering a run for the presidency in 1988.
Gore echoed his wife’s feeling that the hearing ‘was not a good idea,’ and attempted to exculpate himself from the proceedings by virtue of the fact that he was ‘a freshman minority member of the committee’ in no position to veto the affair.
crm114.com /algore/tipper.html   (2806 words)

  
 Dossier - Albert Gore, Jr.
During the campaign, Gore had to respond to numerous allegations that he "padded" his resume by implying in campaign materials that he served in combat in Vietnam when in fact he had been a reporter for the Army's 20th Engineer Brigade.
Albert Gore equating the dangers to the environment to the dangers of nuclear war...
Albert Gore shifting the blame for drug use to consumerism and disconnection to the environment -- possibly to avoid responsibility for his own experimentation with marijuana before being elected to Congress...
www.nationalcenter.org /dos7112.htm   (1096 words)

  
 Apple - Press Info - Bios - Albert Gore Jr.
Gore was inaugurated as the 45th Vice President of the United States on January 20, 1993.
Gore’s career in public service began when he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976 where he served eight years representing the then 4th District of Tennessee.
Al Gore was born on March 31, 1948, the son of former U.S. Senator Albert Gore, Sr.
www.apple.com /pr/bios/gore.html   (362 words)

  
 Albert Gore, Jr.
Albert Gore, Jr., is currently the Vice President of the United States as well as an avid environmentalist.
Gore was born in Washington, D.C. in 1948.
Gore believes that such measures should be combined with positive attitudes towards the environment as a whole and acceptance by individuals of responsibility for actions to restore the earth's balance.
library.thinkquest.org /26026/People/albert_gore__jr_.html   (710 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Al Gore
Gore defeated Stanley Rogers in the Democratic primary, then ran unopposed and was elected to his first Congressional post.
Gore served as the Senator from Tennessee until 1992, when he was elected Vice President.
When he appeared on a 60 Minutes interview, Gore said that he felt if he would have ran, the election would be made into a rematch of President Bush and himself, and would not have focused on the issues that needed to be addressed.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Al_Gore   (1519 words)

  
 Al Gore Quotes - stupid quotes and lies by Al Gore (Algore)
Gore phrases the initial statement to give the impression that he was somehow responsible or "part of something" from the outset, but leaves wiggle room so that he can later justify the statement.
Gore's mother-in-law does pay more for her medication, but the generic brand of the drug, which 85% of Americans now use as a cheaper alternative, costs half as much, or one and a half times what it costs for the pooch - not three times.
Gore and his wife, Tipper, were the driving forces behind the campaign to make record companies put stickers on records that contained lyrics with sexually explicit content.
www.gargaro.com /algore.html   (4111 words)

  
 Religion of Al Gore, U.S. Vice-President
Al Gore's grandmother was a member of the Stone-Campbell denomination known as the Churches of Christ (or "Church of Christ"), but Gore appears to have had little Stone-Campbell influence.
Gore has spent most of his life away from the back-breaking, soul-saving world of his grandparents, who lost nearly everything but their faith in the Depression.
Gore went on to express frustration that born-again Christians are often lampooned by nonbelievers but he admitted that he is uncomfortable when politicians talk about religion all of the time, especially when they use it as a wedge to drive between the separation of church and state.
www.adherents.com /people/pg/Al_Gore.html   (3024 words)

  
 Albert Gore, Jr.
His father, Albert Gore, Sr., was a congressman from Tennessee.
When he was only 28, Al Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and eight years later he was elected to the Senate.
Vice President Gore and his wife Tipper have four children: Karenna, born in 1973; Kristin, born in 1977; Sarah, born in 1979; and Albert III, born in 1982.
www.virtualology.com /virtualmuseumofhistory/hallofusa/usvicepresidents/VICEPRESIDENTALGORE.COM   (463 words)

  
 RW ONLINE:The Gore Story
Albert Gore Jr., like his Republican opponent, is a son of the ruling class who was groomed to represent that class.
Gore's father, Albert Gore Sr., was a senator and vice presidential hopeful from Tennessee.
On the campaign trail, Gore rejects any call for a moratorium of federal executions-saying that he supports the death penalty and sees no evidence of injustice in how it is administered at the federal level.
rwor.org /a/v22/1060-69/1067/gore.htm   (2781 words)

  
 Patriots for Gore PAC Endorses Al Gore For President in 2004
Patriots for Gore, a Federal PAC established in January 2004 to support social issues of importance for all Americans, and to support the vision of Albert Gore Jr.
Auburn, IL (PRWEB) July 4, 2004 -- Patriots for Gore, a PAC established in January 2004 to support VP Gore and the social issues that are important to America, is announcing their endorsement of Albert Gore Jr.
We at Patriots for Gore hereby endorse Albert Gore Jr., former Vice President of the United States of America and the elected President of 2000 for President in 2004.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2004/7/emw138142.htm   (1056 words)

  
 Communist Ties -- Gore-LIEberman 2000 unofficial campaign web site
Gore Sr.'s Sugar-Daddy Hammer was an agent and accomplice of every Soviet leader from 1917 onward, from Lenin to Gorbachev.
Vice-President Al Gore Junior's political career was launched and sponsored as a wholly owned subsidiary of Armand Hammer, from Gore's initial success as a politician until just two years before he assumed the vice-presidency in 1992.
Gore Jr.'s wife Tipper had a personal relationship with the priapic Hammer, the details of which are still being investigated by yours truly.
crm114.com /algore/hammer.html   (1519 words)

  
 Gore Cronies Benefit From TVA - Albert Gore Jr., Tennessee Valley Authority - Column Insight on the News - Find Articles
Al Gore seems to have used the Tennessee Valley Authority to help good ole boys in Tennessee strike it rich, raising allegations of a Gore family tradition of political patronage.
Albert Gore Sr., critics say, treated the sprawling Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) almost from its inception in 1933 as a candy store from which he doled such goodies as lucrative contracts and plum jobs to good-ole-boy cronies.
However, it was Gore Sr.'s paid association with Soviet agent, stock swindler, art forger and international wheeler-dealer Armand Hammer that caused Gore's reputation to suffer.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1571/is_43_16/ai_72274816   (872 words)

  
 The Plot Against Albert Gore Jr. and John F. Kennedy Jr. [Free Republic]
Albert Gore, Jr.'s presidential campaign honchoes quietly asked John F. Kennedy, Jr., whether he would be a Vice Presidential candidate on the year 2000 ticket.
Gore can probably rightfully claim he was, prior to "the picture", unaware of Clinton's dope connection to the younger Bush.
Some believe Gore, to have any chance of winning the presidential election, would have to demonstrate that he is not interwoven in the numerous Clinton scandals, financial and sexual.
www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3795d0fd61f2.htm   (11510 words)

  
 Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr. — FactMonster.com
Gore, Albert Arnold, Jr., 1948–;, vice president of the United States (1993–2001), b.
Gore immediately was regarded as the leading candidate for his party's 2000 presidential nomination; he began actively campaigning in 1999 and won a majority of the Democratic delegates early in 2000.
Gore sought manual recounts of computer punch card ballots from heavily Democratic Florida counties, but ultimately lost (Dec. 12) in the Supreme Court, which split 5–4 along ideological lines.
www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0821313.html   (333 words)

  
 Editorial: Will the real Albert Gore, Jr. please stand up
When I think of Albert Gore, many descriptive terms come to mind; liar, dirty, Washington insider, schemer, spineless, and even socialist jump right out at me. The word that never comes to my mind is President, and I hope the same goes for you.
Also, tell me how concerned Gore could really be about the environment if he actually flooded a small valley just for a good photo-opportunity of him floating down a river in a canoe.
Gore’s biggest decisions consist of picking which Al Gore he will be that day.
www.northern.edu /exponent/archive/2000/0913/0913-spelly_gore.htm   (723 words)

  
 Mike's Comment of the Week - THE REAL ALBERT GORE, JR.
Gore reminds me of a relative, who was handsome and gregarious, and was pushed into law school.
Gore often claimed that his father lost his senate seat for supporting civil rights, when Gore Sr.
Take Gore to task for being sloppy, but understand that robot like, he was merely repeating what had been programmed years earlier.
www.gasdetection.com /MDS/m121800.html   (755 words)

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