Al Gore
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Honorable Mention
LOS ANGELES, Calif. With much fanfare and an excess of recyclable confetti, Democrats sent Al Gore forth last night into what will be a grueling three-month campaign stretch. The vice president must convince skeptical voters that he has what it takes to lead and that electing him over Texas Gov. George W. Bush will make […]
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Gore in the Stocks
As President Clinton sang Al Gore’s praises yesterday to kick off the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, a few thousand protestors raised their voices outside the convention hall, many of them calling on Gore to divest his family of shares in Occidental Petroleum Corp. Environmental and human rights activists are criticizing L.A.-based Occidental for […]
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Your Friends and Nader's
Right on, Ralph. The complaints continue to pour in: “Why are you writing columns supporting Ralph Nader? How can you actively aid and abet the election of that dolt Bush? You can think better than that.” And so does the applause: “I believe that you will never regret voting on the basis of your conscience, […]
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Welcome to the Club
The Sierra Club gave its formal endorsement to Al Gore today, with the group’s president, Robert Cox, saying that if Gore were elected, he would be “the most pro-environment president in our history.” Gore accepted the endorsement by saying, “It is an honor that I will seek to live up to every day.” The Gore […]
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Hitting the Nader on the Head
Wow! Did I ever infuriate my liberal friends when I said I would vote for Ralph Nader! [See Won’t You Be My Nader?.] They’ve been hammering me with earnest lectures about how every vote for Nader will help get Bush elected, and how an elected Bush will devastate the environment, enrich the rich, hand the […]
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Green Giant? Ho, Ho, Ho
In honor of Earth Day, we take a one-week respite from our dizzying political tour of the United States in order to take a dizzying political tour of Vice President Al Gore. What could be more fun? Perhaps you will require sedation before reading further. Gore-the-environmentalist blasted back on the scene just in time for […]
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It's time to renew your enviro vows, Al
The environment should be a winning electoral issue for Al Gore, so why has he said so little about it — thus far — during his run for president? Day after day, the vice president pounds away on his core themes of health care, education, the booming economy, and now, his sinner’s conversion to campaign […]
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Bradley Throws the Book at Gore
Democratic presidential contender Bill Bradley on Friday told Seattle residents that he would take on the “lords of yesterday,” the timber, agribusiness, and water industries that he said threaten the ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest. Stumping in Washington state in recent days in hopes of winning the state’s primary tomorrow, Bradley has repeatedly emphasized his […]
