GOREISM - RushOnline.com (pg 1 of 2)   How dare Al Gore disgrace this nation Boston Herald ^ | 5/28/04 | Boston Herald editorial staff He never mentioned Nicholas Berg. Or Daniel Pearl. Or a single person killed in the World Trade Center. Nor did former Vice President Al Gore talk of any soldier by name who has given his life in Iraq. And he has the audacity to condemn the Bush administration for having ``twisted values?'' Gore spent the bulk of a speech before the liberal group MoveOn.org Wednesday bemoaning Abu Ghraib and denouncing President Bush's departure from the ``long successful strategy of containment.'' Yes, the very same strategy that, under Gore's leadership, allowed al-Qaeda operatives to plan the horror of Sept. 11 for years, while moving freely within our borders. Gore even had the audacity to defend the perpetrators of the prison abuse - by name - while denouncing President Bush [related, bio] for ``humiliating'' our nation. How dare he. How dare a former vice president of the United States go beyond disagreeing with the current president's policies - a right of anyone in this free country - and denounce Bush as ``incompetent.'' How dare Gore say that Americans have an ``innate vulnerability to temptation... to use power to abuse others.'' And that our own ``internal system of checks and balances cannot be relied upon'' to curb such abuse. And this man - who apparently has so much disdain for the nature of the American people - wanted to be elected to lead it? It is Gore who has brought dishonor to his party and to his party's nominee. The real disgrace is that this repugnant human being once held the second highest office in this great land. *** JAY LENO ON AL GORE! "Al Gore ... he once was pro-life, now he's pro-choice. He once was against gun control, now he's for it. He claimed he invented the Internet. Hey, Gore just needs to debate himself!" "Al Gore visited a bookstore today. He was shocked to find a book about everything he has said in his campaign could be found in the fiction section." "Our country has come a long way: first we had George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie. Then we had Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the truth. And now we have Al Gore, who can't tell the difference..." and now, on to the serious stuff... * * * Gore wants to create 20 new government programs... and Gore "promises" that he won't hire one new government employee. Yeah right! * * * Al Gore & Charity- I heard that Al Gore made over $200,000 last year, (according to his income tax return), and paid a mere $353 in charitable contributions. This is less than two-tenths of one percent (0.001765) of his income. Does it strike anyone else odd that a man that feels the pain of the poor and needy and wants to raise our taxes to support these people, personally contributes so little? He doesn't even come close to a tithe with his church. Doesn't he realize that his return would be public, and people might notice this hypocracy? Carey * * * The Democrats Mistake Hi Rush, I am a listener of your program and a "former" Democratic supporter. But after the second term of the Clinton presidency, I will no longer vote Democratic. I believe the Democratic party made a tactical error in not voting to impeach Clinton. Al Gore would be president today. He could have restored dignity to the presidency and possibly earned the goodwill of a country which is simply sick of the current administation. Instead, Al Gore is in a fight with one of the dullest, uninspiring candidates I've ever seen (namely Bill Bradley) and the Clinton adminstration continues to be an embarrassment to the Democrats with the FALN terrorist debacle, WACO, Hillary for Senate, and who knows what else. Oh well, when you lie down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas!! Keep up the good work! Debbie * * * Gore Blanked Out 85 Times - How can he be President if he has Pre mature alzhimers (sp) Gore's memory fails him 85 times In sworn testimony to FBI, veep blanked out once every 3 minutes By Paul Sperry © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com WASHINGTON -- Vice President Al Gore lost his memory at least 85 times during recent FBI grilling over his role in various campaign- finance scandals, a computer-aided analysis of his four-hour testimony shows. The WorldNetDaily analysis reveals that the likely Democratic presidential nod blanked out once every three minutes under examination by prosecutors. "That sounds a bit excessive to me," said Republican National Committee spokesman Bill Pascoe. "I don't think a witness on a stand would be able to get away with losing their memory every three minutes." Neither Gore's White House office nor his Nashville, Tenn., campaign office cared to comment. The April 18 transcripts, released late Friday, show that Gore answered:"I have no recollection" or "I have no independent recollection" at least 30 times. "I can't recall" or "I don't recall" at least 22. "I can't remember," "I don't remember" or "I'm not remembering" at least 23. At least one of the following, 10 times: "I have no memory," "I have no independent memory," "I have no special memory," "I don't have a memory of it," or "I have a vague memory."The search, which reviewed all answers in context, did not include the dozens of times Gore replied "not to my knowledge." Several times, prosecutors tried to "refresh" Gore's memory by showing him memos and other documents.Toward the end of the interview, Gore remarked: "I can't even remember now from yesterday." Here is the context in which he said it: Q: Are you familiar with an individual, the chairman of that group (China Resources Holding Co.), named Shen Juren [sic]? A: No. Q Are you aware of a meeting -- A: Now, I was told yesterday in preparation for this meeting that -- I can't even remember now from yesterday. But I have no independent recollection of him. Of course, prosecutors asked Gore about events and relationships spanning some dozen years, which might have taxed anyone's recollection. His "cram-packed" schedule, as he called it, also may have clouded his memory.But sources say Gore was prepared for the interview and alert, even testy, throughout. At one point, in fact, his anger seemed to help clear his head. "I sure as hell don't recall -- I sure as hell did not have any conversations with anyone saying this is a fund-raising event," he asserted, referring to the illegal Buddhist temple fund-raiser he hosted in 1996. Another time, Gore tried to refresh lead prosecutor Robert Conrad's memory by reminding him of the text of an e-mail: "You will recall that I said ... ."After the April 18 interview, conducted under oath, Conrad urged Attorney General Janet Reno to name an outside special counsel to investigate Gore. Several other prosecutors, including a high-ranking Justice political appointee, also have recommended Reno investigate Gore for possible perjury in earlier interviews. "Mona Losh" <mlosh@bright.net> thanks to Chuck   "ASK NOT WHAT YOUR COUNTRY CAN DO FOR YOU, BUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR COUNTRY". It is as fitting today as it ever was, and as a Republican, I wonder what a democrat has to say about that quote - especially in light of their gimme gimme, open hands, empire building approach to almost any issue. Thank you very much for you time. Sincerely, Steve From Oklahoma * * * Rush, thanks for bringing out Al Gore is impersonating Ronald Reagan. When I saw him with that big hair and that head dip I fell out of my chair. Doesn't he know some Republicans actually have brains and can think for themselves with out the Democrats telling us how to do it. I knew a compulsive liar once and after about the l0th lie i tuned him out for good. I know plenty of americans that bleep clinton and hillary out everytime they come on TV and I know very few Republicans that watch CNN. You said the standard was lowered thats an understatement. About a year ago I heard Ted Koppel tell someone who called in we don't deal in the Truth we deal in facts. He got that right. I really don't think he knew what he said. The news media now has lock jaw. If they can go after a Republican or a Christian they are happy campers. Al Gore comment that Bill Clinton was the greatest President that ever lived after the impeachment debacle will sink him. I'm not sure he knows what greatest is is. Every time President Clinton says the american people leave me out, I didn't vote for him and we sure don'tthink like him The so called experts on TV, did they go to colloge or ever read a book. And by the way all this poll business is pure garbage. Any poll can be swayed. Check CNN's record, they've never taken a poll that didn't sway towards there daddy. Mike * * * Justice Investigates Withholding of Gore Influence Memo 6/3/00 By Jerry Seper The Justice Department is investigating concerns by a House committee that a key document sought during its 1998 probe of a controversial $400 million Washington real estate projectlinking Vice President Al Gore to the venture was illegally withheld. The review was requested by the House Commerce Committee, following the receipt of a previously undisclosed memo contradicting Mr. Gore's sworn denials to the FBI that he had no involvement in bailing out the failing project for its developer, a longtime Democratic fund- raiser. During a briefing last week by the Justice Department and the FBI, committee investigators were told the panel's concerns that it had been obstructed in its investigation would be reviewed "expeditiously" and a report would be made within two weeks. The three-paragraph, unsigned and undated memo surfaced during the FBI's investigation of campaign-finance abuses during the 1996 presidential election. It said Mr. Gore sought to influence the development by calling the head of the General Services Administration to persuade the Federal Communications Commission to move into the building. The development, known as the Portals Project, is owned by Tennessee businessman Franklin Haney, a longtime Gore supporter. The memo said Mr. Gore "has called or is ready to call" Roger Johnson, then-headof the GSA, and that an unidentified contact, listed only in the document as "xxx," would "follow up that call." Mr. Gore, during a June 10, 1998, interview by the FBI, denied any knowledge of the memo. He said he had "no idea" what it was or who had prepared it, and denied having any conversations with Mr. Haney or Mr. Johnson about the Portals project. He also told the agents he was never asked to "assist, influence or intercede" in the venture; never told anyone "directly or indirectly" how to lessen then-pending resistance by the FCC to the move to the Portals site; and did not know the identity of "xxx." Mr. Gore's attorney, James F. Neal, said the FBI interviewed his client about the memo, believing it had "some relevance to the Portals project," but later determined "there was nothing to it." The FBI has declined comment. Mr. Haney has denied any wrongdoing. In December 1998, he was indicted on 42 unrelated counts of making illegal donations to the 1996 Clinton-Gore campaign, but later acquitted on all charges. Mr. Johnson told reporters he never spoke with Mr. Gore or anyone else in the administration about Portals. He said he was questioned by the FBI on whether he had been pressured concerning the project and that he answered, "Absolutely not." The memo was given to the committee April 14. The author was not identified to committee investigators, although the memo appears to be addressed to Mr. Haney. It suggests how he should use his political connections to Mr. Gore and his role as a top Democratic fund-raiser to influence the GSA concerning the Portals project. In 1998, Portals was the subject of criminal referral by the committee in connection with separate $1 million payments by Mr. Haney to Peter Knight, former chief of staff to Mr. Gore, and James Sasser, a former Democratic Tennessee senator. The committee wanted to know if the payments were illegal contingency fees for helping get the FCC to move to the Portals site. The move to Portals had been contested by the FCC until Mr. Knight intervened. The committee, following its investigation, concluded there was "substantial reason to believe" that some of the Portals players lied under oath or made other false statements to "conceal the true nature of their fee arrangements." The Justice Department declined to prosecute the case, saying there was insufficient evidence to show that payments made by Mr. Haney were illegal. Spokesmen for Mr. Haney have said the payment to Mr. Knight was made for three years of strategic and legal counseling on a dozen projects and not as a contingency fee for the Portals project. They said Mr. Sasser was paid $1 million for helping arrange a $100 million construction loan, and denied it was a contingency fee. ©2000, The Washington Times. Distributed by Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News * * * Do you think the UAW is going to put up with the unwarranted heat SUVs are taking? The US industry makes nearly 70% of SUVs sold. Mr. Gore is not making friends within the working masses. The auto manufacturing line employees are making some good bucks..overtime, bonuses, stock equity, etc. What next? Reducing the size of new homes so that the landscape isn't "littered(!)" with homes? How about communal apartments? It won't stop at the SUVs! * * * SURPRISE--THE WHITE HOUSE E-MAILS ARE DELAYED Wow! What an incredible surprise! First the White House promised to restore its missing e-mail archivesbefore the election. Then the consultants they hired said if couldn't be done before Thanksgiving. And now they're just not sure. Justice Department lawyers filed a brief in U.S. District Court saying that "the restoration project is still in too early and evolutionary a stage foranyone to meaningfully estimate a completion time." This despite the offers of computer consultants to restore the missing e-mails in just a few weeks.White House staffers know what will happen when those e-mails hit the press. It could be bad--very bad indeed for the Clintons and the presidential aspirations of Al Gore. So it's delay, delay, delay until well after the presidential election and after the public has had the time to soften on Bill Clinton. And maybe even after the presidential library plans are finalized and construction begins. From Neal Boortz * * * Subject: [B2K] Gore Tea Party What you do is you make these things a media event. You could have public "tea parties" around the nation. Have somebody dress up as a big cannister of Lipton or something. Link into the Boston Tea Party theme and tie them both together. Remember, the original "Tea Party" was a tax protest, so tying the two issues together would be effective. * * * I am one of those "emotional females". I am so emotional that I sometimes cry at inopportune times and have embarrassed myself at work before when my hormones were particularly overwhelming. My spouse has jokingly called me "Sybil" because my moods can change so quickly and dramatically. On the other hand, I am a college graduate, have passed three parts ofthe CPA exam (I sit for the last part in November) and am the mother ofan eleven year old boy. Given this small sampling of trivia about me, Ialso want you to know that I have never, ever been so disgusted as I waslistening to all of your female callers in defense of Algore last week. I may be emotional, but I'm not stupid! I do not understand where thesewomen get off. Al is unconscionable, and I cannot believe that womenespecially do not see this. I am only 36 years old, but I can spot aliar when I see one. Algore may not have cheated on Tipper, but he sure as hell has cheated on the American people for the last eight years. He certainly has "slicked up" (or down?) nicely under the tutelage of Willie. I told my spouse last week that if we lose in 2000 and open the gates of hell for Hillary in 2004, we will move to another country! And it really isn't just women...how many men out there just don't careto get involved or are afraid to make a change "because of the economy" (that one really makes me scream!) I have had more than one person tellme they just don't see what it matters, and what could one person do anyway? Maybe we should run that old movie several times before November, Idon't remember the name, but it was about nuclear holocaust, The Last Day or something like that. I think it came out in the 70's and parents weren't supposed to let their kids watch. There appear to be several generations of people who seem to have forgotten what the real role of government is. If Clinton wasn't enough of a wake-up call, I'm really concerned. But for now, I am faithfully spreading the word at every opportunity to women and men alike. I have made it a personal goal to spread the word about the Boy Scouts and United Way to as many people as possible. Did you know that even though United Way has a moratorium against the Boy Scouts that they still must honor designated donations? You see, in corporate America, United Way is not a charity, it is a political tool. Why not use that tool to benefit our cause? Keep up the great work Rush... Faithfully, Cynthia LIAR, LIAR... PANTS ON FIRE! In the last seven and half years we have seen: Lands taken out of production and made into wilderness areas. Roads closed in national forests and parks. Mines have been closed Logging has been eliminated. Fishing industries have been forced to slow down production We have become more dependent on foreign oil. Many ranchers have been run off their lands Farmers are being regulated out of business. The economy isn't so great when it takes both father and mother to make ends meet. Prices are much higher and our dollar has shrunk considerably. Education of children is shameful in a country as rich as ours. We have a military stripped of preparedness and pride. Morality has been on the decline. Our Second Amendment Rights are threatened with extinction. Our right to own property is being threatened Our health care system is in shambles by threats of socialized medical care. We have seen a total lack of respect for our legal system. Our national pride is diminished. So when you go to the polls to vote, consider what the conditions are and who has caused this to happen. * * * Everything Gore is proposing is as if he was never in the White House what happened over 8 years of his occupation of the White House as Vice President ??, and for 2 solid years of those 8, Both Clinton and Gore had a clear majority of Democrats in both houses to push through all of Gore's so call great ideas to his heart's content, even Gore's own party believed it was all non-nonsense for 8 long years we saw nothing, If Gore was Unable to convince President Clinton, a fellow liberal Democrat, of any of his great ideas, just ONE person, how is he going to deal with 535 senators ??, Gore has proven beyond any shadow of any doubt that he was, and is, a non-effectual Vice President, he should be running on a solid proven record after 8 long years, maybe because of his weak bladder from too much "ICE TEA" he just was not around and could not remember the real important events of those past 8 years. We the American public do, and Gore needs to be shown the door. From Dale * * * Guess you have heard that Gore thinks gasoline should be $3 per gallon and everyone should be driving a Goremobile (Chevy. GEO equivalent). He was my Senator when I lived in Tenn. and he has done a 180 degree turn on many things since then. I watched one of his speeches for approximately 10 minutes and caught him in four lies in that 10 minutes. Had to turn to something else - couldn't stand to watch and hear him. He is promising people all those things and Clinton is jetting around the world with Chelsea and promising the people money etc. Is it true (I read it somewhere) that Clinton has traveled more and produced more Executive Orders, than all the other presidents in the past. Keep up the good work Rush. H. Gibson / Florence, AL. (Then there is the Carpetbagger, Hillary Clinton.) * * * It has occured to me that liberals are a coalition of two subsets; the ignorant and the selfish. The ignorant are people who are either too young to understand real issues or are so uneducated as to be easily manipulated by liberal propoganda. The selfish are not ignorant at all; they have a full understanding of the issues, but they have made a conscious choice to support candidates and policies that enrich or empower themselves at the expense of the greater good of the country. The representatives that they elect are those who pander to and deliver with respect to their selfish needs. It's a scandal and i think the greatest threat to our republic. If the coalition of the ignorant and the selfish ever rise to a solid majority size number and clinton/hillary/gore type people consistently get elected we're in trouble. William * * * Al Gore, in his infinite wisdom, wants to slash prescription drug prices to Senior Citizens (to hell with non-Senior Citizens, who have years of productivity left as long as they can be sustained on their prescription drugs), by creating a system of price fixing and competitive bidding to create a national drug formulary for seniors. Yes, pharmaceutical companies do have attractive profit margin, ROI, etc. But what will take the hit? Research and Development! Don't we need R+D money to fight disease so that anyone (regardless of age or projected productivity) has the greatest access and ability to lead a productive life? Charles * * * Subject: getting gored Al gore has admitted openly that it was a big mistake to infer he was responsible for creating the internet. He has also stated he has had lapses in his past where his fund raising was less than perfect. Using his own words "in context" is not negative. Not one democrat on the "talk" circuits has accused the text to be inaccurate. Nobody has claimed there are circumstances that make this ad deceitful.The only responses i have heard is that this is an attempt to make gore look less than honest. If the facts are correct, and in context, and the viewer comes away with that perception, guess what? Gore runs ads and makes speaches accusing bush and cheyney of ruining the enviroment, supporting apparthied, starving children, denying healthcare to children, wanting to ruin SS, lying to minorities, working for drug companies, working for oil companies, & ruining texas all in the interest of helping a the rich. If someone doesn't start hitting the airwaves soon, and explain how negative gore has been since shortly after birth, i fear voters will start believing all the liberal media, and think bush is the one with the negative campaign. that my friend, is known as being "gored". jay payne * * * From: PCTRAMM An opponent's hypocrisy WASHINGTON -- Al Gore has given George W. Bush the greatest present any politician can receive: The gift of an opponent's hypocrisy. Consider Gore's insistent harping that Bush produce "specifics." This is an example of accusing a foe of the sins you are committing. In large part, the Gore political platform consists of gauzy phrases, unsupported by proposals, let alone specifics. Check out the Gore Web site, and you'll see: The vice president provides a price tag for precious few of the dozens of new spending programs he has in mind. Begin with his topic of the week, health care. Gore envisions expanding the Children's Health Insurance Program, but doesn't mention price, suspected enrollments, or eligibility for promised tax credits. He wants to punish states that don't sign up children for health insurance -- even though the biggest barrier to participation today is red tape, much of it imposed by the Clinton-Gore administration. His Web site says the candidate will "eliminate cumbersome barriers to child enrollment in health insurance. He will advocate new options for schools and child-care centers to enroll kids on the spot. ... He will reach more eligible children by encouraging states to link their children's health insurance programs to their school lunch programs ... " And so on. It neither asks nor answers the crucial questions: How, when, why, for whom, and at what cost? Here's a partial listing of initiatives for which Gore has high hopes but no details: Health care: -- strengthening Medicare "through competition" -- strengthening Medicare "through cost savings" -- creating a National Family Care Giving Support Initiative -- reaching underserved populations, including the homeless, for mental-health care -- strengthening Medicaid Education: -- school standards -- teacher standards -- student standards -- standards for Universal Preschool -- cost of hiring new teachers Defense: -- size of Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and reserves -- definition of "the next generation" of military technology -- rebuilding military-industrial base Government reform: -- creating a "more accountable and effective federal government" -- making government more efficient and less expensive -- protecting Internet privacy Again, this is just a partial listing, but you get the idea. Gore has plenty of program titles. He just doesn't have programs to go with them. Yet, if there's one thing worse for the Democratic nominee than the lack of specifics, it is the presence of them. Gore wants to spend $42 billion over five years to insure 1 million children. If you do the math, that works out to $42,000 per child over five years -- or $750 per month per kid for insurance premiums. Most policies these days will cover one or more children for $10-20 per month. Gore has chosen to spend dozens of times that amount. (What's that about cutting government waste?) His desire to spend $253 billion over 10 years on prescription drugs is "specific," but nuts. When is the last time the government made anything cheaper by promising to spend an extra quarter-trillion dollars on it? And check out these nuggets from his tax plan: His much touted college-tuition tax credit applies to only one child per family, and doesn't cover room and board. It doesn't help poor people. His marriage-penalty relief doesn't apply to families who own their homes or accumulate annual earnings in excess of $60,000. Working seniors don't get a tax cut. If you're single, you're not guaranteed any tax relief, either. The point is that "targeted" tax cuts pick out a few fortunate beneficiaries -- and leave the rest of us out in the cold. They're not designed to focus benefits on "working people." They're drawn up to appease very specific voting groups or modify behavior -- hence, tax credits to parents who send kids to day care, but not to those who stay at home with toddlers and preschoolers. Bush, rather than stammering about budget projections, ought to take up the Gore challenge. He has published a fat book filled with "specifics," some of which may make sense, many of which may reflect the dreamy desires of policy wonks -- but all of which give a pretty good sense of where Bush would go as president. As for Gore, here's his "specific" vision of the future: "I believe we must create more than effective government agencies -- we must create a country and economy that are strong and vibrant and equipped for the challenges of change. And at the same time we must create a new trust and faith in our people, and in each other." Huh? From: "Mona Losh * * * WHATEVER HAPPENED TO TRUTH IN CAMPAIGNING?: Is it just me, or does anybody else care that Al Gore appears willing to say anything - even at the habitual risk of getting caught - to win the presidential election? Mr. Gore, who I might add was to receive the endorsement of the Internet adult entertainment industry this weekend, recently launched into yet another campaign falsehood - called an "indignant tale," by the Washington Times - when he said a prescription drug cost more for his mother-in-law than for his dog. The Times reported, "Mr. Gore, who told the anecdote in Florida to illustrate the need for his $253 billion drug plan for seniors, fabricated the cost of the drug itself, the comparative doses for his pet and for Tipper's mom, and his family's bills for them." Mr. Gore said he pays $37.80 per month for Shiloh, his Labrador retriever, to take Etogesic, an animal version of Lodine. He said his mother-in-law's monthly bill is $108. "That's pretty bad when you have got to pretend to be a dog or a cat to get a price break," he said. Mr. Gore's aides have now acknowledged that those figures are not the actual costs for Mr. Gore's family. They were borrowed instead from a House Democratic study on rising drug prices. What's more, Mr. Gore conveniently ignored the fact that human drugs undergo many more strenuous tests and trials than animal medications, which leads to obviously higher prices. This is just the latest in a long series of missteps, exaggerations and downright fabrications on the part of Mr. Gore in this campaign - and in his long political service, for that matter. Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for Republican presidential nominee GeorgeW. Bush, said the episode was only the latest example of Mr. Gore's "troubling pattern of embellishing and exaggerating his plans and personal experiences." "This certainly underscores the fact that the vice president will say anything to get elected," added Bush spokesman Karen Hughes. Mrs. Hughes said Mr. Gore's mistake went beyond the simple mispronunciations by Mr. Bush that Mr. Gore's campaign has routinely reported to the media. "This case is a direct misstatement of fact, which I think is far more serious," she accurately said. A HISTORY OF WHOPPERS: Mr. Gore has had a long history of dishonesty - even before he joined forces with Bill Clinton - that is truly disconcerting. In fact, Mr. Gore's own campaign manager once told the vice-president his image "may continue to suffer if you continue to go out on a limb with remarks that may be impossible to back up." In addition, his communication director later chimed in by saying, "Your main pitfall is exaggeration." His two most famous lies were: (1) claiming that Harvard professor and author Erich Segal used him and wife Tipper as models for his best-selling book, "Love Story, and (2) claiming that, as a congressman, he "took the initiative in creating the Internet." The Internet, of course, was created years before Mr. Gore even entered Congress, and Mr. Segal hasreported that he has no idea why Al Gore makes the outrageous claim to be the inspiration for his book. However, those lies were the tip of a glaring iceberg of careless political misrepresentations that Al Gore has made through the years. They include the following: Mr. Gore told the Des Moines Register that his tenure as an investigative reporter at the Nashville Tennessean "got a bunch of people indicted and sent to jail." The paper later verified that nobody went to jail as a result of any Gore stories. But the claim sounded good ... while it lasted. Mr. Gore also has continually spoken of the danger he faced in Vietnam. In fact, it was recently reported that he actually had bodyguards assigned to protect him there and fellow soldiers have revealed that he was given priority treatment to keep him out of harms' way. He claimed to have been a co-sponsor of the McCain-Feingold campaign-finance reform bill when Mr. Feingold was not even in the Senate during Mr. Gore's tenure there. And he told a tall tale about discovering "a little place in upstate New York called Love Canal." He added fuel to that lie by declaring he "had the first hearing on that issue ... that started it all." President Carter had actually declared the Love Canal a disaster area months before Mr. Gore's hearing. Mr. Gore has stooped to his most amazing lows by lying about his tobacco connection in the wake of his sister's 1984 smoking-related death. During his 1996 speech at the Democratic National Convention, Mr.Gore said, "That is why until I draw my last breath I will pour my heart and soul into the cause of protecting our children from the dangers of smoking." The truth: Mr. Gore and his family grew tobacco on the family farm for years after his sister's death. In 1988, four years after her tragic death, he even bragged to North Carolina tobacco growers that he relished growing and fostering tobacco. And, as again reported in the Washington Times, "The man who introduced 'no controlling legal authority,' into the political lexicon has not shied away from lying about his role in the 1996 campaign-finance scandal." In that scandal, as most conservatives know (and most liberals ignore), Mr. Gore, despite White House memos and a Secret Service memo to the contrary, claimed he did not know that his appearance at the Hsi Lai temple was a Democratic fund-raising event. Videotape of the event shows Mr. Gore cavorting with Democratic fundraiser Maria Hsia, who delivered illegal "conduit" payments from "straw donors" (namely impoverished Buddhist nuns) to the DNC. Maria Hsia was later convicted of five felony counts for illegal actions in the 1996 campaign-finance scandal. Despite the blatant fund-raising corruption in the Clinton White House, Mr. Gore has continually called for campaign finance reform, as if his connection to the Hsia conviction is nonexistent. (Making matters worse, U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno has refused to investigate Mr. Gore's connection to this scandal.) Lynne Cheney, wife of Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Cheney, recently spoke of the duality of Mr. Gore's values-speak. She said that Mr. Gore talks "values" by day, only to attend an evening "party with the entertainment industry, raise millions of dollars, listen to scatological jokes about people who are concerned about the entertainment industry marketing adult products to our children; sit there and listen to jokes so - how shall I say this politely - X-rated, that I can't think of anyone I could tell them to." This is typical of Mr. Gore - saying one thing, and doing another.But his Hollywood buddies, blind apologists and loyalist Democratic voters appear content to vote for a man who may or may not tell them the truth at any given moment. This cold-blooded willingness to manufacture stories and fabricate lies has even led Mr. Gore to relinquish his one-time pro-life views in an attempt to garner votes. As hard as it may be to believe today, Mr. Gore once eloquently wrote to a Tennessee constituent about his pro-life views and maintained a solid pro-life voting record. Recently, you will recall, he falsely stated that he has always been pro-choice. (There he goes again.) Al Gore's pro-life stance was apparently only as good as his word. Today, after years and years of Clintonizing the facts, Mr. Gore apparently cannot tell fact from fiction as he callously strives to win the ultimate political prize. Maybe this pattern of political concoctions is what it takes to win the presidency at the dawn of this new century. If it is, I truly fear for our nation as truth falls by the wayside and we, the people, become the ultimate victims of this parade of purposeful misrepresentations, blatant half-truths and categorical lies. * * * idea for a tax cut ad campaign Doing your taxes under Al Gore's new tax plan Show a man sitting down to a desk covered with generic soda cans. The man proceeds to shuffle the cans around, stack them, unstack them and so on, all in fast motion. He then sits back, puts his feet up and opens one of the cans. The can spews in his face. Doing your taxes under George W. Bush's new tax plan Show a close up of a form with one box next to the statement: income $35,000 or less. Show the box checked, then show a blank saying taxes due and show it being marked $0 Its funny, it makes a point, and its simple. Even a liberal can get it. Hope you enjoyed it. A faithful listener Diane Faykus * * * What frightens me most is Gores style of lying. Clinton lies to get himself out of trouble, while Gore lies to get himself into trouble. "I invented the internet", "I had 3000 town hall meeting during my 16 years in Congress". etc,etc. A six year old child getting not enough attention OK, but a man running for president ? Rush , do you think he is ok upstairs? He goes with this style of lying after the voters by promising trillions of Dollars worth of free stuff, Dollars which are not even collected. I think the average voter is too ignorant to see or is a swing voter " Which candidate has the most for me" I hope George W. will win. Keep up the excellent job you are doing. Werner Wegener * * * Anthony's Funeral Oration Mr. Gore's promises sound like Mark Anthony's lies he used on the people of Rome in he funeral oration after Caesar's murder. "Friends, Romans, Countrymen...". Of course, I'm an old English teacher, and I taught the play by Shakespeare, but in the play, you'll remember that Anthony claimed Caesar had promised every man "land to recreate yourselves on, silver, and a place in the government." Interesting - I can't get it out of my mind - what a fake. Just to stir the people's emotions. Beta San Angelo, Texas * * * JFK speech John F. Kennedy won praise for his statement "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country" Now, Algore asks "what else can your country do for you?" We'll do it!!! M H Willis MO * * * Russia and China Rooting for Gore The vice president's views on key foreign-policy issues have made Al Gore the presidential candidate of choice for Russian hard-liners and the Chinese Communists. Vice President Al Gore welcomed President Clinton's Sept. 2 decision to postpone development of a system to defend the United States against incoming nuclear-missile attacks. So did Moscow and Beijing. Russian President Vladimir Putin called the decision "a well-thought-out and responsible step." The Chinese Foreign Ministry praised it as "rational." The rhetoric matches a subtle but significant taking of sides by Russia and China in the U.S. presidential campaign between Gore and Republican candidate George W. Bush. While the rhetoric generally is indirect and low-key, Kremlin hard-liners, as well as China's communist leaders, have made it clear that, because of his views on missile defense and other issues, they would prefer to see Gore as the next president of the United States. "Semi-officially they try, of course, to be reserved and distant, not to be involved in any way with the campaign," notes Victor Yasmann, a former longtime analyst at the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute in Munich who now edits the radios' new newsletter about Russia's security and intelligence services. But sometimes, says Yasmann, who monitors the Russian media, word is allowed to creep out. Both Moscow and Beijing blasted the GOP platform issued at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia last month while offering faint praise for the convention platform of the Democrats. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhu Bangzao told reporters that the People's Republic of China takes a dim view of the GOP document: "We have noted that during the U.S. presidential campaign, the program proposed by a certain party contains accusations against China. We express concern and regret over this." The official news agency Xinhua, a government-controlled propaganda organ, quoted Zhu as calling on the Republican Party to "restrain itself from inserting U.S. presidential-campaign politics into Sino-U.S. relations." This came in sharp contrast to Beijing's own covert military-intelligence agency's funding of the 1996 Clinton/Gore reelection campaign. "With Gore it will be much easier for Moscow," Yasmann says. "He is already very much involved in Rus-sian affairs. This means he is very dependable based on what he has done." Gore was an architect and advocate of multibillion-dollar cash transfers to the Russian Central Bank, U.S. taxpayer subsidies to Russian government and business entities and arms-control initiatives that prevented the United States from taking advantage of Russia's post-Soviet strategic weakness. Yasmann notes that "ORT [a Russian TV network co-owned by the state and tycoon Boris Berezovsky] yesterday said that now the Democrats are gaining the upper hand, and that's not bad for Russia." Both countries have contingency plans for a Bush presidency as well as backdoor channels of varying kinds into the people likely to staff a Bush administration. The specter of a Bush White House, Yasmann argues, might be used for domestic Russian consumption to rejuvenate the Russian Federation's sagging arms industry and the large political constituencies around it. But Gore, from the Russian perspective, is "good on arms control, he's good on missile defense, he's good on money," according to Yasmann. "He's not going to test Russia's fragile economy with a new arms race over missile defense. He has a much greater understanding of Russia's business community and has better personal connections. He is also more amenable to rescheduling or canceling Russia's bilateral debts." Analysts note that the Gore family's business ties to Moscow go back a half-century to when Albert Gore Sr., the vice president's father and then a Tennessee congressman, became a business partner with the late Soviet agent and money-launderer Armand Hammer , a relationship that benefits the vice president financially to this day. Leon Fuerth, Gore's national-security adviser, has taken a softer, sympathetic approach to Russia, while his counterpart on the Bush team, Condoleezza Rice, has been far more hard-nosed, calling for a termination of Western economic support to Russia's central government. One dependable Kremlin ally, the camp of ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky, is characteristically blunt. "Gore would be a better U.S. president for Russia," Zhirinovsky's son and political operative told Insight Senior Editor Jamie Dettmer last March. Zhirinovsky's National Liberal Democratic Party has a record of taking extreme positions as trial balloons or rhetorical benchmarks that provide political cover to the Kremlin. An official Russian government broadcast reflecting concerns about U.S. missile defense termed a Bush administration a "nightmare scenario." State-run media offer Moscow and Beijing a means of conveying their views subtly and indirectly, avoiding the entanglement of government officials and institutions in the U.S. political process and affording themselves political cover. Toby Westerman, who monitors global shortwave broadcasts for the electronic magazine WorldNetDaily, has reported, "Moscow believes that the Democratic Party has a more balanced approach, in regard to relations with Russia than the GOP and that the Democratic Party platform is more open to Russia." Russia's reform-minded social democrats and the Communist Party don't like Gore because of what they called his "chumminess" with the gangster-tycoons surrounding Russian President Putin and former president Boris Yeltsin. Yet Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov says he still prefers Gore over the Republicans, citing what he calls the GOP's "hawkish and highly negative attitude toward Russia." * * * IT'S YOUR MONEY - Al Gore's 40% Tax Hike The vice president's Social Security plan isn't as bad as it sounds. It's much, much worse. From: "Professor Jerry Mander Gore VS Bush... People going for important positions, (judges etc.) are denied the job frequently when there are questions about their character. If these questions can't be answered, there are alternate candidates to fill the position. It's the people's common sense way of avoiding possible future corruption in that position. Al Gore, has too many questions about character he can't answer! It is our responsibility as a nation to apply this 'moral judgement' in his case also. The world won't respect us as the 'leader' if our public shows a lack of moral caution. We need to say to the world, " Hey, this is one of the guys a political party presented to us for president. We looked at him, saw that there were questions about honestly in his character, he failed to resolve it satisfactorily, so we elected another guy.". Sheree MORE GOREISM ON PAGE 2 RushOnline.com Index * Visitor Debate Index Cartoons * Hall of Fame * War On Terror * Topic Index CoverUps.com * Flirting.com * MurderMysteries.com Narrators.com * Parties.com * SpeechDoctors.com * USAF.com