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 Ohh no! Not another one of THOSE threads.
Al Gore: Fact vs. Fiction
Every voter needs to be aware of the facts so they can make a
decision that may their personal future. please read these facts
and pass this on so that your friends and loved ones know the truth.
Here are some interesting facts about Vice-President AL Gore...
* FICTION: Al Gore said his father, a senator, was a champion of civil
rights during the 1960's.
* FACT: Gore's father voted against the landmark Civil Rights Act of
1964 and was a racist who was fond of using the "N" word.
* FICTION: Al Gore said that his sister was the very first person to
join the Peace Corps.
* FACT: By the time Gore's sister joined the Peace Corps, there were
already over 100 members.
* FICTION: The same sister died of lung cancer years later and Gore
vowed to never accept tobacco money as campaign contributions.
* FACT: Just four years later, while campaigning for office, Gore spoke
to the tobacco industry and said he was one of them because "I've
planted it, raised it, cut it, and dried it." He raised over $100,000 in
"reported" contributions.
* FICTION: While running for office, Gore's campaign literature claimed
he was a "Brilliant Student".
* FACT: Washington newspapers said he barely passed Harvard and
consistently earned D's and C's.
* FICTION: Gore claims an extensive knowledge of law as a result of his
extensive study at law school.
* FACT: Al Gore dropped out of law school.
* FICTION: Gore claimed that his knowledge of God and spirituality came
to complete fruition while "finishing" divinity school.
* FACT: Al Gore dropped out of divinity school.
* FICTION: Al Gore claimed responsibility for inventing the Internet in
the 1990's.
* FACT : Shocked scientists were quick to speak out, explaining that
the Internet had been in widespread use by government and educational
institutions since the early 1970's.
* FICTION: Al Gore claimed the book "Love Story" was based on his life
and Tipper's.
* FACT: Author Erich Segal called a press conference to deny his claim.
(Couldn't he at least lie about a love story where his sweetheart doesn't
die?")
* FICTION : Gore claimed that as a reporter for a Nashville newspaper,
his stories led to the arrests of numerous corrupt criminals.
* FACT: He later apologized for his claim and actually said it was
untrue (Also known as lying).
* FICTION: Gore claims to increase diversity in the staff that follows
him daily, especially among blacks.
* FACT: Black members of the Secret Service are suing because they
claim they are not being promoted to positions guarding the Vice-President.
* FICTION: Al Gore said he was the first to discover the Love Canal
nuclear accident.
* FACT: The incident was already discovered, being investigated, and
covered widely in the press for many months before Gore was aware of
it.
* FICTION: Gore said just recently that if elected president, he would
put harsh sanctions on the sleazy producers of Hollywood's extreme sex
and violence.
* FACT: Just six days later, Gore attended a fundraiser by Hollywood
producers and radical gay activists where he told them that he would
only pretend to "nudge them" if elected. He raised over $4 million.
* FICTION: Al Gore said he built his Tennessee home with his bare
hands.
* FACT : Totally false!
* FICTION: Al Gore says parents should not have a choice between
private and public schools because public schools are far better.
* TRUTH : Al Gore attended private school and he has sent his children
to private schools.
* FICTION: Al Gore remembers his mother lulling him to sleep as a baby
by singing the popular ditty, "Wear The Union Label".
* FACT: The popular ditty was created by the unions when Gore was 27
years old.
* FICTION: Al Gore claimed to co-sponsor the McCain-Feingold Campaign
Reform Act.
* FACT: The Act was not sponsored until he had been out of office for
over a year.
* FICTION: Al Gore claims to be instrumental in keeping gas prices low.
* FACT: Gore has voted on numerous occasions to raise the tax on
gasoline. In his book "Earth In The Balance" Gore claims that the
nation's Number One enemy is the internal combustion engine. (That's the
motor in your vehicle that gets you to work and takes your kids to school)
* FICTION: Gore pretends to champion the rights of poor women to be
tested regularly for breast cancer with the most modern technology.
* FACT: While giving a speech on the subject in September, Gore didn't
know what a mammogram was.
* FICTION: AL Gore promised Florida's senior citizens that they would
finally have low-cost drugs with no interference from government.
* FACT: Gore's plan calls for the creation of a huge federal agency
that would tell you which doctor you are allowed to see in order to get
the "special rates".
* FACT: Al Gore told NBC's Lisa Meyers that he had never told a lie.
When Meyers pressed harder, "You've never told a lie?!" Gore said,
"Not that I know of."
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