Gore's Goofs

Beam me up, Scotty, Al’s back.

Like most of the visionaries on the far left, Vice President Al Gore opposed President Reagan's space shield proposal.

Now, Gore has his own ideas about how to best use space: Send up a satellite that will broadcast pictures of the Earth on a dedicated cable channel.

''With global warming a growing concern, and with problems like El Nino causing growing concern, this will be of tremendous value,'' he said recently. Unfortunately for Al, it is impossible to put a satellite in a high enough orbit to get a full shot of Earth beamed back!

It's bad enough that he thinks the disputed possibility of global warming is a more serious threat to public safety than a nuclear missile attack from the Chinese army that he and Bill personally helped arm. But he should know there are eight weather satellites doing what he proposes. (He should also know satellite data have shown no global warming for 18 years.)

Gore, who purports to be Mr. Information Superhighway, (the Chinese agree) doesn't seem to know that anyone can view pictures from space on the Internet already.

And, they are "right side up."

Not long ago, Gore called The Washington Post's executive editor to tip him off on an ''error'' in the paper.

''I decided I just had to call because you've printed a picture of the Earth upside down'' on the front page of the paper, Gore said.

There is no ''up'' in space; only on maps that orient the Earth's surface north and south. In fact, the Earth is tilted on its axis and maps actually "straighten" this out!

Last September, Gore hiked reporters up to a glacier in Montana to point out that it was melting. Imagine: ice melting in the summertime. Although this photo op was supposed to demonstrate ''global warming,'' summer daytime temperatures in western Montana haven't risen in 100 years.

Gore is called ''brainy'' by the liberal media, but has been labeled ''Capt. Planet'' by some critics of his extreme environmental views.

Gore also tried to tell flood victims that the cause was "temperatures in the last six months that are substantially higher than previous records." The "previous records" Gore was talking about were the prior six months, WINTER! No surprise that our summer temperatures are substantially higher than our winter temps. The only surprise is that the media let him get away with that one.

If Gore is looking for global warming, he should start by observing the meltdown at the White House.

My favorite Al episode was the video Rush ran on his TV show a few years back, as Al and Slick Willy walked into Montecito hall of statues of our founding fathers and Al was heard to ask, "Who are these guys?"...Slick rolled his eyes as the tour host pointed out "George Washington...Thomas Jefferson...Benjamin Franklin...etc"
Dan Quayle's "Potatoe" was nothing compared to this "knothole's" stupidity.

During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives. (ah Al, then you can explain how packets travel over TCPIP protocol?) By the way, the Internet was up and running eight years BEFORE Al came to Congress, and Vin Cerf, the real "Father of the Internet" was commissioned by the DOD before Al graduated from lawschool.

"We cannot dismiss (this) so cavalierly," Gore said. "Doing so would be to dismiss every woman we represent. Every woman who has ever struggled to be heard over a society that too often ignores even their most painful calls for justice--we simply cannot take for granted that... the victim, or the woman, is always wrong."

- Al Gore, talking about Anita Hill’s charges against Clarence Thomas.

"I want to introduce one of our greatest presidents of all time, William Jefferson Clinton."

- Al Gore, at WH pep rally the day Slick was impeached.

In a Dec. 22, 1997, news conference about homelessness, Al Gore said:
"Speaking from my own religious tradition in this Christmas season, 2,000 years ago a homeless woman gave birth to a homeless child in a manger because the inn was full."
- from a George Will column, Sunday May 17 1998
Mary and Joseph were not homeless! Al Gore needs to brush up on his religion

"A zebra does not change it's spots." - Al Gore, attacking President George Bush in 1992.
(source: May 13th page of the "365 stupidest things ever said, 1999 Calendar". ALL quotes from this calendar are from a book called "The 700 Stupidest Things Ever Said") The book and calendar are by a brother and sister team called Ross and Kathryn Petras. The original book "The 776 Stupidest things ever said" was printed in March 1993, and the calendar was printed August 1998

"Democracy confers a stamp of legitimacy that reforms must have in order to be effective. And so, among nations suffering economic crises, we continue to hear calls for democracy, calls for reform in many languages - people's power, doi moi, reformasi. We hear them today, right here, right now, among the brave people of Malaysia."

This was part of a speech that Al Gore gave during the Apec Business Summit dinner in Malaysia. After giving this speech which was supporting the meaningless reformasi movement in Malaysia, Gore walked out of the hall without even taking his dinner. This is a clear insult to the host nation, Malaysia and shows how arrogant, rude, and insensitive Al Gore is, and in the process, angered Malaysians along with its neighbours who condemned Al Gore for giving the speech at the wrong time and place.

In an attempt to improve his technological image, Vice-President Al Gore unveiled the world's fastest computer at a White House event On 10/28/98.
However, during a campaign trip to a Pittsburgh valve factory, the Vice-President "smiled and admitted that he has trouble turning on a computer, - let alone using one."
(source: "Gore Touts Job-Training Programs at Pittsburgh Factory" Associated Press September 4, 1998)

Al Gore visited Minneapolis Minnesota on October 12, 1998 and raised several hundred thousand dollars for DFL gubernatorial nominee Hubert Humphrey III and two Democratic congressmen. Too bad he forgot which state he was in. Gore misspoke when he tried to summarize their commitment to education. "They will be the education team that Missouri needs to move into the 21st century," he said. Minneapolis Star Tribune, October 13, 1998

"My first pledge will be to restore integrity to the White House. And I'll fire anyone who has lied to the American people or the United States Congress." - Al Gore, in a February 2, 1988 presidential debate
So does this mean he's going to fire Clinton?

Love: grilling for Gore
POLITICIANS are rarely successful when they mix with pop stars, as Vice-President Al Gore is the latest to learn.
Finding himself talking to the controversial rock star Courtney Love at a Hollywood party, Mr. Gore attempted to charm her by telling her he was a fan. Rather than just accepting the easy compliment, Love cross-examined him.
"He goes 'I'm a really big fan'," said Love. "And I was like 'Yeah, right. Name a song, Al'." The answer came limply back: "I can't name a song, I'm just a really big fan."

Mr. 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. Love's band, Hole, specializes in drug-addled musings on promiscuity and despair. From the London Times. Also reported in Spin Magazine

A passage from Al Gore's book, "Earth in the Balance," as quoted in the Austin American-Statesman on August 16, 1998, in an article by David A. Ridnenour:
"The Pacific Yew can be cut down and processed to prodeuce a potent chemical, taxol, which offers some promise of curing certain forms of lung, breast and ovarian cancer in patients who would otherwise quickly die. It seems an easy choice -- sacrifice the tree for a human life -- until one learns that three trees must be destroyed for each patient treated."

Some time around Father's Day in June 1998, Al Gore was addressing a convention or symposium of some sort in DC on 'fatherhood'. While addressing the group, Al Gore stated: "It's a wise father who knows his child". Of course, the real proverb goes 'It's a wise child who knows its father'. Just to be sure, this was double-checked in Bartlett's.

Maybe Michael Jordan hasn't made an indelible impression on everyone outside Chicago. Speaking at a D.C. function, Vice President Al Gore, wowed by the Bulls, said: "I tell you that Michael Jackson is unbelievable, isn't he. He's just unbelievable."
Source: The Chicago Tribune June 17, 1998

"We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be e pluribus unum -- out of one, many. "
January 1994. From a Milwaukee speech to the Institute of World Affairs as quoted in Investor's Business Daily, October 25, 1996.
Out of one, many? Sorry Mr. Gore, "e pluribus unum" is Latin for "out of many, one".

"Throughout most of my life, I raised tobacco. I want you to know that with my own hands, all of my life, I put it in the plant beds and transferred it. I've hoed it. I've dug in it. I've sprayed it, I've chopped it, I've shredded it, spiked it, put it in the barn and stripped it and sold it.
Al Gore, July 3, 1988, quoted in the New York Times
This is the same person who wails about the Republicans being "pro-tobacco."

"The theories - the ideas she expressed about equality of results within legislative bodies and with - by outcome, by decisions made by legislative bodies, ideas related to proportional voting as a general remedy, not in particular cases where the circumstances make that a feasible idea... "
-- Vice President Al Gore, on ABC's Nightline, asked about President Clinton's withdrawal of Lani Guinier's nomination to the EEOC

?????? What? Talk about not giving a straight answer....

Al Gore, when asked about his illegal fundraising activities that took place in a Buddhist temple: "I didn't realize I was in a Buddhist temple."
Yeah, I know a lot of places where bald men run around in orange robes with incense burning.

This is a true story!
"Let me tell you one on Al Gore Sr. This may give you some idea of the mind set of our legislators who specialize in waste of tax payer's money. Al senior, former West Tennessee Senator, was in Humboldt many years ago where my wife's parents lived stumping for reelection. In a one on one conversation with my father-in-law, this is the way it went:"

Al. "Tom, can I count on you to vote for me in this election?"

Tom. "No Al. I voted for you once, but I can't vote for you again."

Al. "Why not? What's the problem?"

Tom. "I can't vote for you again because you have a problem with the truth."

Al. "I have a problem with the truth?" What do you mean?" What's my problem with the truth?"

Tom. "Your problem with the truth is that you can't tell it!"

Al. "I don't understand what you are talking about."

Tom. "I'm talking about all those fancy campaign promises you made about what you were going to do for us when we put you in office last election. You've never made good on anything you promised."

Al. "Well, I know better about what you need than you do."

Tom. "And that's another thing. Misuse of our money for things you want instead of for things we want."

Al. "I'm sorry you feel that way about it."

Tom. "How would you feel if I had control of your money and spent it for things I wanted instead of things you needed? That's why we call you the Silver Fox.

End of conversation.

"Well, I know better about what you need than you do" ?? Remember: The Democrats will think for you and tell you what you need!

As reported on Fox News Sunday on December 3, 1996, as well as quoted in the National Review and reported in the 12/6/96 Washington Times "Inside the Beltway" by John McCaslin:
In a letter, an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. Delgadillo explained to Al Gore how much they rely on the government-owned Amtrak trains to visit their children and grandchildren in Chicago and on each coast. The couple reminded the vice president that President Clinton relied on train travel to reach the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. "The train has been our main-stay," the couple states. "Yet your administration is killing our Texas Eagle. This makes us sick."

The Texas Eagle is the Amtrak train that for years has operated between Chicago, St. Louis, Little Rock, Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio. But facing a $243 million shortfall in 1997, Amtrak President Thomas Downs recently targeted four Amtrak routes for elimination, including the Texas Eagle service between St. Louis and San Antonio. "What can you do to save our Eagle?" the couple pleaded to the vice president.

Gore responded with:
"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Delgadillo, Thank you for your letter regarding the protection of the Texas eagle. I appreciate hearing from you. "I share your view that the urgent problem of species extinction and the conservation of biological diversity should be addressed. The first step in saving any plant or animal from extinction is to become aware of and respect the fragile ecosystems that make up our environment ... "Again, thank you for sharing your thoughts with me. I look forward to working with you for the future of our planet."

It's strange he should talk about the ecosystem and extinction since the Texas Eagle is a TRAIN!!!

"I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin

harder in school so I could converse with those people."-Al Gore

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."-Al Gore

"Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother and
child."-Vice President Al Gore

   "Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."-
Vice President Al Gore

"Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same
distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen pictures where
there are canals, we believe, and water.   If there is water, that means
there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can breathe." "[It's] time for
the human race to enter the solar
system."-Vice President Al Gore, 8/11/94

"What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being
very wasteful. How true that is."-Vice President Al Gore

   "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in
this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in
this century." Vice President Al Gore, 9/15/95

"I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and
democracy - but that could change."-Vice President Al Gore, 5/22/98

"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and
that one word is 'to be prepared'." -Vice President Al Gore,12/6/93

"May our nation continue to be the beacon of hope to the world."-The
Gores' 1994 Christmas card.

"Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."-Vice President Al Gore,
11/30/96

   "I have made good judgments in the Past. I have made good judgments in
the future."-Vice President Al Gore

"The future will be better tomorrow."-Vice President Al Gore

"We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world."-
Vice President Al Gore, 9/21/97

   "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions and
have a tremendous impact on history."-Vice President Al Gore

"I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."-Vice President Al Gore
to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93

"We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a *part* of NATO. We have a
firm commitment to Europe. We are a *part* of Europe."-Vice President Al
Gore

"Public speaking is very easy."-Vice President Al Gore to reporters in
10/95

"I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat ."-Vice President Al Gore

   "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
polls." Vice President Al Gore

   "When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in L.A., my
answer has been direct and simple: Who is to blame for the riots? The
rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings? The killers are to
blame.-Al Gore

"Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not having
it." Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/96

   "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
-Vice President Al Gore, 9/22/97

"For NASA, space is still a high priority."-Vice President Al Gore,
9/5/93

   "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
children." - Vice President Al Gore, 9/18/95

    "The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Al
Gore may or may not make."-Vice President Al Gore

    "We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on
the mistakes we may or may not have made."-Vice President Al Gore

    "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities
in our air and water that are doing it." - Vice President Al Gore

More Gore Lore

Don't forget, Gore was just a poor farmbooy :)

Gore Knows Pigs

Al Gore, the Des Moines Register, March 16, 1999.

"I’ll tell you something else my father taught me. He taught me how to clean out hog waste with a shovel and a hose. He taught me how to clear land with a double-bladed ax. He taught me how to plow a steep hillside with a team of mules. He taught me how to take up hay all day long in the hot sun and then, after a dinner break, go over and help the neighbors take up hay before the rain came and spoiled it on the ground."

"Gore was a son of politics, a child of Washington, where his father served for 32 years as a congressman and a senator. The family residence was an apartment in the elegant Fairfax Hotel, which was owned by a Gore cousin; young Al walked across the street every morning to the Cosmos Club, where a bus picked him up for the ride to Washington’s most elite prep school, St. Alban’s, on the grounds of the Washington Cathedral." The New Yorker, November 28, 1994.

Connecticut River is raised 8 inches for Gore "rowboat" photo-op; "Environmentalist" Veep wastes 4 billion gallons, worth $7.1 million

WASHINGTON (July 23) - What's it take to float Vice President Al Gore's boat? 4 billion gallons of water, that's what - at a cost of more than $7.1 million. All for a good cause, however (at least according to the "environmentalist" Vice President), since it provided Gore a photo-opportunity to highlight a $100,000 grant to the Connecticut River Joint Commission.

According to The Washington Times and The Associated Press, the Secret Service and the Connecticut River Joint Commission directed Pacific Gas & Electric to unleash approximately 4 billion gallons of water yesterday into the Connecticut River so Gore's rowboat wouldn't get stuck during a 4-mile photo opportunity. The release of the 4 billion gallons from a dam upstream raised the level of the river by 8 to 10 inches, and has drawn the ire of environmental officials in the region.

"They won't release the water for the fish when we ask them to, but somehow they find themselves able to release it for a politician," said Vermont Department of Natural Resources Director John Kassel in The Times. Kassel, who accompanied Gore on the trip, said that "the only reason they did this was to make sure the Vice President's canoe didn't get stuck."

"It was a bit artificial, to be honest with you," Kassel told The Times. "But the river was pretty dry and no one wanted the canoes to be dragging on the bottom. Vice President Gore's people were concerned that we not raise the level too high, either, because they didn't want it to be dangerous."

"So much for the environmentalist Vice President," remarked Republican National Committee Chairman Jim Nicholson. Citing Gore's book, "Earth in the Balance," Nicholson recalled that Gore "once lectured us that 'increasing per capita use' of fresh water, combined with 'global climate change,' could lead to 'poverty, hunger, and disease,' 'revolutionary political disorder,' and 'wars fought over natural resources like fresh water.'" ("Earth in the Balance," pp. 111, 113, 279)

According to revised federal standards contained in the 1992 National Energy Policy Act and supported by the Clinton-Gore administration, toilets manufactured after 1994 must have a maximum capacity of 1.6 gallons. Under those standards, Nicholson jokingly noted, Gore's 4 billion gallon photo-opportunity wasted the equivalent of 2.5 billion toilet flushes, or 2,110 flushes for each of New Hampshire's 1,185,000 residents.

According to water usage rates published by the Pennichuck Water Works, Inc., which serves the region, the value of the 4 billion gallons wasted was approximately $7.1 million, Nicholson said.

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