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Click here for 31 full quotes from Al Gore in the book Inventing Al Gore.
OR click on an issue category below for a subset. |
| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details) |
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Abortion Two questions: Is abortion acceptable? Who should decide? |
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Budget & Economy Deficit Hawk for balancing 1993 budget, but not ideological. |
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Civil Rights Tipper & Al pushed for voluntary record lyric labeling. |
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Drugs Smoked pot recreationally, but kept it separate from work. |
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Energy & Oil Pushed for BTU tax on coal & gas, in 1993. Pushed emissions trading plan at Kyoto greenhouse summit. |
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Environment Co-sponsored first Superfund bill, on Love Canal. |
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Families & Children Son�s accident taught Gore sensitivity & better parenting. |
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Free Trade Debate with Perot was instrumental in passing NAFTA. |
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Government Reform Gore as reporter uncovered City Hall zoning scandal. Supported �PAC participation in the political process�. �Reinvention� caused some reform, but nothing fundamental. Fundraising from White House? Maybe. Candor & caution? No. Buddhist temple fundraiser: overzealous but probably legal. |
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Gun Control Supported gun rights in 1970s, because his constituents did. |
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Health Care Could �never vote against� anti-smoking lobby. |
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Homeland Security Even as student at anti-war Harvard, Gore intended to serve. Concluded Vietnam was a mistake, but had valid purpose. Called for replacing MIRVed MX with single-warhead Midgetman. Against SDI & more carriers; for Grenada & nuclear freeze. Quicker than Clinton to favor force; but avoided it in Haiti. |
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Principles & Values Al & Tipper as model for �Love Story�? Born-again Baptist; serves God & obeys God�s will. Congressional campaign style: hard work & cautiousness. In Congress, called himself a �raging moderate�. �One of our greatest Pres.� but �disappointed� by Clinton. |
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Technology Assisted heavily with invention of Internet in 1989. Supported V-Chip; pushed TV execs for rating system. |
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War & Peace Supported early action in Bosnia; no �Vietnam syndrome�. Committed to the survival & security of Israel. Supported Gulf War; costs of war less than alternative. |
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