Politics1: Presidency 2000 - Al Gore, Jr. (D-TN)

PRESIDENCY 2000:

ALBERT "AL" GORE, JR.
(Democrat - Tennessee)

BIOGRAPHICAL FACTS:

POLITICAL: Vice President of the United States, 1993 - present (Elected 1992; re-elected 1996). U.S. Senator, 1985-93 [Elected 1984 (61%); re-elected 1990 (70%)]. U.S. Congressman, 1977-85 [Elected 1976 (94%), re-elected 1978 (unopposed), 1980 (79%) and 1982 (unopposed)]. Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for President, 1988.

PROFESSIONAL: Newspaper reporter, Nashville Tennesseean, 1973-76. U.S. Army (Vietnam), 1969-71.

EDUCATION: Vanderbilt University School of Law, 1974-76. Vanderbilt University School of Religion, 1971-72. B.A. with Honors (Government), Harvard University, 1969.

PERSONAL: Born March 31, 1948 in Washington, DC. Son of the late US Senator Albert Gore Sr. (D-TN). Married to Mary Elizabeth "Tipper" Aitcheson Gore. Four children. Baptist.

JOSEPH I. "JOE" LIEBERMAN
of Connecticut
Democratic Party Vice Presidential Nominee

Lieberman was first elected to the US Senate in a 1988 upset victory -- defeating incumbent Senator Lowell Weicker (R) in very close race. Lieberman was easily re-elected in 1994 and looks likely to win another landslide victory this fall in his US Senate re-election contest (state law allows him to simultaneously seek re-election and the Vice Presidency). Gore made history when he selected Lieberman -- an Orthodox Jew -- to be the first Jewish candidate to ever run on a major party national ticket. Ideologically, Lieberman is a viewed as a Democratic centrist. He is an environmentalist, pro-choice, pro-gay rights, pro-welfare reform, pro-school vouchers, pro-campaign finance reform, pro-capital gains tax cuts, pro-NAFTA and supported the Gulf War. More interestingly, Lieberman was the first major Democratic leader to openly criticize Clinton's conduct during the early days of the Lewinsky scandal -- and his selection may have been an effort to strategically distance Gore from the Clinton scandals. Within hours after the selection was announced, Bush campaign spokesman Ari Fleischer praised Lieberman as "a good man ... who agreed with Governor Bush on so many issues." He has proved to be an energetic and popular addition to the ticket. Prior to serving the US Senate, Lieberman was State Senate Majority Leader, lost a 1978 race for Lieutenant Governor and a 1980 race for Congress, and served two terms as Connecticut Attorney General. Because of his devout religious beliefs, Lieberman does not campaign nor work during the Jewish sabbath each week (sundown Friday through sundown Saturday) -- prompting Gore to joke on the Letterman Show that his ticket will "give their all, 24/6, to the American people." Lieberman is 58, married, has four children and two grandchildren.

LINKS:

Al Gore for President Committee - Official.
GoreGear.com - Campaign Store (Authorized).
Gore-Lieberman-2000.com - Campaign Store (Authorized).
Office of the Vice President - Government Site.
Tipper Gore's Homepage - Government Site.
Office of Senator Joe Lieberman - Government Site.
Lieberman 2000 - Official US Senate Re-Election Campaign Site.
Fire Fighters for Gore (IAFF) - Official Labor Union Site.
Working Families Support Gore (AFL-CIO) - Official Labor Union Site.
Geeks for Gore - Grassroots Supporters (Unauthorized).
All4Gore.com - Grassroots Supporters (Unauthorized).
Al Gore Yes! - Grassroots Supporters (Unauthorized).
My Al Gore Page - Grassroots Supporters (Unauthorized).
GoreAllTheWay.com - Campaign Store (Authorized).
GoreGoods.com - Campaign Store (Authorized).
Gore2000.com - Campaign Store (Unauthorized).
AlGore-2000.org - Negative/Parody Site.
All Gore Presidential Campaign 2000 - Parody Site.
GoreWillSayAnything.com - Negative Site.
GorePollution.com - Negative Site.
GoreReinventionConvention.com - Negative Site.
RNC: The Gore Files - Negative Site.
RNC: The World According to Gore - Negative Site.
Goreline.com - Negative Site.
UnGore 2000: Gore Exposed - Negative Site.
Al Gore Quotes - Negative Site.
Here Lies Al Gore - Negative Site.
Gore Free Tennessee - Negative Site.
Al Gore's Skeleton Closet - Negative Site.
Al Gore Mental Health Page - Negative Site.
No Gore 2000 - Negative Site.
AlGored.com - Negative Site.
DebateFacts.com - Negative Site.
Al Gore Quotes - Negative Site.
Billionaires for Bush (or Gore) - Negative Site.
NoGore.com - Negative Site.

GORE WAS ENDORSED BY:
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Albany Times-Union
Atlanta Constitution
Detroit Free Press
Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
Las Vegas Sun
Louisville Courier-Journal
Miami Herald
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
Portsmouth Herald
Sacramento Bee
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
San Francisco Chronicle
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Washington Post

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Ex-Governor Jim Folsom Jr. (D-AL)
Ex-US Senator Howell Heflin (D-AL)
Congressman Earl Hilliard (D-AL)
Governor Don Siegelman (D-AL)
Attorney General Janet Napolitano (D-AZ)
Congressman Ed Pastor (D-AZ)
Little Rock Mayor Jim Dailey (D-AR)
State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher (D-AR)
Secretary of State Sharon Priest (D-AR)
Attorney General Mark Pryor (D-AR)
Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA)
US Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
Ex-Governor Jerry Brown (I-CA)
Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante (D-CA)
Ex-US House Majority Whip Tony Coelho (D-CA)
Governor Gray Davis (D-CA)
Congressman Julian Dixon (D-CA)
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA)
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
Congressman Marty Martinez (D-CA)
Congresswoman Juanita Millender-McDonald (D-CA)
Congresswoman Grace Napolitano (D-CA)
Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA)
Sacramento Mayor Joe Serna (D-CA)
Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher (D-CA)
State House Speaker Antonio Villaraigosa (D-CA)
Ex-US Transportation Secretary Federico Pena (D-CO)
Attorney General Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Denver Mayor Wellington Webb (D-CO)
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz (D-CT)
US Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
Congressman Sam Gejdenson (D-CT)
Ex-Congresswoman Barbara Kennelly (D-CT)
US Senator Joe Lieberman (D-CT)
State House Speaker Moira Lyons (D-CT)
Congressman Jim Maloney (D-CT)
State Comptroller Nancy Wyman (D-CT)
US Senator Joe Biden (D-DE)
Wilmington Mayor James Sills (D-DE)
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC)
Washington Mayor Anthony Williams (D-DC)
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Ex-State Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar (D-FL)
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Tallahassee Mayor Scott Maddox (D-FL)
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Attorney General Tom Miller (D-IA)
Davenport Mayor Phil Yerington (D-IA)
Ex-Governor Joan Finney (D-KS)
Kansas City Carol Marinovich (D-KS)
State Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius (D-KS)
Topeka Mayor Joan Wagnon (D-KS)
Louisville Mayor David Armstrong (D-KY)
Ex-US Senator Wendell Ford (D-KY)
Lt. Governor Steve Henry (D-KY)
Lexington Mayor Pamela Miller (D-KY)
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US Senator John Breaux (D-LA)
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Governor Paris Glendening (D-MD)
Congressman Steny Hoyer (D-MD)
US Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
State Senate President Mike Miller (D-MD)
Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D-MD)
US Senator Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)
Ex-Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke (D-MD)
State House Speaker Casper Taylor (D-MD)
Congressman Al Wynn (D-MD)
US Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
Boston Mayor Tom Menino (D-MA)
Congressman Joe Moakley (D-MA)
Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA)
US House Minority Whip David Bonior (D-MI)
Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks-Kilpatrick (D-MI)
Attorney General Jennifer Granholm (D-MI)
Ex-US Senator Don Riegle (D-MI)
Ex-Governor Wendell Anderson (D-MN)
Minneapolis Mayor Sharon Sayles Belton (D-MN)
State Treasurer Carol Johnson (D-MN)
Congressman Bill Luther (D-MN)
Congressman Martin Olav Sabo (D-MN)
Congressman Bruce Vento (D-MN)
Ex-US Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy (D-MS)
Ex-Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy (D-MS)
Jackson Mayor Harvey Johnson (D-MS)
US House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-MO)
St. Louis Mayor Clarence Harmon (D-MO)
Ex-Congressman Alan Wheat (D-MO)
Ex-Lt. Governor Harriett Woods (D-MO)
US Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
Ex-US Senator Jim Exon (D-NE)
Ex-Lt. Governor Maxine Moul (D-NE)
Ex-Gov. Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Ex-State Treasurer Dawn Rockey (D-NE)
Lincoln Mayor Don Wesely (D-NE)
Congresswoman Shelley Berkley (D-NV)
US Senator Richard Bryan (D-NV)
Ex-Las Vegas Mayor Jan Jones (D-NV)
US Senator Harry Reid (D-NV)
Ex-Democratic State Chairman Joe Keefe (D-NH)
Keene Mayor Pat Russell (D-NH)
Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Ex-Democratic State Chairman Jeff Woodburn (D-NH)
Ex-US Senator Bill Bradley (D-NJ)
Congressman Rush Holt (D-NJ)
Newark Mayor Sharpe James (D-NJ)
US Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Congressman Bob Menendez (D-NJ)
Congressman Bill Pascrell (D-NJ)
Congressman Don Payne (D-NJ)
Ex-US Senator Harrison "Pete" Williams Jr. (D-NJ)
Attorney General Patricia Madrid (D-NM)
State House Speaker Raymond Sanchez (D-NM)
Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D-NM)
Congressman Gary Ackerman (D-NY)
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY)
Congressman Joseph Crowley (D-NY)
Ex-New York City Mayor David Dinkins (D-NY)
Congressman Elliot Engel (D-NY)
Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY)
Albany Mayor Gerald Jennings (D-NY)
Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY)
State Comptroller Carl McCall (D-NY)
Congressman Michael McNulty (D-NY)
Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-NY)
Congressman Major Owens (D-NY)
Congressman Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Ex-US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin (D-NY)
State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-NY)
Attorney General Eliot Spitzer (D-NY)
Congressman Ed Towns (D-NY)
NYC City Council President Peter Vallone (D-NY)
Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
Ex-US Ambassador Jeannette Hyde (D-NC)
US Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner (D-OH)
Ex-Governor John Gilligan (D-OH)
Congressman Tony Hall (D-OH)
Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
Ex-Congressman Dave Mann (D-OH)
Ex-US Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic (D-OH)
Cincinnati Mayor Roxanne Qualls (D-OH)
Cleveland Mayor Michael White (D-OH)
State House Speaker Loyd Benson (D-OK)
State Treasurer Robert Butkin (D-OK)
Attorney General Drew Edmondson (D-OK)
Tulsa Mayor Susan Savage (D-OK)
State Auditor Clif Scott (D-OK)
Senate President Pro Tempore Stratton Taylor (D-OK)
Ex-Governor David Walters (D-OK)
Portland Mayor Vera Katz (D-OR)
Congressman Chaka Fattah (D-PA)
Congressman Joe Hoeffel (D-PA)
Ex-Congresswoman Marjorie Margoles-Mezvinsky (D-PA)
Congressman Frank Mascara (D-PA)
Pittsburgh Mayor Tom Murphy (D-PA)
Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell (D-PA)
Congressman Carlos Romero-Barcelo (D-Puerto Rico)
Governor Pedro Rossello (D-Puerto Rico)
Lt. Governor Charles Fogarty (D-RI)
Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-RI)
US Senator Jack Reed (D-RI)
Congressman Bob Weygand (D-RI)
Congressman Jim Clyburn (D-SC)
Columbia Mayor Robert Coble (D-SC)
US Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD)
US Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen (D-TN)
Congressman Bob Clement (D-TN)
State House Speaker Pro Tem Lois DeBerry (D-TN)
Congressman Harold Ford Jr. (D-TN)
Congressman Bart Gordon (D-TN)
Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton (D-TN)
Ex-Congresswoman Marilyn Lloyd (D-TN)
Lt. Governor John Wilder (D-TN)
Congressman Ken Bentsen (D-TX)
Houston Mayor Lee Brown (D-TX)
Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-TX)
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Congressman Martin Frost (D-TX)
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Congressman Gene Green (D-TX)
Congressman Ruben Hinojosa (D-TX)
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Congressman Nick Lampson (D-TX)
Congressman Solomon Ortiz (D-TX)
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Ex-Governor Ann Richards (D-TX)
Congressman Ciro Rodriguez (D-TX)
Congressman Max Sandlin (D-TX)
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Governor Howard Dean (D-VT)
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Congresswoman Donna Christian-Christensen (D-VI)
Lt. Governor Gerard Luz James (D-VI)
Roanoke Mayor David Bowers (D-VA)
Congressman Bobby Scott (D-VA)
US Senator Chuck Robb (D-VA)
Congressman Norm Dicks (D-WA)
Governor Gary Locke (D-WA)
US Senator Patty Murray (D-WA)
Lt. Governor Brad Owen (D-WA)
US Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)
Madison Mayor Sue Bauman (D-WI)
Milwaukee Mayor John Norquist (D-WI)
Congressman David Obey (D-WI)
Ex-Secretary of State Kathy Karpan (D-WY)
AFL-CIO
American Federation of Teachers
International Association of Fire Fighters
National Education Association
Sierra Club

OFFICIAL CAMPAIGN CONTACT INFORMATION:

Al Gore for President
P.O. Box 24837
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615-340-2000
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THE AL GORE LIBRARY:

Earth in the Balance by Al Gore (1992). Gore published this environmentalist book in 1992 immediately after being selected as the Vice Presidential nominee. Gore discusses the problems and perceived causes of global warming, the deteriorating ozone layer, destruction of the rain forests and rising carbon dioxide levels - and sets out his proposals to address these concerns. This book was very controversial during the 1992 race: President Bush used it to denounce Gore as a "crazy, ultra radical" environmentalist while the Democrats used it to praise Gore's environmental sensitivity. An important book for understanding Gore and the issues that seemingly motivate him the most. Follow the link to read more reviews of the book. List: $14.95. Your Price: $11.96 (You Save 20%)! (Paperback).

Gore: A Political Life by Bob Zelnick (1999). Former ABC News correspondent Zelnick wrote this comprehensive -- though somewhat critical -- look at the man who currently is just "a heartbeat away" from the Presidency. Zelnick's Gore is a man of contradictions: highly principled, yet sometimes willing to cut political deals on the issues he cares about most -- including the environment. He is a self-described "screaming moderate" who is also a man with a sense of blood-feud against his political opponents, or even apolitical scientists who disagree with his policies on global warming. Ted Koppel praised the book as "a first-rate piece of even-handed reporting." Stephen Hess of The Brookings Institution said that this book "commands attention" from the voters. An interesting twist: Nine months after he began writing this book on his own time, ABC News forced Zelnick to either abandon writing the book or quit ABC (he obviously picked the latter option). List: $29.95. Your Price: $20.97 (You Save 30%)!

Common Sense Government: Works Better and Costs Less by Al Gore (1995). Written towards the end of the first term -- and featuring an introduction by President Clinton -- this was intended to be a Clinton-Gore campaign book for 1996. Not particularly exciting -- but books on the topic of governmental restructing will probably never reach the top of the best seller lists. Gore touted this book with his line that the "era of big government is over." Republicans mockingly responded that Gore now simply wants "lots and lots of little government" instead. The material in this book was the end result of Gore's blue ribbon National Performance Review Commission. List: $12.00. Your Price: $9.60 (You Save 20%)! (Paperback).

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