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Al Gore's 21 lies
I'm completely disillusioned this year with the elections. George W Bush is
a halfwit, Al Gore is a blatant liar, Harry Browne wants to cut of the US
from the world and end funding for education, and the other candidates are
absolute kooks. This is the best we have to choose from for President?
Robbie
> Subject: "Al Gore's 21 Lies"
>
> Reprinted from the Internet News Bureau article "Al Gore's 21 Lies"
>
> FICTION: Al Gore recently claimed that his mother-in-law pays more than
> $100.00 for the arthritis medicine Lodine; and he claims that his dog takes
> the same medicine for $37.00, claiming "This is wrong!"
>
> FACT: Gore's aides were quick to apologize for Gore's lie, saying the
> information was from a Democratic study. Washington newspapers also reported
> that Al Gore wasn't even sure his mother-in-law was taking any medication
> and wasn't even sure she had arthritis. And, he doesn't know anything about
> his dog's "arthritis".
>
>
> 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 girlfriend 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.
>
>
> 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
> where he told them that he would only "nudge" them if elected. He raised over
> $4 million that night.
>
> FACT: Al Gore supported his wife Tipper's creation of the Parent's Music
> Resource Center, a group that supported the censorship of rock music and
> led the way to ratings on CDs, flying in the face of his promises to
> Hollywood.
>
>
> 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 own 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 nations' Number One
> Enemy is the internal combustion engine.
>
>
> 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."