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Dismantling a Gore Lie List

by Keith Woodard

(Footnote numbers in brackets )

The lie-list I'm responding to is sometimes called "Al Gore's 21 Lies."

CLAIMED GORE LIE: 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!"

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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".

ACTUAL FACT:  This is quite misleading.  The clause "Gore's aides were quick to
apologize for Gore's lie" implies that, A) it is known that this was a lie, and
B) his aides have acknowledged this.  Both implications are false.  In fact,
there is no proof that Gore said anything other that the truth about this.

It would not be surprising if both his mother-in-law and his dog took the same
drug, although Gore's staffers never did provide documentary evidence.  The
Boston Globe's objection was that, "The Gore campaign admitted that it lifted
those costs not from his family's bills, but from a House Democratic study, and
that Gore misused even those numbers."  However, Gore gained nothing by
confusing the numbers, and may not have said his information came from his
mother-in-law (his informal comments weren't recorded).  Having seen the study,
he could have assumed it applied to her.  The Globe also noted, "Those facts
aside, Gore's overall message was accurate - that many brand-name drugs that
have both human and animal applications are much more expensive for people than
for pets." [1]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore said his father, a senator, was a champion of civil
rights during the 1960's.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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.

ACTUAL FACT: I've been unable to find any evidence that Gore Sr. "was fond of
using the "N" word," and the fact that it runs counter to his record makes it
unlikely.  Until documentation for this is presented, I would consider it a
reckless and irresponsible accusation.

According to the Washington Post, the elder Gore's opposition to segregation
"angered many of his constituents and eventually led to his political demise.
With one notable exception, when he capitulated to regional sentiment and
opposed the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the choices he made over more than three
decades in Washington were courageous....As Sen. Gore became more outspoken on
issues of race and peace over the next six years, his standing in Tennessee
deteriorated, his liberal positions were portrayed as contrary to the state's
values, and he was defeated in the 1970 election."

Of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, "Memphian Benjamin Hooks, later executive
director of the NAACP, said the vote was regrettable but 'understandable' as a
means of survival...When Al Gore retraced that same path years later in his own
campaigns, he discovered that the Gore name had an unforgettable resonance in
the black community, thanks to his father." [2]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore said that his sister was the very first person to
join the Peace Corps.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: By the time Gore's sister joined the Peace Corps, there
were already over 100 members.

ACTUAL FACT:  That is true.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: The same sister died of lung cancer years later and Gore
vowed to never accept tobacco money as campaign contributions.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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.

ACTUAL FACT:  That is true.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: While running for office, Gore's campaign literature claimed
he was a "brilliant student".

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: Washington newspapers said he barely passed Harvard and
consistently earned D's and C's.

ACTUAL FACT:   This is underhanded.  Note that the lie-list isn't directly
saying Gore "barely passed Harvard and consistently earned D's and C's."  Only
that unnamed "Washington newspapers" have made this claim.  Certainly, many
newspapers, including the Washington Times, have helped spread misinformation
about Gore. [3]

But the claim that Gore "barely passed Harvard and consistently earned D's and
C's" is false.  In his sophomore year, his worst, he "received one D, one
C-minus, two C's, two C-pluses and one B-minus, an effort that placed him in
the lower fifth of the class for the second year in a row."  However, "in his
junior year, he earned a B, a B-plus and an A-minus in three government
courses, and he aced his senior government thesis on the impact of television
on the presidency, a strong finish that made him a cum laude graduate."  [4]

Gore was by no means a brilliant student, and he personally has never claimed
to have been one.  That does not absolve him from responsibility for claims on
his behalf made by his campaign.  But, for an eye-opening look at what happens
when Bush is held to the same standard, see:

http://www.geocities.com/gore_in_context/b-correct.html

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore claims an extensive knowledge of law as a result of his
extensive study at law school.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: Al Gore dropped out of law school.

ACTUAL FACT: It would be interesting to read his exact words.  The fact that he
dropped out of law school doesn't prove he didn't gain extensive knowledge
there.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore claimed that his knowledge of God and spirituality came
to complete fruition while "finishing" divinity school.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: Al Gore dropped out of divinity school.

ACTUAL FACT: This can't be evaluated without his exact words, which have been
misrepresented and misquoted even by reputable journalists. [3]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore claimed responsibility for inventing the Internet in
the 1990's.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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.

ACTUAL FACT:  Gore's wording made it clear he was not speaking of a technical
feat: "During my service in the United States Congress I took the initiative in
creating the Internet."  On May 5, 2000, columnist Lars Erik Nelson wrote,
"This claim is perfectly true."  On August 9, 2000, columnist Richard Cohen
wrote, "He did.  You can look it up."  The identity of these "shocked
scientists" remains a mystery.  As far as I know, of those considered to have
technically "fathered" the Internet, the only ones to have spoken up have
confirmed the importance of Gore's role. [5]"

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore claimed the book "Love Story" was based on his life
and Tipper's.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: 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?)

ACTUAL FACT:  This is another falsehood.  Erich Segal did not "call a press
conference." Melinda Henneburger of the New York Times interviewed him after
being told of Gore's remarks by Time magazine's Time magazine's Karen Tumulty.
Eric Zorn of the Chicago Tribune writes that, "Segal issued what was more a
clarification than a denial: The Oliver character was actually a combination of
Gore and his friend, actor Tommy Lee Jones. Jenny was not based on Tipper."
What Gore actually told reporters was that he read this thirty years ago in the
Nashville Tennessean.  The original article hasn't been located, but archivists
don't think that necessarily means it doesn't exist.  Segal accepts Gore's
recollection and considers it was the Tennessean article that exaggerated the
novel's very real connection to Gore. [6]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore claimed that as a reporter for a Nashville newspaper,
his stories led to the arrests of numerous corrupt criminals.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: He later apologized for his claim and actually said it
was untrue (also known as lying).

ACTUAL FACT:  Three were arrested.  Two councilmen were indicted, and one was
convicted and given a suspended sentence.  However, the Tennessean reported
that Gore did "play a key role in orchestrating a police sting that led to the
indictment."  Gore unfortunately did once say he "got a bunch of people
indicted and sent to jail," which was an exaggeration. [7]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore claims to increase diversity in the staff that follows
him daily, especially among blacks.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT:  Black members of the Secret Service are suing because
they claim they are not being promoted to positions guarding the
Vice-President.

ACTUAL FACT:  This is utterly misleading.  Black Secret Service agents are
indeed suing the Treasury Department, claiming there has been a pattern since
1974 of discrimination in promotions and a racist work environment.  Of the ten
who originated the suit in May, the only one from Vice President Gore's detail,
Leroy Hendrix, has said that the Gore unit was "not racially hostile." [8]

In 1974, Republicans held the presidency, and the period since encompasses a
number of administrations of both parties.  However, the agents are not
alleging that any presidents or vice presidents have been responsible for the
discrimination.

Any comments regarding the "staff that follows him daily," would refer to just
that: his staff.  The term does not normally refer to the Secret Service.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore said he was the first to discover the Love Canal
nuclear accident.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: The incident was already discovered, being investigated,
and covered widely in the press for many months before Gore was aware of it.

ACTUAL FACT:  Once the Washington Post and the New York Times published the
identical misquotation, "I was the one that started it all," this one was hard
to stop.  But a high school class produced a tape showing Gore was actually
giving more credit to the teenage girl who brought the Toone, Tennessee case to
his attention than he was to himself.  After telling her story, he said, "I
called for a congressional investigation and a hearing. I looked around the
country for other sites like that. I found a little place in upstate New York
called Love Canal. Had the first hearing on that issue and Toone, Tennessee -
that was the one you didn't hear of - but that was the one that started it
all....And it all happened because one high school student got involved." [9]
Some insist Gore meant by "found" that he was the first to discover Love Canal.
But cases can be found for a hearing that were originally discovered by others.
(Love Canal was a toxic waste issue, not a "nuclear accident.")

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore said just recently that if elected president, he would
put harsh sanctions on the sleazy producers of Hollywood's extreme sex and
violence.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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.

ACTUAL FACT:  Once again, the lie lists must resort to falsehood in order to
paint Gore as some sort of notorious liar.  The Snopes urban legend website
reports,  "Gore claimed while stumping that as president he'd give the
entertainment industry six months to stop its insidious marketing of violent
films, video games and the like to young kids and seek Federal Trade Commission
regulation if they didn't act. A  few days, while speaking to three hundred
stars and entertainment industry executives in Beverly Hills, Gore
back-pedalled on his tough talk of the previous week. However, Gore didn't say
he would only 'pretend to 'nudge them' if elected.' It was his
Vice-Presidential candidate, Joseph Lieberman, who said, 'We'll nudge you, but
we will never censor you.'" [10]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore said he built his Tennessee home with his bare hands.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: Totally false.

ACTUAL FACT: I doubt he ever said this was with "his bare hands."  No one seems
to have the actual quotation, but Gore apparently at some point gave the
impression of having once been a hands-on homebuilder.  He was the owner of a
tiny homebuilding business, but not in a hands-on capacity. [11]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore says parents should not have a choice between private
and public schools because public schools are far better.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: Al Gore attended private school and he has sent his
children to private schools.

ACTUAL FACT: Al Gore attended both public and private schools. [12]  In the
many Gore comments on public and private schools that I've read, I've never
seen anything as ridiculous as "public schools are far better."  I doubt he
said it.

A sense of how Gore does talk about this can be gleaned from an Internet chat
transcript on the Web.  Asked why he opposes a voucher system, he explained,
"Because it would drain money away from the public school system at a time when
we need to modernize public schools and hire and train new teachers and connect
classrooms and libraries to the Internet. More than 90% of all students are in
public schools and that is not likely to change. Private schools play a
valuable role but they shouldn't expect to get taxpayer money -- after all,
they don't take all applicants as public schools do. And vouchers wouldn't pay
private school tuition in an case; they just give a tiny down payment, leaving
poor families still unable to pay for the rest of the tuition. One final point:
in order to defeat the voucher movement, those of us who support public schools
cannot be satisfied with gradual, incremental progress in public  education; we
have to bring about revolutionary improvement." [13]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore remembers his mother lulling him to sleep as a baby
by singing the popular ditty, "Wear The Union Label".

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: The popular ditty was created by the unions when Gore
was 27 years old.

ACTUAL FACT: That Gore's union lullaby was a joke ("nobody sings a lullaby to a
baby about the union label") is supported by videotape of his teamster audience
roaring with laughter. [14]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore claimed to co-sponsor the McCain-Feingold campaign
Reform Act.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: The Act was not sponsored until he had been out of
office for over a year.

ACTUAL FACT:  Gore exaggerated here.  His campaign has clarified that he
co-sponsored numerous campaign-reform bills while in Congress and supported
McCain-Feingold as vice president.

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore claims to be instrumental in keeping gas prices low.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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)

ACTUAL FACT:   I've been unable to locate a Gore claim "to be instrumental in
keeping gas prices low."  What I know him to have said is "I am extremely
concerned about the conduct of the oil companies that may have led to these
unreasonable price increases.  Three weeks ago I called upon the government to
investigate the oil companies for price gouging. That investigation of big oil
is now underway, and I would like to see the investigation broadened to look at
allegations of price fixing and collusion among the oil companies." [15]

The list doesn't place the statement about "Number One enemy is the internal
combustion engine," in quotation marks.  I haven't read the book, so I don't
know his exact words.  But even the director of natural resource studies at the
conservative Cato Institute has come to Gore's defense on this:

"GOP leaders harp about the book's call to eliminate the internal combustion
engine, but the public rightly suspects that the charge is taken out of
context: Gore supports replacing the engine with a less-polluting
alternative -- but, at the end of the day, who doesn't?" [16]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Gore pretends to champion the rights of poor women to be
tested regularly for breast cancer with the most modern technology.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST FACT: While giving a speech on the subject in September, Gore
didn't know what a mammogram was.

ACTUAL FACT:  Although many have questioned Gore's credibility, no journalists
or prominent Republicans, that I know of, have questioned his intelligence.
Anyone who could believe Gore would give a speech on mammograms without knowing
what almost every adult in the country knows -- i.e. what they are -- is living
in a different world than most of us.  As Snopes explained, "This one is just
silly. While talking about breast cancer in the course of a speech, Gore
temporarily drew a blank on the word "mammogram" and stumbled a bit until he
could get someone to prompt him with the word he was looking for." [17]

CLAIMED GORE LIE: Al Gore promised Florida's senior citizens that they would
finally have low-cost drugs with no interference from government.

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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".

ACTUAL FACT:  What huge federal agency?   When the Bush campaign made a similar
claim in a commercial, both the New York Times and the Washington Post cited it
as a misrepresentation of Gore's plan.

"Health maintenance organizations are not popular, so it is not surprising that
the commercial links Mr. Gore's prescription drug plan to H.M.O.'s. But to do
so it has to stretch the facts.  Mr. Gore does not force the elderly to accept
his new prescription drug benefit. It is voluntary. And Medicare recipients can
stay in traditional plans where they choose their own doctors. Mr. Gore's plan
does rely on private benefit managers to manage the program -- just like
private insurers do -- which encourages use of generic drugs and less expensive
brand names. But these are not H.M.O.'s.  Some critics argue that it is Mr.
Bush's plan that would increase the number of older people enrolling in managed
care. Mr. Bush would give people the ability to choose between the traditional
Medicare program including a new drug benefit and government-subsidized private
insurance packages.  A question is whether the premiums would rise for
traditional Medicare, causing more people to choose managed care." [18]

"In a classic contrast ad furthering his theme that Gore is untrustworthy, Bush
misrepresents the vice president's drug plan. First, it isn't mandatory;
seniors can opt for drug coverage or not. Second, Medicare recipients could
remain in traditional choose-your-own-doctor plans. Drug payments would be
administered through private cost-control groups - such as those now employed
by the insurance industry - that are not "government-run" or health maintenance
organizations. In fact, many analysts say Bush's plan, while providing choices,
would encourage more seniors to join cost-conscious HMOs." [19]

After the third presidential debate, the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Bush
mentioned prescription drug coverage for seniors so often as to make it seem a
certainty in a Bush administration. What he did not mention was that under his
approach insurance companies and health maintenance organizations would have
primary responsibility for offering prescription drug coverage and would
influence the price." [20]

CLAIMED LIE-LIST 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."

It would be a rare politician who didn't lie more than most folks.  But how
many would admit that?  Gore's answer marks him as a typical politician, just
like Bush.

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Footnotes:

1. Walter V. Robinson, "Gore misstates facts in drug-cost pitch," Boston Globe,
September 18, 2000; Glen Johnson, "Prescription story is a pill for Gore,"
Boston Globe, September 19, 2000

One interesting aspect of this story is that none of the articles criticizing
Gore's statement actually quote it, for the very good reason that no one
actually knows what Gore said.  "The first problem with this particular Bush
assault, Gore communications director Mark Fabiani eagerly points out, is that
no one has a record of what Gore precisely said on Aug. 28 in Tallahassee."
[Jake Tapper, "A campaign's dog days," Salon magazine, September 21, 2000
Web: http://www.salon.com/politics/feature/2000/09/21/bush/print.html]

This is because Gore was speaking off the cuff:  "On their way to Florida State
University, the Democratic presidential nominee and his wife, Tipper, made an
unannounced stop at Baker's Pharmacy, on Adams Street across from Florida A&M
University. A small crowd of supporters with campaign signs applauded outside
as the Gores went into the small shop to meet the proprietors, Wilmoth and
Katherine Baker, and two customers, Eddie Barrington, 80, and Myrtle Jennings,
82. The Bakers said poverty forces many of their senior customers to forego
pain pills or take smaller doses than their doctors prescribe.  Jennings and
Barrington said they each spend about $200 a month on medicine.  Gore said he
has heard of some patients buying pills from veterinarians because drug
companies have different prices for the same medicines in pharmacies and
veterinary clinics. 'That's pretty bad when you've got to pretend to be a dog
or a cat to get a price break,' he told Jennings." Bill Cotterell and Nancy
Cook Lauer, "Gore Touches Down In Town," The Tallahassee Democrat, August 29,
2000

This may be as close as we have to a quotation: "After hearing from several
retirees about having to choose which medications to buy, Gore suggested the
pharmaceutical industry should lower prices.  As an example, he offered the
plight of his mother-in-law, who spends $108 a month for a drug called Lodine,
which helps relieve the pain of arthritis.  Gore said his 14-year-old black
Labrador retriever, Shilo, also suffers from arthritis and he has a
veterinarian's prescription for Lodine. The difference?  It costs less than $39
a month to fill the dog's prescription for what Gore said is the exact same
drug." David Wasson, "Gore Touts His Drug Plan In Florida," Tampa Tribune,
August 29, 2000

What strikes me about this it's not at all clear that Gore claimed his
information was coming from his mother-in-law.  Assuming both she and Shiloh do
take the same drug, it would be a natural assumption for Gore, reading the
report on the drug, that it applied to his own household.

Many following this story still believe that "Gore aides never did confirm that
either his mother-in-law, Margaret Ann Aitcheson, or his dog Shiloh actually
takes Lodine."  In fact, "Gore spokeswoman Kym Spell said that both Aitcheson
and Shiloh have prescriptions for brand-name Lodine, although the dog's is for
the animal version, called Etogesic. Spell, however, could not say how much the
family paid for them, and instead she relied on the cost estimates in the House
study. She did not respond to a request for a copy of the drug bills." Glen
Johnson, "Prescription story is a pill for Gore," Boston Globe, September 19,
2000

Later that day, however, campaign staffers did reveal the cost to the family:
"After initially refusing to release the cost of the medication, saying it was
'private,' the campaign said Aitcheson pays $2.13 for each capsule of Lodine
she takes. The version of the drug used by Shiloh, the family's black Labrador
retriever, is called Etogesic and costs 92 cents a capsule.  Gore aides could
not say whether Aitcheson has a prescription-drug benefit that covers all or
part of her costs. They said they were checking on that and on how many
capsules she takes a month.  'It costs her $108 a month,' Gore said Aug. 28
about his mother-in-law's prescription. He then spoke about wholesale prices
and mentioned that the cost for dogs was $37.50 a month." Laurence McQuillan,
"Questions on Gore's truthfulness arise," USA Today, September 19, 2000

2. Ellen Nakashima and David Maraniss, "Al Gore and the Legacy of Race,"
Washington Post, April 23, 2000

3. There are far too many examples of damaging misinformation the mainstream
media has spread about Gore to list, but here are some samplings accessible on
the Web:

Boston Globe:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h051100_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h051200_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h052400_1.shtml

Washington Times:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h092500_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h052600_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120899_2.shtml

Washington Post:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h011400_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h121899_1.shtml

New York Times
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h012400_2.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120399_1.shtml

Many media outlets:
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120699_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120699_2.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120799_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120799_2.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120899_1.shtml
http://www.dailyhowler.com/h120899_2.shtml

4. David Maraniss and Ellen Nakashima, "Gore's Grades Belie Image of
Studiousness," Washington Post, March 19, 2000

5. "In June 1986, back when there were fewer than 5,000 network host sites
(there are tens of millions today) available to a comparative handful of
knowledgeable users, Gore, then a senator from Tennessee, introduced the
Supercomputer Network Study Act in response to fears in the research community
that the U.S. was dangerously lagging in this area. Then in October 1988, Gore
introduced the National High-Performance Computer Technology Act. After it
died, he reintroduced it in May of the following year. It called for more
ambitious funding to improve and expand the connections between universities,
libraries and other institutions....Computer scientist Vinton Cerf, sometimes
called 'The Father of the Internet,' was co-designer of the communications
protocol that forms the backbone of the Internet and a pioneer in the
academic/military computer networks from which the Internet sprung. In a
statement sent to me Monday by MCI WorldCom, where he is now senior vice
president of Internet Architecture and Technology, Cerf wrote: 'Gore's support
for the research agencies ... helped to shape the development of the NSFNET --
a national network with international connections that took up where its
predecessor, the ARPANET, left off. ... By the mid-late 1980s, then-Senator
Gore had become a visible proponent of NSFNET, which enthusiasm and insight
continued and grew with his election to the Vice Presidency. For having seen
the potential in these technologies, and for having pursued and argued for
legislation and administration support for research in these areas ... I think
it is entirely fitting that the Vice President take some credit for helping to
create an environment in which [the] Internet could thrive.'" Eric Zorn,
"Gore's Internet Link Is Nothing To Joke About," Chicago Tribune, August 22,
2000

There's more here:
http://www.salon.com/tech/col/rose/2000/10/05/gore_internet/index.html?CP=YAH&D
N=110

6. USA Today, September 19, 2000; Robert Parry, "He's No Pinocchio," The
Washington Monthly, April 2000; Eric Zorn, "Gore Connection To `Love Story' A
Muddled Affair," Chicago Tribune, August 28, 2000; Melinda Henneburger, "Author
Says 'Love Story' Was Based on Gore," New York Times, December 14, 1997

7. Bonna M. de la Cruz, "Gore got him in big trouble, but Haddox is a
supporter," Nashville Tennessean, April 16, 2000

Web: http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/04/16/haddoxmain16.shtml

8. Lenny Savino, "Gore Secret Service Agent Joins Bias Suit," Knight
Ridder-Tribune.  Oddly, there's no date on this article, but it can be seen on
the Web at:

http://cnews.tribune.com/news/story/0,1162,blackvoices-bv-75185,00.html

Another resource is a Reuters article posted May 4, 2000 to
alt.fan.rush-limbaugh by a Gore opponent.  The subject heading is "Black Secret
Service agents sue Klintons/Gore Regime."

9. Mike Pride, "OUT HERE: Just One Word," Brill's Content, March 2000

10. www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorelies.htm

11. The evidence for this is the February 15, 1988 memo written to Gore by
campaign press secretary Arlie Schardt.  According to the CBS News website, "At
points, Gore apparently claimed he had been a hands-on homebuilder, which
Schardt couldn't quite substantiate." "Does Gore Have A Long Nose?" at:

http://cbsnews.cbs.com/now/story/0,1597,154893-412,00.shtml

This should not be confused with Gore's more reasonable 1999 claim to members
of the New England Business Council: "For a brief time, I was a home builder
after I came back from Vietnam....I know a good bit about how to make money
that way...." Ceci Connolly, "Gore Paints Himself As No Beltway Baby,"
Washington Post, December 1, 1999

12. Somerby points out that:

----- Begin Somerby -----

Since MacPherson wrote in 1988, biographers and journalists have frequently
described Gore's experience in the Carthage schools. His second-grade teacher,
Eleanor Smotherman, has been quoted in several major profiles of Gore. In fact,
she was quoted by Gail Sheehy in a Vanity Fair profile right at the time of
MacPherson's piece. We're not quite sure how the Globe missed it:

SHEEHY: He attended the local country school for a few weeks at the start of
every summer and when the folks were away on long trips, leaving young Al on
the farm. Miss Eleanor Smotherman, a dedicated spinster teacher who to this day
brings her own bread into the coffee shop to be toasted so as to confine her
expenses to coffee, had Al Gore in her second grade class. She set him to
tutoring the rural kids, who trucked in with their runny viruses from hollers
that weren't even places, only near places.  [Gail Sheehy, "The Son Also
 Rises," Vanity Fair, March 1988]

If Robinson and Crowley missed Sheehy in 1988, they could have read Alex Jones
in 1992. Jones profiled Gore in the New York Times magazine:

JONES: Despite protestations that his childhood was normal, Gore seemed to grow
up much faster than most of his peers. "When I talked to him, I almost had to
look to see whether I was talking to a child or an adult," recalled Eleanor
Smotherman, Gore's second-grade teacher in Carthage. [Alex Jones, "Al Gore's
Double Life," The New York Times Magazine, October 25, 1992]

Jones elaborated on Gore's Tennessee experiences, describing his life when his
parents were off campaigning:

JONES: Usually, young Al was left in the care of Alota and William Thompson,
the tenant farmers who ran the Gores' spread outside Carthage, a small town
about 50 miles east of Nashville...[T]he Thompson home had no indoor plumbing
and was heated by a single coal-burning fireplace. Al shared a bed with the
Thompsons' only child, Gordon.

Marjorie Williams expanded this portrait in 1998, writing in Vanity Fair:

WILLIAMS: [I]n Carthage, "when he was around us, he never did mention his life
in Washington," says Gordon Thompson, the son of the couple who managed the
Gores' farm. "He brought himself down to our level. Because he knew, to get
along with us, he had to."

Gore's parents sometimes left him with the Thompsons for long periods; when he
was in the second grade, he lived with them from Christmas until the end of the
school year, sharing a bed with Gordon. They were the first of a series of
surrogate parents from whom he drew a needed warmth. [Marjorie Williams, "The
Chosen One," Vanity Fair, February 1998]

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Source of the above: http://www.dailyhowler.com/h051100_1.shtml

13. IowaPulse, "Q & A transcript of Al Gore's live IowaPulse chat 10/7/99":

http://www.iowapulse.com/al_gore/chat107.shtml

14. I've seen this myself.  Tape of the incident was run several times on the
Fox shows "Hannity and Colmes" and/or "The O'Reilly Factor"

15. Source:
http://www.algore.com/briefingroom/releases/pr_0620_nat_6.html

16. Jerry Taylor, "Gore's Earth Day Message," Cato Institute's Daily
Commentary, April 22, 2000

Web: http://www.cato.org/dailys/04-22-00.html

17. www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorelies.htm

18. Alison Mitchell, "A Three-Part Attack on Gore," New York Times, September
16, 2000

19. Howard Kurtz, "Bush Hits Gore on 'Real People' Issues," September 15, 2000

20. Alissa J. Rubin and Peter G. Gosselin, "Truth Emerges With a Few Creases,"
Los Angeles Times, October 18, 2000

Dismantling a Gore Lie List
Version 1.1
Keith Woodard


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