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GORE WATCH
As the campaign progresses, this space will follow Al Gore’s “progress” on the campaign trail, highlighting his radical agenda and political follies. Oh, Donna Part I Al Gore’s campaign manager Donna Brazile has delineated who the Democrats are out to support: “The four pillars of the Democrat Party are African-Americans, labor, women, and what I call our ethnic minorities," she said. In a Washington Post interview, she added “The emerging constituencies are environmentalists, gays and lesbians, and those with physical disabilities.” Which is fine and dandy, but what ever happened to standing up for the interests of the middle-class? Whatever noises Al Gore has made in the past about being a “New Democrat” seem to have disappeared. Oh, Donna Part II Controversial Gore campaign manager Donna Brazile— who had been fired from Democrat Michael Dukakis’ campaign in 1988 for encouraging the media to scrutinize then Vice-President Bush’s marital fidelity— has been quoted on Bloomberg.com with a new zinger: “Republicans bring out [Retired General] Colin Powell and [Congressman] J.C. Watts because they have no program, no policy. They play that game because they have no other game. They have no other game. They have no love and no joy. They’d rather take pictures with black children than feed them.” Unlike Dukakis, however, Gore has lacked the integrity to fire Brazile or to apologize for his subordinate’s outrageous statements. To date, he has turned a deaf ear to Congressman Watt’s letter reminding him that “a President should lead all Americans.” It seems Al Gore would rather not lead anyone at all than risk upsetting the entrenched leadership of liberal minorities. A Close Friend of Corruption Al Gore’s threshhold for tolerating corruption and governmental abuse doesn’t stop with defending Bill Clinton’s misdeeds. Gore’s campaign manager Tony Coelho, has, among other things, made American taxpayers liable for a $300,000 deal he made with the president of a Lisbon bank, improperly used $150,000 worth of donated airline tickets and upgrade passes, and lived large in Lisbon, chauffered in a Mercedes-Benz limousine and holding down an $18,000 a month apartment. He also had his niece put on the taxpayer’s payroll, and arranged two stepsons of the US Ambassador to Portugal to be hired at inflated salaries. What is Al Gore’s response to these revelations about his campaign manager’s shady dealings? He’s “doing a terrific job. He’s my close friend, and he’s going to continue doing a great job.” (CBS, Face the Nation, October 3, 1999). |
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