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From:sherri.sera@enron.com
To:steven.kean@enron.com
Subject:FW: The truth about Al Gore
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Date:Tue, 10 Oct 2000 01:50:00 -0700 (PDT)

Is this why he "scares" you? SRS


< Subject: Important Information for the November Election
<
< I say if you're going to vote for him, at least know what you are voting
< for.
< Hopefully, you won't vote for 4 more years of this kind of leadership.
< Share this with everyone you know, please.
<
< Reprinted from the Internet News Bureau article "Al Gore's 21 Lies"
<
< DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER PATHOLOGICAL LIAR FOR PRESIDENT?
<
< 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 sweetheart 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
< (Also
< known as lying).
<
< 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
< and radical gay activists where he told them that he would only pretend
to
< "nudge them" if elected. He raised over $4 million.
<
< 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 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 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)
<
< 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." SOUND FAMILIAR?
<
< Election Day is ticking away. E-mail this to as many people as possible
or
< we
< will be living in an Al Gore fantasyland!
<
<