| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Two questions: Is abortion acceptable? Who should decide?
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Budget & Economy
Deficit Hawk for balancing 1993 budget, but not ideological.
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Civil Rights
Tipper & Al pushed for voluntary record lyric labeling.
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Drugs
Smoked pot recreationally, but kept it separate from work.
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Energy & Oil
Pushed for BTU tax on coal & gas, in 1993.
Pushed emissions trading plan at Kyoto greenhouse summit.
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Environment
Co-sponsored first Superfund bill, on Love Canal.
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Families & Children
Son’s accident taught Gore sensitivity & better parenting.
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Free Trade
Debate with Perot was instrumental in passing NAFTA.
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Government Reform
Gore as reporter uncovered City Hall zoning scandal.
Supported “PAC participation in the political process”.
“Reinvention” caused some reform, but nothing fundamental.
Fundraising from White House? Maybe. Candor & caution? No.
Buddhist temple fundraiser: overzealous but probably legal.
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Gun Control
Supported gun rights in 1970s, because his constituents did.
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Health Care
Could “never vote against” anti-smoking lobby.
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Homeland Security
Even as student at anti-war Harvard, Gore intended to serve.
Concluded Vietnam was a mistake, but had valid purpose.
Called for replacing MIRVed MX with single-warhead Midgetman.
Against SDI & more carriers; for Grenada & nuclear freeze.
Quicker than Clinton to favor force; but avoided it in Haiti.
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Principles & Values
Al & Tipper as model for “Love Story”?
Born-again Baptist; serves God & obeys God’s will.
Congressional campaign style: hard work & cautiousness.
In Congress, called himself a “raging moderate”.
“One of our greatest Pres.” but “disappointed” by Clinton.
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Technology
Assisted heavily with invention of Internet in 1989.
Supported V-Chip; pushed TV execs for rating system.
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War & Peace
Supported early action in Bosnia; no “Vietnam syndrome”.
Committed to the survival & security of Israel.
Supported Gulf War; costs of war less than alternative.
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