IJMC - Al Gore Steals the Podium From Quayle

Mr. Potato(e) watch out, we have a new Veep for you to watch out for! I 
feel I really should check the validity of some of these quotes so be 
warned, I am not sure these are gospel. Either way, they make for fun 
reading...quick mention, the reason for three posts at once is that my 
local phone (near-)monopoly decided my service was coming through too 
well and that they needed to fix it...so my phone services have been iffy 
which includes my ADSL internet and my dialup. Allow me to say that some 
of my telephony is working now...not all. <sigh> Life moves on, and at 
least I can get out to the internet again...                        -dave


Get ready for the Al Gore reviews which is likely to accelerate as we
near the  next presidential election.  Here's a little preliminary
flavor.

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  Heaven help us.
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 Is it Yogi Berea?  Is it Dan Quayle? No!...


 IT'S AL GORE, OUR VICE PRESIDENT!!!!

 "If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."  --Al Gore

 "Democrats understand the importance of bondage between a mother
  and child."-Vice President Al Gore

 "Welcome to President Clinton, Mrs. Clinton, and my fellow astronauts."

       --Vice President Al Gore

 "Mars is essentially in the same orbit... Mars is somewhat the same
 distance from the Sun, which is very important. We have seen
 pictures where there are canals, we believe, & water. If there is
 water, that means there is oxygen. If oxygen, that means we can
 breathe."-Vice  President  Al Gore, 8/11/94

  "The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I  mean
in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't 
live in this century."
       -- Vice President Al Gore, 9/15/95

  "I believe we are on an irreversible trend toward more freedom and
  democracy - but that could change."  --Vice President Al Gore, 5/22/98

  "One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice
  president, & that one word is 'to be prepared'."  --Vice President
  Al Gore, 12/6/93

  "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things."-Vice President
       Al Gore, 11/30/96

  "I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments
  in the future."-Vice President Al Gore

  "The future will be better tomorrow."  Vice President Al Gore

  "We're going to have the best-educated American people in the
   world."-Vice President Al Gore, 9/21/97

  "People that are really very weird can get into sensitive positions
  and have a tremendous impact on history."-Vice President Al Gore

  "I stand by all the misstatements that I've made."-Vice President
       Al Gore to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/93

  "We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have
   a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe."-Vice
       President Al Gore

  "Public speaking is very easy."  --Vice President Al Gore to reporters
in 10/95

  "I am not part of the problem. I am a Democrat."  --Vice President
       Al Gore

  "A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the
   polls."-Vice President Al Gore

  "When I have been asked who caused the riots and the killing in
  L.A., my answer has been direct & simple: Who is to blame for the
  riots? The rioters are to blame. Who is to blame for the killings?
  The killers are to blame.-Al Gore

  "Illegitimacy is something we should talk about in terms of not
  having it."       --Vice President Al Gore, 5/20/96

  "We are ready for any unforeseen event that may or may not occur."
       Vice-President Al Gore, 9/22/97

  "For NASA, space is still a high priority."-Vice President Al
       Gore, 9/5/93

  "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our
   children."-Vice President Al Gore, 9/18/95

  "The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that
   Al Gore may or may not make."-Vice President Al Gore

  "We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you
  on the mistakes we may or may not have made."-Vice President Al Gore

  "It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the
impurities in our air and water that are doing it."-Vice President Al Gore

  "[It's] time for the human race to enter the solar system."
       -- Vice President Al Gore

  AND, OF COURSE, (TO ALL USERS OF THE INTERNET), THE ALL TIME
  FAVORITE QUOTATION OF MR. AL GORE:

   "As many of you know, I was very instrumental in the founding of the
Internet"
      --AL Gore to Katie Couric 3/99