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Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2000 6:23 PM
Subject: Fw: The Real Al Gore
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> From: "Charles Clark" <cgclark@email.com>
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> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 9:32 AM
> Subject: The Real Al Gore
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>
> Good afternoon all. I'm Al Gore, and I'd like to tell you a little about
> myself. I know a lot about hardship, because I came into this world as a
> poor
> black child in a tiny town in the backwoods of Tennessee. I was born in a
> log
> cabin that I built with my own hands. I taught myself to read by
candlelight
> and helped support my 16 brothers and sisters by working summers as a deck
> hand on a Mississippi River steamboat. Frequently we would stop the ship
and
> I would cut and split five cords of wood for fuel overnight for the steam
> engines. My mother taught me the value of education, so every day, I would
> walk 5 miles to a one-room schoolhouse. I was a mischievous, fun loving
> scamp, though I never dreamed that one day, my youthful escapades would
> serve
> as the inspiration for "Huckleberry Finn."
>
> Back then, we Jewish black folks in the south were second-class citizens.
> One
> day, a traveling minister came through town, and I asked him if anyone was
> ever going to do something to guarantee civil rights for all Americans.
> Well,
> I guess I made an impression. You see, the minister's name was Martin
Luther
> King, Jr.
>
> My father was a United States Senator. He once perched me on his knee and
> said, "Son, if you work hard and listen to your mama, someday you can live
> in
> a hotel in Washington, DC and go to an exclusive prep school." As a young
> Hindu boy, these were very valuable lessons.
>
> But life of privilege was not for me. Being Chinese, after getting my high
> school diploma, I took a job in a hot, dirty textile mill. I was so
appalled
> at the treatment of the workers there that I organized a union. Later,
that
> experience inspired a movie - which is why, to this day, my close friends
at
> the AFL-CIO call me "Norma Rae." When word got out what an 18 year old
> factory worker had done, Harvard University called and offered me a
> scholarship. I captained the hockey team to four consecutive national
> championships, but I also played football and was good enough to win the
> Heisman Trophy. During my college years, I lived in a housing project and
> moonlighted writing songs and playing lead guitar for a little rock band.
>
> You may have heard of us - The Rolling Stones. I'm the one with the lips.
>
> But there was a war going on, and I felt I had to serve my country. So I
> enlisted in the U. S. Army and went to Vietnam. I was deeply opposed to
the
> war, but I did my duty as a soldier and came back home with the Medal of
> Honor and the Croix de Guerre. My battlefield expertise is current
requisite
> reading material for Officers Candidates to this very day. My being a
> wounded
> female officer serving in disguise as a journalist was a full time
project,
> but my military knowledge helped save tens of thousands of lives.
>
> Many cities in Southeast Asia are named after me to this very day. Statues
> of
> me are still commonplace in many official Government buildings in Vietnam.
>
> When I got back, I took a long journey across this great land of ours.
I've
> crossed the deserts bare, man, I've breathed the mountain air, man, I've
> traveled, I've done my share, man, I've been everywhere. I've hunted all
the
> dangerous species of big game in five continents using only a handmade
spear
> or my handmade laser sighted compound bow. And the people I met at truck
> stops and campgrounds and homeless shelters on that journey all said the
> same
> thing: "Al, we need you in Washington." I knew they were right, but first
I
> had to take care of some other business---building the World Trade Center,
> finding a low cost, more reliable nuclear weapon trigger design, founding
> the
> Audubon Society, doing the clinical research that proved smoking caused
> cancer, and coming up with the recipe for Mrs. Field's chocolate chip
> cookies. I was, in fact, the third (still silent) partner of Ben & Jerry
> with
> over half of the flavors personally developed by Tipper and me in our own
> kitchen. My extensive knowledge of Arctic Sea life keeps me busy in the
> research laboratory, but those endangered species need love too!
>
> Translating the Dead Sea scrolls is one of my favorite hobbies, and my
> current volume is in print in over 73 languages and is being studied in
> Seminaries worldwide. Being Indian, both Native American and the Mid East
> kind, this is valuable experience for me. Have towel and Tee Pee, will
> travel.
>
> Finally, I deferred to the demands of the people of Tennessee and allowed
> them to elect me to the House of Representatives and the Senate. And then
> one
> winter day nearly nine years ago, for no particular reason, I answered the
> call of the people once again and took the oath of office as Vice
President
> of the United States.
>
> I also invented the Internet. Since then, I've been part of the most
> successful administration in American history. My friend, Bill Gates has
> asked me many times why I gave him the ideas of software development and
> asked for no money. Gosh, it just wouldn't be right! Many times President
> Bill Clinton has been pondering some grave decision and has asked me what
to
> do. And when I would give him my thoughts, he would invariable say, "Of
> course. That's brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?" During the darkest
> days of the impeachment battles, the President told me he only wished he
had
> listened when I told him to stay away form that dark-haired intern with
the
> big hooters.
>
> So after I decided to run for president, I sat down with him and asked if
he
> had any suggestions about how to conduct my campaign. And Bill Clinton
gave
> me a few simple words of advice-words I'll never forget. He looked me in
the
> eye and he said, "Al, just tell the truth, it's always worked well for
me."
>
>
> Thanks! I'm Al Gore and I want to be your next President. You can trust
and
> believe me.
>
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