~ as a child, worked for his father on the family farm getting up before dawn to help feed the livestock, clean out hog parlors, and help to clear and plow fields
~ as a young man, worked as a police/city hall newspaper reporter
10. Been there, done that
~ as a child, worked for his father on the family farm getting up before dawn to help feed the livestock, clean out hog parlors, and help to clear and plow fields
~ as a young man, worked as a police/city hall newspaper reporter
9. Honor, Integrity, Bravery 
~ volunteered for Vietnam, assigned near Saigon
~ didn't "defer" or hide inside the cockpit of an outmoded fighter jet in Texas
8. Brains 
~ unlike that other guy who barely made it out of Yale, Gore graduated with honors from Harvard
~ wrote "Earth in the Balance", a groundbreaking book that was #13 on the New York Times best seller list
7. Environment 
~ endorsed by the Sierra Club
~ chaired congressional hearings on toxic waste clean ups, including the Love Canal disaster
~ introduced legislation to re-establish Earth Day
~ helped launch a partnership with auto makers to develop fuel-efficient vehicles
~ clean air protections strengthened by the Clinton/Gore administration
6. Leadership 
~ first member to give a live televised speech from the House floor
~ co-sponsored the bill which created the Department of Education
~ introduced a comprehensive nuclear arms control plan
~ introduced the Campaign Limitation and Public Financing Act
~ introduced the Supercomputer Network Act of 1986, helping make the internet what it is today
~ introduced (along with Senator John McCain) legislation to stop proliferation of ballistic missile technology
5. Real Results 
~ cast the deciding vote for the Clinton/Gore 1993 Economic Plan, fueling the longest economic expansion in U.S. history
~ set goals of connecting every classroom to the Internet
~ presided over a meeting of the U.S.-Ukraine Binational Commission.
~ held town hall meeting to discuss ways to make our schools safer
~ cast the tie-breaking vote to close the gun show loophole
~ the first balanced budget in a generation signed by the Clinton/Gore administration
~ the landmark 1994 Crime Bill signed into law by the Clinton/Gore administration
4. True Compassion 
~ a family man who actually cares about ALL Americans, even if they don't happen to be millionaires or look a certain way
~ introduced the Working Families Tax Relief Act
~ together with wife Tipper, led a conference focusing on the role of fathers in the family
~ co-sponsored an earlier version of the Family and Medical Leave Act, which was later vetoed by BushDaddy, but eventually signed into law by President Clinton
~ the minimum wage increased by the Clinton/Gore administration
3. Health Care 
~ led congressional hearings on drug company pricing schemes
~ introduced the National Organ Transplant Act
~ helped bring about an agreement to strengthen the warnings on cigarette packs
~ called on Congress to pass comprehensive tobacco legislation to reduce youth smoking, and hosted a Youth Tobacco Roundtable
~ the largest investment in children's health care since 1965 signed into law by the Clinton/Gore administration
~ worked to defeat Republican efforts to cut Medicare
~ developed a plan for strengthening and preserving Medicare that will make sure ALL Medicare beneficiaries have access to a REAL prescription drug benefit.
2. EXPERIENCE
geez... I mean he's only been Second in Command of the most powerful nation in the world for the LAST EIGHT YEARS!!!
