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VOTE GORE!!--HAHA
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VOTE; My Incredible Journey"
The Life and Times of Albert Arnold Gore Jr.
I'm Al Gore, and I'd like to tell you 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.
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."
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
called and offered me a scholarship. I captained Harvard's football team
to four consecutive national championships, and won the Heisman Trophy.
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 Navy
Cross and the Croix de Guerre.
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.
And the people I met at truckstops 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, founding the United Nations, doing the
clinical research that found the cure for cancer, and writing
Shakespeare's plays.
Finally, I deferred to the demands of the people of Tennessee and allowed
them to elect me to the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. And then
one winter day nearly nine years ago, for no personal reason at all, I
answered the call of the people once again and took the oath of office as
Vice President of the United States.
Since then, I've been part of the most successful administration in
American history. Many times 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 battle, the president told me
he only wished he had listened when I told him to stay away from that
dark-haired intern.
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 for me."
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