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Is Al Gore Still A Tennessean
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THE HERALD-NEWS, DAYTON, TENNESSEE,
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2000, P. A-4 (reprinted by permission)
Tennessee hasn't had a native son in the White House in more than a century. Certainly
most Tenseness would agree it would be good to have one of our own as president. The
question is whether Al Gore is still a Tennessean and whether we can afford for him to be
president.
Al Gore is not the man Tennesseans sent to Washington as vice president in 1992. He's
certainly not the same man Fourth District voters made the youngest Congressman in decades
at the tender age of 28, nor is he the same man Tennessee sent to the U.S. Senate by huge
margins in 1984 and 1990.
He has abandoned the conservative, Southern values for which we once elected him.
Let's look at some of the changes.
Al Gore once told The Herald-News he was "personally opposed" to abortion. He
also said he was against federal funding of abortions. Now Gore has positioned himself as
the great champion of abortion rights and even defends the barbaric practice of partial
birth abortions. America's youngest and most defenseless citizens would receive no
protection under a Gore presidency.
Ten years ago when Gore last ran for the Senate, The Herald-News supported him, in part
because he portrayed himself as a defender of the Second Amendment. Gore was a friend to
hunters and sportsmen and considered himself one.
Since then he has changed directions 180 degrees. He now supports national registration
and licensure of all guns and all gun owners. He is solidly in the gun control camp that
wants to eliminate all private ownership of handguns, semiautomatic rifles and pump
shotguns. Of course, the private security forces for the elite would still have easy
access to these weapons. Oh, and of course, so would the criminals.
On environmental issues Gore was once essentially mainstream. He believed in common sense
EPA regulations and continued private use of public lands by permit. Now when it comes to
environmental issues, Gore is on the fringe. He is more closely aligned with Katuah Earth
First!, that radical environmentalist, tree worshiping group that chained themselves to
concreted barrels to block access to Watts Bar Nuclear Plat three years ago, than with the
average Tennessee.
Gore writes in his book "Earth in the Balance: Ecology and the Human Spirit,"
"we must make the rescue of the environment the central organizing principle for
civilization." Surely we face greater issues than protecting the environment.
Once Gore told The Herald-News he believed it was an admirable thing for committed parents
to educate their children at home for religious or personal reasons. Now Gore supports a
National Education Association policy that would make it illegal for most families to home
school. It calls for all teachers, regardless of the type of school they teach in--public,
private, religious or home--to be licensed by the federal government and to only teach
"state approved" curriculum.
Tennesseans have historically valued their independence very highly, perhaps it is a
remnant of the pioneer spirit that built this great state. Unfortunately, Gore now
supports increasing control by the federal government in most area of our lives.
The bottom line is, Gore doesn't hold to the same conservative Southern values that led
Tennesseans to elect him six times to Congress. During his time in Washington, D.C., he
has forgotten his roots.
Al Gore may claim Tennessee. The question is, can Tennessee still claim Al Gore?
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