No, the FACT is that Gore had a pro-abortion voting record THROUGHOUT his Senate career, and was in the pro-abortion camp when he ran for President in 1988 (in public, he'd claim to be "socially moderate", but so does every other pro-abortion politician including many Senators today... Mark Kirk has a 100% rating from NARAL but says he "socially moderate") Every source I've read backs that up. If you want to dispute that, feel free to cite all the "pro-life" votes Al Gore cast after 1985. Good luck finding any.
>> Gore and Tipper were also an early Family Values model. <<
Algore & Tipper in the 1980s were best known for only one "conservative" initiative: crusading against "obscene lyrics" in the music industry and arguing with John Denver about whether his song "Rocky Mountain High" promoted drug use. As a result of Gore's hearings on "obscene" music, we have "Warning! Explict Lyrics" labels on CDs, which makes them sell better than CDs without the warning. If that makes him "conservative", then all the other socialist RATs & RINOs who hold hearing on censoring violent video games and protesting Abercrombie & Fitch are "family values conservative" too. Please.
>> Gore was more conservative that you and others on this thread want to admit because it weakens your case against Perry. <<
Sorry, I will not admit that a 9% rating conservative rating from the ACU in 1988 made Gore "more conservative" than he is today. If you want me to use that standard, then you must "admit" Diane Feinstein and Herb Kohl are "conservative Democrats" today, since they earned the SAME score last year. Voting liberal 91% of the time in the Senate makes you liberal. I'm not going to pretend that's "conservative" or even "moderate". Gore was a liberal in 1988 and Rick Perry knew it when he chaired his campaign.
If Perry and his fan club could just man up and ADMIT Perry supported a liberal and get Ricky to say he was wrong humbly apologize for opposing Reaganism, they'd earn a great deal more respect on FR. Nobody is drinking your history revisionism kool-aid.
(who do we trust? Billy Boy or the Director for the National Right to Life PAC?)
Al Gore’s Relentless Promotion of Abortion
By Carol Tobias, NRL PAC Director
Although there are many pro-life Democrats, the national Democratic Party has once again selected a presidential candidate who believes there should be absolutely no restrictions on abortion and would offer no protection for unborn children who are deemed “unwanted.” In the case of Vice President Al Gore, compounding this unfortunate reality is that early in his career Gore voted much differently. As a member of the United State House of Representatives from 1977 to 1984, Gore compiled an 84% pro-life voting record. He also responded to many constituents with letters that appeared to be pro-life.
However, after being elected to the Senate in 1984, Gore switched his position. He quickly began to assemble a strongly pro-abortion voting record.
http://www.nrlc.org/news/2000/NRL04/carol.html
It happened 23 years ago and obviously bothers you a lot more than me.