[Cincinatus' Wife]

Hmm a mere 5 years after Perry was Al Gore's Texas campaign manager

It's been proven Perry endorsed Gore in 1988 for the primary (was not a part of his campaign) -- which Dukakas won because Gore was 2nd amendment, pro-Life, moment of silence, family values guy until he ran with Clinton.

In 1989 Rick Perry moved to the growing Republican party in Texas (along with and joining other conservative Democrats like Phil Gramm). In 1998 Perry became Texas' first Republican Lt. Gov. since Reconstruction -- very Reaganesque -- and Perry voted twice for Ronald Reagan.

[Ingtar]

...Gore was 2nd amendment, pro-Life, moment of silence, family values guy until he ran with Clinton.

He did not seem that way to us Tennesseeans.

[AuH2ORepublican]

“It’s been proven Perry endorsed Gore in 1988 for the primary (was not a part of his campaign) — which Dukakas won because Gore was 2nd amendment, pro-Life, moment of silence, family values guy until he ran with Clinton.”

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While it is true that Gore was viewed by most observers to be the least liberal of the Democrats seeking the 1988 presidential nomination, he had already become a liberal Democrat a few years before he ran for president. Here is Al Gore’s voting record on abortion while in the House and Senate: http://nchla.org/keyresults.asp?state=&locale=checkcongper&congper=Gore&zip=&plusfour=&year=1975&year2=1992&issue=&terms=-1&bills=-1&vote=&displaysize=10&displaystarts=1&displaystarth=1&submit=Search+Key+Votes&displaystarts=11&displaystarts=21&displaystarts=31&displaystarts=1&displaystarth=11&displaystarth=21&displaystarth=31&displaystarth=21&displaystarth=11&displaystarth=1

Gore was generally pro-life in the House (he cast a handful of pro-abortion votes over the years), but within less than a year of joining the Senate in 1985 he was 100% pro-abortion (he did cast a couple of pro-life votes as a first-year Senator).

I don’t have his voting record on guns and other issues, but by 1988 Gore had already abandoned his “conservative Democrat” charade in order to be viable in a national Democrat primary.

Then again, I don’t think that Rick Perry’s support for Gore in the 1988 Democrat primary (before going on to vote for George H.W. Bush in the general) means that he’s a closet liberal, anymore than Herman Cain’s $250 contribution to José Serrano in 1993 means that he’s a closet communist.

[Impy]

Stop posting this retread LIE. Al Gore was NEVER very conservative and was already pro-choice in 1988. This has been PROVEN. Enough!!