Gore plans major speech on U.S. economy

Reuters ^ | 9-29-02

[Oldeconomybuyer]

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Al Gore, who launched a broad attack on President George W. Bush's Iraq policy last week, will give a "major" policy speech on the U.S. economy in Washington on Wednesday.

Stepping up his political profile as he prepares to make a decision on another run for the presidency, Gore will give the address at Washington's Brookings Institution, spokesman Jano Cabrera said.

Gore's Iraq speech in San Francisco last week galvanized Democratic concerns over Bush's plans for a military move against Baghdad and helped slow down what was expected to be quick congressional approval of a resolution on use of force.

Gore said Bush's focus on Iraq was a distraction in the war on terror and the president should make more of an effort to gain U.N backing for a move against Iraq.

The speech on economic policy comes as Democrats are desperately trying to switch attention away from Iraq and back to "kitchen table" domestic issues like the economy and jobs in the run-up to the Nov. 5 congressional elections.

Democrats plan a series of events in connection with this week's release of unemployment figures and quarterly retirement account records.

Gore's back-to-back major speeches are a dramatic increase in the political profile of the former vice president, who lost the White House to Bush in 2000 after a five-week recount battle in Florida, and they will surely increase speculation that he is preparing another presidential run.

After nearly a year of being largely out of the public eye, Gore began to make some public appearances earlier this year and has done some campaigning for Democratic candidates.

He has promised to make a decision on another run for the presidency by the end of the year.

The Iraq and economic speeches will double the major addresses he has given since the Florida recount battle. Earlier this year he spoke on foreign policy at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, and in April he spoke to the Florida Democratic Party's annual convention.

[Angelwood]

I'll try to find out the time. The Brookings Institute is a short walk away and I could show up outside with a sign and a LOCKBOX. If anyone has details, please let me know.

[Red Jones]

well, nobody can say that Bush hasn't given Gore lots of material for his speech.

Bush campaigned as standing for smaller government than the Democrats. But under Bush the federal budget in his 2'nd year is growing by 13.9%, the fastest growth in government since LBJ when we were paying for both the vietnam war and the great society. By comparison under clinton the share of the GDP that is federal government actually shrank very slightly.

The economy is going in the wrong direction under Bush. But Bush has got that triangulation thing going. His supporters believed his campaign promises, so there's no reason to keep them, he's convincing everyone how compassionate he is by spending the taxpayers' money just like a drunken sailor would spend his own money. Only one third of this increase in spending is due to homeland defense or security.

On top of that Mr. Compassionate last year made across-the-board real cuts from one year to the next of 5% in all medicaire payments to doctors and medical service providers. In Mr. Compassionate's third year he's now planning more deep cuts in Medicaire.

Something is terribly wrong about the way this man george bush is running domestic policies. In a sickening way it is very reminiscent of his father's regime.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Add in the sound of the chattering classes taking notes.

[RooRoobird14]

Hopefully Rob Reiner will write this diatribe, also. ROTFLOL!!!!!

[KC_Conspirator]

Run, Adlai! Run!

[ConservativeNewsNetwork]

Al,

Please keep up the good work. I used to be a staunch Republican, but seeing your speeches on CNN has changed my view of the world - for the better! I hope you keep up the good work, exposing the Republicans and Bush for what they are. All my friends agree - you were robbed in 2000 by a partisan supreme court, and, if in office, would have done a much better job with the economy and the response to 9/11. For what it's worth, I hope you run in '04, and continue to support your party before the upcoming elections, tirelessly campaigning all across the country.

Translation: Keep it up, sore loserman. Keep it up. You're the RNC's most potent advocate this year, but you're too dumb to realize it. All of America thinks you're a joke (except some sniveling sycophants in the press), and that rubs off on to whoever you support.

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[cincinnati65]

Precisely! The Libs have stuck their collective finger in the wind and determined that the Presidency in 2004 is out of reach, so Toon has thrown up Gore as a "straw man" candidate, so Hillary doesn't get drafted. Gore is too dim to figure out he's being used.

[dalebert]

ANd we all know how good he is at math.

[Sloth]

In a related story, I am planning a major bowel movement in the next day or two. Which way to the teevee cameras?

[Dick Bachert]

PLEASE, God, let it be!

[Radix]

Mommy, please make it stop!

[Dr. Frank fan]

Why is everyone in the media broadcasting and publicizing the speeches this private citizen makes like they are his lap-dog, or something?

Will they do the same for my speeches? Like Gore, I'm a private US citizen with opinions about stuff. That seems to be enough.

Unless of course I'm missing something.... ;)

[Radix]

Yo Red,

What is up with the dumb post?

Are you on drugs?

[Red Jones]

yo radix, I'm just telling it like it is;

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[Radix]

I see that you have a point.

What are we to do?

Should we elect Al Gore to the Highest Office?

Would that be brilliant?

We must use the cards that we are dealt.

Al Gore is just about the scariest person that I have ever seen that has actually had people vote for him to be the President of the USA!

Do you disagree with that?

[Red Jones]

no, i don't advocate voting for al gore. He's an environmental nut and a proven crook. I will continue to systematically criticize the Republicans and Bush though. at presidential level it is reasonable to vote for lesser of 2 evils. But I no longer go along with the idea of voting for incumbent republicans who are doing damage to america while in office. My congressman and my senator are republicans. I'm opposed to each of them because of specific things they've voted for in office that highly offend me. My motto is 'Throw The Bums Out'. I think we should vote against all incumbent legislators that offend us. For me that's republicans because that's who represents me. Our biggest mistake in politics as a people is to re-elect 95% of all incumbents. The way they behave it should be 30%. That's my view. I used to be a loyal republican. Not any more. It's not the democrats who convinced me of this new attitude, it's the republicans. If the politics inside the republican party were reagan's politics, then I'd be very loyal. But instead we have people dominating very strongly who are hostile to america. I don't like that. Too bad if you see it different. These problems with the republicans have been coming on for 15 years. It didn't happen overnight. I view the republicans as just as hostile to american interests on an overall basis as the democrats are.

[Radix]

I agree with you on everything that you say!