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Gore Urges President to Focus on Economy as he Has on Foreign Policy **with great photo**
Associated Press ^ | 10-2-02 | Will Lester

Posted on 10/02/2002 11:51:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Tipper Gore and the former vice president leave the Brookings Institute in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 after his economic policy speech. – RICK BOWMER | AP Photo
WASHINGTON—Al Gore urged President Bush on Wednesday to focus on the nation's stalled economy the way he has on international affairs because "America's economy is in big trouble."

Gore called for a short-term stimulus program that would include extended unemployment benefits and help for small businesses "to jolt the U.S. economy out of stagnation."

He warned against waiting until Congress returns next year to consider economic steps because "in the interim, a global recession - or worse - could already have taken hold."

"How can it be essential that the Congress authorize war prior to the election, but it be absolutely fine to wait until after the election to deal with the economy?" Gore asked, saying important domestic issues are not being debated five weeks before the elections.

The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee said Bush doesn't have to change his basic philosophy but does need to make economic adjustments to match current conditions.

"I am not asking the president to abandon his ideology," Gore said in a speech at the Brookings Institution. "I am suggesting that he should try to reconcile his ideology with the realities now being faced by the American people."

Gore, who is considering a run for president in 2004, said the country has a weak economy, faces a crisis in financial markets and is moving closer to war.

He urged Bush and congressional leaders to "undertake a complete reassessment of our current economic blueprint because what we are doing now is not working." He said the Bush administration needs to replace some members of its economic team, but when asked later who he was talking about, he declined to be specific.

He said the president has "tried to create the impression that our economic problems are primarily due to the terrorist attacks." But he said no objective economist could come to the same conclusion, adding that current economic policies have played a major role.

The president is "like a lost driver who won't stop to ask for directions."

"The president clutches his old plan and continues racing in the wrong direction, farther and farther into the economic wilderness," Gore said, "with the fate of nearly 300 million Americans in tow."

Gore said, "If we turn a blind eye to our weak economy, it will eventually undermine everything else we're trying to accomplish - from winning the war on terrorism to giving all families the economic opportunities they deserve."

He urged Bush to do what Ronald Reagan did at the same point in his presidency before the midterm elections of 1982 - reassess economic policy "to examine what is working and what is not."

The former vice president said there are some priorities that must be addressed, no matter what else is changed. Those include providing resources for homeland security and a fund to cover the estimated costs of war with Iraq as well as a short-term economic stimulus program, he said.

Gore's speech on the economy came a little more than a week after he criticized Bush policy on Iraq and the war on terrorism. A number of other Democrats followed those comments by stating their own concerns.

Republicans point to legislation passed by the Republican-led House but stalled in the Democratic-led Senate such as a pension overhaul, terrorism insurance and the federal budget.

"Al Gore went after Republicans and the president last week, which seemed to embolden some Democrats to the point of going to Baghdad and defending Saddam Hussein and attacking the president," said Republican national spokesman Jim Dyke. "I hope this doesn't embolden some Democrats with similar ill-conceived and unproductive ideas."


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1 posted on 10/02/2002 11:51:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

"I told you to lay off the weed Al"

2 posted on 10/02/2002 11:54:55 AM PDT by smith288
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Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, right, gestures while talking to reporters as she and the former vice president leave the Brookings Institute in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 after his economic policy speech. Gore urged President Bush to focus on the nation's stalled economy the way he has on international affairs because "America's economy is in big trouble." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
- Oct 02 12:33 PM ET

Former U.S. Vice President and 2000 presidential candidate Al Gore kisses his wife Tipper after delivering an economic policy speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington, October 2, 2002. Gore called on President to put the same priority on healing the economy as he has on foreign affairs and on dealings with Iraq. REUTERS/Hyungwon Kang
- Oct 02 1:09 PM ET

Former Vice President Al Gore gives an economic policy speech at the Brookings Institution in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002. Gore urged President Bush to focus on the nation's stalled economy the way he has on international affairs because "America's economy is in big trouble." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
- Oct 02 1:20 PM ET

3 posted on 10/02/2002 11:55:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Gore, get your shinebox.

The President's shoes need buffing.
4 posted on 10/02/2002 11:55:41 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
OMG! That photo!

Without their rich daddys, both these turds'd be running some gas station in Mule Shoe.

5 posted on 10/02/2002 11:55:43 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker
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To: smith288
Tipper...."I think the activation button is here"

albore ....."Duh......"

6 posted on 10/02/2002 11:56:23 AM PDT by spokeshave
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To: smith288
"You, get the jumper cables.

He's running down again."
7 posted on 10/02/2002 11:57:43 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
DUH
8 posted on 10/02/2002 11:58:45 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
I see that Algore is resorting to "The Kiss" as his past month of speechs have bombed.
9 posted on 10/02/2002 11:58:49 AM PDT by Phantom Lord
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Looks like old Algore has the blank look of a lobotomized VP on his silly face?
10 posted on 10/02/2002 11:58:59 AM PDT by zbogwan2
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To: smith288
"I'm warning you lumberjacks! Stay away from this tree!"
11 posted on 10/02/2002 11:58:59 AM PDT by Yankee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Al brought his gonads along for a change.
12 posted on 10/02/2002 12:00:13 PM PDT by What Is Ain't
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Man, what an unstable looking pair they are!
13 posted on 10/02/2002 12:00:40 PM PDT by freeperfromnj
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To: smith288
Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, right, gestures while talking to reporters as she and the former vice president leave the Brookings Institute in Washington Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2002 after his economic policy speech. Gore urged President Bush to focus on the nation's stalled economy the way he has on international affairs because "America's economy is in big trouble." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
Wed Oct 2,12:32 PM ET

14 posted on 10/02/2002 12:01:55 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Yankee
With enemies like these, who needs an argument? Nasty.
15 posted on 10/02/2002 12:02:04 PM PDT by smith288
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To: Registered
Ping!
16 posted on 10/02/2002 12:02:51 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

By the way, wasn't the line last week that the President was botching up the war and foreign policy?

17 posted on 10/02/2002 12:04:34 PM PDT by Miss Marple
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
What a picture. God loves America, they almost were the "first couple."
18 posted on 10/02/2002 12:05:27 PM PDT by RicocheT
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19 posted on 10/02/2002 12:05:42 PM PDT by Mo1
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To: NativeNewYorker
"Without their rich daddys, both these turds'd be running some gas station in Mule Shoe."

LOL! I was about to say the same thing, only I had Bug Tussle in mind.

20 posted on 10/02/2002 12:09:36 PM PDT by redhead
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