I used to think that Gore was a fairly moderate/conservative Democrat. From the south and all, at least he talked a decent game. I totally agree that Gore transformed into this caricature over the last 10 years or so... As for Perry, dunno still, I am skeptical, but still evaluating.
“I used to think that Gore was a fairly moderate/conservative Democrat. From the south and all, at least he talked a decent game. I totally agree that Gore transformed into this caricature over the last 10 years or so... As for Perry, dunno still, I am skeptical, but still evaluating.”
Actually, my problem with Perry supporting Gore back then was not really Gore, but rather how any conservative could campaign for ANYONE from the Democratic Party to be president after the Democrats nearly impeached Reagan over Iran-Contra (starting in late 1986). You’d think Perry would have figured out, really quickly, just who the Democrats were, and ran for the hills (like Phil Gramm did 5 years earlier and Reagan years before that). Instead, he tried to make one of them (albeit still pretty much moderate) the next president.
But this article make me wonder just how moderate Gore even was back then...