http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore
During his time in Congress, Gore was considered a “moderate” (he referred to himself as a “raging moderate”)[45] opposing federal funding of abortion, voting in favor of a bill which supported a moment in silence in schools, and voting against a ban on interstate sales of guns.[46] His position as a moderate (and on policies related to that label) shifted later in life after he became Vice President and ran for president in 2000.[47]
Madame, I’m from Tennessee. A lifelong resident, in fact. Gore has been a public figure in my state for 4 decades and his father for 4 before that. I have known that imbecilic, dishonest prima donna since I was in short pants. He was not a raging moderate. He was a left-winger. In 1988 he was so left wing that his vote was almost identical to Ted Kennedy. That was the man that Perry supported. Not a Conservative. Not a Moderate. A Socialist left-wing nutter. If you want to continue to use Perry’s talking points to insult the intelligence of people who KNEW Al Gore up close and personal and saw his radical voting record that he misrepresented to us Tennessee “hicks”, it speaks more to your credibility than it does to anything else.