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Tipper Considering Run for Senate in Tennessee, Source Say
AP/tbo.com ^ | Mar 14, 2002 | Nancy Zuckerbrod

Posted on 03/14/2002 7:04:55 PM PST by Geronimo

WASHINGTON (AP) - Tipper Gore is weighing an overture from Democrats to run for her husband's old Senate seat from Tennessee, sources close to her said Thursday.

The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said Democrats urged Mrs. Gore to run after Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., announced last Friday that he would not seek re-election.

One of the sources said Mrs. Gore was committed to public service and believed she owed it to herself to give some thought to a run.

Her husband, Al Gore, held the Senate seat from 1985 to 1993, before becoming vice president. Gore said he would not run for his old seat immediately after Thompson made his announcement.

One Democratic operative close to the Gores, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Mrs. Gore had received a handful of overtures from Democrats urging her to consider running for the Senate and Mrs. Gore was weighing them.

However, the official said that it does not appear likely that Mrs. Gore would run, given her tendency to shrink from the limelight during the presidential campaign and her general unease about the national political process.

Still, the official, said it was telling that Mrs. Gore did not reject the overtures out of hand. A Democratic official who spoke with Al Gore on Thursday said the former vice president said his wife was talking to people in Tennessee who are eager for her to run and is thinking through the possibility of a Senate campaign.

Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for the couple, said Mrs. Gore was in Los Angeles Thursday and could not immediately be reached.

Earlier, Cabrera said the Gores are house hunting in Nashville. Gore has been dividing his time between Washington and Tennessee, where he is teaching at two universities in the Nashville area.

Cabrera said the Gores will keep their farm near Carthage, where Gore's mother lives, as well as a house in Arlington, Va., that has been in Tipper Gore's family for 60 years.

Gore says he has not decided whether he will run for president again, but he recently formed a leadership political action committee that he says will support Democratic candidates nationwide.


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To: Geronimo
This is a joke right?
Is it written in the stars that we can't ever rid ourselves of the Clinton/Gore horror show?
21 posted on 03/14/2002 7:32:55 PM PST by ladyinred
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To: Geronimo
Please, God.....please, oh please, oh please, oh please, oh please let this be true.

Pleeeeeee-hee-hee-heeeeeease let this be true.

This country deserves a good laugh don't You think?

22 posted on 03/14/2002 7:33:18 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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To: Geronimo
This belongs in the "Humor" section ...

but I also said that about Hitlery!'s bid for office.

23 posted on 03/14/2002 7:34:10 PM PST by capitan_refugio
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To: Geronimo
Tipper Considering Run for Senate in Tennessee, Source Say

Say what?

24 posted on 03/14/2002 7:34:33 PM PST by Salvation
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To: Geronimo
I'm sure she's really in touch with what matters to the Tennesseans.
25 posted on 03/14/2002 7:35:40 PM PST by pnz1
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To: Rubber Ducky
Could we please add to your list that NONE of their spouses could work in offices directly connected to their "public service" job? ie: Daschle/Mrs.Daschle(that includes both Republicans and Democrats). I don't trust any of them.
26 posted on 03/14/2002 7:36:36 PM PST by kcvl
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To: pnz1
Someone post thre al and tipper clown photo for more laughs...tnx
27 posted on 03/14/2002 7:38:41 PM PST by spokeshave
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To: Geronimo
When I heard this on the tube (while I was making some popcorn with real butter, thank you very much), my head whipped around so fast I think I sprained my neck. I first said, "TIPPER????" The next thing I said was, "BWAHAHAHAHA!"

Thanks--I needed a good laugh at the end of the day.

28 posted on 03/14/2002 7:40:07 PM PST by Catspaw
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To: pnz1
These two, Al and Tipper, are so delusional that they are purchasing a mansion in Nashville because it looks like the White House. Al can play President every day and talk to his shadow cabinet.

Story from the Nashville Scene: Are the Gores Moving to Nashville? Couple have eyes on Belle Meade home

I guarantee you that any of you from any other state have spent more time in Tennessee in your lives than these 2 bozos.

29 posted on 03/14/2002 7:41:11 PM PST by JDGreen123
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To: Geronimo
If she runs, raise the carpetbagger issue

Having family in the state isn't enough. Ask her at public forums which of several new roads to take from one town to another - and show the sheeple how unconnected with Tennessee she really is.

And don't shy away from using her mental illness against her as an issue - she's admitted to having depression.

Algore in his own words, 1992-2000 - including Earth In The Balance

30 posted on 03/14/2002 7:42:06 PM PST by glc1173@aol.com
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To: Semi Civil Servant
LOL
31 posted on 03/14/2002 7:43:39 PM PST by Samwise
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To: GuillermoX
The loser Gore's have always tried to be emulate their gods, Bill and Hill.

Yep. Tipper is Hillary without quite the same amount of evil brainpower.

32 posted on 03/14/2002 7:44:22 PM PST by Dog Gone
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To: JDGreen123
Wow! If it's on your car, I'll proclaim you as the truest of true believers! I'll also venture a guess that you need a new car....LOL!
33 posted on 03/14/2002 7:45:22 PM PST by bourbon
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To: JDGreen123
I am probably wrong, but I always thought of Belle Meade as an "old money" neighborhood. It's not a shabby place, for sure.
34 posted on 03/14/2002 7:46:15 PM PST by pnz1
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To: Geronimo
...I don't know it means.
35 posted on 03/14/2002 7:50:27 PM PST by Consort
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To: Torie
What do you think of this?
36 posted on 03/14/2002 7:51:28 PM PST by crasher
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To: crasher
Anything to get away from Al. I understand. But it seems like nonsense to me, unless dirty lyrics in music is gaining traction again.
37 posted on 03/14/2002 7:54:18 PM PST by Torie
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To: Geronimo
Hillary/Tipper 2004!
38 posted on 03/14/2002 7:55:23 PM PST by eclectic
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To: Geronimo
So, when did they decide that a senate seat was a cure for middle-aged, bored wives?
39 posted on 03/14/2002 7:55:29 PM PST by McGavin999
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To: Geronimo
Jano Cabrera, a spokesman for the couple, said Mrs. Gore was in Los Angeles Thursday and could not immediately be reached.

Sayyyyyy.....is this guy any relation to Cuban cocaine trafficker and Clinton contributor Jorge Cabrera?

And, seeing as how hispanics pronounce the letter "g" as an "h", how do they pronounce Mrs. Gore?

40 posted on 03/14/2002 7:58:00 PM PST by Texas Eagle
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