Will someone please put Algore's face in one of those "hats"?!(from the Belle Meade Fox Hunt) LOL!
Posted on 06/29/2002 7:09:58 PM PDT by TLBSHOW
Gore Vows More Spontaneous Campaign
Gore Promises More Spontaneous, Less Restrained Campaign if He Runs for President in 2004
MEMPHIS, Tenn. June 29 — Al Gore told top Democratic fund-raisers Saturday that the party's 2000 campaign had too many consultants and that if he runs for president again he will speak from the heart and "let it rip."
The former vice president attended a weekend retreat with about 60 fund-raisers and Democratic Party activists from across the country.
Reporters were barred from the meetings, but aides and others said Gore promised a different kind of campaign than the Democrats ran in 2000, when he lost to George W. Bush.
Gore said that campaign had "too much strategy, too many consultants giving too much advice," said Chris Korge, a party fund-raiser from Miami.
"If he were to do this again ... he would not be so guarded. He would let it rip and let the chips fall where they may," Korge quoted Gore as saying.
Strategy sessions for this year's November elections were the main focus of the retreat.
In brief comments in a hotel hallway, Gore said he was "extremely encouraged by the level of enthusiasm ... that we're going to have a successful 2002 election."
He said that that encouragement also applied to his possible second run for the presidency.
"Well, sure, but I'm not addressing that decision this weekend and probably won't until after the first of the year," he said.
Gore said he "would spend more time speaking from the heart" on "the basic challenges of the country."
"We're at a time when very basic decisions have to be made about the direction of our country, and I don't think the American people want to see small tactical moves in one direction or another" by political candidates, he said.
Since the 2000 election, the former Tennessee congressman and senator has spent a lot of time in his home state, where he and wife Tipper recently bought a $2.3 million home in Belle Meade, an affluent community bordering Nashville.
Gore said he plans to campaign heavily in Tennessee for the state's Democratic candidates for U.S. Senate and governor.
In fact, of all 95 county governments, none got as much Hall money as Belle Meade. Shelby, the state's most populous county, received just over $2 million. Knox got $806,000.
The Belle Meade Hunt is one of the few fox hunts in the Southeast. From the blessing of the hounds, to the "Tally Ho" wagon, it is an exciting and unique experience. Held from November to March, the Belle Meade Hunt draws from all over the United States and from as far as Europe.
Will someone please put Algore's face in one of those "hats"?!(from the Belle Meade Fox Hunt) LOL!
MJY has just shown a talent for graphics. How about it MJY
Belle Meade Plantation
The "Queen of the Tennessee Plantations." You'll get the whole picture of life on the plantation as you take the walking tour of the grounds & outbuildings. You'll love your guided tour of the 1853 Mansion; and experience true Southern hospitality as you conclude your Mansion visit by sipping a Mint Julep or Lemonade outside on the veranda. lol! (yes, Al, you know how the "working Americans" live. /sarcasm
The wealthiest of all areas in Nashville. Million-dollar homes, old money. West on West End which becomes Harding Road. A carriage house in this area would be heaven - but probably very expensive!
Hey a great location for a still.
I thought it was funny.
Not out of the realm of possibility when you look at the rolls of fat and sweat he displays.
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