[dk/coro]

Talk about protracted discomfort ! Think about this:

As a young commander recently returned from SEA, I had the pleasure of serving as Adm. Thomas H. Moorer's Personal Aide in 1967-68 during his first years at CNO. His Quarters at that time was the Mansion at the Naval Observatory -- more recently occupied by our serving Vice Presidents.

Just think how I felt those eight horrific years as I watched Gore and Tipper sully the heritage and history of that magnificent national treasure.

Every time I saw pictures or read of Gore's linkage to the Residence I felt like going into the bathroom and getting sick. I may very well have done so on more than one occasion!

So many wonderful memories of our Naval leaders sullied by the likes of this political flotsam really takes its toll on Naval persons who cherish our great country and have some sense of its historical precedents.

Gore's encampmment at the Naval Observatory was an abomination !!

Thank you. I feel better now; regrettably I have carried this anguish for a long time. /s/ dk/coro

[Quilla]

I can't recall specifics, but in a futher show of respect, didn't the Gores scrawl messages on the walls of the Mansion before their departure?