OpinionNovember 2, 2000
SPEAK OUT
AL GORE claims he has reduced the size of government by more than 300,000 people. According to the 2000 budget proposal, the Department of Defense accounts for 286,000, or 94 percent, of 305,000 fewer government employees. Leave it to Gore to decimate the military and then claim credit for reducing the federal bureaucracy...
Having it both ways
AL GORE claims he has reduced the size of government by more than 300,000 people. According to the 2000 budget proposal, the Department of Defense accounts for 286,000, or 94 percent, of 305,000 fewer government employees. Leave it to Gore to decimate the military and then claim credit for reducing the federal bureaucracy.
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Double standard
I DON'T understand the chop-logic of Republican thinking. When Bill Emerson died, it was perfectly acceptable for Mrs. Emerson to fill her husband's place. Now that Mrs. Carnahan is carrying on her husband's legacy, it is the inappropriate thing to do. Some of you are so crass as to question her grieving process. This is a further example of the family values which you Republicans love to tout. My vote is for Carnahan.
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