“I’ve been vice president for seven years and two months and 28 days,” vice president Al Gore says in recently released transcript of April fundraising interview. “Before that, I was a member of the United States Senate for eight years and 18 days.” In same interview, Gore says he cannot remember if infamous event at a California Buddhist temple was a fundraiser and could only remember attending one White House coffee—records show he attended 23. . . . George W. Bush speaks to NAACP … In an “election-year advisory” IRS warns tax-exempt organizations to stay away from political activities. . . . Feminist writer Naomi Wolf is back on Gore payroll, advising on “youth issues” and Internet. … In letter to Catholic League president William Donohue, Gore refuses to tone down support of international gay-pride event in Rome. . . . Day after Supreme Court’s 5—4 partial-birth-abortion decision, Tipper Gore warns supporters gathered for “Women for Gore” rally, “Take a look at what the Supreme Court did yesterday and realize how thin, thin, our margin of support is.”. . . Gore’s Tennessee tenants, the Mayberrys, moving to Ohio. . . . America Chews 2000 sells cookies with likenesses of Bush and Gore on their website (www.americachews.com). As of printing, 21,757 Bush cookies have been sold compared to 10,894 Gore cookies.
On eve of missile-defense test 50 U.S. Nobel-prize laureates warn president that deployment of missile-defense shield would be “premature, wasteful, and dangerous.” . . . Arkansas supreme court moves to have Bill Clinton’s law license revoked for “serious misconduct” in Paula Jones suit. After four judges with ties to Clinton step aside, Republican appointee to hear case. . . . Arkansas Republican congressman Jay Dickey accuses president of aiding opponent’s campaign in retaliation for Dickey’s involvement in impeachment. . . . Ladies’ Home Journal poll reveals that by nearly four to one, mothers would rather their children grow up to be Nobel prize-winning scientists than president. Only job that rates lower: movie star.




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