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President Clinton: “I’m not ashamed of the fact that [the House of Representatives] impeached me.” Clinton’s non-denial denial, on whether he seeks pardon: “I have no interest in it, I wouldn’t ask for it, I don’t think it would be necessary . I am prepared to stand before any bar of justice I have to stand before.” Clinton, responding to 9-year-old boy asking how president uses his computer: “I confess I don’t use it much for e-mail, but that’s for very personal reasons . If you work for the government, you don’t use e-mail very much unless you want it all in the newspapers.”

Al Gore, to gay activists on getting their endorsement: “It was politically incorrect for you to say your preference was Al Gore, but it’s okay to say you were oriented towards me.” In Washington Post profile, Gore credits own role in “dinner table debates” with father to explain Albert Gore Sr.’s support of civil-rights legislation in 1960s . Actor Rick Schroeder calls Gore a “phony” in George: “He’s been in Washington way too long. He’s so calculating.” Former Carter chief of staff Hamilton Jordan, on how he’ll vote this November, in Washington Post: “I’ll probably write in John McCain.” Gore, on whether he would choose a Republican running mate: “I don’t completely rule it out.” In Rasmussen Research poll, George W. Bush pulls ahead of Gore in California, 37 percent to 36 percent . Bush taps former defense secretary Dick Cheney to head vice-presidential selection process. Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson named head of platform committee for GOP convention . In Princeton Research Associates poll of hypothetical match-up, Bush leads Clinton, 49 percent to 44 percent.

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President Clinton: “I’m not ashamed of the fact that [the House of Representatives] impeached me.” Clinton’s non-denial denial, on whether he seeks pardon: “I have no interest in it, I wouldn’t ask for it, I don’t think it would be necessary . I am prepared to stand before any bar of justice I have to stand before.” Clinton, responding to 9-year-old boy asking how president uses his computer: “I confess I don’t use it much for e-mail, but that’s for very personal reasons . If you work for the government, you don’t use e-mail very much unless you want it all in the newspapers.”

Al Gore, to gay activists on getting their endorsement: “It was politically incorrect for you to say your preference was Al Gore, but it’s okay to say you were oriented towards me.” In Washington Post profile, Gore credits own role in “dinner table debates” with father to explain Albert Gore Sr.’s support of civil-rights legislation in 1960s . Actor Rick Schroeder calls Gore a “phony” in George: “He’s been in Washington way too long. He’s so calculating.” Former Carter chief of staff Hamilton Jordan, on how he’ll vote this November, in Washington Post: “I’ll probably write in John McCain.” Gore, on whether he would choose a Republican running mate: “I don’t completely rule it out.” In Rasmussen Research poll, George W. Bush pulls ahead of Gore in California, 37 percent to 36 percent . Bush taps former defense secretary Dick Cheney to head vice-presidential selection process. Wisconsin governor Tommy Thompson named head of platform committee for GOP convention . In Princeton Research Associates poll of hypothetical match-up, Bush leads Clinton, 49 percent to 44 percent.