1. snopes.com: Al Gore's Energy Use ••••
Al Gore's home uses twenty times as much energy as the average American home?
  ...Home --> Politics --> Business --> Al Gore's Energy Use Al Gore's Energy Use Claim: Al Gore's residence uses considerably more energy than the...
  ...Al Gore's Personal Energy Use Is His Own "Inconvenient Truth" Gore's home uses more than 20 times the national average Last night, Al Gore's...
  ..."As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:50:57 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/gorehome.asp

2. snopes.com: Al Gore in Vietnam ••••
Did influential friends get Al Gore's tour of duty in Vietnam cut short?
  ...Military --> Al Gore in Vietnam Al Gore in Vietnam Claim: Influential friends ensured that a "special dispensation" cut short Al Gore's tour of...
  ...Al Gore in Vietnam Having posted a little tickler in last week's Digest about Al Gore's 141 days in Vietnam," The Federalist Editorial Board was...
  ...U.S. senator and vice-president Al Gore, Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1969. Although his choosing a two-year enlistment (the same as if he'd...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:41:00 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/gorevietnam.asp

3. snopes.com: Al Gore War Vote ••••
Did Al Gore sell his Gulf War vote?
  ...Claim: Al Gore offered to sell his Senate vote on a 1991 Gulf War resolution to whichever side would give him more publicity. Example: [Collected on...
  ...coming to ask for a favor. Who was that man? It was Tennessee Sen. Al Gore Jr. Sen. Gore got right to the point: "How much time will you give me if I...
  ...wanted to do, but instead something I have to do. I was there and witnessed Al Gore putting politics over principle. The Gore campaign is now running...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:01 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/gorevote.asp

4. snopes.com: Al Gore Invented the Internet ••••
Did Al Gore claim that he 'invented' the Internet?
  ...Vice-President Al Gore claimed that he "invented" the Internet. Origins: Despite the derisive references that continue even today, Al Gore did not...
  ...nor did he say anything that could reasonably be interpreted that way. The "Al Gore said he 'invented' the Internet" put-downs were misleading,...
  ...that created the highway system, and this was the very same concept Al Gore was expressing about himself with his Internet statement. Whether Gore's...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:36:44 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp

5. snopes.com: Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son •••
Was the Creedence Clearwater Revival song 'Fortunate Son' inspired by Al Gore, Jr.?
  ...by Al Gore, Jr. Examples: [Collected via e-mail, 2006] In the CCR song, "Fortunate Son", is the senator's son referred to in the lyrics Al Gore?...
  ...Was the CCR song "Fortunate Son" written about Al Gore or George W. Bush? Or did this song have nothing to do with either of them? Origins: Creedence...
  ...enough to be widely recognized: former U.S. senator and U.S. vice-president Al Gore, Jr., whose father represented Tennessee in the U.S. Senate from 1953...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:53:32 GMT http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/fortunate.asp

6. snopes.com: A Tale of Two Houses •••
George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch compared to Al Gore's energy-expending mansion.
  ...Claim: E-mail compares George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch with Al Gore's energy-expending mansion. Example: [Collected via e-mail, 2007] LOOK...
  ...It is the abode of that renowned environmentalist (and filmmaker) Al Gore. HOUSE # 2 (model eco-friendly house) is on a ranch near Crawford, Texas....
  ...between the homes of President George W. Bush and former vice-president Al Gore began circulating on the Internet in March 2007 (shortly after the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:05 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

7. snopes.com: Earth in the Balance •••
Does Al Gore's book 'Earth in the Balance' say that to believe in Biblical prophecy is 'unforgiveable'?
  ...Claim: In his book Earth in the Balance, Senator Al Gore wrote that Christians are a "blight on the environment" and that "to believe in Bible prophecy...
  ...VP Al Gore, in his book EARTH IN BALANCE, p.342 Origins: Neither this quote nor anything like it appears in Senator Al Gore's 1992 book Earth in...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/language/document/earthbalance.asp

8. snopes.com: Horse Thief Ancestor •••
Was a distant relative of Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Ted Stevens, Harry Reid, or Joe Biden a horse thief and train robber?
  ...After letting Al Gore and his staff of professional image consultants peruse the findings, they decided to crop Gunther's picture, scan it in as an...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:47 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/horsethief.asp

9. snopes.com: Secret Service Opinions of Clintons •••
A former Secret Service agent gives his unvarnished opinion of the Clinton, Gore, and Bush families.
  ...Al Gore was the male version of Hillary Clinton. They were more friendly toward each other than either of them were towards former President Clinton....
  ...Al Gore was far more left wing and very hateful, not just politically opposed, to Republicans than Clinton. Al Gore resented Bill Clinton and thought he...
  ...did have some good qualities where Al Gore and Hillary had none in the view of their security details. Al Gore, like Hillary, was very rude and...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:58 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/secretservice.asp

10. snopes.com: John Coleman on Global Warming •••
Comments by Weather Channel founder John Coleman refute global warming?
  ...You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there...
  ...That's the battle cry of the High Priest of Global Warming Al Gore and his fellow, agenda driven disciples as they predict a calamitous outcome from...
  ...into decline. Earth has cooled for almost ten straight years. So, I ask Al Gore, where’s the global warming? The cooling trend is so strong that...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:26 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/coleman.asp

11. snopes.com: Irena Sendler •••
Irena Sendler, a candidate for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is credited with saving 2,500 Polish Jews from the Holocaust.
  ...Al Gore won, for a slide show on Global Warming. Check it out: www.irenasendler.org Origins: On 12 May 2008, Irena Sendlerowa (commonly known as...
  ...Panel on Climate Change and former U.S. Vice-President Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. "for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about...
  ...foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change." (Al Gore was also involved with another significant award in 2007, when An...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:38:52 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/sendler.asp

12. snopes.com: Politician Quotes Wrong Bible Verse •••
Politician cites the wrong verse as his favorite Biblical passage?
  ...rumor circulated in June 1999 about Vice President Al Gore: In an important speech given this week, Al Gore attempted to portray how important his faith...
  ...When this rumor referenced Al Gore back in 1999, it was readily spread by conservative commentators. (Paul Harvey, for example, mentioned it during his...
  ...But somehow it got twisted around and stuck on the Internet and put in Al Gore's mouth. He's got a lot of stuff that he has to defend, but that's not one...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:59:41 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/bibleverse.asp

13. snopes.com: Oliver North Warns About Osama Bin Laden •••
Did Oliver North warn Congress about Osama bin Laden during the 1987 Iran-Contra hearings?
  ...is interested, the Senator turned out to be none other than ... Al Gore." (Senator Al Gore of Tennessee was not a member of the United States Senate...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:52:28 GMT http://www.snopes.com/rumors/north.asp

14. snopes.com: Hurricanes Hit Democratic Counties •••
Did three Florida hurricanes hit only Democratic counties?
  ...George Bush in 2000 (colored pink) and avoiding all counties that voted for Al Gore (colored blue). It took some finagling with the actual storm data to...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/hurricane.asp

15. snopes.com: Social Security Changes •••
List details changes made to Social Security over the years.
  ...A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the "tie-breaking" deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the U.S. Q:...
  ...A: The Democratic Party, with Al Gore casting the "tie-breaking" deciding vote as President of the Senate, while he was Vice President of the U.S. In...
  ...in favor of it, although 6 Democrats voted against it) until Vice-President Al Gore (a Democrat) cast the deciding "Yea" vote. The bill was signed into...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:16 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/socialsecurity/changes.asp

16. snopes.com: Weapons of Mass Destruction Quotes •••
Statements by Democratic leaders about Saddam Hussein's acquisition or possession of weapons of mass destruction.
  ...Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002. "Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should assume that it will continue for...
  ...Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002. "We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seing and developing weapons of mass destruction." Sen. Ted Kennedy (D,...
  ...the means of delivering them. On 23 September 2002, former Vice-President Al Gore addressed the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco on the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:43:34 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/wmdquotes.asp

17. snopes.com: The Fall of the Athenian Republic •••
Do the results of the 2000 presidential election correspond to a prediction about the downfall of democracy?
  ...across the nation that voted for George Bush and the ones that voted for Al Gore in the recent election. Supposedly, the people in the counties for...
  ...the states that are net beneficiaries of federal spending programs, while Al Gore won most of the states that are net contributors to federal spending....
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:27:25 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/athenian.asp

18. snopes.com: Star Trek •••
Did some celebrities promise to leave the USA if George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election?
  ...Party candidate Ralph Nader, though he's reluctant to steal votes from Al Gore. A strong proponent of abortion rights, Vedder says, "With three Supreme...
  ...quotes Basinger as saying that her husband would flee America if Bush beats Al Gore. The article also says that Basinger, who co-starred with her husband...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:12 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/leave.asp

19. snopes.com: The Truth About ANWR •••
E-mail reports the truth about the environmental impact of drilling for oil in ANWR.
  ...Remember when Al Gore said that the government should work to ARTIFICIALLY raise gas prices to $5 a gallon? Well, Al Gore and his fellow Democrats have...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:43 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/gasoline/anwr.asp

20. snopes.com: Make the Pie Higher! •••
Is the 'Make the Pie Higher' poem composed of actual quotes from George W. Bush?
  ...2000 en route to a debate with Democratic presidential challenger Al Gore, Governor Bush was discussing the importance of tax cuts to American families...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:09 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp

21. snopes.com: Politics (George W. Bush) •••
Political items about President George W. Bush.
  ...George W. Bush's eco-friendly ranch compared to Al Gore's energy-expending mansion. * Entries marked with an asterisk will open in a separate browser...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:31:58 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/bush.asp

22. snopes.com: Dan Quayle Quotes •••
Did Dan Quayle say he wished he'd brushed up on his Latin before his trip to Latin America?
  ...of this list with all the quotes mischievously attributed to Vice-President Al Gore and Texas governor George W. Bush also circulate around the...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:32:55 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/quayle.asp

23. snopes.com: Chief Seattle Speech •••
Did Chief Seattle give the environmental speech he's become famous for?
  ...Sightings: Al Gore uses the apocryphal Chief Seattle speech in his 1992 book, Earth in the Balance. Additional Information: Chief Seattle speech...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:33:09 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/seattle.asp

24. snopes.com: Hispanic Leaders Speak Out! •••
E-mail reproduces quotes from various Hispanic leaders and newspaper articles regarding U.S. immigrants
  ...immigrants. They were joined by thirteen Republicans. Bill Clinton and Al Gore have repeatedly stated that they believe that massive immigration from...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:34:22 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/hispanic.asp

25. snopes.com: John Kerry or George W. Bush Misquotes •••
A collection of memorable misstatements attributed to John Kerry or George W. Bush.
  ...election these same quotes were circulated about both Vice-President Al Gore and then Governor of Texas George W. Bush. Although this list (and similar...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:39:52 GMT http://www.snopes.com/quotes/candidate.asp

26. snopes.com: State I.Q. Voting Patterns •••
Chart shows relationship between 2004 electoral vote and voter IQ?
  ...election. The gag was that all the states that voted for Vice-President Al Gore in the 2000 presidential election were clustered at the top of the IQ...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:42:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/stateiq.asp

27. snopes.com: Washington Redskins Predict Presidential Elections •••
Have the Washington Redskins home game results correctly predicted presidential election outcomes since 1936?
  ...the 7 November 2000 presidential election pitted Democratic Vice-President Al Gore against Republican Governor George W. Bush of Texas. In the closest...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:33 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/ballot/redskins.asp

28. snopes.com: USGS Mapmaker Fired •••
Was a USGS mapmaker fired for posting a map of caribou breeding grounds on the web?
  ...to promote oil exploration. Environmentalists (including opposing candidate Al Gore) were vehemently opposed to the idea, and a grass-roots petition...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:03 GMT http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/caribou.asp

29. snopes.com: Odd Questions Asked of snopes.com •••
A collection of unusual stories we've been queried about.
  ...If Al Gore had been elected in 2000 I would still have a job, a home, and most importantly, my dear sons! Regards, Saddam Hussein A friend of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:49:50 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/question/requests.asp

30. snopes.com: Politicians Born After Roswell •••
Several prominent politicians were born nine months after the 1947 Roswell incident.
  ...Only Al Gore, Jr. (former U.S. Vice-President), who was born on 31 March 1948, came into the world at a time that reasonably fits into the framework of...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:51:01 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/roswell.asp

31. snopes.com: Boston Red Sox Postponing Home Opener for Passover •••
Are the Boston Red Sox postponing their 2009 home opener to avoid a conflict with Passover?
  ...AL GORE AND TIPPER, HIS WIFE, WILL BE UNAVAILABLE AS THEY WILL ATTEND SEDER AT THEIR SON-IN- LAW'S HOME. BILL AND HILARY CLINTON WILL BE ATTENDING THE...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:57:09 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/religion/redsox.asp

32. snopes.com: Where's the Outrage - Alisa Wilson •••
Letter to the 'Wall Steet Journal' responds to a 'Where's the Outrage?' editorial?
  ...promote political candidates. I am not a film maker like Michael Moore or Al Gore that can deliver misleading movies to the public. The outrage is...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:58:38 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/outrage.asp

33. snopes.com: Say What, Barack? •••
Editorial criticizes anachronisms in Barack Obama's 2007 Selma speech.
  ...Mr. Hollrah erred himself at the end of his piece by invoking the myth of "Al Gore's claim of having invented the Internet" (as well as consistently...
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:01:31 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/saywhat.asp

34. snopes.com: Black Panthers and Hillary Clinton ••
Did Hillary Clinton help free two Black Panthers accused of murder?
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:46:18 GMT http://www.snopes.com/politics/clintons/panthers.asp

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