-Caveat Lector- > Good afternoon. I'm Al Gore, and I'd like to tell you about myself. > I know a lot about hardship, because I came into this world as a poor > black > child in a tiny town in the backwoods of Tennessee. > I was born in a log cabin that I built with my own hands. I taught > myself to read by > candlelight and helped support my 16 brothers and sisters by working > summers > as a deck hand on a Mississippi River steamboat. > > My mother taught me the value of education, so every day; I > would walk > 5 miles to a one-room schoolhouse. I was a mischievous, fun-loving > scamp, > though I never dreamed that one-day, my youthful escapades would > serve as > the inspiration for "Huckleberry Finn." > > Back then, black folks in the south were second-class citizens. > One > day, a traveling minister came through town, and I asked him if > anyone was > ever going to do something to guarantee civil rights for all > Americans. > Well, I guess I made an impression. You see, the minister's name was > Martin > Luther King, Jr. > > My father was a United States Senator. He once perched me on > his knee > and said, "Son, if you work hard and listen to your mama, someday you > can > live in a hotel in Washington, D.C., and go to an exclusive prep > school." > > But life of privilege was not for me. After getting my high > school > diploma, I took a job in a hot, dirty textile mill. I was so > appalled at the treatment of the workers there that I organized a > union. > Later, that experience inspired a movie - which is why, to this day, > my > close friends at the AFL-CIO call me "Norma Rae." > > When word got out what an 18 year old factory worker had done, > Harvard > called and offered me a scholarship. I captained the hockey team to > four > consecutive national championships, but I also played football and > was good > enough to win the Heisman Trophy. During my college years, I lived > in a > housing project and moonlighted playing lead guitar for a little rock > band. > You may have heard of it -- the Rolling Stones. > > But there was a war going on, and I felt I had to serve my > country. So > I enlisted in the U. S. Army and went to Vietnam. I was deeply > opposed to > the war, but I did my duty as a soldier and came back home with the > Medal of > Honor and the Croix de Guerre. > > When I got back, I took a long journey across this great land > of ours. > I've crossed the deserts bare, man, I've breathed the mountain air, > man, > I've traveled, I've done my share, man, I've been everywhere. And the > people > I met at truckstops and campgrounds and homeless shelters on that > journey > all said the same thing: "Al, we need you in Washington." > > I knew they were right, but first I had to take care of some > other > business---building the World Trade Center, founding the Audubon > Society, > doing the clinical research that proved smoking caused cancer, and > coming up > with the recipe for Mrs. Field's chocolate chip cookies. > > Finally, I deferred to the demands of the people of Tennessee > and > allowed them to elect me to the House of Representatives and the > Senate, > where I established the US Strategic Oil Reserve. And then one > winter day > nearly nine years ago, for no particular reason, I answered the call > of the > people once again and took the oath of office as Vice President > of the United States. > > Since then, I've been part of the most successful > administration in > American history. And, in my spare time, I invented the Internet. > Many times > Bill Clinton has been pondering some grave decision and has asked me > what to > do. And when I would give him my thoughts, he would invariable say, > "Of > course. That's brilliant. Why didn't I think of that?" During the > darkest > days of the impeachment battle, the president told me he only wished > he had > listened when I told him to stay away form that dark-haired intern. > > So after I decided to run for president, I sat down with him > and asked > if he had any suggestions about how to conduct my campaign. And Bill > Clinton gave me a few simple words of advice -- words I'll never > forget. He > looked me in the eye and he said, "Al, just tell the truth, it's > always > worked for me." __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! 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