-Caveat Lector- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a Prelude to War! Cheney Says Clinton-Gore Era Is Almost Over By David Lawsky EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Reuters) - Declaring the Clinton-Gore era ''almost over,'' Republican running mate Dick Cheney on Saturday accused Democratic rival Al Gore's campaign of resorting to desperate tactics to win Tuesday's election. ``Now in the closing days of the campaign, we've got all kinds of stuff flying back and forth. We're seeing the operation get desperate now,'' Cheney told an enthusiastic crowd of about 600 at a rally in an aircraft hangar. Without referring to revelations about Republican rival George W. Bush's drunken driving arrest record which surfaced on Thursday and shook the campaign, Cheney appealed to voters to ignore the ``negative stuff'' emerging in the final days before the election. ``What we have to do these last few days is ignore a lot of the negative stuff coming from the other side, because that's the only way they know to campaign sometimes, and stay focused on what this campaign's all about,'' Cheney said. Gore's campaign has denied it was responsible for revealing Bush's drunken driving arrest and the vice president steered clear of commenting on the controversy on Saturday. Cheney said the era of President Clinton and Gore would end on Tuesday and hit on a series of familiar themes, telling the rally they could look forward to tax cuts under a Bush administration, including an end to the inheritance tax. ``We've watched now for eight long years with respect to things like Medicare and Social Security, tax policy, education, and for eight long years there's been no progress on those items as a result of the Clinton-Gore administration,'' he said. Cheney, a former defense secretary in the administration of former President George Bush -- the presidential candidate's father -- raised the issue again of military readiness, criticizing Gore for refusing to debate the issue. ``He's decided not to tell the truth'' about the situation, Cheney said of Gore's comments on the military. While Bush's campaign has insisted the military is unprepared, Democrats charge that such statements undermine morale in the armed forces. In a debate between Bush and Gore Oct. 17, the vice president pledged to keep the military ``the strongest in the entire history of the world,'' acknowledging ``we need to continue improving readiness.'' Both candidates have said they will work to increase military spending. On Friday, Cheney defended Texas Gov. George W. Bush for his ``forthright'' handling of a drunken driving conviction in 1976, which also raised questions about the running mate's own convictions for drunken driving. News of Cheney's arrest record first emerged 11 years ago when Cheney was undergoing confirmation as defense secretary. Cheney and his campaign continued to decline comment on the incidents Saturday. Press secretary Juleanna Glover Weiss told reporters she did not know whether anyone was injured because of Cheney's drunken driving. And she said she still did not know in which state the convictions occurred. Cheney himself met with no traveling or local reporters to answer questions on the topic. ``We're getting enough coverage because (the campaign) is the top of the news now,'' said Weiss, explaining why he was no longer giving local interviews. She said, however, that Cheney appeared on Saturday on a national radio show about economics, to answer questions about Republican economic policy. After the appearance in Eau Claire, Cheney was flying across state to Wisconsin and on to Las Cruces, New Mexico before ending the day in San Diego in California. Cheney began the day in Dearborn, Michigan, at a rally with Bush, where he told a crowd that Bush would ``restore honor and integrity to your White House'' and accused Democrats of ''last-minute desperation.'' *COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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