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On Offense. As democrats learn art of skewering foe, Dan Carol is there. He digs up facts to wield when race gets rough, as this one just might. A list of 'generic attacks'
According to the article, "Mr. Carol isn't appearing in prime time at the Democratic convention. He isn't an employee of the Gore campaign or the Democratic National Committee. But as a consultant to the DNC, Democratic congressional campaigns and allied groups, he is part of a cadre of political warriors whose mastery of Information Age weapons is vital to Democrats' push to elect Al Gore and win control of Congress. Using television attack ads, internet sites, satellite interviews to targeted broadcast markets and blast fax and e-mail messages, they will seek to shred Mr. Bush's gauzy slogans by providing documentation that his Texas record and campaign proposals aren't 'compassionate' at all."
Tags: Al Gore; George Bush; politics; election; democrats; republicans; political attacks; consultant; Dan Carol; internet; campaigns; conventions
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Indecision 2000
WKRC-TV reports that "the real shame of America's dysfunctional electoral can be found not only in Palm Beach, but in thousands of counties nationwide." The investigation looks at the problems in Hamilton County, Ohio. The main finding is that if all ballots disqualified for double voting would have counted, Al Gore would have picked up 730 additional votes. The result is based on a methodology that assumes the percentage of the disqualified votes for Gore (from all disqualified votes) is equal to the percentage of the counted votes for Gore in the official election result for a specific precinct. The number and ratio of votes thrown out in the 2000 presidential election were much higher for African-American communities than for similar-sized white communities in Hamilton county.
Tags: TAPE; TRANSCRIPT; voting; voters; race; racial profiles; African-Americans
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How the little guy gets crunched
A Time special report investigates how campaign finance contributions have changed laws, regulations and policies. The main story in the report focuses on the trade war that the American government launched against Europe on behalf of the banana baron Carl Lindner, a major contributor both to Republicans and Democrats. Lindner's company, fruit-and-vegetable giant Chiquita, was restricted to export its low-cost bananas to the European market, Time reports. In response, the U.S. government imposed higher tariffs on European goods. The trade war did not affect consumers of luxurious goods from overseas, the story reveals. Instead, it only hurt American small businesses that imported their supplies from European countries.
Tags: politicians; Washington; Clinton; lobbying; lobbyists; taxes; tariffs; trade; World Trade Organization (WTO); Al Gore; White House; legislature; Congress; Senate
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Ralph Nader Is Not Sorry
Rolling Stone portrays in depth Ralph Nader as a person and a politician, who is "too busy saving the world." The analysis looks at the role he played in the 2001 presidential elections, and reports on how Nader did "precisely what Democrats had feared," since he snared enough votes to give the Oval Office to George W. Bush. The story also sheds light on Nader's relation to his right-hand man, George Farah, and reveals that the latter may be the person to whom Nader will "pass the torch of activism."
Tags: Green Party; Al Gore; Bill Clinton; White House; elections; federal matching funds; presidential campaign; pollution; environment; auto and highway safety; consumer protection
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Bush wins battle for legal funds
The Democrat reports that George W. Bush "nearly doubled Al Gore's money-raising during the first three weeks of Gore's legal challenge of Florida's election." Bush also raised more money than Gore in Florida, despite the state's razor-thin margin among voters. "Not only did Bush get more money, his contributions seemed to reflect a broader appeal. Almost 22,000 contributors donated an average of $216, compared with Gore's 1,258 contributors who donated an average of $1,265." Federal law does not require recount committees to report contributions, but both campaigns posted their reports on their Web sites.
Tags: 2000 presidential election; 2000 election; Florida recount; Gore; George W. Bush; post-election campaign contributions
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Probing Campaign 2000
This series of articles examines the records of the principal candidates for president this election year. "The stories included a report on evidence that Vice President Al Gore was less than truthful on several issues, and found evidence that his own aides warned him in 1988 about his inclination to embellish details about his accomplishments. ... Another report disclosed that Sen. McCain, while campaigning against special interests, had recently pressured the FCC on behalf of a major contributor, whose corporate jet he was using for campaign travel."
Tags: campaign; election 2000; Al Gore; John McCain; George W. Bush
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Adventures In Buddhism
The New Yorker details the scandal known as the "China Connection" and explores the financial relationship between the Gore Campaign, Maria Hsia and the Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple.
Tags: Al Gore; Maria Hsia; campaign finance; Hsi Lai Buddhist Temple; China; Taiwan; Federal Election Commission
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This American is Hungry...
George magazine discovers that the booming economy has hurt America's invisible poor. In a road trip into the backyards of George W Bush and Al Gore, Maharidge found working people as desperate as the homeless. He found hunger in country houses that has a deceptive middle-class look, single mothers waiting in line for free food despite holding multiple jobs and a border town in Texas with unpaved roads and homes without running water.
Tags: food; hunger; hungry children; working poor
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Why Drugs Cost so Much?
Newsweek takes a look at why prescription drugs cost more and more each year. The expensive and constant innovation in existing drugs, new treatments and the fact that Americans are using more drugs for more conditions are pushing up the prices. The article also covers the plan proposed by both Democrat Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush.
Tags: prescription drugs; Medicare; Medicaid; HMO; drugs; medicines; drugmakers
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Silicon Valley goes to Washington
This story dissects campaign contributions from technology companies, and shows how these companies -- longtime Clinton-Gore supporters -- are now shifting their contributions to Republicans. Bailey also reports on Microsoft's, and other Silicon Valley executives', contributions over the years.
Tags: campaign finance; technology; silicon valley; political action committee; soft money; George W. Bush; Al Gore