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Gore has spread [[alarmist]] [[propaganda]], proclaiming the end of the world. Gore likes to say that "The Earth has a fever" <ref>https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2110628&page=1</ref> and is making millions of dollars through his hucksterism.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/11149</ref> He has no degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology,  physics, chemistry, biology, or climatology. Gore took two science classes as an undergraduate, scoring a "C+" in one and a "D" in the other.<ref>http://www.larryelder.com/Gore/goredubiousrecord.htm</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/19/gores-grades-belie-image-of-studiousness/5da4b9e3-a017-4dd5-9bb5-bfc68f0b4eb5/?utm_term=.2d304ead172d</ref> Charlie Munger mentioned that Gore is "an idiot" but became wealthy through a simple investment formula.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/buffett-partner-munger-says-al-gore-is-an-idiot-but-became-rich.html</ref>
 
Gore has spread [[alarmist]] [[propaganda]], proclaiming the end of the world. Gore likes to say that "The Earth has a fever" <ref>https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2110628&page=1</ref> and is making millions of dollars through his hucksterism.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/11149</ref> He has no degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology,  physics, chemistry, biology, or climatology. Gore took two science classes as an undergraduate, scoring a "C+" in one and a "D" in the other.<ref>http://www.larryelder.com/Gore/goredubiousrecord.htm</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/03/19/gores-grades-belie-image-of-studiousness/5da4b9e3-a017-4dd5-9bb5-bfc68f0b4eb5/?utm_term=.2d304ead172d</ref> Charlie Munger mentioned that Gore is "an idiot" but became wealthy through a simple investment formula.<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/23/buffett-partner-munger-says-al-gore-is-an-idiot-but-became-rich.html</ref>
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Gore was the [[Democrat Party]]'s candidate for President in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore contested the results in Florida.  
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Gore was the [[Democrat Party]]'s candidate for president in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore contested the results in Florida.  
    
Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993–2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]].   
 
Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993–2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]].   
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In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. At Vanderbilt Divinity School, he failed five out of eight classes and then dropped out.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/mar/25/20000325-011032-8259r/</ref>  
 
In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. At Vanderbilt Divinity School, he failed five out of eight classes and then dropped out.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2000/mar/25/20000325-011032-8259r/</ref>  
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He served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent  during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy, William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref>He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref>
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He served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent  during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy, William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref> He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref>
    
==Political career==
 
==Political career==
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===Vice President===
 
===Vice President===
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In the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 Presidential Election]], Democrat nominee [[Bill Clinton]] selected Gore as his running mate. They won the election, and Gore was sworn in as Vice President on January 20, 1993.  Clinton and Gore were elected to a second term in [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]]. Gore had little influence in the [[Clinton Administration]], and almost nothing of significance is attributed to him. Although the only vice-president to be born in Washington, D.C., he went on an inauguration tour of the Jefferson Monticello, he pointed to four busts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Marquis de Lafayette asking the curator who are these guys.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4482741/clinton-gore-monticello</ref>
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In the [[United States presidential election, 1992|1992 Presidential Election]], Democrat nominee [[Bill Clinton]] selected Gore as his running mate. They won the election, and Gore was sworn in as vice president on January 20, 1993.  Clinton and Gore were elected to a second term in [[United States presidential election, 1996|1996]]. Gore had little influence in the [[Clinton Administration]], and almost nothing of significance is attributed to him. Although the only vice-president to be born in Washington, D.C., he went on an inauguration tour of the Jefferson Monticello, he pointed to four busts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and Marquis de Lafayette asking the curator who are these guys.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4482741/clinton-gore-monticello</ref>
    
===Taxed Social Security===
 
===Taxed Social Security===
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As is often the case for incumbent Vice Presidents, Gore was nominated as his party's candidate in the [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential Election]].  He lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore garnered more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes.  
 
As is often the case for incumbent Vice Presidents, Gore was nominated as his party's candidate in the [[United States presidential election, 2000|2000 Presidential Election]].  He lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore garnered more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes.  
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Gore challenged the election results and pursued a recount based on his far-fetched claim of violation of the [[Equal Protection Clause]], which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected by a 7-2 vote, in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''.
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Gore challenged the election results and pursued a recount based on his far-fetched claim of violation of the [[Equal Protection Clause]], which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected by a 7–2 vote, in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''.
    
On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the presidency.<ref>Leip, David. "2000 Presidential General Election Results." David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2005. 18 Mar. 2007 <http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000>.</ref>
 
On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the presidency.<ref>Leip, David. "2000 Presidential General Election Results." David Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections. 2005. 18 Mar. 2007 <http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000>.</ref>
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