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Speaking of his Senate career, in Gore's own words,

Speaking of his Senate career, in Gore's own words,

{{cquote|I took the initiative in creating the Internet.<ref>{{cite news | first=| last=| url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore| title=Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'| work=[CNN|publisher=[[CNN]]| date=[[09 March]] 1999| accessdate=2007-06-02}}</ref>}}

{{cquote|I took the initiative in creating the Internet.<ref>Blitzer, Wolf. Transcript: Vice President Gore on CNN's 'Late Edition'. <u>CNN</u>. 9 March 1999. 2 June 2007 <http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/09/president.2000/transcript.gore/></ref>}}

Gore is the author of ''[[Assault on Reason]]''.  He also starred in the 2006 documentary  about [[global warming]] entitled, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]],'' which won an [[Academy Award]] despite its blatant scientific inaccuracies. In 2007, British Court warned schools which show the film to school children that:

Gore is the author of ''[[Assault on Reason]]''.  He also starred in the 2006 documentary  about [[global warming]] entitled, ''[[An Inconvenient Truth]],'' which won an [[Academy Award]] despite its blatant scientific inaccuracies. In 2007, British Court warned schools which show the film to school children that:

#Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children. <ref>Sheppard, Noel. "Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’." [Weblog NewsBusters] 08 Oct 2007. Newsbusters. 9 Oct 2007 <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/09/court-identifies-eleven-inaccuracies-al-gore-s-inconvenient-truth>.</ref>

#Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children. <ref>Sheppard, Noel. "Court Identifies Eleven Inaccuracies in Al Gore’s ‘An Inconvenient Truth’." [Weblog NewsBusters] 08 Oct 2007. Newsbusters. 9 Oct 2007 <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2007/10/09/court-identifies-eleven-inaccuracies-al-gore-s-inconvenient-truth>.</ref>

In 2007, his efforts regarding global warming won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] shared with the [[IPCC]].<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/</ref>

In 2007, his efforts regarding global warming won a [[Nobel Peace Prize]] shared with the [[IPCC]].<ref>"The Nobel Peace Prize 2007." Nobelprize.org. 2008. Nobel Foundation. 12 Oct. 2007 <http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/>.</ref>

==Vice Presidency==

==Vice Presidency==

==Campaign for the Presidency==   

==Campaign for the Presidency==   

[[Image:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|left|thumb|150 px|Al Gore, 2004]]

[[Image:041109 al gore vsml 6a vsmall.jpg|left|thumb|150 px|Al Gore, 2004]]

As is customary with Vice Presidents, he was nominated to the [[Democratic]] ticket for the 2000 Presidential election.  Gore lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore received more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes. Gore contested the results in Florida. On December 13, 2000, after an extensive court battle ([[Bush v. Gore]]), Gore accepted Bush's election to the Presidency.<ref>[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=2000 2000 Presidential Election Results]</ref>.

As is customary with Vice Presidents, he was nominated to the [[Democratic]] ticket for the 2000 Presidential election.  Gore lost to [[George W. Bush]] in the [[Electoral College]] after a close vote, in which Gore received more popular votes than Bush, but fewer electoral votes. Gore contested the results in Florida. 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>.

In the spring of 2000 Gore told the International Press Institute in [[Boston]],

In the spring of 2000 Gore told the International Press Institute in [[Boston]],