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Al Gore

Al Gore

A User's Manual

by Alexander Cockburn and Jeffrey St Clair
Hardback
Publication Date: 17/09/2000

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What's his real political record? This is the first unsparing look at the man whom his parents raised from birth to be president of the United States. Inside these pages, you will find:

. How Al Gore and his father got on the payroll of one of America's most ruthless tycoons, Armand Hammer
. How Al Gore has relentlessly exploited his sister's death and son's accident for personal political advantage
. How Al Gore violated the most basic journalistic ethics by helping the cops run a sting operation on a black politician in Nashville
. How Al Gore played midwife to the MX missile
. How Al Gore became a soul brother of Newt Gingrich
. How Al Gore race-baited Jesse Jackson and introduced George Bush to Willie Horton
. How Al Gore shopped his vote in support of the Gulf War to get prime-time coverage for his speech
. How Al Gore pushed Clinton into destroying the New Deal
. How Al Gore plotted to stop Democrats from recapturing Congress in 1996 in order to keep his rival Dick Gephard from becoming Speaker of the House
. How Al Gore leached campaign from nearly every corporate lobbyist in DC, and broke pledge after pledge to protect the environment
ISBN:
9781859848036
9781859848036
Category:
Political structures: democracy
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
17-09-2000
Language:
English
Publisher:
Verso Books
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
288
Dimensions (mm):
193x145x25mm
Weight:
0.75kg

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