Word: gores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...criticized the current Democratic front runners--Al Gore Jr. '69 and Bill Bradley--for drifting too far towards the center and not offering the American people a real choice in the elections...
Bush's success in the field of education is a challenge to the Democratic candidates. While Gore has made education a center plank in his platform, he does not have the hands-on experience in turning around a failing educational system that Bush can claim. And even though Bush has inherited and adopted traditionally Democratic attitudes towards education, he has been willing to take even more radical steps for improvement. Bush's radical methods have also had detractors; unfortunately, both Democratic candidates have tiptoed around the issue of testing in order to improve performance...
...where do the Democrats stand? It's hard to tell. Gore, while promoting the same pre-kindergarten programs as Bush does, remains hazy on teacher evaluations. Gore has said teachers should be reevaluated every five years, yet has gained the endorsement of the American Federation of Teachers by portraying Republicans as callous to the stress and demand of the teaching profession. And there seems to be little mention of student testing among all the talk of "values" and "discipline...
...Trudeau has also captured Bill Clinton as a waffle dripping with maple syrup, combining in one small image both the president's indecisiveness and his passion for food, and portrayed Vice President Al Gore '69 as a young child sitting on the lap of his Senator father, waiting to be spoon-fed the presidency. This year, though, the images will be harder to make new. The current presidential race is shaping up as the embodiment of the old proverb: history the first time is tragedy but when repeated is farce...
Carron called Bradley's chances for winning the Democratic nomination "absolutely incredible," saying he feels that as the primaries get closer, voters will begin thinking about the issues rather than simply choosing Gore as a default candidate...