Word: stumps
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PROMISES, PROMISES It is week two of our efforts to keep track of the pledges and proposals made on the stump by presumptive presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore. This week Gore widened his lead over Bush and seemed likely to help us reach our goal of 100 pledges by the November election. Thank you, Al. Keep 'em coming...
Nader's relatively long stump speech--far longer than the one given last fall by Bill Bradley in the same auditorium--was warmly received by the audience...
Mixing new rhetoric about Republican economic values into his standard stump speech, Gore cast his opponent's plan in extreme terms, saying Bush's tax cut would either erase the federal budget surplus or take money away from needed social programs...
Outside his home, DeVore has created his own version of the 100 Acre Wood. Two years ago, he converted the stump of an old maple tree near his house on Hurlbut St. into a home for Winnie the Pooh...
...Race is one of the fundamental elements of my campaign. . . . It is who I am, it's what I live," he has said. In nearly every stump speech, Bradley says he has a deep commitment in furthering racial unity, which has been present since his days as a professional basketball player. As President, Bradley says he would sign an executive order ending racial profiling. He says he would work hard to maintain and expand affirmative action programs. And he says he would hold his staff accountable for their own commitment to racial justice...