Gore must learn to accept his past mistakes, change for future

Dear Mr. Gore,

During the election you were able to keep your image as an intellectual man, unlike George W. Bush, who wasn’t even able to list the names of leaders of prominent countries.

You also accomplished many things during your term as vice-president, something you should be very proud of. For instance, your stance on family values has given many people respect for you that they might not have had before.

However, this letter is to inform you that your argument last week with former President Clinton isn’t one you should brag about with your buddies when you have them over for cocktails.

Many people know that you haven’t been buddy-buddy with Clinton since he lied to you about his affair with Monica Lewinsky, and that’s perfectly understandable. The problem is you thought the people of this country would look at you the same as Clinton. But that’s not true.

People have always seen you as your own man, and not a mini-Clinton. Americans understand you’re a family man and wouldn’t engage in the same activities as your former boss. You need to stop worrying about people trying to compare you to Clinton and start worrying about how you are going to win the election in 2004. We need you to take over and clean up the mess that our current president is going to cause while he is in office.

You argued the reason you lost the 2000 Presidential Election to President Bush was because of the Lewinsky scandal.

Well guess what ... you’re wrong. The real reason you lost was because you ran a bad campaign — not because of the so-called bad boy image you thought Clinton portrayed.

Think about it for a second. You had the whole economy to fall back on when your campaign started to go sour, but you insisted you didn’t want to bring up Clinton’s name, so you went a different route. Well maybe it would have helped a little. No one is saying you should have had Clinton on stage with you and your family, but it might not have hurt to have him campaigning for you in those key states, such as Tennessee.

Clinton could have also helped you raise more money to run your campaign so you could have had the same amount as Bush. And you know how money talks.

The decisions that were made during the months of your campaign might not have been the smartest, but the person who had the final decision was the one whose name was on the posters ... Al Gore.

Now I understand this letter may have sounded as if I don’t like you, but that’s not the case. Not only did I vote for you in the past election, but I also have great respect for you. I believe you can run our country just as good as any past president — and definitely better than the one we are living with today.

Associate News Editor Hemi Ahluwalia is a junior broadcast major from Stephenville.
She can be reached at (h.a.hluwalia@student.tcu.edu).

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