Please don't get mad at me, but why did Gore lose Tennessee?

[Derek]

He really hadn't lived there for 8 years and even before that he was in the senate and not living there. The democrats changed noticeably throughout the 90's in terms of public image and notion of the southern democrat had by 2000 been gone.

[Derek]

Gore did a number of things wrong.

1. his home state
2. pulling out of Ohio
3. not being able to win Arkansas or long time West Virginia
4. gun control cost him AR, TN, WV, and OH
5. being boring
6. I'm considering adding him to my list of worst candidates with Mondale and Dukakis.
7. couldn't capitalize on Clinton's approval ratings

[Derek]

While it's true that he wasn't born in Texas, he's the textbook Texan as I myself hope to be someday. I wasn't born in Texas, but I got there as fast as I could. That's the way to put it. Let the Lone Star rise again.

[Derek]

Explain to me please what values Bush possessed?

pro-life (protect sanctity of life)
pro-guns (protect your family)
work your way through life (affirmative action)
abstinence programs (wait for marriage)
Iraq (stopping mass graves)
school choice- parents involvement in their child's education
child tax credit- helping working moms
national security- keeping families safe and sound in their own homes

Yes not everyone agrees with all of these stances but the man had conviction and compassion. He did what he thought was right for the country and did so honestly.

[Derek]

Explain to me please what values Bush possessed?

The only thing Bush values:

Kerry married Teresa Heinze for her money and they have hundreds of millions more than the Bushes ever will.

[Derek]

Toppeling Saddam was the worse thing he did.

And that cost Gore Tennessee how?

[Derek]

It did move in the opposite direction but not by much. The south of the mid 20th century wouldn't vote for the democrats of today.