Gore Disgraced in Tennessee
NewsMax.com
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2000
Al Gore on Tuesday became the first major-party presidential candidate since George McGovern in 1972 to lose his home state. And he lost President Clinton's home state, too.
Many Tennesseans say they don't consider Gore one of their own anyway, what with his close ties to Washington.
"He really doesn't live here," Jonathon Fuller, a 19-year-old student at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, told the Associated Press.
"He only comes back when he wants votes."
Tennessee has grown more conservative since Gore was first elected to Congress in 1976. The GOP has controlled the governor's office, both U.S. Senate seats and the congressional delegation since 1994.
And Gore grew more liberal as he tried to advance in the Democrat Party and appeal to Northern and West Coast liberals. Though he often denied it, he changed positions on issues including abortion, gun rights and tobacco, angering many Tennesseans.
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