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If first lady, Tipper Gore would bring different style to the job
March 29, 1999 WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, March 29) -- If her husband were elected to the top slot in 2000, Tipper Gore says she would bring a new sensibility, and a lower profile, to the post of first lady than it has had for the past two terms. While she is a strong friend and supporter of current first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mrs. Gore told the Associated Press in an interview Saturday that she has her own style. "Anyone who finds herself in the role of first lady reflects her individuality and who she is as a person," Mrs. Gore said. Bill and Hillary Clinton have faced intense media scrutiny since they arrived in town. But the Gores are more Washington insiders than the Clintons were. For more than two decades Al Gore has served in the House and Senate and, most recently, as vice president. Even so, Mrs. Gore regrets the scandal-plagued environment that now rules Washington. Everyone is human, she says. "Sometimes we forget that in the media and in journalism, and I say that kindly, since we came from that," she said. Before coming to Washington Mrs. Gore was a news photographer and her husband a reporter in Nashville, Tennessee. Though she gives her husband advice when asked, Mrs. Gore says she would play less of a role as adviser to her husband than Mrs. Clinton has. Would she be a fixture in the Oval Office, offering policy advice? "I've never done it that way," she said. Mrs. Gore also says that she would spend a lot of time concentrating on her family. While Mrs. Clinton has one daughter away at college, Mrs. Gore notes that she has four children, a grandchild due in June and two elderly parents in the Washington area. "There's a difference when you have four children to keep up with and all of their activities," she said. "With four children and aging parents, I find that I only spend so much time on issues that I care about, and I spend a lot of time on keeping the family together." The Associated Press contributed to this report. |
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