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CNN LIVE AT DAYBREAK
Talk of CNN: What Are Folks Talking About in Tennessee?
Aired December 17, 2002 - 05:56 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Now it's time for the Talk of CNN, where we find out what people across the country are talking about. And if it's Tennessee, it must be about Al Gore.
Let's check in with Andy and Alison and the morning crew from radio station WIVK in Knoxville.
Good morning.
ALISON, WIVK RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Good morning.
ANDY, WIVK RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: Good morning. How are you?
COSTELLO: I'm pretty good.
So, it's Al Gore's home state of Tennessee. How is it feeling about his choice not to run for president in 2004?
ANDY: Actually, news just in, it's all going to be OK. He's opening a wedding chapel in Gatlinburg (ph) next to Dollywood.
ALISON: You can make a lot of money doing that in these parts.
ANDY: Giving kissing lessons, you know, he's got the whole thing set up for it.
No, actually, you know, there are some disappointed Democrats here in Tennessee, but a lot of folks, you know, Republicans, of course, are kind of glad he's gone. They had -- and some sad Republicans in some ways, because they had made him a target, even had invented a character called the Al Gorbatross, calling him an albatross around the Democrats' neck for the upcoming election.
COSTELLO: An Al Gorbatross?
ALISON: Yes.
ANDY: Yes, yes.
COSTELLO: That's very clever.
ANDY: Well, you know, Tennessee politicians can really be clever sometimes.
ALISON: Yes, Andy's a big Al Gore supporter.
ANDY: That's right. COSTELLO: Oh, jeez.
Well, you know, he lost Tennessee in the last presidential election, so sentiment couldn't have been high for Al Gore.
ANDY: Yes, that's right.
ALISON: Yes, well that's because Andy voted more than once.
ANDY: No, he, yes, he did lose in Tennessee, his, what he calls his home state, and actually after the, Bush won the White House, they had to take down the "Welcome To Home State of Vice President Al Gore" signs that were leading into the state here on Highway 40, or I-40. But, yes, he's, he did lose his home state and they say that support for Bush is still very strong here and probably will be throughout the next two years leading up to the election.
COSTELLO: Hey, do you think the Gores will be spending a lot of time in Tennessee in light of his decision?
ANDY: Yes, probably so. I mean he still calls it his home state and he makes trips back here, has friends here. So that's probably a good likelihood that he'll spend some time here. And he does have a lot of supporters around the area, too.
COSTELLO: Well, that's good to hear, too.
Al Gorbatross. I'm going to have to remember that one.
Andy and Alison, thanks.
It was fun.
ANDY: Have a great day.
COSTELLO: You, too.
ALISON: Bye.
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