Candidate Bush, I think sometime in late October 2000. He flew in to give a short speech at the University of Portland at the Chiles Center, I was there, it was pretty lame. He kept talking about schools, education, the children, no child left behind, I kept yelling; "the Federal governments not supposed to be involved with the schools, it's a State and local issue". Actually that's what I wanted to yell, but instead I kept my mouth shut because I didn't want to be removed and end up on the evening news.
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Bush Stump speech 2000 election
"I'm running to keep the peace. I want the Moms and Dads and Grandparents to hear this loud and clear. This will be an Administration that does everything in our power to make the world a more peaceful place. I can't think of a better legacy, a better legacy for an Administration, than to say, we kept the peace, we kept ourselves out of war, which requires however a realistic view of the world. Often times it's a big pressure to see the world the way that we would like to see it, not me, I'm going to see the world the way it is. And the way I see the world is in the post cold war era, this is a world of uncertainty. And even thought the evil empire may have gone on its way, evil still exists. People who resent our freedoms, who resent our successes, people who want to threaten our alliances. I will not let our nation retreat to within our borders, this is too important a nation; it is too important a nation to retreat. We must remember it is the obligation of America to help make the rest of the world more peaceful as far as I'm concerned."
By EVELYN NIEVES
Published: November 2, 2000
For a moment on Monday morning, Sandra Shipley thought she might head over to Portland Community College to see the man she prefers to be the next president of the United States, Vice President Al Gore.
Dan Hagar thought, briefly, of attending an afternoon rally at Memorial Coliseum for his man, Gov. George W. Bush.
Instead, Ms. Shipley shopped for shoes, and Mr. Hagar went for a 10-mile run.
''He's not a very exciting speaker,'' Ms. Shipley, 32, a part-time student, said of Mr. Gore. ''I mean, as a Democrat, I'm voting for him. That should be enough.''
Mr. Hagar, 42, a sales manager for a computer parts company, was hardly more apologetic. ''The way they promoted the event, I knew they wouldn't miss me,'' he said. ''It's no big deal not to hear Bush misspeak.''
So it was a day after the two major-party presidential candidates came calling to aid their chances to win Oregon's seven electoral votes -- votes that have become very much up for grabs.
Seeming very ''eh'' about it, Portland was shrugging its shoulders.
The visits by Mr. Gore and Mr. Bush did not even make the top of the 11 o'clock news Monday night on at least one television station, KATU. While both candidates broadcast several commercials during the news -- the Portland TV market is one of the country's biggest this year for presidential advertising -- their rallies followed a story on trick-or-treating.
This morning's show on the local talk radio station, KEWS-AM, devoted some attention to the candidates, but more to local propositions.
A statewide poll for KATU and The Oregonian, the state's largest newspaper, released Monday night continued to show the race in a statistical dead heat, with Mr. Gore at 45 percent, Mr. Bush at 44 percent. Ralph Nader, the Green Party candidate whose support in Oregon has Democrats worried, drew 6 percent.
Of a dozen people interviewed downtown this morning, five said they were voting for Mr. Gore, three named Mr. Bush, three named Mr. Nader, and one said he was not voting. There was zero enthusiasm for the way the contest, the closest presidential race in Oregon in decades, is winding up.
Like a prom queen faced with two less-than-ideal suitors, those interviewed today said they wished they had more choices.
''I'm disgusted with Gore's campaign,'' said Johnny Gladstone. ''He has sold out to all the special interests, and he pretends to be progressive.'' Mr. Gladstone, 20, a student and self-described activist, planned to vote for Mr. Nader.
A group calling itself ''Greens for Gore'' issued a release this morning to say it was calling on Mr. Nader's supporters to vote for Mr. Gore, but members of the Portland Green Party said they knew nothing of the group.
Portland is a politically attuned city, tackling the social problems of homelessness and heroin addiction while it prospers in the New Economy, and people who spoke were not apathetic about the election.
''All elections are important,'' said Josie Quintalla, 45. ''It's disrespectful to the country not to vote.''
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