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RNC Victory 2000: The Detroit News: Al Gore Is a Disaster for Autoworkers

18 October 2000

RNC Victory 2000: The Detroit News: Al Gore Is a Disaster for Autoworkers

            Gore's Radical Car & Gas Tax Agenda Puts the Brakes On
                       Veep's Last-Ditch Michigan Drive

           'Reaching (Gore's) Goal Would Require Shutting Factories
       On a Massive Scale,' says The Detroit News in Scathing Editorial

    WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 Al Gore's radical environmental agenda
could wreck his chances in Michigan, a state he must win if he has any chance
of becoming president.  This morning, The Detroit News reminded the Vice
President that winning over autoworkers will be a tough sell, especially given
his anti-automobile views.  The Detroit News began a 3-part series today that
crystallizes the worries of millions of autoworkers, throwing a huge wrench in
the gears of Al Gore's last-ditch drive win the Motor City.  To see today's
editorial, go to http://detnews.com/EDITPAGE/0010/18/1edit/1edit.htm

    Among other things, The Detroit News says the following:

    *  "Reaching (Gore's) goal would require shutting factories on a massive
       scale."

    *  "(t)he Vice President would press an environmental agenda at the
       expense of Michigan jobs."

    *  "(Gore's) election threatens to expose Detroit to unparalleled
       government interference."

    *  "A respected analysis by Wharton Econometric Forecasting Associates
       calculated that job losses in Michigan alone at 96,500 -- including
       some 50,000 in manufacturing -- should Mr. Gore succeed in implementing
       the elements of the Kyoto Treaty."

    *  "Clearly, it's the auto industry that's in the balance in this
       election."