Dick Gephardt
Dick Gephardt
Richard Andrew "Dick" Gephardtis an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Missouri from 1977 to 2005. A member of the Democratic Party, he was House Majority Leader from 1989 to 1995 and Minority Leader from 1995 to 2003. He ran unsuccessfully for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 1988 and 2004. Gephardt was mentioned as a possible vice presidential nominee in 1988, 1992, 2000, 2004, and 2008...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth31 January 1941
CountryUnited States of America
I hope we can get back to what I call the kitchen table. Everyday issues that people are really worried about and focused on.
Eventually I foresee voting on the Internet, which will lead to much more direct democracy.
One of the big mistakes Republicans made with the Contract with America is that they tried to do too much too fast, and people revolted against it.
Every proposal I'm making, every idea I'm advancing has a single, central purpose: to revive a failing economy and give working Americans the help and security they need.
I filed a brief as a friend of the court in the U. of Michigan to keep affirmative action at the U. of Michigan, which I attended the law school. And I was one of the original sponsors of making the Martin Luther King birthday a federal holiday.
I've always had good energy; I've always had good health.
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune.
I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.
When I'm president, we'll have executive orders to overcome any wrong thing the Supreme Court does tomorrow or any other day
Life is the division of human cells, a process which begins at conception.
I share the administration's goals in dealing with Iraq and its weapons of mass destruction.
What we have is two important values in conflict: freedom of speech and our desire for healthy campaigns in a healthy democracy. You can't have both.
Why would we want to keep a tax cut that's failed? Why would we not want to go back to the Clinton tax code? And why would we not want to help every family more with a health-care plan like mine? Let's help average people. Let's be Democrats.
Al Gore is a good man. He is a decent, caring man. He listens to his heart and his head. He loves his family.