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Article: Gore's tack is preachy-keen; VP leads way in spiritual race for 2000.
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- The Boston Herald
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- May 30, 1999
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Religion is back, big time, in presidential politics and - wonder of wonders - a Democrat is leading the way.
Vice President Al Gore often recites parables from the Bible to illustrate points on the stump.
Bill Bradley, Gore's rival for the Democratic nomination, spoke in New Hampshire recently, a cluster of nuns in his audience, about the importance of spirituality in reversing a trend toward personal isolation and restoring a sense of community.
Texas Gov. George W. Bush and Elizabeth Dole, the Republican front-runners, are both religious. Bush quotes the Bible in speeches, speaks at churches, appears on religious talk shows and prays on the ...