"Busts of Famous Founders: While on the campaign trail in 1992, Clinton and Gore toured the museum at Monticello. At one point, Gore stopped in front of busts of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, the Marquis de Lafayette, and John Paul Jones, and asked the curator "Who are these people?" Although this quote appears embarrassing, most Americans would have difficulty identifying a bust of many of these figures. Bronze-cast busts are not as easily recognizable"
Eh? I saw this clip on the evening news and I could recognize them on the tiny television screen. I could recognize Abraham Lincoln and George Washington when I was 4 years old.. bronze bust or no bronze bust.
Larry, you planning on moving this to meta as well, or are you only censoring anti-Bush articles? -- Zoe
Zoe, it's idiotic to call this censorship. Grow up.
And yes, I did move this article too. --Larry Sanger
- Gee, Larry, thanks for the kind words. Nice to know my work here on the pedia is appreciated. -- Zoe
Well, I don't agree. It's not idiotic to call something censorship if it looks like censorship. Perhaps you should take a step back and look at the situation from a distance, Larry, so you can get a perspective on why it looks like censorship to Zoe, myself, and others. BTW, calling someone's views 'idiotic' is a sure way of alienating them, even if you've got wonderful supporting evidence for your own viewpoint. Ciao! Stormwriter
Actually, Larry, it looks like in this case you're driven more by an anti-anti-Bush POV than by a NPOV desire for NPOV. Of course the two can converge to some extent, but they can't be totally identified. My 2 cents. FvdP 23:10 Nov 7, 2002 (UTC)
I frankly agree with Larry. These verbal gaffes should have a brief mention in the bio pages (of Bush, Gore, Quayle, etc), but they really don't deserve their own articles. Why? Because no reasonable, fair minded person takes them seriously or considers them on election day. It's the stuff of late night talk shows and geeky newsgroups & internet websites, not encyclopedias or history books. -jazz77