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Voters Weigh in on Gore Endorsement of Dean
Aired December 10, 2003 - 15:02 ET
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THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the aftermath now of a political bombshell for Democrats, Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: You've heard how it isn't going over well with the other Democratic wanna-bes. So how do real folks feel, though?
Jeanne Moos takes the pulse.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Al Gore and Howard Dean spent the day holding hands, looking like twins in their blue ties, unbuttoning in unison.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a marriage made in heaven.
MOOS: But in this marriage, aides say, the pair did not intentionally coordinate their outfits.
(on camera): What did you think of this, Gore backs Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a shock that he would do it so soon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was very surprised.
MOOS: Will this make Dean more attractive to you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely.
MOOS (voice-over): Dean couldn't have asked a more perfect holiday gift.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he won it for Dean.
MOOS (on camera): He won it?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, he's going to win the nomination for Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it hurts him.
MOOS: Hurts who?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dean.
MOOS: To be associated with Gore?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
MOOS: How come? He did get half the votes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we have a lot of dumb people in the country, too.
MOOS (voice-over): Gore took some flak for passing over his former running mate.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just think it's kind of stabbing someone in the back.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's kind of an underhanded, tricky thing to do.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And how Lieberman found out about it, right, in the news, that's not very nice.
MOOS: And speaking of the news, the Gore endorsement almost got gory. A load of risers being carted away almost took out CNN correspondent Kelly Wallace.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Joe Lieberman, Gore's running mate back in 2000 -- excuse me, we have some falling -- excuse me there.
MOOS: Her crew staved off the falling risers.
The endorsement got a rise out of some Bush supporters.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm sorry. He's a pantywaist.
MOOS (on camera): Gore is? What about Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's worse.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As far as I'm concerned, they both stink.
MOOS: Were you surprised that Gore backed Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Losers back each other.
MOOS (voice-over): Is that any way for an officer on horseback to talk a dark-horse-turned-front-runner?
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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Aired December 10, 2003 - 15:02 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Well, the aftermath now of a political bombshell for Democrats, Al Gore's endorsement of Howard Dean.
MILES O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: You've heard how it isn't going over well with the other Democratic wanna-bes. So how do real folks feel, though?
Jeanne Moos takes the pulse.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Al Gore and Howard Dean spent the day holding hands, looking like twins in their blue ties, unbuttoning in unison.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's a marriage made in heaven.
MOOS: But in this marriage, aides say, the pair did not intentionally coordinate their outfits.
(on camera): What did you think of this, Gore backs Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It was a shock that he would do it so soon.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I was very surprised.
MOOS: Will this make Dean more attractive to you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely.
MOOS (voice-over): Dean couldn't have asked a more perfect holiday gift.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think he won it for Dean.
MOOS (on camera): He won it?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, he's going to win the nomination for Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I think it hurts him.
MOOS: Hurts who?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Dean.
MOOS: To be associated with Gore?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.
MOOS: How come? He did get half the votes.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes, we have a lot of dumb people in the country, too.
MOOS (voice-over): Gore took some flak for passing over his former running mate.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I just think it's kind of stabbing someone in the back.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's kind of an underhanded, tricky thing to do.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And how Lieberman found out about it, right, in the news, that's not very nice.
MOOS: And speaking of the news, the Gore endorsement almost got gory. A load of risers being carted away almost took out CNN correspondent Kelly Wallace.
KELLY WALLACE, CNN WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT: Joe Lieberman, Gore's running mate back in 2000 -- excuse me, we have some falling -- excuse me there.
MOOS: Her crew staved off the falling risers.
The endorsement got a rise out of some Bush supporters.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm sorry. He's a pantywaist.
MOOS (on camera): Gore is? What about Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He's worse.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: As far as I'm concerned, they both stink.
MOOS: Were you surprised that Gore backed Dean?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Losers back each other.
MOOS (voice-over): Is that any way for an officer on horseback to talk a dark-horse-turned-front-runner?
Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
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