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On Apr 5, 12:20 pm, Ross wrote:
Check this out on Gore http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/house.asp

Nice Snopes article about the Gore's 10,000 sqft house and the 4000
sqft house at the Bush's Crawford "ranch", with the ground-water heat
pump system (very nifty indeed if you can sink a reasonable-depth well
next to your house... I'm jealous).

Question, though. Do you really think the President, the First Lady,
the President's security detail, the First Lady's security detail, the
President's staff, the First Lady's staff, *and* Barney would all fit
in a 4000 sqft house, all at the same time during the workday?

Nope, they don't. The Bushes actually have a small compound at
Crawford, with one or two extra houses, staff trailers, etc., etc.
All proper and fitting for the POTUS, but hardly just the modest 4000
sqft ranch house described in the Snopes article. :-)

The Gore's, on the other hand, really do fit themselves, their
security (they don't use much) and their respective staff inside their
one house. A big-ass house, to be sure!

The real issue though isn't the size of the house, it is the hypocrisy
that Gore represents and that Bush does not. Gore is the one crying
wolf and telling us how we have to change our lifestyle in order to
"save the world" all while doing completely the opposite personally. I
haven't heard Bush making such claims.

Matt