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Over the years, Al
Gore's caricature has appeared in numerous local and national cartoon
strips. Vice President Al Gore has amassed a large personal collection
of cartoons characterizing his public life. Below are a few examples from
his personal collection. Click on the cartoons to see a larger version.
This cartoon
with Vice President Al Gore on crutches has the President complimenting
the Vice President. Vice President Al Gore ruptured his achilles
tendon playing basketball on August 20, 1994. (Reproduced with the
permission of Dave Granlund)
This cartoon
with the bureaucracy depicted as a dinosaur was crafted after Vice
President Gore presented the National Performance Review: Creating
a Government that Works Better and Costs Less (NPR) to President
Clinton on September 7, 1993. (Reproduced with the permission of
Jimmy Margulies and King Features Syndicates)
President Clinton
signed into law the Federal Workforce Restructuring Act on March
30, 1994. This Act, an NPR recommendation, will reduce the size
of the federal workforce to its lowest level since President Kennedy
was in office. (This cartoon of federal workers is reproduced with
the permission of Ed Gamble and King Fea tures Syndicates)
This cartoon
of a train includes caricatures of both the President and the Vice
President. President Clinton signed into law the Federal Acquisition
Streamlining Act on October 13, 1994. This Act, an NPR recommendation,
will overhaul the way the Federal government purchases supplies
and dramatically reduce costs to the American taxpayer. (Reproduced
with the permission of Jeff MacNelly)
This cartoon
depicts a NEW Al Gore as the character from the movie Terminator
2. As a member of the United States Senate, Al Gore's early and
steadfast leadership has influenced American policy in such areas
as the environment, science, space, technology and foreign affairs.
(Reproduced with the permission of Jack Ohman)