Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore, The Democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, August 2000

"You know there was nothing planned about that. It's absolutely true. It just happened. People ask me if I had anything I could do over again in the campaign that I would do differently, and I say, 'If I had it to do over again, I would have kissed her longer.' But she was struggling.'" - Al Gore

"I was so surprised!" - Tipper Gore

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