June 18, 2002-In a followup to the elder President Bush's comments, Vice President Gore gives his own response. "In the year 2000, we were in the middle of the greatest period of prosperity in our nation's history, and we had a record $170 billion budget surplus. Social Security was going to be kept solvent for another century in a lockbox, Medicare and health care was going to be reformed, and America was going to ratify the Kyoto Protocol. Since George W. Bush has occupied the Oval Office, there have been tremendous job losses, especially in the dot-com and telecom companies, the budget is once again deep into defecit, our White House has troubling connections with a company guilty of accounting fraud, and the person responsible for the tragedy of September 11th has escaped into friendly territory. If I were in the White House, I can assure you that while I wouldn't have been able to keep every promise I made, I would have made far more headway and progress than the Bush Administration has."
June 19, 2002-President and Senator Clinton give a statement agreeing with Vice President Gore's comments, and go further. "If you look at what happened in 2000, nothing makes sense. Al ran a terrific campaign, and he didn't give Mr. Bush an inch. He took charge like he needed to, and the polls had him 20 points ahead. Even factoring in Mr. Nader, this should've been a comfortable win. But clearly there's something more than we see going on with our voting booths, and our state parties. We have to get to the bottom of this."