This is low-octane rhetoric, but Gore makes it work. As best I can tell, he enjoys the rapport it gives with crowds. Gore has also become the chief sloganeer of the Clinton campaign. He never tosses off a complex thought when a slogan or dumb joke will do. His best flourish was swiped from Jesse Jackson, the Clinton- Gore nemesis.
Unemployment is up, personal income is down.
Bankruptcies are up, housing starts are down. The trade deficit is up, business confidence is down. Everything that ought to be up is down. They've got it upside down. And we're going to turn it right-side up.