Bill Clinton 's impeachment and the sex scandal that led up to it cast a shadow on the campaign , particularly on his vice president 's run to replace him . Republicans strongly denounced the Clinton scandals , particularly Bush , who made his repeated promise to restore " honor and dignity " to the White House a centerpiece of his campaign . Gore studiously avoided the Clinton scandals , as did Lieberman , even though Lieberman had been the first Democratic senator to denounce Clinton 's misbehavior . In fact , some media observers theorized that Gore actually chose Lieberman in an attempt to separate himself from Clinton 's past misdeeds , and help blunt the GOP 's attempts to link him to his boss . Others pointed to the passionate kiss Gore gave his wife during the Democratic Convention , as a signal that despite the allegations against Clinton , Gore himself was a faithful husband . Gore avoided appearing with Clinton , who was shunted to low visibility appearances in areas where he was popular . Experts have argued that this could have cost Gore votes from some of Clinton 's core supporters
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2000 United States presidential election