Clinton Says McWherter "made us dream, and think and act"

Clinton Says McWherter “made us dream, and think and act”

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   NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Former President Bill Clinton and former
Vice President Al Gore remembered former Tennessee Gov. Ned
McWherter as a special governor who had a unique way of connecting
with everyday people.
     They attended a public memorial service Saturday for McWherter,
a two-term Democratic governor and longtime House speaker from West
Tennessee who died last Monday of cancer at the age of 80.
     Current Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Haslam, as well as
several former state governors and lawmakers, were also in
attendance.
     Gore said McWherter "always kept a connection to working people
and the rural poor."
     Clinton called him a "fabulous politician" who "made us
dream, and think and act."
     The program also included a eulogy by McWherter's son Mike, a Jackson, Tenn., businessman; remarks by Billy Stair, a senior policy adviser to McWherter; a sermon by former McWherter chief of staff David Gregory; and music by the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the string faculty of Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music
A second service is set for 1:30 p.m. Sunday in West Tennessee
on the front lawn of McWherter's home in Dresden.