Al Gore's Son Arrested

[Lenny]

Junior was arrested after being stopped for speeding and the officer found drugs in his car. Maybe Daddy will get him off! Rank has it's privileges you know!

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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The 24-year-old son of former Vice President Al Gore was arrested for drug possession on Wednesday after he was stopped for speeding in his hybrid Toyota Prius, a sheriff's official said.

Al Gore III -- whose father is a leading advocate of policies to fight global warming -- was driving his environmentally friendly car at about 100 miles per hour on a freeway south of Los Angeles when he was pulled over by an Orange County sheriff's deputy at about 2:15 a.m.

The deputy smelled marijuana and searched the car, said sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino.

*The search turned up a small amount of marijuana, along with prescription drugs including Valium, Xanax, Vicodin, Adderall and Soma.*
There were no prescriptions found, he said.

Gore was arrested on suspicion of drug possession and booked into the Inmate Reception Center in Santa Ana, about 34 miles south of Los Angeles, on $20,000 bail. Although he quickly identified himself as the son of the former vice president, Amormino said Gore received no special privileges.

Gore made bail and was released at 2 p.m., Amormino said. He will receive notice of a court date within 30 days.

The youngest child and only son of the former vice president, Gore has had previous brushes with the law. He was arrested in 2003 for marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.

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maybe the prez will commute his sentence while he still has a pen in his hand

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Al Gore is on the Today show and he is talking about global warming and when the question was asked about his son his son's arrest he said " We will deal with it ". Nothing else.

[Deleted]

I am certainly no Al Gore fan, but I think that was a good answer. It must be very tough to have your family "screw ups" constantly thrown in your face. Exposed is one thing-that's the cost of fame. But I think it is nasty to ask him about it- What does somebody think he's gonna say, " The kid's a f--- up and I never liked him anyhow"?

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I agree.. I didnt see the interview, but i bet the person who asked him knew he wouldn't answer, but wanted to see how Al Gore would react... I bet they prefaced the question with something like "Being that its in the news, we have to ask you" or something like that to make it seem "ok" to ask a personal question like that...

[Fran Gyomory]

I don't like the guy either but what has anything that his kid screwed up got to do with world news? I recall when the "Bush" twins were going about and drinking up a storm it was big news too. Why do the media think anyone really cares if the kids screw up? What is important is what the parent is preaching and whether it is important to the world today. Unfortunately, the world is filled with kids who routinely screw up and I am tired of hearing about it.

[Barry]

At least it kept Paris and Lindsay off the front page

[wheezie]

And here I sit with a son who was never seen or heard selling drugs doing a 5 year sentence because the dealers were using his house. I hope Junior gets what is coming to him, and if he doesn't, this Mom may just write a letter to Mr. Bush, or Mr. Gore.

[wheezie]

Just heard on the news - Junior is "getting treatment"

No No he needs to do his time.

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every parent has there trouble with there kid. weather thay are in the lime light or not

[pruittigoe]

I'll tell ya, the big surprise for me was that a Prius can hit 100mph!

I thought they were supposed to be sluggish in the speed department. Back on my wish list.

[pegleg]

pruittigoe said:

I'll tell ya, the big surprise for me was that a Prius can hit 100mph! I thought they were supposed to be sluggish in the speed department.

That was a surprise to many, myself included, although I had never seriously looked into it. Maybe it was downhill, with a tailwind? Somehow, I suspect it would be great around town, but not so much on these western highways. Anyone with direct experience?

pruittigoe said:

Back on my wish list.

Let us know when the proposed Pruitt Prius purchase is, perchance, pursued . (Say that six times fast...)

[Lenny]

Through my own experience.......I never paint all with the same brush and color. Each time I see or hear of a parent going through tough times with a child gives me the opportunity to thank God for my own children who managed to get through the tough years making good choices and decisions and not allowing themselves to be adversely influenced by peer pressure and the ways of this world. I believe that many parents have problems with their children at one time or another, but I don't believe that all parents have or have had problems with their children.

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i will agree with you lenny, i did not have any trouble with my kids with drugs or drinking, i kept them busy with sports and other activities, and they just know what we would except and not except even as teenagers, i am not going to say they did not do stuff out there when they were on there own, because no parent can know that, but they made the right choices thank god. but everyone is not as lucky, i am sure Al Gore and his wife tried there best.