Al Gore's Son arrested for speeding and drugs

NutBrnHair · #1 07-05-2007, 04:31 PM

Poor Tipper -- I bet the child listened to too much nasty rock music growing up.

OneTimeSBX · #2 07-05-2007, 05:00 PM

i think Daddy Gore has an interview tonight (or maybe last night?) with someone on TV that was pre-planned...i am willing to put money on the first question out of the reporters mouth...

UGAalum94 · #3 07-05-2007, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by NutBrnHair

Poor Tipper -- I bet the child listened to too much nasty rock music growing up.

If only she'd been more successful in her attempts. . .

I wonder how old you have to be to get your joke without wikipedia.

ETA: I'm plenty old enough not to need it.

Kevin · #4 07-05-2007, 05:33 PM

I wouldn't be too judgmental of the parents. I know lots of people who have had every chance in the world but screwed their lives up due to addiction.

No amount of good parenting can overcome addiction.

This is Gore's son's case and it's not fair to make it anyone else's. Hopefully, father sends this kid off to a hardcore rehab center (or cuts him off entirely).

UGAalum94 · #5 07-05-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kevin

I wouldn't be too judgmental of the parents. I know lots of people who have had every chance in the world but screwed their lives up due to addiction.

No amount of good parenting can overcome addiction.

This is Gore's son's case and it's not fair to make it anyone else's. Hopefully, father sends this kid off to a hardcore rehab center (or cuts him off entirely).

I think the stuff about Tipper was intended completely humorously and Gore is only mentioned as that's what makes it a news story. Someone else's kid wouldn't be as likely to make the New York Times.

But I've never known anyone to have the recurring issues with marijuana that III has in terms of addiction. You know he's already been to rehab, right?

33girl · #6 07-05-2007, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

I think the stuff about Tipper was intended completely humorously

Um no, not really. She put herself on a pedestal as far as her parenting skills were concerned, which one shouldn't do unless one is prepared for a long and hard fall.

Then again, I know some of the girls have said they were closer to their dad than their mom, so who knows.

As far as the common drug being pot - I would say he's probably more addicted to just plain getting f'ed up on whatever's at hand than being actually physically addicted to pot. If the pics from his previous arrest are any indication, he had a food addiction in there as well.

UGAalum94 · #7 07-05-2007, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Um no, not really. She put herself on a pedestal as far as her parenting skills were concerned, which one shouldn't do unless one is prepared for a long and hard fall.

Then again, I know some of the girls have said they were closer to their dad than their mom, so who knows.

As far as the common drug being pot - I would say he's probably more addicted to just plain getting f'ed up on whatever's at hand than being actually physically addicted to pot. If the pics from his previous arrest are any indication, he had a food addiction in there as well.

I'm not a fan of the music censoring garbage, but I don't know if it was really placing her parenting on a pedestal. Actually, admitting that you needed labels to know what your kid was listening to advertises your weak parenting, if anything. But on some level, I get what you are saying.

But if we're going to judge her, she's still at a pretty good percentage in terms of quality of adult produced. And I say that not even particularly being a fan of the Gores.

AKA_Monet · #8 07-05-2007, 08:10 PM

Hate to break it to you, but an O.C. CHP in Crown Valley is luser and needed to fulfill a quota.

And to pull over a Prius, dude must have needed a money until he realized who he pulled over. Usually, they write that stuff off. But the O.C. CHiP... Oh well... The county needs money.

Kevin · #9 07-06-2007, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Um no, not really. She put herself on a pedestal as far as her parenting skills were concerned, which one shouldn't do unless one is prepared for a long and hard fall.

Blaming a parent for the drug problems of an adult child without knowing the whole story is actually pretty lame. I'm sure we all know kids whose parents were great -- but those kids ended up in drug problems.

This is especially prevalent among upper middle class kids who use recreationally in HS and college. Some kids just don't get the whole concept of moderation.

33girl · #10 07-06-2007, 11:22 AM

Kevin, you're not old enough to remember what a judgemental asshat Tipper was. May I also say that blaming a Prince song for your child's problems is pretty lame.

Munchkin03 · #11 07-07-2007, 08:13 AM

People--of all levels of fame, we see it here on GC all the time--love to put their kids and their parenting skills on a pedestal. The danger in this is that kids do what they want to do, and in most cases the parents end up looking like tools when their kid fouls up.

Tipper really was high and mighty over the PMRC thing, and I've noticed that the higher and mightier you are over your parenting or how great your kids are, your fall ends up being farther and messier than if you had just stayed quiet.