Al Gore's son arrested for pot possession

[kskiska]

WASHINGTON (AP) - The son of former vice president and 2000 Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore has been charged with marijuana possession.

Albert A. Gore III, 21, was arrested Friday night after he was stopped for driving a vehicle without its headlights on.

Two passengers were also arrested and charged with misdemeanor marijuana possession. They were identified as Yann V. Kumin, 21, and Marc G. Hordon, 22, both of Cambridge, Mass.

(snip)

A search of the vehicle turned up a partial marijuana cigarette, a cigarette box containing suspected marijuana, and a soft drink can that also smelled of marijuana.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-3531636,00.html

[KissMyAsscroft]

1. Must have been on their way to meet the Bush daughters...

nt

[corporatewhore]

4. so true i went to one of jenna's party

a sister of a friend knows her Damn Jenna gives a new meaning to wild

[kskiska]

13. Yep, the J&B Twins – it's not easy to top them

http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/images/blpic-jennapriceless.htm

[Dogmudgeon]

47. Topping Jenna

She's a switch, you know.

But hot diggity damn if that isn't a cool name for my next porn movie!








--------------------Can a sexy hard-case Republican dominatrix find happiness as
--------------------the naughty little girl of a prominent Democratic kingmaker?
------------------------------
Now playing at filthy dives in poor folks' neighborhoods

-------------Topping Jenna

--------------------------Starring ----- JENNA BUSH --- SETH GREEN

---------------------Barbara Bush - George and Laura Bush - Gramps and Gram Bush
---------------------Christopher Walken - Horatio Sanz - Britney Spears - Don Knotts

--------------------------The Entire Editorial Staff of the National Enquirer and the U.K. Sun

---Featuring Antonin Scalia as "Fat Tony" - Clarence Thomas as "Slappy T" - Janet Reno as "Madame Spank"

-------------And By Popular Demand,
------------------------------------A Very Special Appearance By
-------------------------------------------William J. Clinton
------------------------------------------as "The Love Guru"

----------------------------------------A Bareknuckled Production
----------in association with the Attorneys General of the States of Texas, California, and Connecticut.

--------------------------------The MPAA Has Not Yet Rated This Film, Nor Do They Intend To, You Idiot.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Printed with Union labor. UPLC #1776



--bkl
Ah, the dreams of glory ...

[Fridays Child]

80. When do tickets go on sale, and what's a switch?

?

[UrbScotty]

2. At least he didn't use a fake ID (or did he?) (nt)

[ParticipatoryDem]

3. We don't need this right now

We are having enough of a fight without another distraction popping up like this.

[w13rd0]

5. How is this a distraction?

Is Al a candidate? Is his son? Did he use his (non-existant) influence as a non-office holder to have the story buried and the arrest expunged?

[ParticipatoryDem]

31. Worried about the impression not the act.

It can only hurt Democratic chances of winning.

[Robbien]

66. This is a good post for Rush to pick up and use

to show how insensitive the democratic party is. Isn't it strange that insensitive posts come from new posters at DU?

Welcome to DU.

[shanti]

85. but of course

we know and see this...;-)

[ParticipatoryDem]

87. What insensitive posts are you referring to?

Yours?

[bemildred]

89. No offense, but

do you really expect US to worry about
whether RUSH thinks WE are insensitive?

[shanti]

84. how?

it didn't hurt the chimp that his niece was popped for crack or his daughters were wild...

[ParticipatoryDem]

88. How?

With swing voters. That's how. To imagine winning without swing voters is quite arrogant.

[vision]

96. To use that logic

So a former VP's son is caught with a little MJ and this will turn off voters. And these swing voters will now not vote Democratic. Ok let's say that is so, how many voters?

Will these same voters be turned off be turned off by the following and not vote Republican:
1) Jenna & Barbara Bush the daughters of current P caught using illegal IDs to drink while under the supervision of Secret Service, not once but twice.
2) Noelle Bush the niece of the current P and the daughter of the Governor of Florida is sent to drug rehab and while there is caught with a rock of Crack in her shoe and is not sent to jail for violating her rehab but is instead allowed to finish it with out consequences.
3) Niel Bush, brother to the current P and Governor of Florida, is getting a divorce because he was messing aound over seas while on business trips.
4) Strom Thurmonds' daughter, who was concieved by rape and whom was in her twenties when Strom ran as a segragationist canidate for President, is finally revealed after his death.
5) Rush Limbaugh admits that he is addicted to pain killers and it appears that he was handling thousands of pills and is still under investigation.
6) Bill Janklow, former Governor of South Dakota, Repubican from S.D. is convicted of manslaughter.

These are a few off the top of my head. So if some swing voters are turned off by the Dems having a former Vp's son caught with MJ shouldn't these same swing voters be even more disgusted with the above done by Repubicans?

[Rose Siding]

22. WE don't need this??

WE don't? This is a kid with parents and THEY don't need this! Now or ever!

Thanks so for popping in on your first post to commiserate about "our" fight, but try to shine a little of that Dem/Progressive compassion around.

The Gores have served this country well and they owe us NOTHING.

[ParticipatoryDem]

37. I mean no disrespect to the Gores

Nor do I care what their son smokes. My concern is that this bust will make our job harder to get bush out in November and to get our guy in.

[okieinpain]

43. yep you're right, foget about bush lying about catching saddam

we've got gore's son with drugs.

[Fovea]

69. Now would be a great time

for Al to support legalization.
Really, for really real we should join Canada here.
This might actually be an issue
that gets non-voters back
in the booth. And ~90% of those
against legalization are already
voting anyway.

[cosmicdot]

79. I agree

it'd be the best thing to happen to Phillip Morris -- I've always heard they have a program-on-file ready to roll out

and, the job creation - advertising, quality assurance, marketing, boost to rural areas, etc.


`````````````````````````
bet it was of excellent quality

[bitchkitty]

71. Who is we?

I certainly don't care if Al Gore's son smokes pot.

[ParticipatoryDem]

83. I sure don't care what he or anyone else smokes either

In case you can't figure out what I was saying it was in reference to the enemy getting more ammo to use to shoot at us. If you don't share that concern then by all means don't be part of we in this case.

[mac56]

100. Especially his ADULT 21-year-old son.

This is a non-issue.

[buff2]

6. Wow.........

That kid is totally out of control. Doesn't he realize what he is doing to his parents? I mean it's not like they are not well known or anything. He needs his ass kicked.

[GemMom]

23. Also in the Washington Post

Here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18174-2003Dec20.html

The last two paragraphs discuss Al Gore's previous arrests for DUI and speeding (97 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone).

[GemMom]

28. What that story doesn't mention is

that Al Gore III was suspended from St. Albans at the age of 13 for drinking alcohol and using "herbal substances". So he got into the wacky weed early!

[Name removed]

61. Deleted message

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[Sorcerer3]

62. I forgot about that

I wonder if they actually inhaled?

[oldcoot]

86. How do you know this?

Did the school release this information or did the courts? I would think that it would be highly unethical and illegal for a school to release any information about a student or a former student to the press. I also was under the impression that juvenile criminal records were sealed, so the courts could not ethically release them to the press or anyone else.

[5thGenDemocrat]

41. "He needs his ass kicked"

"Doctor Skittles, Doctor Skittles -- report to surgery."
John
Dems smoke pot. Repukes snort oxycontin.

[buff2]

59. You missed my point

Repukes can do anything they want......nothing said. Let a dem do something and they hound it for months. Gore's son KNOWS how the repukes love to smear his dad...yet he keeps getting himself arrested and in the news? I still say he needs his ass kicked.

[punistation]

7. re:

Looks like the boy was feeling Rushed. ^_^

Rush on, lil' dude. Rush on.

[Zhade]

35. Totally off-topic, but why do I get the impression you're an anime fan?

-_^

[spychoactive]

44. that was funny ^

not on-topic, but at i saw al gore hanging out stage right at rfk stadium aduring a grateful dead show, sporting his j. garcia tie!

one love
spike

this info will damage re: the transplant of the shrub

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Jeebus... WEED?

Christ... half a joint, too. But, in his defense, at least it isn't oxycontin, xanax, or any of those other Republican "designer drugs."

Lil' Al keeping it natural...

[dweller]

9. dude where can i get a six-pack

of that 'soft-drink'?
:eyes:

dp

[peekaloo]

18. Cola shopping vs Doctor shopping

Crimes and Misdemeanors.


:smoke:

[Bonhomme Richard]

10. what's the big deal...

How many of us(and them!Repugs) have smoked pot especially as kids. Kids do as kids do and there ain't no stoppin it so chill out, have a beer(it's legal)( no hipocracy intended) and go about your life.
No story here, please move along.

[GemMom]

25. Yeah, but.........

did you get behind the wheel of a car while high?

[R Hickey]

52. Boy could I tell you stories...

but I won't.

[uncle ray]

70. you would be suprised

how functional a daily smoker can be. i'd bet that you have encountered many a pothead and not known it, they can function normally, until faced with the most stressful situation possible, a police officer.

[karlschneider]

11. He better be careful, he might graduate to coke and become a Republican

like Bunnypants.
:eyes:

[Devlzown]

12. You'd think a Gore would be able

to afford a bong and not have to use a soda can like we used to.:evilgrin:

[UTUSN]

14. Perspective

[PartyPooper]

15. Folks, I wouldn't worry too much. This story will blow over.

Remember, Howard Dean's son had a "problem" with the law this past summer...but, that's all history now.

Rush is another story. His "addiction" and the accompanying hypocrisy requires closer scrutiny. He needs the book thrown at him!

(BTW, I'm a Howard Dean supporter...I don't want to be accused of bashing the doctor-or his family!)

:kick:

[aquart]

38. The reason the story will blow over

Is that no Bush wants to go toe to toe on parenting skills.

So Howard Dean's kid gets a pass and the non-running Al Gore's kid will get a pass.

And if Gore goes to the arraignment to be with his kid, no Republican will ever feel comfy mentioning it again.

Why? Because Bush is a heartless pig who doesn't even love his own daughters and they know it. (And no, I wouldn't say this about most people or most Republicans. There is nothing so basic as loving your child no matter what your political view. George doesn't. You can feel it.)

[PartyPooper]

40. Ding Ding Ding! We have a winner!

Thanks for your eloquent and accurate post!

:toast:

[Bucky]

67. Since when did W ever do his own heavy lifting? This is what Geraldo's for

Along with the rest of the Fox network, you can bet we'll be hearing about the kid being a 'pothead' for the rest of the campaign. Bush won't go after li'l Gore, but every other conservative on the tube will, while ignoring the drinking and pot problems the Bush twins have.

Oh wait, that would be hypocritical of them. Maybe they will ignore the story after all.

[mac56]

101. You nailed it, aquart!

nm

[grasswire]

16. maybe this is a reason Al chose not to run again

Maybe he knew the kid was having trouble and knew the family would be crucified for it.

[aquart]

39. No.

Again, because no Bush dare speak about parenting.

[grytpype]

17. After Rush came out in favor of Hillbilly Heroin...

... there better not be a peep out of the conservatives about this.

[stevedeshazer]

20. Oh, there will be more than a peep

It'll be all over radical right radio.

OxyContin = Good

Marijuana = Bad

:smoke:

[grytpype]

26. You know what the difference is? Oxy is a PRESCRIPTION med!

Wanna bet that's what we'll be hearing????

[stevedeshazer]

30. Won't take that bet

No profit for pharmaceutical companies in weed.

[Zhade]

34. Tell that to Big Pharm.

They'd like nothing better than to patent synthetic cannaboids for use in pain medication. They're working on it as we speak. When I get a chance, I'll post a source on that (unless someone else has one handy).

[SahaleArm]

51. Who wants to pop weed pills? Puff-Puff-Give n/t

[Zhade]

90. Hey, I agree.

Big Pharm would still like to strong-arm and steer any potential legalization to its own ends. That shouldn't come as a surprise from an industry willing to raise the cost of AIDS drugs 400%.

[amber dog democrat]

19. Lets hear it for the war on drugs

This is such a non issue, but a lucrative one for the Law & Order agencies.
I was busted once myself, back in 1972 when it was 2 years to life in Texas.

Would they have been hauled in if they were Republicans ? Probably.
No one is safe.

[stevedeshazer]

24. War On (some) Drugs!! War On (some) Drugs!!

These fiendish pot smokers MUST be brought to justice!

:smoke:

[Virgil]

21. This is significant because it breaks the silence

If you follow the media coverage of cannabis and its prohibition, you first know they do not use the word prohibition much in the media. The first strategy of the media to prolong CP (Cannabis Prohibition) is silence. This is generally only interrupted for demonization. This is what I call a "quiet, quiet, boo!!!" strategy.

This story is most significant because it breaks the silence of the incarcerationists. It is also important because it shows how senseless an idea it is that the UN could have a drug-free world in 5 years and that a drug-free America is the wildest of fantacies. It shows to the Okkies that it is not just a bunch of blacks in the inner cities of America wasting their lives that use laughing grass.

This has no real consequence in the primaries, but it does raise the issue that silence avoids, and gives me a chance to say that Kucinich is for ending the failure of the WOD. On his election he said that he would sign an executive order ending the vicious and malicious, misguided, and mean-spirited raids on MMJ patients and their support system.

[Zhade]

36. Excellent points!

And I must say, "laughing grass" is the coolest nickname I've never heard of!

[spychoactive]

46. here, here!

Virgil i couldn't agree with you more!

one love
spike

[osaMABUSh]

27. BFD - A college kid smoking pot - this will blow over in two days

It might get a casual mention on one of the Sunday talk shows but thats about it.

[caledesi]

29. Was it prescription pot? If so, like Rush, he's okay. LOL! nt

[OneBlueSky]

32. you go, Albert! . . .

toke one up for me . . . :hippie:

[Zhade]

33. For the love of God!

Okay, if they were driving stoned, baaaaad, they should be punished. That said--

DECRIMINALIZE, already! Hell, legalize the stuff! Stop wasting MY fucking tax dollars on a natural herb that does far less damage and far more good than tobacco or alcohol! Don't we have more pressing problems, you total fucking morons???

Ahem. </rant>

[joshcryer]

42. Wonder what Gore's position on pot is.

heh..

[spychoactive]

45. a soft drink can???

jeez al, didn't ya teach him anything??? :party:

was it a pepsi?

lol

[wanderingbear]

48. Big Deal..

George Bush Himself is an Ex coke adict..

[demsrule4life]

49. Pot isnt the big deal

But he is racking up a driving record that if not corrected he is going to get himself killed, or worse others.

[Dogmudgeon]

50. I'm more concerned about that headlight thing

Toking up while driving is dumb, but driving at night without your lights is suicidal, the kind of suicidal that can take several innocent bystanders or bydrivers with you.

Li'l Al, take my advice: Stay in one place when you party!

--bkl

[pinniped]

53. Is Jebby's daughter in rehab again?

Is that why this story broke?

[Melsky]

54. I think it's important to call it Prohibition

Because that's what it is. It didn't work in the 20s and it's not working now. People in general know that prohibition didn't work. It created many more problems than it solved (if it solved any). It was a waste of taxpayer resources and is treats grown adults like children.

Having been around both heavy pot smokers and heavy drinkers, I will take the pot smoker every time.

It also doesn't have to be smoked. It can be eaten for the same effect, if people are concerned about their lungs. The reason this is not that common is because you need a larger amount if you are eating it, and of course since it is illegal it is harder to get.

[xchrom]

55. not on my personal radar

who hasn't/doesn't smoke the herb?

[Tuttle]

63. As far as I'm concerned...

W has never EXHALED!

Tut-tut

[CandyCrim21]

56. *sigh*

SO he got caught, big deal. He never inhaled, I'm sure.;):smoke: :nopity: :shrug:

[The Backlash Cometh]

57. So it begins.

I knew they would be going after white suspects sooner or later. I never expected it to be so blatantly political.

[loudnclear]

58. But it wasn't oxycotin...so he has to go to jail!

How many people do you know who don't smoke pot?

[Toucano]

72. Support big pharma

or go to jail!

You are so right.

[bearfan454]

60. It's only weed.

So fucking what. Light up another one. Fuck them.

[2cents]

64. it's just a "youthful indiscretion"

dems should use it early and often whenever it's brought up.

[RainDog]

65. Stop this STUPID prohibition NOW.

I don't know who said it on this forum, but they told the truth when they said that Republicans (and not just...THIS ENTIRE COUNTRY, by allowing this to continue...) lives by this rule-

It doesn't matter what you do, it matters who you are, as far as the war on drugs is concerned, at the very least.

Rush, Noelle Bush, Dan Burton's son...

how many examples do we need of the arbitrary nature of this war on drugs??

No, Gore should not have been driving. But that is different than the issue of whether or not marijuana should be legal (and it should be, no doubt, no medical doubt, no legal doubt, no social doubt, if the real and honest evaluations are allowed to frame the public debate, rather than the liars and hypocrites who now control the media message.

Don't waste my tax dollars on the "war on drugs." Put money into treatment for abusers of hard drugs and let the rest of the adults in this country imbibe in marijuana in the same way that adults may also imbibe a glass of wine or beer.

the biggest lie is that marijuana is any more dangerous than alcohol.

[Zhade]

91. AMEN.

NT!

[GRClarkesq]

68. Supporter of terrorism, Gitmo for him

n/t

[gmang]

73. EQUALITY?????

Isn't it discriminating to plaster Jeb's daughter with her drug problems, and the Bush daughters all over the news with their indiscretions, but not Gore's son? What happened to equality? If Jeb or Duhbya would have made a deal like that, it would have been front page news, and people calling for a special investigation.}(

[Zhade]

92. Um...in what world would THAT happen?

The Traitor (aka Bush) is a former (?) cokehead...and yet, where is the front page news on that?

The issue is hypocrisy. Rush "Big Fat Gasbag of Utter Lies and unAmerican Bullshit" Limbaugh gets a pass on Oxycontin, yet Kid Gore's weed - WEED, for crying out loud - is equal to that?

If Young Al was driving stoned, that's a really bad thing, and he should be fairly punished for it - and consider himself lucky no one died. If, that is, the story is as described.

Fuck prohibition, though. Never works, never will. Drugs are only illegal because the government profits more that way.

[gmang]

102. palease

And B. Clinton used drugs. Didn't inhale? BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!
While saying smoking is bad for you, and people should quit/not start, he didn't give up his cigars.
Chelsea, uhhhh, did you know she was smoking? She snuck out of the White House to go party. Geee, partying just like the Bush twins. Why did she get a pass?
Equality isthat both the oxycontin and weed are illegal in the way they were gotten/used.
Why aren't you also mentioning all the hollywood druggies? They are also in the entertainment business like rush.
It only doesn't work because they don't have the will. Let's see, dealing, transporting, smuggling, etc., SHOOT THEM!!!!!

[buycitgo]

99. funny funny post

funnier hobbies, "friend"

[pezcore64]

74. ...

OMG GOD!
I CANT BELIEVE IT!
WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE!


HIS SONS ACTUALLY A HUMAN BEING! DEAR GOD NO! SAY IT AINT SO!

sheesh
who cares
hes young and having a good time
be happy hes not all coked out or on heroin.

Funny he had a pop-can pipe...i didnt know lots of other people did it too...kinda makes you feel like a crack head using them...but they are cheap and easy to make so... lol.


I say nobody needs to be harsh the poor guy. it was possession after all, not trafficing. prolly means he had an 1/8 or less. which is definitely for personal use.

[gmang]

75. ...

The Bush girls were only having a good time also.
If we use your rationale, Jeb's girl could be excusable for her actions, as she was addicted.
If you make fun of the girls, do so for the guys.

[Rebel_with_a_cause]

76. WWRS?

What will Rush say?

[Triana]

77. i'm sure they'll be punished accordingly...

...JUST like the bushsluts! (NOT!)

I bet the RePugs will make hay of this, but when the slutty bush daughters were screwing, smoking, drinking, and whoring, that is/was A-OK...youbetcha.

[bedtimeforbonzo]

78. I don't think ANYONE

should be arrested for possessing pot. I don't care if their last name is Bush, Gore, or whatever.

[Zhade]

93. Damn straight.

Fuck prohibition!

[Triana]

94. well, i agree with you there...(n/t)

[many a good man]

81. Let's throw all the Legislators' kids in the slammer for marijuana

Maybe they'll legalize it then.

[leanstreets23]

98. No loss, since these elites' kids probably aren't the sort

of material the prisons-industrial complex hopes to build America's future from in any case. Jim Crow Nation's usual selective enforcement of blue laws and arbitrarily decided prohibitions. Al the 3rd needs to learn, along with Prince Harry, Jack Straw's boy, propagandist Limbaugh: do as you will, but be discreet -- or it looks bad when you've acquired multiple violations and aren't in prison, while the browner-complected are slapped into chains routinely.

[bobthedrummer]

82. "The car can fly, the car can fly..."

:smoke:

[Sparkle]

95. A partial marijuana cigarette?

Geeze. But he should be taken care of like all other privileged kids. Nothing.

But this kid has got some major problems. Wasn't he given a speeding ticket a few years ago? Tipper and Al better talk some sense into that spoiled brat before he kills himself or someone else.

[Beaker]

104. none of them had the common sense to eat the roach?

dumbasses deserve what they get.

[dolstein]

97. Well, here's something else Dean and Gore have in common

Both their sons show an astonishing lack of judgment.

[janx]

103. Was the soft drink can slightly dented on one side, and did

it have small HOLES punched into it?



See what one has to do after Ashcroft busted all of the shops selling pipes?

HE should be the one arrested... :smoke:
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