When the story alleging that Al Gore sexually assaulted a masseuse here in Portland, I said that I would hold off covering it until the matter was resolved. My reasons were that I don’t read Gore as impulsive and that I know the local Republicans in Oregon are a particularly sleazy bunch. In 2004, I personally observed Republican operates wearing Jesus pins, abusing our vote by mail system by getting transients’ signatures on pre-filled ballots and rewarding them with beer and cheap wine on a downtown corner near where I worked. I started screaming bloody murder and chased them away. Gore has been cleared.
After re-opening an investigation against Al Gore regarding alleged sexual assault while at a Portland hotel, Multnomah County prosecutors will not file charges against the former United States Vice President.
In a memo released to the media, the District Attorney’s office states multiple deficiencies in the case, including:
- No hotel employees saw the female accuser acting in an odd or unusual manner, as she had told police.
- The accuser reportedly called Vice President Gore 2 days after the alleged incident, leaving a voice message that told him to “dream about a redheaded women.” The accuser is a redhead.
- Forensic tests on the pants saved by Gore’s accuser turned up negative for seamen.
- The accuser failed a polygraph test
The document also hints that the accuser accepting money in exchange for her story as another reason they are skeptical of her…
Inserted from <The Portlander>
My best guess is that the accuser talked to friends about having given Gora a massage, and the word got back to the local GOP, who suggested to her that she could bake money selling a lie to the National Enquirer. The right wing noise blogs and Faux Noise have bee4n salivating over this story. I will be surprised if any have the integrity to apologize.
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TC
I’m glad he was cleared as are many. I didn’t write about this either as I didn’t believe it. I thought to myself, when did you lose his mind. Answer: He didn’t.
The rightest Right loved this story and couldn’t get enough of it. Fox who has not one bit of decency I’m sure will not retract or apologize.
Good going, Tim.
I wouldn’t think that Gore would be that stupid (nor did I think Edwards would be that stupid, but look where that got me..). Prominent figures are always being accused of something that they didn’t do, simply because of the payoff that may be involved. I’m glad he was cleared.
As am I Lisa. I would hate to see him go down in flame two blocks from my apartment.
Hey Tom, I don’t know who wrote that article, but it’s spelled ‘semen’, not ‘seamen’ (now that would be a good one – finding a bunch of sailors on Al Gore’s pants).
Thanks Diane. Good catch. If there were a bunch of sailors on his pants, he’d be a Republican. 😉
It baffles me how quickly people will believe something that’s clearly out of character for someone of Al Gore’s stature. If casual sex with masseuses or anyone else was his weakness, something would surfaced much sooner. Besides, why would someone like he have to stoop to that? I’m happy for us all that the story nose-dived.
Tim sometimes it happens. The Edwards scandal caught everyone I know by surprise, except for one apparantly psychic Canadian gal. But Gore seemed just too boring for that.