Ex-US Vice President Al Gore to split from wife Tipper

BBC ^ | June 2010 18:38 UK

[Bad~Rodeo]

Former US Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper are separating after 40 years of marriage.

The 2000 Democratic presidential candidate and his wife cited "a mutual and mutually supportive decision", in an email to friends.

Mr Gore, Bill Clinton's vice president, won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change.

Mrs Gore is a longtime advocate on mental health issues. The couple married in May 1970.

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The couple, who were both born in the Washington area and met there, have been living in Tennessee. They have

[bigred44]

I think he’s Gaia.

[Bad~Rodeo]

Whatever happened to Valerie anyway

[DainBramage]

WHICH ONE IS THE EX-WIFE?

[Osage Orange]

ROFLOL!!!

Good one!!

[drangundsturm]

That’s one way to lower your carbon footprint.

[Scythian]

Congratulations, you are the 5,371st person to post this story on the FR, if only there was a search feature folks could use to eliminate duplicates, or if there was a news headline section on the right hand side of the page for instance.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Hey, all you Green Groupies! Your Prince has come...and he’s available! :)

[Vendome]

Yeah, Frickin’ nOOb wannabe! /s LOL

[JustaCowgirl]

...won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change. Mrs Gore is a longtime advocate on mental health issues.

I think I see the problem right there...

LOL! Good one.

All I can say is CONGRATULATIONS, TIPPER.

[Bad~Rodeo]

and yet you accessed the article again and again and again.

FYI, I ALWAYS do a Search

[muawiyah]

Cialis!

Groupies!

He's been busy personally instructing scores of teachers to show his film.

[evets]

Will Algore be on the cover of Playgirl? Algore haz teh ghey

[Oldpuppymax]

Tipper could no longer compete with Al’s TRUE love....HIMSELF!!

[Bad~Rodeo]

She got tired of him stealing her make-up

[Plutarch]

They just purchased the not-so-green house in Montecito.

Will this be Al Gore's new bachelor pad, where his Hollywood starlet admirers can hang about the pool?

[Ann Archy]

WHO??

[Bad~Rodeo]

Sorry, post meant for someone else, my bad

[Moleman]

Very sad. I wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy.

[The Wizard]

Good for her......Get out, this guy is no good.

[Republic]

That is one beautiful pool! Would I ever love to swim there!

I don't think al gore will be doing to much with starlets except for the occasional need for a 'beard' like person as an escort.

My guess is tippy got tired of al stretching out her wardrobe items in a most inconvenient fashion. And that is the inconvenient truth as I read it.