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Gore stopped for speeding on Oregon coast
The Oregonian ^
| The Associated Press
Posted on 08/18/2004 9:28:33 PM PDT by steelwheels
ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) — Former Vice President Al Gore was cited for speeding as he drove a rented car to visit family on the coast, authorities said.
Gore, who was alone, was issued a $141 ticket for driving 75 miles per hour on Highway 26 in the northwest corner of the state, police said. The speed limit is 55.
Gore was issued the ticket on Aug. 3 at 12:37 p.m., said Lt. Dale Rutledge, spokesman for the Oregon State Police.
The trooper who stopped Gore did not recognize him until he furnished his license, Sgt. Andrew Merila told KATU-TV.
The trooper said Gore, who carried Oregon when he ran for president in 2000, was polite throughout the encounter.
Gore has until December to decide whether to fight the ticket.
A phone message left after hours at Gore's office in Tennessee was not immediately returned.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: algore; dontyouknowwhoiam
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To: steelwheels
Gore was issued the ticket on Aug. 3 at 12:37 p.m., said Lt. Dale Rutledge, spokesman for the Oregon State Police.It took two weeks for the LSM to report this? LOL.
To: Texas Eagle
"Well...you...see...officer,...I...was...running...low...on...gas...and...I...was...tryyying...to...get...to...a...gas...station...before...I...ran...out." LOL! The exasperated cop, rolling his eyes and making the 'come on, spit it out' motion with the hand...
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:40:04 PM PDT
by
Riley
(Need an experienced computer tech in the DC Metro area? I'm looking. Freepmail for details.)
To: steelwheels
Al Gwhore invented the speed limit.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:41:40 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Vietnam veteran against Jean-France Kerry.)
To: steelwheels
I sure hope he was driving an "economy" rental car ! If not, he has some explaining to do.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:42:17 PM PDT
by
Peace will be here soon
(USA Eagles 31 , Frogs ( France ) 39... An improvement , but not quite there yet.)
To: clintonh8r
Nah, Ralph Nader invented the speed limit! It's true!
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:46:50 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Real gun control is - all shots inside the ten ring)
To: Texas Eagle
"Car shimmies between 30 and 70"
To: Doctor Stochastic
I wonder if The Smoking Gun will have the police report. It would be interesting to see what nature boy rented.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:47:04 PM PDT
by
kenth
To: steelwheels
Guzzlin' gas with his big lead foot!
"Sirens? Why, it MUST be an important message for ME from the DNC!"
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:47:52 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: MediaMole
Bong .... bong .... bong .... bong .... bong .... munchies .... munchies .... munchies ....
To: kenth
I wonder if The Smoking Gun will have the police report. It would be interesting to see what nature boy rented. I hope and pray it was a gas guzzling SUV. It will only serve to demonstrate his abject hypocrisy.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:50:03 PM PDT
by
BigSkyFreeper
(Real gun control is - all shots inside the ten ring)
To: Riley; Texas Eagle
"Well...you...see...officer,...I...was...running...low...on...gas...and...I...was...tryyying...to...get...to...a...gas...station...before...I...ran...out." LOL! The exasperated cop, rolling his eyes and making the 'come on, spit it out' motion with the hand...
LOL!!
To: steelwheels
To: steelwheels
Unsafe at any speed??
(Naaah...that was one of the other guys running for President that year)
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:51:55 PM PDT
by
CedarDave
(Viet Nam Vet, USN Coastal Div. 13, Cat Lo, XO USCG patrol boat, 1968: No atrocities on my watch!)
To: steelwheels
What! No ticket for emissions?
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:52:06 PM PDT
by
Coleus
(Abortion and Euthanasia, Don't Democrats just kill ya!)
To: Texas Eagle
Officer: .....Mr Gore do you know you were 75 miles an hour ?
Gore: ...... I wasn't gonna be driving for a whole hour officer.....
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:53:00 PM PDT
by
Squantos
(Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
To: Coleus
To: steelwheels; mhking
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:54:36 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Viking Kitties have won the GOLD MEDAL in the 2,000 meter ZOTTING)
To: MediaMole
and this time there was a controlling legal authority
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:59:15 PM PDT
by
beaversmom
(Michael Medved has the Greatest radio show on GOD's Green Earth)
To: Texas Eagle
"Well...you...see...officer,...I...was...running...low...on...gas...and...I...was...tryyying...to...get...to...a...gas...station...before...I...ran...out."First ROFLMAO I have ever posted...
Just try telling me that you have never, ever, done just that ... sped up so you could get to a station before running out ... somewhere out in the middle of no place!
[Monahans State Park comes to mind, the stretch eastward into Sierra Blanca, US 1 late at night, Oh yeah; but I always made it.
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posted on
08/18/2004 9:59:22 PM PDT
by
norton
To: steelwheels
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posted on
08/18/2004 10:03:01 PM PDT
by
woofie
( It's not an optical illusion. It just looks like one.)
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