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.
Like father like son...seems the Gore boys have lead feet and no sense of ethics...oh I am sooo shocked that a bunch of dims would speed along blissfully ignorant of anyone else around them
"No controlling legal authority."
Al Gore is loathsome for his hateful rhetoric brought to you by Soros/moveon. It's karma time.
Here in Northern VA 20 miles over will get you rear-ended by the guy behind you.
hope you would "bump into" him with a good FReep. :o)
Wonder why he was alone in Oregon? Where was Tipper?
After his stuff was stolen in Italy, he remarked he wished he hadn't left his bodyguards behind.
Where were his bodyguards on this trip? So many questions.
About 6 miles ahead, those guys were then seen just over a mountain peak by our car SMACKED INTO THE BACK OF A COCA-COLA TRUCK!
I told my little children, "Thirsty is one thing, Girls..."
Former Vice Presidents do not get Secret Service protection. Former President Bill Clinton issued an Executive Order giving former VP Gore Secret Service protection for 6 months following Jan 20, 2001.
Al Gore invented the radar gun.
LOL! Every now and then I'll later see one of those bozos parked next to some flashing lights. That truly is poetic justice.
I'd be willing to bet, that just as with the vacation in Italy, Al Goron told his Secret Service detail he didn't need them. Bwwwwwhahahahaha! That got him robbed in Italy - and now a ticket in Oregon.
What next?
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