Shot at 2007-05-15
Posted on 06/24/2007 4:10:54 PM PDT by kristinn
In an interview published in today's New York Times Sunday Magazine, Kristin Gore, daughter of former Vice President Al Gore, claims the Gores were 'under siege' by 'bussed in' protesters outside the Vice President's residence in Washington, D.C. during the 2000 presidential election Florida recount as Gore fought to win the presidency from then Texas Governor George W. Bush.
Gore says the protesters' cries of "Get Out of Cheney's House" (a reference to Bush's vice presidential nominee, Dick Cheney, who would take residence there upon being inaugurated) drove her mother, Tipper, to play nature sounds on a CD player to distract the family from the sounds of the protesters.
Contrary to the claim by Kristin Gore that the protesters were bussed in, they came of their own volition and either drove or took public transportation there. The protests were initiated, organized and led by the D.C. Chapter of Free Republic.
Below is an excerpt from the Times interview with Gore:
Have you met President Bush and Laura?
No, I never met them during the 2000 campaign, and since then, the invitations have been lost in the mail, I’m afraid.
How often do you think back to the 2000 election and the legal fight over the counting of the ballots?
As little as possible. If I ever do dip into that, it doesn’t go anywhere good.
Were you living with your parents during that period?
Yes. I took a leave of absence from “Futurama,” and I was home for the 36 days because I felt pretty useless as a comedy writer. They bussed in people who stood outside screaming, “Get out of Cheney’s house.”
This was outside the official vice president’s residence, where your family lived for eight years?
Yes, it wasn’t really a great atmosphere, but my mom maintained a sense of humor about it. She was making jokes about Noriega and turning up the stereo to drown out the chants.
I trust she wasn’t playing rap music, in light of her crusade against profane lyrics. She would play all kinds of music and those nature sound CD’s, which were supposed to fool us into thinking we were in the rain forest instead of in a house under siege.
Great job guys!!!
Woo hoo!! Great job, Kristinn and DC Chapter!! Way to go FReepers!!
Are you kidding me question did Dubya get lost in WH I doubt it LOL!
Oh! But it IS!!!
Shot at 2007-05-15
They should get stoned.
Is this one the Gore daughter caught in Detroit with wacky weed and speeding in an Escalade?
“they bussed in protestors”....a tried and true practice by leftists, rats and other anti-American groups....
I happened to be in the DC area for a business meeting, staying in a motel in Northern Virginia. In the evening, I went to a drug store, bought a piece of posterboard and a magic marker, then drove into DC, and parked somewhere in the park next to the Naval Observatory grounds. The FreeRepublic protestors were on a street corner across the street from the Naval Observatory grounds. The Vice President's house is set way back from the entrance, so Gore and his family would have been many hundreds of feet away from the Protests. There were only about three dozen protesters on the evening I went, and they were all individuals more or less like me - no groups of more than 4 people and not a single paid political professional among them. There were a half dozen paid union members there as counter protesters. A couple of local TV news stations took some footage and did short interviews with protestors. I stuck around for about 3 hours, maybe from 8pm to 11pm, then went back to my hotel.
I haven't been a huge activist, but I am very proud of the evening I spent there. If Al Gore and his family remember hearing my voice among the chorus outside his gates telling him to respect election results, then I am very glad. I know I am very proud of having played a very small part in a wave of popular outrage that ultimately kept the 2000 election from being stolen, even if I am not entirely enthusiastic about of some of W's presidential record.
I definitely think Jim Robinson and Free Republic should be tremendously proud of their role in the 2000 election. They were often the only source of accurate information on the period of legal maneuverings that were taking place to steal the election. It would be a much scarier time for our nation if the DNC and media had been allowed to print enough ballots to steal a Presidential election in the full view of the world.
(Kristinn —Wow — that was fast!)
The only busses I saw were ones on their regular routes and the bus drivers gave us a toot and a thumbs up!!
####I trust she wasn’t playing rap music, in light of her crusade against profane lyrics.####
Tipper’s crusade against profane lyrics was just a ploy to make Prince Albert appear conservative to Tennessee voters when he was running for the Senate. Once Al got on the national ticket with Slick Willie, where “liberalism” on such issues was demanded, Tipper tossed her concern about vulgar lyrics to the wind.
####She would play all kinds of music and those nature sound CD’s, which were supposed to fool us into thinking we were in the rain forest instead of in a house under siege.####
Tipper put the nature sounds CDs on when Al couldn’t find any Global Warming Sounds CDs at Tower Records. Considering that Al has the personality and the IQ of a palm tree, it probably worked. Just have Al stand there while audio of monkeys chattering, birds chirping, and wildcats roaring fills the air. You’d think you’re in the Amazon. They also heard the sounds of crickets chirping if anyone asked Al for hard evidence to back up his global warming allegations.
I don't know. I have mixed emotions about this...sort of like Osama bin Laden driving off a cliff in my brand new Hummer H2 (made possible by obscene capitalist profits). While I hate Al Gore and I understand that the house was not his but rather tax payer funded, I don't think that intimidating candidates' kids is a way to encourage the best and brightest of Americans to seek a career in public service.
Granted, I don't know the whole story, so maybe somebody can fill me in. 7 years ago I was happy being ignorant. Now I know what is going on and I'm angry as Hell. Sure Gore had no business being there, somebody please 'splain Lucy.
I think we can do better here than make fun of their looks. What they do and what they say provides plently of ammunition.
ML/NJ
I remember it well. It was one of the first times I felt really good about the Republican party. The first time was when FReepers and folks of all persuasions were on the streets in Miami standing up for themselves in the contentious aftermath of the 2000 election. Gore’s been pissed ever since :o) Good for him.
R O F L M A O! ! !
Oh the inhumanity!
The left is tireless in the propagation of their lies.
Eight years later and this Gorling is still at it. For her though it is projection. As Gore's child she witnessed the Dem bussing as standard operating procedure, bringing Union reps, rent-a-mobs, and mush brained students to staged events, posed for maximum media attention. It's her only frame of reference; it's the way things are done. We do it, so they must do it that way. The whole concept of individuals acting on their own is alien to them, as it does not fit their savior delusions.
I salute all those who gave their time ion service of the republic.
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