Gore Busted with White House Statue

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/13/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Along with cataloguing over $20,000 worth of damage to the White House by departing Clinton staffers, Tuesday's General Accounting Office report also busted former Vice President Al Gore for making off with a White House sculpture that he kept for six months.

A bust of Abraham Lincoln, which had been on display in the White House, mysteriously vanished with the Clinton-Gore gang.

But according to the GAO report, the artwork hadn't gone missing at all - but instead had found a new home with Al and Tipper in Tennessee.

An ex-Gore staffer told the GAO that other Gore aides had "inadvertently packed" the Lincoln bust and shipped it off to the Gore homestead, reported the New York Post.

The former second couple managed to hang onto the statue till July 11, 2001, which, of course, was also inadvertent.

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[ozzymandus]

"Inadvertently"! Yeah, like OJ "inadvertently" cut a couple of people's heads off.

[sweetliberty]

"He probably still had the bust because he was trying to puzzle out who it was!"

LOL! Or probably he didn't REALIZE that it was anybody famous. What a buffoon.

[sweetliberty]

ROTFL!

[RandallFlagg]

If you have WinZip and Adobe Acrobat, READ THE OFFICIAL 1.06MB "TRASHING OF THE WHITE HOUSE" REPORT HERE

[sleavelessinseattle]

OMG!!!

Just when I thought it was over, THEY PULL ME BACK IN!!! AACHACHAAA

You gotta see this!!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

There is a video of Gore and Clinton touring a building with busts of various Founding Fathers on pedestals. When Gore asked the curator who the busts were of, the curator said, "This one is Benjamin Franklin, this one is George Washington..."

-PJ

[Utah Girl]

Al probably didn't recognize the statue of Lincoln, he just thought it was a cool statue. Do you remember that incident at Monticello, where he didn't know who the busts were of, and they were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, etc???

[DoughtyOne]

[billhilly]

Did this fall off of a penny?

[GhengisCoque]

Gore Busted with White House Statue

How about:

Gore Kneecaps Busted with White House Statue.

A guy can dream, can't he?

[BikerTrash]

You mean he's a liar and a thief? No way! </sarcasm>

[BJungNan]

Is this why he tried to grow a beard?

LOL

I can just see Algore standing next to the bust of Lincoln on his mantle, algore having grown a beard and comparing himself to it.

Tipper: "Al, please, for the 100th time, yes, there is a similarity."
Algore: "You really think so Tip? I mean, you are not just saying a similarity in purpose and greatness but a physical resemblence too?"
Tipper: "Al, it's time to return Lincoln to the White House."
Algore: "I know your right Tipper. Fire up the campaign."

[My back yard]

My thoughts too. Himself or a family member.

[weegee]

LOL!

I read another thread on this yesterday but your post made an interesting point!

[weegee]

X42 Billy Jeff was caught handling busts illegally? I'm shocked, shocked I say... < /sarcasm >

[OXENinFLA]

I belive this is called THEFT........and don't we have laws that people are supposed to be used if someone breaks them, Oh well I guess not if you are a political figure.

[CIBvet]

Every time I see this ridiculous photo of phoney Spec4 REMF, I start to laugh ... just before I get angry, ONE MORE TIME.

These political family dynasties are 99% injurious to our U.S.Constitution. Makes me want to shout, go out and get a real job loser ... stop sucking off the U.S.Taxpayer.

[11B3]

You've got the REMF part right - you've gotta love that muzzle cap on the M-16 and the long hair. (Muzzle cap? Who the hell got those?)

[aruanan]

An ex-Gore staffer told the GAO that other Gore aides had "inadvertently packed" the Lincoln bust and shipped it off to the Gore homestead, reported the New York Post.

Hmm, what were the Gore aides doing packing stuff at the White House?

[metesky]

Does anyone remember Tipper being the only one to show any embarrassment over the trashing of the WH and the Navel Observatory? She said if there really was any damage that she would pay for it.

Paging Tipper!