Al Gore III

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Albert Arnold Gore III (born October 19, 1982) is the son of former United States Vice President Al Gore and Tipper Gore and the grandson of former United States Senator from Tennessee Al Gore, Sr. He is best-known for being mentioned in an emotional vice-presidential nomination acceptance speech by his father during the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Gore graduated from Harvard University, his father's alma mater.

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[edit] Injuries

In April 1989, Gore was the victim of a near-fatal car accident while attending a Baltimore Orioles baseball game in Baltimore, Maryland. As a result of the accident, doctors were forced to remove approximately 60% of his spleen. He also sustained a concussion and fractures to a leg and a rib, as well as bruises to the lung, kidney, and pancreas. His father chose to stay near him during the recovery, bypassing a possible presidential run in 1992.[1] This was discussed in his father's 2006 book, An Inconvenient Truth and in the 2006 documentary of the same name.

Gore sustained an ankle injury while playing lacrosse in 2000. In order to accompany him during his treatment, Tipper was forced to miss a campaign trip through Tennessee. Her daughter Karenna Gore Schiff replaced her during part of the bus trip, appearing at a rally in Nashville, while a latter portion of the trip was cancelled.[2]

[edit] Infractions of the law

Two days before the Democratic National Convention in August 2000, Gore received a speeding ticket for driving 97 MPH, more than 40 MPH over the posted limit. He was fined $125 for speeding and driving privileges in the state of North Carolina were suspended. Also, he was initially charged with reckless driving as well, but those charges were later dropped.[1]

In September 2002, he was ticketed for driving under the influence by military police just outside Fort Myer in suburban Virginia. He was not taken into custody.[1][3][4]

On December 19, 2003, Gore was arrested and charged with marijuana possession in Bethesda, Maryland. He was pulled over by an officer because he was driving without having his headlights on. A plea deal was reached in February 2004 and he was sentenced to a substance abuse program.[5][6]

Jill Lawrence, a journalist with USA Today[7], and Bill Turque, a journalist with the Washington Post,[8] have reported that in 1996, when Gore was 13 years old, he was suspended from St. Albans, an exclusive private school in Washington, D.C., for smoking marijuana during a school dance. Turque, in his biography of Al Gore entitled Inventing Al Gore, also reported that Al and Tipper Gore contacted news outlets right after the incident and asked them not to publish the story and "all complied."[1][9]

[edit] Career

As of October 2006, Gore works as an associate publisher of Good magazine, a recent start-up published in Los Angeles.[10]

[edit] Trivia

Gore commented in a December 14, 2006, article in the New York Observer: "I know that [my father] has no plans to run in 2008 [...] Well, I guess I have to add his addendum. I think the way he always says it is, 'I don't see any circumstances under which I would run for president'."[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d "Gores remain silent after son's arrest for pot possession", Jill Lawrence, USA Today, published December 21, 2003, accessed February 21, 2007.
  2. ^ "Al Gore III may need surgery on ankle", The Oak Ridger, published March 10, 2000, accessed February 21, 2007.
  3. ^ Manning, Stephen. "Al Gore's Son Must Enter Substance Abuse Program For Pot Charge", Associated Press, March 31, 2004.
  4. ^ "Gore's son, 19, ticketed", Associated Press, September 15, 2002.
  5. ^ "Al Gore's son charged with pot possession", CNN, December 21, 2003.
  6. ^ "Al Gore's son sentenced to substance abuse program", CNN, February 2, 2004.
  7. ^ Greditor, Jenna."Jill Lawrence: On the campaign trail", The News at 10, New York University.
  8. ^ Link to contact Bill Turque at the Washington Post
  9. ^ Turque, Bill (2000). Inventing Al Gore. Houghton Mifflin Company. ISBN 0395883237. 
  10. ^ "The Good Guys", The New York Observer, October 2, 2006.
  11. ^ Morgan, Spencer. "Albert Gore: Dad's Doing Well, Not Running in 2008", New York Observer December 14, 2006.
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