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Curtis</p> <p class="style8"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><b> (310) 204-8700</b></font></p> <p><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular"><i>Copyright June 24, 2010<br>All Rights Reserved. </i></font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <bAbout the Author</u> <p class="MsoNormal"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="style9">O</span>nly three short weeks after the Gore s announced their breakup after 40 years of marriage, Portland Oregon authorities confirm that the 62-year-old former vice president was investigated for  unwanted sexual contact over four years ago.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>While Portland authorities dropped their case for a lack of evidence, the revelation shreds Gore s June 1 press release that the couple would split up amicably, having simply grown apart.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Gore nearly rode to the presidency in 2000, losing to former President George W. Bush in a disputed election, eventually handed to Bush by the U.S. Supreme Court.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Since planting an interminable kiss Aug. 16, 2000 on his wife Tipper, Gore sold himself as a happy family man, unlike his boss former President Bill Clinton, whose affair with former White House Monica Lewinsky practically took down his presidency.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Now Gore, a Nobel laureate, faces his own sex scandal.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>When the Gores announced their breakup June 1, they were very careful to insist that the decision was mutual, supportive and amicable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> This is very much a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration, read a carefully worded press release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Tipper, who purchased with Al a $10 million Montecito, Calif. estate in 2009, may have decided she couldn t take the humiliation of her husband s infidelity, agreeing, in principle, to the idea of a a soc-called mutual divorce.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> We ask for respect for our family and we do not intend to comment further, slamming the lid on further press coverage, hoping to suppress the 2006 incident involving a hotel masseuse.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> Portland police indicated they were recently contacted by an attorney  and said he had a client that wanted to report and unwanted sexual contact by Mr. Gore. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Flying under the radar for four years stunned the media, for whom the Gore s June 1 press release seemed phony or at least suspicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Forty-year marriages don t end amicably unless there s a lot of dirt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Gore s squeaky-clear image didn t jibe with recent press reports about unwanted sexual advances.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Telling the police  they were pursuing civil litigation, the alleged victim s attorney played hardball, trying to exact an out-of-court settlement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> We ere told the woman was not willing to be interviews by the Portland Police Bureau and did not want a criminal investigation to proceed, read a statement by Multnomah District Attorney Michael D. Schrunk.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>News of pending civil litigation suggests that the victim s attorney went public because ongoing efforts to extract a settlement hadn t gone well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Had a settlement been reached, it s doubtful the victim s attorney would have gone public.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Gore s June 1 press release raised the typical red flags seen during the Clinton years where any implausible press release served as a smokescreen to cover up the truth.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Gore, who received the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his work on  climate change and named  Time Magazine s 2007 Person of the Year, learned will from his boss how to use the media to cover his tracks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Imploring the press to respect his privacy, Gore exposed himself to more scrutiny, now revealing at least some of the not-so-idyllic parts of his marriage to Tipper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Whether the Portland police s story is credible or not, the fact that the former veep was in a Portland hotel room at night under and alias  Mr. Stone raises far more suspicions than his press release alleviates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>No one expects Gore to remain celibate while he takes his  Climate Change show on the road, only to stop blowing smoke about his marriage.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <![if !supportEmptyParas]>&nbsp;<![endif]><span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>During his tenure as vice president, Gore heard endless accusations about Bill s dalliances, including allegations of sexual aggression and rape by Paula Corbin Jones and Juanita Broderick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> When the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke January 17, 1998, it engulfed the White House until the U.S. Senate finally acquitted the president Feb. 12, 1999, already into a heated presidential election cycle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>As the campaign wore on, Gore was considered a shoe-in because the Clinton s successful economy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>But, like radioactivity, Clinton-fatigue over the seemingly endless Lewinsky scandal eventually torpedoed Gore s chances against GOP challenger George W. Bush.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Poor debate performances also didn t help Gore s cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Gore s recent sexual allegations taint his otherwise strong credibility, despite some scientific objections to his theories of global warming and climate change.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="mso-tab-count:1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Recent press reports about Gore s 2006 alleged sexual incident in a Portland hotel room indicate that negotiations headed south, prompting the victim s defense attorney to go public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Blackmailing celebrities isn t the best way to win friend and influence people especially if you re trying to negotiate a civil settlement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> This case is exceptionally cleared as [the woman] refuse to cooperate with the investigation or even report a crime, states the Portland police report.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>After refusing to come forward in 2007, the victim suddenly came forward again in 2009, giving the police yet another story.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>After careful consideration, the police dropped the investigation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span> Behind the scenes, the victim s attorney apparently got slapped by Gore s counsel, refused to cough up the cash and decided to retaliate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">&nbsp; </span>Unfortunately for the former VP, with or without his Nobel Prize, he s lost credibility.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <b>John M. Curtis </b>writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He&#x2019;s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of <a href="books.html">Dodging The Bullet</a> and <a href="books.html">Operation Charisma</a>.</p> </td> <td width="1" height="2576" rowspan="2"></td> <td width="1" height="2"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="2"></td> </tr> <tr height="2574"> <td width="133" height="2574" valign="top" align="left" xpos="0"><img height="172" width="111" src="images/johninframe3.jpg"></td> <td width="1" height="2574"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="2574"></td> </tr> <tr height="1" cntrlrow> <td width="133" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="133" height="1"></td> <td width="7" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="7" height="1"></td> <td width="182" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="182" height="1"></td> <td width="300" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="300" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"><spacer type="block" width="1" height="1"></td> <td width="1" height="1"></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="2" width="597"> <tr> <td><font size="1" face="Arial,Geneva,Helvetica"> <hr noshade size="1"> </font><a href="index.html"><font face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular" size="2"><strong> Homecobolos> <p><font size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular">©1999-2005 <a href="aboutdiscobolos.html"> Discobolos Consulting Services, Inc.</a><br> (310) 204-8300<br> All Rights Reserved. </font></td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>