Another Inconvenient Truth for Al Gore

sportsguydave · Jul 1, 2010

Alas, I'm afraid that our righty friends will just end up being disappointed in the end when yet another bogus sex scandal goes nowhere. Y'all should be used to disappointment, though.

My sense is the Portland police are just doing this in CYA mode.

It is the National Enquirer, after all. Even with the Edwards story, they're ... what? 1-for-eternity?

old_tony · Jul 1, 2010

The Big Ragu said:

Unless there is something crazy like a hidden camera, I don't see how this goes anywhere. You've got her word versus his word, unless there is more to it. Criminally that equals no indictment. If it's a ploy to set up a civil suit for $$, it still comes down to her word versus his word, and so far from what I have read, she sounds kind of loony. I would guess the hope is that he pays her under the table to avoid the embarrassment / potential use by Tipper in the upcoming divorce. The timing, based on those things, is suspicious. It's still funny as hell. Mr. Stone.
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If it's his word against her word, just show the jury "An Inconvenient Truth" and they'll easily decide she's the most credible of the two.

zimbabwe · Jul 1, 2010

old_tony said:

The Big Ragu said:

Unless there is something crazy like a hidden camera, I don't see how this goes anywhere. You've got her word versus his word, unless there is more to it. Criminally that equals no indictment. If it's a ploy to set up a civil suit for $$, it still comes down to her word versus his word, and so far from what I have read, she sounds kind of loony. I would guess the hope is that he pays her under the table to avoid the embarrassment / potential use by Tipper in the upcoming divorce. The timing, based on those things, is suspicious. It's still funny as hell. Mr. Stone.
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If it's his word against her word, just show the jury "An Inconvenient Truth" and they'll easily decide she's the most credible of the two.
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You've got as solid a read on Portland, Ore. jury pools as Bill Buckner had on Mookie Wilson's grounder.

Boom_70 · Jul 1, 2010

sportsguydave said:

Alas, I'm afraid that our righty friends will just end up being disappointed in the end when yet another bogus sex scandal goes nowhere. Y'all should be used to disappointment, though.

My sense is the Portland police are just doing this in CYA mode.

It is the National Enquirer, after all. Even with the Edwards story, they're ... what? 1-for-eternity?
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This we know: Former Vice President Al Gore AKA "Mr Stone" paid $540 for a 3 hour massage with a 54 year old masseuse named Molly.

If it goes no farther I'm pretty content as the facts stand.

old_tony · Jul 1, 2010

zimbabwe said:

old_tony said:

The Big Ragu said:

Unless there is something crazy like a hidden camera, I don't see how this goes anywhere. You've got her word versus his word, unless there is more to it. Criminally that equals no indictment. If it's a ploy to set up a civil suit for $$, it still comes down to her word versus his word, and so far from what I have read, she sounds kind of loony. I would guess the hope is that he pays her under the table to avoid the embarrassment / potential use by Tipper in the upcoming divorce. The timing, based on those things, is suspicious. It's still funny as hell. Mr. Stone.
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If it's his word against her word, just show the jury "An Inconvenient Truth" and they'll easily decide she's the most credible of the two.
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You've got as solid a read on Portland, Ore. jury pools as Bill Buckner had on Mookie Wilson's grounder.
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Yeah, they're morons in Portland. But there's always hope they'll eventually wise up and know they've been snowed.

hondo · Jul 1, 2010

sportsguydave said:

Alas, I'm afraid that our righty friends will just end up being disappointed in the end when yet another bogus sex scandal goes nowhere. Y'all should be used to disappointment, though.

My sense is the Portland police are just doing this in CYA mode.

It is the National Enquirer, after all. Even with the Edwards story, they're ... what? 1-for-eternity?
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Uh, they got most of the OJ story right. Also, out front with Tiger Woods. We're past the point of dismissing the NE. Maybe they're not batting .750 but they're not to be dismissed.

Boom_70 · Jul 1, 2010

hondo said:

sportsguydave said:

Alas, I'm afraid that our righty friends will just end up being disappointed in the end when yet another bogus sex scandal goes nowhere. Y'all should be used to disappointment, though.

My sense is the Portland police are just doing this in CYA mode.

It is the National Enquirer, after all. Even with the Edwards story, they're ... what? 1-for-eternity?
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Uh, they got most of the OJ story right. Also, out front with Tiger Woods. We're past the point of dismissing the NE. Maybe they're not batting .750 but they're not to be dismissed.
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You forgot John Edwards. If there was any doubt of their credibility before that story there is none now. You could now make a case that The Times is less credible.

The Big Ragu · Jul 1, 2010

I've posted this before. The Enquirer has had a spotty history, but it actually has done some reporting that beat the hell out of other news outlets on stories a lot of people were chasing.

On the negative side, they have had some debacles, like falsely reporting that members of Elizabeth Smart's family were involved in a gay sex ring after they paid $20K for the story and then having to print a retraction. They have also been successfully sued for libel, which makes it hard to trust them.

But they also have nailed down some stories that no one saw coming or that everyone was chasing. There was John Edwards. And the one piece of nifty reporting for me was the Enquirer digging up a photo of OJ wearing a pair of Bruno Magli shoes when he denied owning pair, after the forensic witness identified the foot prints at the crime scene as coming from Bruno Maglis.

It's easy to just dismiss the Enquirer, because they pay their sources and they have had a blow up or two. But they have also scored pretty big on some stories -- whatever methods they use.

sportsguydave · Jul 1, 2010

old_tony said:

zimbabwe said:

old_tony said:

The Big Ragu said:

Unless there is something crazy like a hidden camera, I don't see how this goes anywhere. You've got her word versus his word, unless there is more to it. Criminally that equals no indictment. If it's a ploy to set up a civil suit for $$, it still comes down to her word versus his word, and so far from what I have read, she sounds kind of loony. I would guess the hope is that he pays her under the table to avoid the embarrassment / potential use by Tipper in the upcoming divorce. The timing, based on those things, is suspicious. It's still funny as hell. Mr. Stone.
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If it's his word against her word, just show the jury "An Inconvenient Truth" and they'll easily decide she's the most credible of the two.
Click to expand...

You've got as solid a read on Portland, Ore. jury pools as Bill Buckner had on Mookie Wilson's grounder.
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Yeah, they're morons in Portland. But there's always hope they'll eventually wise up and know they've been snowed.
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Yeah, that jury that body-slammed a vicious racist and pretty much put him out of business? Imbeciles. :

YankeeFan · Jul 13, 2010

Gore's reputation continues to take a beating...

A journalistic colleague I had no reason to doubt told anyone who would listen that Vice President Al Gore had tried to stick his tongue down her throat out of nowhere at a New Year’s Eve party in the mid-90s, when all she’d been expecting was a friendly peck.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/with-gore-facing-sex-accusation-long-lost-memories-emerge-98018114.html#ixzz0tad1EeA6
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nafselon · Jul 13, 2010

YankeeFan said:

Gore's reputation continues to take a beating...

A journalistic colleague I had no reason to doubt told anyone who would listen that Vice President Al Gore had tried to stick his tongue down her throat out of nowhere at a New Year’s Eve party in the mid-90s, when all she’d been expecting was a friendly peck.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/with-gore-facing-sex-accusation-long-lost-memories-emerge-98018114.html#ixzz0tad1EeA6
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Oh yeah, that's a credible, unbiased journalistic group there.

BYH · Jul 13, 2010

Yeah, I was going to say I guess the Enquirer is no longer the least-credible source listed in this thread.

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