After 40 years, Albert and Tipper Gore have separated.
Their romance, once rumored to have been the inspiration behind Erich Segal's novel (and movie) Love Story, was ended through "a mutual and mutually supportive decision that we have made together following a process of long and careful consideration."
According to friends, the Gores simply "grew apart" during the last few years.
There was no affair.
We will always be left to wonder how much of a factor Al Gore's maniacal obsession with global warming, or his serious efforts to massively profit from "green" energy, were in the emotional distance that apparently developed between them.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Gore family.
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Watch out ladies, our most ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Brett | June 1, 2010 2:46 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Watch out ladies, our most corpulent failed politician is on the prowl!
1. Posted by Brett | June 1, 2010 2:46 PM |
Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 14:46
2. Posted by G. | June 1, 2010 2:47 PM | Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Can't say I'm surprised. What took her so long? I would surmise he's just about hit the end of all the "green" he's gonna suck out of his scam. She's gonna scoot now and take her half and leave him with whats coming.
2. Posted by G. | June 1, 2010 2:47 PM |
Score: 6 (8 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 14:47
3. Posted by Dodo David | June 1, 2010 2:54 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Al Gore may not have a human mistress, but if his work became more important to him than his marriage, then his work became his mistress. [I am merely speculating.] Still, what has happened to his marriage is saddening. I wish him and Tipper well.
3. Posted by Dodo David | June 1, 2010 2:54 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 14:54
4. Posted by Tim | June 1, 2010 2:54 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Larry David's wife devoted so much time to her pet environmental casues that it broke up their marriage, so that could have happened here. I can't stand AlGore, still, it's too bad. 40 years is a long time. I hope it remains civil, for all parties' sakes.
4. Posted by Tim | June 1, 2010 2:54 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 14:54
5. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 3:17 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
She wants half your ill gotten fortune Al!! Try a liplock, that'll keep her in line.
5. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 3:17 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 15:17
6. Posted by Upset Old Guy | June 1, 2010 3:17 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
However civil any divorce and settlement remains will depend on Fat Al's willingness to be indulgent of Tipper in that settlement. If he tries to cheap-out on her, or if she even thinks he's trying, the tabloids will be reporting details that will begin to flow.
I don't know or give a crap about either one of them, so I will expend no more time or energy over this now.
My parting wish is that Tipper gets significantly more than 50% and Fat Al gets an ulcer from all the stress associated with the settlement. It's the least he deserves.
6. Posted by Upset Old Guy | June 1, 2010 3:17 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:17
7. Posted by Jay Tea | June 1, 2010 3:18 PM | Score: 3 (23 votes cast)
So, who wants to start the inevitable "John Edwards and Tipper Gore" rumors?
J.
7. Posted by Jay Tea | June 1, 2010 3:18 PM |
Score: 3 (23 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:18
8. Posted by Rich | June 1, 2010 3:19 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
I was thinking more along the lines of 914. Tip probably feels he has reached his potential amount of wealth and is ready to cash in before the rest of his AGW world falls apart.
Rich
8. Posted by Rich | June 1, 2010 3:19 PM |
Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:19
9. Posted by macofromoc | June 1, 2010 3:25 PM | Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
So, who wants to start the inevitable "John Edwards and Tipper Gore" rumors?
well neither have denied it yet so it must be true
9. Posted by macofromoc | June 1, 2010 3:25 PM |
Score: 7 (9 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:25
10. Posted by GianiD | June 1, 2010 3:27 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
A separation/divorce certainly increases their carbon footprint. One would think if he was truly concerned about the environment, he'd make it work.
10. Posted by GianiD | June 1, 2010 3:27 PM |
Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:27
11. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:31 PM | Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
"A separation/divorce certainly increases their carbon footprint. One would think if he was truly concerned about the environment, he'd make it work."
Thread winner!
After all, didn't Al spout something about 'showering together'.
11. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:31 PM |
Score: 9 (11 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:31
12. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:33 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
GianiD - speculation on my part, but I think it may have had to do with that 'only ONE piece of toilet paper per visit' thing............
12. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:33 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:33
13. Posted by kevino | June 1, 2010 3:33 PM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
That's too bad. I wonder if there was enough room in their various mansions for Al Gore and his ego.
As Satan said to the lawyer in Devil's Advocate:
13. Posted by kevino | June 1, 2010 3:33 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 15:33
14. Posted by Upset Old Guy | June 1, 2010 3:36 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Jay,
When Clinton announced Gore as his running mate I didn't know what to think. Then I saw a picture of Bill and Hillary on stage with Al and Tipper, Tipper in profile. At that moment I understood Clinton's choice. How should I put this? Ok, try this, Tipper was a bit top-heavy.
14. Posted by Upset Old Guy | June 1, 2010 3:36 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:36
15. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:42 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
My wife suggested that Tipper finally got tired of Al's "performance issues" excuses at night; you can blame global warming on only so much.
15. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 3:42 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 15:42
16. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 3:49 PM | Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Al & Tipper are splitting the empire and diversifying into smaller corporations to lessen the tax barden.
I have no sympathy for this creep that hoaxed billions of dollars from others hard work for his own putrid demented causes ..
Crash & burn creep..
16. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 3:49 PM |
Score: 8 (10 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:49
17. Posted by Jay Guevara | June 1, 2010 3:57 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
No fan of Al's here, but I feel sorry for any couple breaking up, especially after such a long marriage.
17. Posted by Jay Guevara | June 1, 2010 3:57 PM |
Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 15:57
18. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 1, 2010 4:06 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
"After all, didn't Al spout something about 'showering together'"
Well thanks a lot for planting that horrible image in my mind!
Then again, I'm sure they had enormous showers at the Gore Global Warming Mansion so they both might have fit. Maybe.
18. Posted by P. Bunyan | June 1, 2010 4:06 PM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 16:06
19. Posted by Mike Lorrey | June 1, 2010 4:11 PM | Score: 13 (13 votes cast)
Tipper Gore announced today an amicable divorce from her husband of 40 years, former Vice President Al Gore, aka the Goreacle, due to irreconcilable differences. Specifically, she grew tired of him spending most of his time travelling in his obsessive search for ManBearPig and his campaign to alert the world to the risks of ManBearPig on the loose.
"ManBearPig REALLY REALLY exists!" the former VP insisted, "I'm thuper thuper cereal!"
Tipper grew more concerned about the impact of her husbands obsession as she became more involved with promoting public awareness of mental health issues. Tipper is seeking to have ManBearPig Psychosis declared an official mental disorder.
There is no word on whether she will keep the solar panels on her 9,000 square foot Tennessee mansion. Al will get the swank new Malibu beachfront home they recently purchased, where he hopes to live in an undersea paradise in the near future as rising sea levels put his property under water....
They remain divided over the Gulfstream business jet, with Al attempting to split it so he gets the jet and she gets the carbon footprint.
Tipper insisted there were no affairs involved in the split, "I know the only women Al spends time with are those tree hugging crunchies who don't shave or use deodorant, so I'm not concerned about anything there."
There remains some discussion over who gets custody of the internet....
19. Posted by Mike Lorrey | June 1, 2010 4:11 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:11
20. Posted by Jay Guevara | June 1, 2010 4:12 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
"After all, didn't Al spout something about 'showering together'"
He didn't say anything about getting their feet wet.
20. Posted by Jay Guevara | June 1, 2010 4:12 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:12
21. Posted by Roy | June 1, 2010 4:26 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I blame manbearpig.
21. Posted by Roy | June 1, 2010 4:26 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:26
22. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 4:28 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Why couldn't they just live in separate ends of the Mansion? I mean its big enough that they'd never have to see each others ugly kissers more than once a year when they attend a Hollywood gala or maybe get introduced to a new crew of maids and butlers, grounds keepers, chauffeurs you know the normal everyday hassles.
Matter of fact, I wonder how much the job pays? Might be worth it to stuff your portfolio with energy funds and cowmeth bio-gas futures.
22. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 4:28 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:28
23. Posted by WildWillie | June 1, 2010 4:31 PM | Score: 8 (12 votes cast)
I am thinking Algore is going to annouce he is gay. I certainly wouldn't be surprised. Not that there is anything wrong with that. ww
23. Posted by WildWillie | June 1, 2010 4:31 PM |
Score: 8 (12 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 16:31
24. Posted by ak4mc | June 1, 2010 4:42 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
She got tired of trying to compete with an entire planet.
24. Posted by ak4mc | June 1, 2010 4:42 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:42
25. Posted by ak4mc | June 1, 2010 4:43 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
...which could be perfectly consistent with this, given Al's weight issues...
25. Posted by ak4mc | June 1, 2010 4:43 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 16:43
26. Posted by Dee73 | June 1, 2010 5:06 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
How do stay with a man who now resembles Grandpa Munster. He was once an o.k lookin' man.
26. Posted by Dee73 | June 1, 2010 5:06 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 17:06
27. Posted by Dee73 | June 1, 2010 5:08 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
#26 should read: How do YOU.....my bad!
27. Posted by Dee73 | June 1, 2010 5:08 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 17:08
28. Posted by Mike Spurlock | June 1, 2010 5:14 PM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
I hear he's been having trouble with his hockey stick.
28. Posted by Mike Spurlock | June 1, 2010 5:14 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 17:14
29. Posted by jim m | June 1, 2010 5:31 PM | Score: 7 (7 votes cast)
"There was no affair."
Unless you count how much Al is in love with himself.
29. Posted by jim m | June 1, 2010 5:31 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 17:31
30. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 5:46 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"...which could be perfectly consistent with this, given Al's weight issues..."
"How much dost I love thee o'caviar? Oh gluttony, let me count thy weight."
30. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 5:46 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 17:46
31. Posted by Prairie | June 1, 2010 6:10 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Al was in Chicago a month or so back and gave a speech that a friend of mine attended. One of the things she noticed (and thought was very funny) is that his suit didn't fit him.
High water pants as she described.
I said uh oh - Tipper is either out of the picture and no longer packing or she is getting even with him and packed the high waters.
31. Posted by Prairie | June 1, 2010 6:10 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:10
32. Posted by jennifer | June 1, 2010 6:27 PM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Try as I might, I can not come up with anything but sadness for this.
A marriage that has withstood four decades...
I will be celebrating my 22nd this year and to understand how much work it is to remain married- then to hear that after 40 years they are quitting.
wow.
32. Posted by jennifer | June 1, 2010 6:27 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:27
33. Posted by Marc | June 1, 2010 6:35 PM | Score: 2 (4 votes cast)
Great timing Tipper... right after The Goracle buys a Cali Manson.
what's half of 8 million?
33. Posted by Marc | June 1, 2010 6:35 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:35
34. Posted by CZ | June 1, 2010 6:36 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I sure hope she cleans out his lockbox.
34. Posted by CZ | June 1, 2010 6:36 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:36
35. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 6:42 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
"what's half of 8 million?"
With snakeoil math thats 8 mil for the salesman and 0 for anyone else.
35. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 6:42 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:42
36. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 6:51 PM | Score: 8 (8 votes cast)
Congrats Jennifer, 35 for me - and no, I don't know why she puts up with me.
36. Posted by GarandFan | June 1, 2010 6:51 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 18:51
37. Posted by clyde | June 1, 2010 7:56 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
viagra does not help when the problem is in your head.erectile dysfunction puts another man down.
37. Posted by clyde | June 1, 2010 7:56 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 19:56
38. Posted by ck | June 1, 2010 8:12 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
They're just making half of their assets safe. When the carbon trading
scam sees the light of day, Pope Al will be in trouble.
38. Posted by ck | June 1, 2010 8:12 PM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 20:12
39. Posted by Sean P | June 1, 2010 8:37 PM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Maybe Tipper got tired of Al's neverending quest to uncover the greatest threat our country has ever faced: Manbearpig.
39. Posted by Sean P | June 1, 2010 8:37 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 20:37
40. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 9:13 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Maybe She got tired of paying the difference everytime She and Al carbon offsetted.
40. Posted by 914 | June 1, 2010 9:13 PM |
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Posted on June 1, 2010 21:13
41. Posted by JustRuss IT1 (SW) USNR | June 1, 2010 9:52 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
As Mike Lory intimated, queue the next episode of south park where Al secretly fell in love with and had an affair with manbearpig (aka global warming)
41. Posted by JustRuss IT1 (SW) USNR | June 1, 2010 9:52 PM |
Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Posted on June 1, 2010 21:52
42. Posted by James Cloninger | June 2, 2010 12:35 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
There remains some discussion over who gets custody of the internet....
And who pays for bandwidth support and access rights.
42. Posted by James Cloninger | June 2, 2010 12:35 AM |
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Posted on June 2, 2010 00:35
43. Posted by jim m | June 2, 2010 12:40 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Classic - CBS claims that it is Bush's fault. You can't even make this shit up. They really do blame Bush for freaking everything.
43. Posted by jim m | June 2, 2010 12:40 AM |
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Posted on June 2, 2010 00:40
44. Posted by Brian Richard Allen | June 2, 2010 6:27 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Brett say the womenfolk should watch now that the epidemically Fascissocialist Psychosis suffering lunatic Left Wing's definitive (and most corpulent) failed politician is on the prowl!
I'm betting Brett has never seen the fat poofter twy to wun -- or to thwow a ball.
44. Posted by Brian Richard Allen | June 2, 2010 6:27 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on June 2, 2010 06:27
45. Posted by Korla Pundit | June 2, 2010 11:08 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
I wonder how many jigsaw puzzles Tipper did near the gigantic fireplace. I imagine the dining room table got larger and larger as the years went by. How lonely Xanadu can be for an old, rich, abandoned has-been with a failed political career and delusions of grandeur. I hope they don't burn Rosebud when he eventually departs. Sled smoke contains carbon!
45. Posted by Korla Pundit | June 2, 2010 11:08 AM |
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Posted on June 2, 2010 11:08
46. Posted by moseby | June 2, 2010 11:38 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
After 40 years, Tipper finally recognizes "bat-shit" crazy....
46. Posted by moseby | June 2, 2010 11:38 AM |
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Posted on June 2, 2010 11:38
47. Posted by MF | June 3, 2010 10:03 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Someone here mentioned on this site their
surprise that the Gore's marriage did not outlast the Clinton's... I'm not surprised because there are some witnesses/reasons to believe that the Clinton's have an 'understanding'...
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Sorry to hear about the Gore's divorce.
I've been married coming on 29 years
47. Posted by MF | June 3, 2010 10:03 PM |
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Posted on June 3, 2010 22:03
48. Posted by ron | June 4, 2010 11:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I want to say it this way. AHHHHH BOO HOO AL!
48. Posted by ron | June 4, 2010 11:01 AM |
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Posted on June 4, 2010 11:01