{"id":2404,"date":"2010-07-31T01:45:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-31T08:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=2404"},"modified":"2010-07-31T01:45:19","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T08:45:19","slug":"al-gore-cleared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2010\/07\/31\/al-gore-cleared\/","title":{"rendered":"Al Gore Cleared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">When the story alleging that Al Gore sexually assaulted a masseuse here in Portland, I said that I would hold off covering it until the matter was resolved.&#160; My reasons were that I don\u2019t read Gore as impulsive and that I know the local Republicans in Oregon are a particularly sleazy bunch.&#160; In 2004, I personally observed Republican operates wearing <em>Jesus<\/em> pins, abusing our vote by mail system by getting transients\u2019 signatures on pre-filled ballots and rewarding them with beer and cheap wine on a downtown corner near where I worked.&#160; I started screaming bloody murder and chased them away.&#160; Gore has been cleared.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: arial; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/31Gore.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right-width: 0px; margin: 2px 0px 5px 10px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px\" title=\"31Gore\" border=\"0\" alt=\"31Gore\" align=\"right\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/31Gore_thumb.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a> After re-opening an investigation against Al Gore regarding alleged sexual assault while at a Portland hotel, Multnomah County prosecutors will not file charges against the former United States Vice President.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: arial; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt\">In a memo released to the media, the District Attorney\u2019s office states multiple deficiencies in the case, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in; unicode-bidi: embed; direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.75in\" type=\"circle\">\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt\">No hotel employees saw the female accuser acting in an odd or unusual manner, as she had told police.<\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt\">The accuser reportedly called Vice President Gore 2 days after the alleged incident, leaving a voice message that told him to \u201cdream about a redheaded women.\u201d The accuser is a redhead.<\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt\">Forensic tests on the pants saved by Gore\u2019s accuser turned up negative for seamen.<\/span> <\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; color: #222222; vertical-align: middle\"><span style=\"font-family: arial; font-size: 11pt\">The accuser failed a polygraph test<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: arial; color: #222222; font-size: 11pt\">The document also hints that the accuser accepting money in exchange for her story as another reason they are skeptical of her\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/theportlander.com\/2010\/07\/30\/no-charges-in-al-gore-sex-case\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Portlander<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">My best guess is that the accuser talked to friends about having given Gora a massage, and the word got back to the local GOP, who suggested to her that she could bake money selling a lie to the National Enquirer.&#160; The right wing noise blogs and <em>Faux Noise<\/em> have bee4n salivating over this story.&#160; I will be surprised if any have the integrity to apologize.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the story alleging that Al Gore sexually assaulted a masseuse here in Portland, I said that I would hold off covering it until the matter was resolved.&#160; 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