<p>That’s not the point. The point, if you’re a public figure, is not to get put into a situation of potential public embarrassment. Would you go into a bar and have a drink with a member of the opposite sex and do a little dancing? Nothing illegal about that? What if pictures got out over that? Would that affect your job? Your business? Your marriage? It is a bit odd that this was coming out in the media a few weeks after the divorce announcement.</p>
<p>I wonder about these allegations, for no other reason than the accuser claims that Mr. Gore played “Dear Mr. President” by Pink when he made improper advances. “Dear Mr. President” was released in December 2006; the alleged assault took place in October 2006. How likely is it that Gore had early access to Pink’s music?</p>
<p>Let’s say that he did. Would you be a little suspicious?</p>
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<p>The teaser is out. The whole article comes out on the newstand soon.
AFAIK, it’s claims. Perhaps the paper has paid for a DNA analysis.</p>
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<p>The Enquirer broke the Gary Hart story, the Jesse Jackson love child,
the Tiger Woods story and the Edwards story. Their credibility is
actually excellent. Perhaps you’re thinking of a different
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<p>I’ve had many spa massages, some of them given by males. I’ve never ONCE had any thoughts that “aren’t quite professional.” Can’t speak for others.</p>
<p>The real point would be is there any credence to the allegations. Until a more reputable new source has picked up the story I am going to assume that the woman is not credible. The reason the story is coming out now is that the tabloids are digging for more information about the reason behind the Gore’s split and they dug up this.</p>
<p>Let me repeat, I am not saying all women who make these allegations are liars. I’m saying that some are and that the National Enquirer is a piece of trash so until I hear this from a source that doesn’t print lies I’m going to give Al Gore the benefit of the doubt.</p>
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<p>I’m thinking of the National Enquirer and yes, they do get some stories right. But some stories that they print turn out to be completely untrue. I’m not going to say anymore along those line because that will derail the thread.</p>
<p>Type it in Google and you’ll see a YouTube video with Dr. Mr. President by Pink uploaded April 2006.</p>
<p>He is also on the Board of Directors at Apple so he might have access to pre-release content.</p>
<p>If he was playing the song and it hadn’t been released yet, then he might have just recorded it off of YouTube.</p>
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<p>Exactly John Edwards’ sentiments and exactly what he counted on the public doing.</p>
<p>David Perel: How the Enquirer Exposed the John Edwards Affair - Wall Street Journal</p>
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<p>The National Enquirer got nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for its persistence:</p>
<p>I’m aware that the National Enquirer was the first news source to break the story about Jonathon Edwards. You can site all the specific instances you want about stories they have gotten right but you are still not going to convince me to start believing anything that they publish. They simply get sued too often for me to find them credible. It’s my opinion and I’m entitled to it.</p>
<p>----I’ve never ONCE had any thoughts that “aren’t quite professional.”</p>
<p>No way to prove that 
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<p>(Next time you will, thanks to this thread. . .)</p>
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<p>My H is an ob-gyn. I’m quite confident his thoughts about his patients are nothing other than professional in nature.</p>
<p>How confident can you be?</p>
<p>My H is also a physician. He tells me otherwise. (In fact, he changed specialties because of this. . . Maybe he is more human or more honest/candid than some docs?)</p>
<p>An ad hominem, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: “to the man”), is an attempt to persuade which links the validity of a premise to a characteristic or belief of the person advocating the premise.[1] The ad hominem is a classic logical fallacy.[2] </p>
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<p>If they did get it wrong and lost every lawsuit, then wouldn’t they go out of business?</p>
<p>Your thought processes are rather illogical.</p>
<p>Analysis:
-In April 2010: Al and Tipper Gore bought a house $8.875M luxury getaway in Montecito, CA
-They were married for 40 years.
-In June 2010: They announced their divorce?
Conclusion: Something was coming their way… due to his behavior. Anyone could predict that story!
Did you mark my words of June 9, 2010 at 8:10p.m.?
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<p>Expect more…it is a matter of analyzing situations having some elementary facts.
I’m saying this, but their separation bothers me terribly; 40 years is a life! Why men can not respect their marriages…it is very upsetting.</p>
<p>I don’t know…I think poor Al hung out with Clinton too much years back…it’s just TOO weird this talk about stained clothing. Ewww. Poor Tipper. True or not, this must be just AWFUL for her.</p>
<p>Maybe. I don’t know.</p>
<p>It doesn’t seem to say much about Tipper, to me. Just Al, who has always seemed sort of just, yucky and whiny to me, to be honest. Whether this is true or not, I sometimes wish, if it wasn’t going to be prosecuted, it wouldn’t be put in the news…more for the kids than anything. I mean, honestly.</p>
<p>Has the woman produced the supposedly stained clothing? If not, it suggests she is a copycat of what she heard about Lewinsky and Clinton. I would like much more proof than some unknown woman’s allegation before I am willing to believe bad things about Gore.</p>
<p>I attended massage school in Seattle but didn’t quite make it through ( I was attending the toughest school & had trouble with the written tests)</p>
<p>I really like giving massage, even if I can’t remember the terms for all the muscles and ligaments all the time. But part of giving a massage- is being in a space where you are a healer- there really isn’t room ( for me) , for interest on another level.</p>
<p>It’s true, that might have changed if I had continued to practice ( now I just give massage to family and friends)- and instead of concentrating so hard- I let my mind drift.</p>
<p>But I also used to be a hairdresser & while I admit that I often looked down at the clients face when I was washing their hair- to see that they were staring at my chest ;), but I like connecting with people physically- it doesn’t have to be sexual-
Some people however- physical=sexual, so harder to turn off.</p>
<p>To me- alot doesn’t ring true about the story.
If you have someone & I do not care who it is- who is acting inappropriately, you stop immediately & end the session/call for help.</p>
<p>Other things that bug me- she is older than I am- I don’t know what she looks like- but would a 50+ woman throw him into such a frenzy that he would force himself on her?
It just doesn’t match the almost inanimate behavior we have come to expect from him.
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<p>He grabbed her as soon as she came into the room- but she stayed to give a massage?
& sounds like she started with an abdominal massage- that seems odd- if anything, you would start with the back or the head or feet- even if he was having gastrointenstinal trouble. abdominal massage is very sensitive- not only for the proximity to groin area- but because lots of lymph and organs in there.
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<p>She kept trying to " distract him" instead of stopping the session?
Was she possibly advertising in the back of the Willamette Week?</p>
<p>The only way I can see this happening would be if he thought she was an escort- ( and I would think he would have his handlers screen to make sure)- but that still doesn’t explain why she stayed so long if she wasn’t.</p>
<p>I can’t imagine having the energy for divorce as an older person. I was divorced at 32 and remarried the man who is the dad of my kids.</p>
<p>Marriage is hard work, but divorce is even harder in my opinion. Of course, wealth does make it a lot of easier.</p>
<p>I guess I am a bit codependent, but refashioning a life is not an appealing thought.</p>
<p>@pizzagirl: Yes, bickering spouses are unpleasant but somethings one spouse has a real problem and a divorce can be destabilizing. People have all sorts of reasons for doing what they do.</p>
<p>I don’t think we should judge those divorcing or those staying together.</p>
<p>Being human is just, well, complicating. And as Bette Davis said, “Getting old isn’t for sissies.”</p>
<p>“Other things that bug me- she is older than I am- I don’t know what she looks like- but would a 50+ woman throw him into such a frenzy that he would force himself on her?”</p>
<p>I knew a chubby, grey haired church secretary – very grandmotherly – who said that when she was on a business trip with her pastor, he invited her into his room to pick up some materials and then tried to rape her. </p>
<p>It may be that Gore figured that a middle aged woman would be flattered or would be believed.</p>
<p>"The only way I can see this happening would be if he thought she was an escort- ( and I would think he would have his handlers screen to make sure)- but that still doesn’t explain why she stayed so long if she wasn’t. "</p>
<p>She may have thought she was misinterpreting things given Al Gore’s squeaky clean reputation and the fact that the masseuse was in her 50s.</p>