Posted on 08/07/2004 11:42:24 AM PDT by wagglebee
The next time former Vice President Al Gore complains "We wuz robbed," he won't be talking about the 2000 Florida election recount.
Gore and his wife reportedly had $35,000 worth of "valuables" purloined while vacationing in Italy this week.
"The Gores were robbed while staying in a luxurious villa in Castellina," a Tuscan source told the London Spy column in the Daily Telegraph. "One of the neighbors went in to sympathize, and Al told him that the thieves had taken about $35,000 worth of valuables."
The robbery, which was also reported by the New York Post, occurred while Gore was traveling without his usual security detail, with the ex-VP reportedly telling friends he was kicking himself at the oversight.
It's not clear what "valuables" were taken.
Gore's U.S. office could not immediately confirm the robbery, with a spokesman telling the Telegraph: "I have no information on this."
Why would someone steal 70,000 copies of Earth In the Balance?
Bigtime "boy who cried wolf" angle here
Yes, Algore doesn't much like it when the noble poor show a little initiative in redistributing HIS wealth. How sweet!
Hmmm....it'll be interesting to see if that adage about a Conservative being a Liberal who has been mugged bears fruit.
He money was probably stolen by Chineese monks...that happens a lot with him.
What person in their right mind would travel in Italy with $35000 worth of valuables? Opps, dumb question, this is about Algore.
Probably insurance fraud.
DIDN'T BLAME THIS BIG WABBORY ON...BUSH???!
BWAAAAAA HA!
STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES!!!
$ 35,000 is only a Drop in the Demon-Rat Bucket...
Gore will make it Up in No Time...He has Lots of Trees to Shake Down...
DID I SAY...SHAKE DOWN?
They probably meant to rob Pat Buchanan.
Don't think of it as having been robbed, Algore. Regard it as "investing" in the economy of Italy...
Uhh, something's not quite right here. Uhh, let me think. Uhh, the sun is shining. Uhh, it's a nice day. Uhh, OH! Where's my security detail?
Was he robbed or burglarized? It sounds like the latter.
(10) One of three existing copies of "Charisma For Dummies".
(9) A dear sapling named Albert III.
(8) A 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card signed by Bill Clinton.
(7) Locked ballot boxes from Broward County.
(6) Various taupe, mauve, stone, ecru & moss polo shirts, and 20 identical khakis.
(5) Cases of vintage 'whine'.
(4) Secret stash of CD's by Twisted Sister, the Mentors, N.W.A, and 2 Live Crew.
(3) Heavily used George W. Bush dartboard.
(2) Chads, chads, chads!
(1) Bags full of cash he's been 'holding' for some Buddhist monks
Sorry al Ghorroid, "There is no controlling legal authority that will waste it's time with you!"
Actually this sounds like an insurance scam. Is the Ghorroid low on his ChiCom $ for secrets?
Could have been - unless it was 35,000 copies of Al 'n' Tipper's book - which you can now buy at The Dollar Tree.
I was just going to post the same thing.....algore and the tipster are idiots!
It's the people against the powerful....
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