Tipper: Al's Defeat Drove Me to Shrink

NewsMax.com ^ | 7/01/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[kattracks]

Former second lady Tipper Gore was so shaken by her husband's failure to win the White House two years ago that she sought psychiatric counseling to reassure herself she wasn't mentally ill.

On Friday Mrs. Gore told the Memphis Commercial Appeal that the Supreme Court's decision to stop the 2000 election's Florida recount left her in "a state of shock."

"It took me a while to work my way out of that," she explained. "I couldn't believe that the voting would be stopped."

Her husband's defeat, coupled with the October 2001 death of her mother, Margaret Ann Aitcheson, sent Mrs. Gore into such a severe emotional tailspin that by the end of last year she began to doubt her own sanity.

Gore told the Appeal that she checked with her doctor to make sure she wasn't suffering a relapse of the mental illness she suffered after her son Albert was hit by a car in 1989.

"Am I clinically depressed?" the first lady wannabe said she asked point-blank.

The doctor told her, "No, this is a normal response to what happens in tough times," she recalled.

Still, the Gores decided to take a seven-week vacation to Spain, Italy and Greece, during which Mrs. Gore managed to regain her emotional stability.

But the revelation of his wife's second bout with possible mental illness has some wondering whether former Vice President Al Gore might be forced to shelve plans for another White House run to spare his wife further mental anguish.

Mrs. Gore's late mother also battled mental illness her entire life.

During the 2000 campaign, Tipper Gore traveled with her husband only three or four days a week, explaining that she needed the remainder of the week "to recover."

In 1999, after revealing her first bout with depression, she acknowledged that stress on the campaign trail could cause a relapse.

"It is something that I am aware of," she told Newsweek. "I now know my limits. I have in my younger years, in my 40s, been overextended. I don't want to do that again."

Mrs. Gore continued:

"I am going to try to continue to make sure that as I go through my life I know how I perform the best and what my limits are and be sure that I design my schedule and my life that way."

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[Mark17]

Can't you just picture them in bed. Algore is telling Tipper "up is up and down is down". LOL

Mostly down I would suspect. LOL

[Conservababe]

As Lucianne said during the campaign....he has bigger boobs than Tipper.

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

lololol - I agree! That's one spooky blouse! lol.

Could this be the "escape hatch" for Gore, when he decides he won't run again?

I heard a whisper the other night that he's gearing up to run this time and that he learned from his past "mistakes" and will succeed this time. I would be concerned, but I just can't imagine Hillary letting this opportunity pass her by. Either way, we need to get conservatives out there as poll judges.

[Mo1]

Looks like AlG needs a bra.

Maybe Tipper is upset her hubby has a bigger bra size then her ..

[MHT]

Does she think that we really need a role model who can't stand the heat in the kitchen and deal with the stress and pressure that comes with the First Lady's job? Do we really need a whining, cry baby for a President and flako for First Spouse? Come on....

In the post-911 world, Laura Bush as been a paragon as the nation's comforter-in-chief. God bless Laura and give her more years of service as our First Lady.

[Texas Mom]

I think they are both too fragile emotionally for the job.

[FlyVet]

Yeah. Thank God these two flower children aren't in charge. Tipper, isn't she the one all stressed out about the terrorist threats? LOL. Losers.

[MHT]

W. said that he didn't mind the re-counting--it was the re-voting that got him.

At last, we have one Democrat who admits that there was voting going on long after the polls were closed.....

[Conservababe]

You know, I'm sorry to see this. I just don't have it in my heart to have a bad feeling for Tipper

She and her hubby just bought a third home in Nashville for almost three million dollars.

Yes, indeed, they are good dems for the working people...naive, but rich.

I am laughing so hard.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Ya heard a whisper, did you? Well...I just now saw this thread.

http://www.freerepublic.com/fo cus/news/708771/posts

These people are shameless. Horrible. Icky.

[Ms. AntiFeminazi]

Ha! Funny how that article doesn't mention voter fraud.

[Texasforever]

Am I clinically depressed?" the first lady wannabe said she asked point-blank.

To which the doctor replied " Hell no, you are a raving lunatic. You should be so lucky just to be depressed. Now hold still I don't want to put your eye out with this drill".

[ChadGore]

Re: "I couldn't believe that the voting would be stopped."

The voting was never stopped. The voting took place November 7th. It was the vote counting that ran up against the dealine to seat electors. With love and respect, Tipper, it was your husbands delusions of grandure the, for the good of the nation, should have been stopped when he lost the first time, or the second, or the third, . . . .

[Brad’s Gramma]

Indeed. Liars, all.

OK, I've been trying to log off for awhile. There's some sort of force field surrounding my computer, this time of night. I don't know what it is, but it doesn't let me log off.

GO FIGURE!!!!!!!!

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Splinters?

Sap?

Fungus?

BO?

(somebody stop me ;-))

[CyberAnt]

"I couldn't believe the voting would be stopped"

WHAT!! THE VOTING WAS STOPPED!! The women is seriously out of touch. The voting wasn't stopped - THE ILLEGAL COUNTING WAS STOPPED - AND THAT'S WHY HER CHEATING HUSBAND DIDN'T WIN THE ELECTION.

The woman's an idiot!

[dk/coro]

Talk about mental illness !! My boss, Adm Tom Moorer, resided at the (now) VP Mansion (Naval Observatory Quarters) when I joined him as his Personal Aide (as the new CNO) in July 1967 following a vigorous tour in SEA.

I spent many hours in the Quarters assisting in the planning and hosting of official functions.

Therefore, you can well imagine the torturous mental anguish I have endured these past eight years -- knowing how these despicable charlatans have sullied this magnificent national treasure.

My blood still boils...just thinking of this pond-scum !!

Kindest regards, DKP

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

I long for the days when politicians' colons, sex lives, and mental health weren't for public knowledge. Call me old fashioned..............

[Humidston]

He looks like he should be designing women's dresses in the garment district! If I was married to a woos like him, I'd be seriously depressed too.

[jwh_Denver]

Could this be the "escape hatch" for Gore, when he decides he won't run again?

Good question. The only thing is that Gore is not going to decide anything. If the Dems think they will lose again Gore will shall we say "persuaded" to run again. If they think Bush can be beat I think the Dems will shall we say tell Egore he's finished. "Go invent something, like a phone or sliced bread or something".