i think her blouse speaks oodles regarding her muntal state
Posted on 06/30/2002 9:51:34 PM PDT by 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."
Really? I thought she'd expanded since the election. I'll have to go back and look at the file photos again.
So much for political acumen.
Considering his performance during the Campaign.. If you weren't, you should be.
I could have saved her the $bucks$. Tipper, you ARE mentally ill!....for marrying Al at least!
Tipper Honey, it was your husband Al, who wanted to stop the voting by our overseas armed services folks. Yes, I too, was appalled, <sarcasm> as I'm sure you were. </sarcasm>
i think her blouse speaks oodles regarding her muntal state
OK .. I just have one question ..
Does she really think she is helping her husband with a possible Presidential Bid in 2004
Admitting publicly that you are a Nut Case really isn't good PR
Actually, Tipper honey, it was illegally extended in some places like Missouri, in hopes of getting some of those last minute fraudulent votes for your tubby hubby in.
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