This is NOT the green Daddy Gore has been preaching about!Former Vice-President Al Gore, on the eve of a major concert designed to raise awareness of global warming, got quite a bang for July 4th when his son was arrested in California early Wednesday on suspicion of possessing marijuana and prescription drugs.
Authorities have confirmed that Al Gore III, 24, was driving a blue Toyota Prius about 100 mph on the San Diego Freeway near Laguna Niguel when he was pulled over at about 2:15 a.m.
Initially focusing on the speeding violation, deputies reportedly said they smelled marijuana and searched the car. They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder.
"He does not have a prescription for any of those drugs," a sheriff's spokesman said. Gore was being held in the men's central jail in Santa Ana on $20,000 bail. He was later released after he bailed out.
A spokesman for the elder Gore said he was traveling and could not immediately be reached for comment. The official story is because he is one of the organizers of the Live Earth concerts taking place around the world on July 7.
Behind the scenes, what's really going is Gore and Tipper are busy giving lil man a stern lecture and a major time-out, not to mention curtailing his driving privileges for the rest of the week.Seriously though, this isn't the first time we've heard about Gore's namesake screwing up.
Reuters is reporting that Gore III was arrested in 2003 for marijuana possession and in 2002 for suspected drunken-driving.
In 1989, aged six, Gore almost died when he was hit by a car, and required extensive surgery and physical therapy.
There is definitely more to this story and we have a hunch that this and some other things are what's really keeping the 2000 presidential candidate from making another run for the White House.
What say you?