Al Gore III had a run in with the legal system. I’m not going to make light of it or rib Al Gore, Jr. about his son. I don’t roll like that. I think this is a situation that needs to be handled within the family and the media can get lost.
Gore III can take heart in one thing. He is not alone. The Black Sheep is a constant in American politics. There is always a family member that sticks out like, well, a black sheep.
Marcus Baram of ABCNews.com writes:
The scion of one of America’s most prominent political dynasties, he was almost kicked out of Harvard for getting drunk and running naked through the campus with some of his buddies.
Later, he descended into alcoholism, losing thousands of dollars in shady land-speculation schemes and was rejected by his father, who considered him morally deficient, “a Madman possessed of the Devil.”
A Kennedy or a Rockefeller? A Gore or a Bush?
No, an Adams. Charles Adams, one of the sons of President John Adams, was the black sheep of his family, whose outrageous behavior and alcohol-fueled hijinks were a continual source of embarrassment to his parents and siblings.
Interesting look back in America’s history, spanning from Teddy Roosevelt to the numerous Kennedy stories.
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