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In
April 1989, Gore was the
victim of a near-fatal car accident while attending a Baltimore Orioles
baseball game in Baltimore,
Maryland.As a
result of the accident, doctors were forced to remove approximately
60% of his spleen.He
also sustained a concussion and fractures to a leg and a rib, as
well as bruises to the lung, kidney, and
pancreas.His father
chose to stay near him during the recovery, bypassing a possible
presidential run in 1992.<ref name="lawrence" /> This was
discussed in his father's 2006 book, An
Inconvenient Truth and in the 2006 documentary of the same
name.
Gore sustained an ankle injury while playing lacrosse in
2000.In order to
accompany him during his treatment, Tipper was forced to miss a
campaign trip through Tennessee.Her daughter Karenna Gore Schiff replaced her
during part of the bus trip, appearing at a rally in Nashville, while a latter portion
of the trip was cancelled.<ref>" Al Gore
III may need surgery on ankle", The Oak Ridger, published
March 10,
2000, accessed February 21, 2007.</ref>
Two days before the
Democratic National
Convention in 2000, Gore received a speeding ticket for
driving 97 MPH, more than 40 MPH over the posted
limit.He was initially
charged with reckless driving as well, but those charges
were later dropped.<ref name="lawrence">" Gores
remain silent after son's arrest for pot possession", Jill
Lawrence, USA Today,
published December
21, 2003, accessed
February 21,
2007.</ref> The story
did not receive widespread attention until after the convention was
over, resulting in scrutiny as to whether the story had been
covered in a sufficiently timely manner, and if not, whether Gore
had received favorable treatment as a result of political bias in
the media.<ref>" Did `Talk'
Magazine Go Too Far With Bush Twins Satire?; The Impact of the
President's Decision on Stem Cells", transcript of "Reliable
Sources", aired August
11, 2001 on CNN, accessed February 21, 2007.</ref> After the story was ultimately
covered in the press, some pundits commented on the difficulty in
determining the appropriate level of media coverage for the
activities of children who would not be public figures if not for
the stature of their parents.Writing for National Review
Online, Tim Graham asked, "Is it fair to spike the unfavorable
news angles — especially when a presidential nominee's child breaks
the law — and then celebrate the child, or more precisely,
celebrate the parenting of the child, on a different
day?The Clintons and
the Gores have both benefited politically from exploiting their
children in a way that invites backhanded compliments from
sympathetic journalists."<ref> Too
Kind to Kin?: The double standard in using politicians’ kids.",
Tim Graham, National Review Online, published November 5, 2000, accessed February 21, 2007.</ref> The media's treatment of Gore was
subsequently used as a basis of comparison in evaluations of the
fairness of stories involving Jenna Bush, particularly by conservative
commentators.<ref>" Bush's
Kids vs. Gore's Kids", Brent Bozell, Cybercast
News Service, published June 5, 2001,
accessed February
21, 2007.</ref>
As of October 2006, Gore works as an associate publisher of Good magazine, a recent
start-up published in Los Angeles.<ref> </ref>
Gore
commented in a December 14, 2006, article in the New York Observer: "I
know that [my father] has no plans to run in 2008 [...] Well, I
guess I have to add his addendum.I think the way he always says it is, 'I don't
see any circumstances under which I would run for
president'."<ref>Morgan, Spencer. "Albert
Gore: Dad's Doing Well, Not Running in 2008", New York
Observer December 14,
2006.</ref>
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