Thursday, June 13, 2002 12:59 a.m. EDT

Gore Busted With White House Statue

Along with cataloguing over $20,000 worth of damage to the White House by departing Clinton staffers, Tuesday's General Accounting Office report also busted former Vice President Al Gore for making off with a White House sculpture that he kept for six months.

A bust of Abraham Lincoln that had been on display in the White House mysteriously vanished with the Clinton-Gore gang.

But according to the GAO report, the artwork hadn't gone missing at all - but instead had found a new home with Al and Tipper in Tennessee.

An ex-Gore staffer told the GAO that other Gore aides had "inadvertently packed" the Lincoln bust and shipped it off to the Gore homestead, reported the New York Post.

The former second couple managed to hang onto the statue till July 11, 2001, which, of course, was also inadvertent.

just stirrin............