[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: Al Gore's Priorities

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
Al Gore's Priorities
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1183594196.shtml


   I see that former Vice President Al Gore has cleared his calendar of
   all scheduled public appearances the next six months. Some Democrats
   believe this portends another run for the Presidency. Perhaps.
   But what were these public appearances about? There'd be no need to
   cancel if they were campaign events, even if Mr. Gore has had trouble
   discerning when he's at a fund-raiser in the past. Do people want to
   see him to reminisce about the good old days of the Clinton
   administration? No, most likely these are to continue his "global
   warming" crusade, directly or tangentially.
   If Earth is doomed without action in the next few years, why isn't
   this priority one? Perhaps he thinks only the Presidency can give him
   that power. Perhaps he believes Senator Hillary Clinton isn't the all
   but certain nominee of his party, meaning he has a chance. Perhaps.
   Me, I think he realizes that his global warming crusade has peaked.
   More and more scientists are appearing with more and more contrary
   evidence, including evidence that challenges the validity and
   interpretation of his own. Particularly disconcerting must be that
   this warming stopped in 1998, almost ten years ago.
   Even though Gore allows no debate at his presentations, questions will
   be increasingly difficult to duck. "Settled science" will wear thin
   when he has no new evidence of his own while his old evidence erodes.
   The elections give him a chance to quietly retire as High Priest of
   Global Warming, and I think he's taking it.