Quote Of The Day: Al Gore Says Its OK To Lie About Global Warming Because Darn It, It's Important!

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[Republican Red]

"In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality. And the Category 5 denial is an enormous obstacle to any discussion of solutions. Nobody is interested in solutions if they don't think there's a problem. Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) is, as a predicate for opening up the audience to listen to what the solutions are, and how hopeful it is that we are going to solve this crisis." -- Al Gore

[palmer]

The real problem is like most leftist anthro-GW-alarmist proponents, Gore knows next to nothing about the science. I forced myself to read a chunk of his book in a bookstore about 5 years ago and it was painful.

As for the semantics of "over-representation", there is already an over-representation of GW gibberish on both sides of the issue. All he is proposing to do is pump up the noise level on his side.

[Still Thinking]

A "Category 5" tornado is like the tornado of the century, so "category 5" denial is Gore-bal Warming's way of stamping his fat little feet and saying "Wahhhh, wahhhh, nobody's listening to me! Wahhhhh"

[aligncare]

Excellent point! (You win the comment of the day award!)

[engrpat]

I found this a few days ago and sent it to a couple of DU types that I know...one wrote back and called me a Nazi the other refuses to respond. Once again on the left it is "fake but accurate."

[Excellence]

It's okay for Muslims to lie also, in order to forward their agenda, as long as they stay "true" in their hearts.

[Daveyw]

Disagree. If that's what he meant, he would have said "an over-presentation of ...."

Don't help him slick his way out of this.

[cogitator]

Far be it from me to defend Gore, but I think you guys are misinterpreting him. I think the phrase isn't about overstating the facts of the case, but that it's okay to beat people over the head repeatedly with the message.

I agree; it was a politically-calculated statement from a veteran politician. To paraphrase, he is basically saying that to attract attention, it's OK to present several of the so-called "scary scenarios" first, but it's important that those scenarios are still factual, i.e., grounded in scientific research. Now, it's always possible to criticize predictions as being unverifiable, but in such cases, it's always important to "show the work" when called upon to do so.

[defender1776]

Gore's head is begining to swell again after the award for his lying movie. The bloasted bastard is again attempting to cause harm to our Republic. He is a communist. His followers are idiots. Fortunately his lies are being uncovered. He is only on the forefront baecause he suprised everyone with his garbage. He is being debunked. Hopefully he is going to run in '08 (big head again) and disrupt the votes from the "HAG" and the "what is my plan" guy.