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Quote Of The Day: Al Gore Says Its OK To Lie About Global Warming Because Darn It, It's Important!
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Posted on 05/25/2006 11:11:43 AM PDT by 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
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: globalwarming; manbearpig
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To: Red Badger
How sad it is, though, that a former VP, a leader of his political party thinks that LYING is perfectly ok!
This country is in trouble because 50% of it voted for this boob.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:45:58 AM PDT
by
Adder
(Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
To: Republican Red
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:49:43 AM PDT
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: Republican Red
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:49:44 AM PDT
by
Old Seadog
(Inside every old person is a young person saying "WTF happened?".)
To: Republican Red
"an over-representation of factual presentations" If that's the case, then the whole Democratic Party is one big "over representation of factual presentation".
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:51:10 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(This is no time for bleeding hearts, pacifists, and appeasers to prevail in free world opinion.)
To: Republican Red
That kinda says it all about algore. If he thinks it's important (to him), it's okay to lie about it.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:51:36 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(-- Married a WAC in '65 and I'm still reenlisting. :-)
To: Republican Red
Hey, lay off Al you guys. It makes perfect sense -- you have to lie sometimes or else nobody will believe you.
To: Republican Red
Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations ... That must've been the reasoning used when some magazine cover (Rolling Stone?) airbrushed his "package" back in 2000.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:55:57 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll. 17,400+ snide replies and counting!)
To: Republican Red
Libs have said before.... public hyping of an issue is not about evidence, damn it. It's about the seriousness of the charges!
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:56:00 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Republican Red
I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentationsGore has lived by that philosophy throughout his entire political career, long before he started talking about global warming.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:56:23 AM PDT
by
T. Buzzard Trueblood
("left unchecked, Saddam Hussein...will keep trying to develop nuclear weapons." Sen. Hillary Clinton)
To: trebb
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:56:46 AM PDT
by
NCLaw441
To: HairOfTheDog; Ramius
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:56:51 AM PDT
by
ecurbh
(Hobbit Hole Troop Support - http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/)
To: william clark
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 don't think so.
"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, ..."
"Over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous ..." means giving more representation of that position than any contrasting position or giving more representation of that position than its proportion within the overall spectrum of positions would merit. He is clearly saying that it is ok to overstate the danger in order to get the audience to open up to listening to possible solutions even though they may not even be necessary.
To: Conservative4Life
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:57:39 AM PDT
by
Trillian
To: Republican Red
So can we say that Al Gore "betrayed this country and played on our fears"? What a hypocritical tool.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:58:39 AM PDT
by
BadAndy
("Loud mouth internet Rambo")
To: hiramknight
Oh....dude.
You gotta read this one.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:58:51 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(I can't complain...but sometimes I still do.)
To: william clark; Republican Red
"The context you offer only further underscores my point. Trust me, you don't want to make a lot of hay out of this. Look again at the quote: 'an over-representation of factual presentations...' He doesn't say an over-representation of the facts, or of statistics, or any such thing. The key word here is "presentations." He's talking about disproportionally talking about the the issue; not altering the content. Baloney. The key WEASEL words are, "dangerous, solve, and "crisis." There is no dangerous crisis therefore there is nothing to solve.
Gore: ".... 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."
Liars lie and only other liars or dupes agree with them.
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posted on
05/25/2006 11:59:46 AM PDT
by
Matchett-PI
( "History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid." -- Dwight Eisenhower)
To: Republican Red
Given that starting point, I believe it is appropriate to have an over-representation of factual presentations on how dangerous (global warming) Al Gore's mouth 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 Tokra
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posted on
05/25/2006 12:01:24 PM PDT
by
Tokra
(I think I'll retire to Bedlam.)
To: Matchett-PI
Well, now he can say "there is no controlling moral authority".
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posted on
05/25/2006 12:01:55 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
To: william clark
I agree with your interpretation.
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posted on
05/25/2006 12:02:36 PM PDT
by
safeasthebanks
("The most rewarding part, was when he gave me my money!" - Dr. Nick)
To: william clark
There is always one MORON in the crowd to stand up for the left wing nuts . Congratulations you get the prize
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