I think he was born with an altered brain. He loves playing the roll of an intellectual, but he lacks the intellect to pull it off. He an Al Gore are a good pair...neither are what they would like the public to believe they are. Their dialogue proves that Rose is no intellectual, and Gore doesn't know squat about "Global Warming" or any other subject...he was born with a deficient brain.
As with Bill Maher, most people don't seem to grasp that these people have WRITERS and RESEARCHERS. Then they just read what's handed to them. And they love getting in their jackets and ties and getting in front of lights and cameras--"People are LISTENING to me pntificate!"--and playing Intellectual.
What kind of intellectual would be able to stand these two idiots for more than five minutes?
The media is full of intellectuals manque. Bill Moyers is another prime example.