Gore Says NO to 'Climate Czar' Role

The Washngton Times ^ | 11/13/2008 | Tom LoBianco

[Chairman of the Bard]

President-elect Barack Obama's transition team is flirting with creating a White House "Climate Czar," but climate change crusader Al Gore says he doesn't want the job.

The Obama team declined to comment on such a post, even as environmentalists and power industry executives say it's being widely discussed inside the transition offices as a way to spur a clean energy industry, which Mr. Obama has promised will ween the U.S. from foreign oil and create millions of "green jobs."

Obama transition chief John Podesta promoted a similar idea earlier in his role as president of the Center for American Progress, a liberal Washington think tank.

Mr. Podesta authored a white paper calling for an Energy Security Council within the White House to oversee climate change and clean energy initiatives. The czar and the council would coordinate agencies, including the Energy and Interior departments and the Environmental Protection Agency.

[RedEyeJack]

BTT

[FocusNexus]

Gore was already VP and wanted to be president, so why would he want to serve at a much lower capacity in Obama’s administration?

he has all the money he wants and can get much more publicity in the private sector.

[GOPJ]

Or, is the title of 'Czar' simply not powerful enough for the delusional, energy hogging hypocrite?

Yep, sounds 'bout right.

[aculeus]

bttt

[Doomonyou]

Doink

[WorkingClassFilth]

Didn’t Donna Brazile say that Algore has a “low negro tolerance?”

[Gator113]

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[The Great RJ]

Gore is too busy being the prophet of the global warming cult. However watch for RFK, Jr. to be head of EPA.

[bert]

asdfg

[tommyboy]

He turned down an offer to be spokesmale for Jenny Craig also.

[cajungirl]

IS FR down?

[airborne]

Completely off subject -

FreeRepublic has frozen up for me, and this thread keeps coming up when I ‘refresh’. Your post is the last one I get.

Is there a problem with FR, or is it me?

[EDINVA]

Is FR going down again; I have no updates since @ 2:05p today.

[George Smiley]

He named his daughter Sara Lee?

Was that before or after he porked up?

[KittenClaws]

But your post had the best opening for my punch line :)

(sorry, I should have mentioned that after my first post)

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[Chairman of the Bard]

Ouch! You may be right about RFK Jr. At least Globaloney Gore, deep down inside, probably knows he's a fraud and a hypocrite with his private jet, limos and energy squaffing McMansion. He even shows flashes of humor (in a stiff sort of way) while he cashes in on his charade.

RFK is dull, intractable, humorless and power hungry. He'll fit in well with Chairman O’s cult, er, cabinet.

[Chairman of the Bard]

“He turned down an offer to be spokesmale for Jenny Craig also”.

Perhaps it interfered with Algore’s leading role in the filming schedule of The Orson Welles Story.

[Chairman of the Bard]

‘Didn’t Donna Brazile say that Algore has a “low negro tolerance?”’

It was either “negro” or “lactose”. My memory is a little fuzzy.

[Chairman of the Bard]

He also knows, given his Sasquatch-like carbon footprint, he has zero credibility and cannot lead by example.