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PERRY: WHY I SUPPORTED AL GORE...
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/61428.html ^ | 08/15/2011 | Bob King

Posted on Monday, August 15, 2011 8:09:32 PM by RED SOUTH

In an interview with an Iowa radio station on Monday, the Republican presidential contender explained his role as the Gore campaign’s Texas chairman by saying that “this was Al Gore before he invented the Internet and got to be Mr. Global Warming.”

But in fact, global warming was already a significant theme for Gore in 1987 and 1988 — long before his activism led to several books, a Nobel Prize and a part in an Academy Award-winning film. It was also well before the right gave him the “Mr. Ozone” nickname and talk radio heaped endless mockery on the future vice president.

Thank you for posting the evidence that proves Perry was telling the truth. Yes, the left-wing politico reporter is trying to be "so nice" to us conservatives by telling us what to think, but he also did something odd, gave us the facts, which you just posted.

Here are the facts: 1988 was long before his activism led to several books, a Nobel Prize and a part in an Academy Award-winning film. It was also well before the right gave him the “Mr. Ozone” nickname and talk radio heaped endless mockery on the future vice president.

So the reporter agreed -- Perry's support of Gore was LONG BEFORE he became known as the leader of the global warming kooks (Mr. Global Warming).

We are quoting a sound bite from a speech, so it's pithy and incomplete. Perry has mentioned Al Gore's global warming positions, and said he disagreed with them when he was supporting Al Gore.

The reporter mistakenly confuses "global warming was an issue for Al Gore" with "Al Gore was known as "Mr. Global Warming", something the reporter admits happened LONG AFTER the 1988 presidential election.