Posted on 12/06/2006 5:51:03 AM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
In all my years of Today-watching, I'm not sure I've ever seen anything quite like the display Matt Lauer put on this morning. In beseeching Al Gore to run for president, Lauer literally portrayed him as the planet's potential savior.
"If you were to run for president, you could take this issue to the next level, even if just during a campaign. And if you were fortunate enough to win the presidency, you would sit in the most powerful office in the free world with a real chance to make . . . " Matt stopped himself at the enormity of the prospect before exclaiming "you could be in a position to save the planet!"
View video here.
So stunning was Lauer's sycophancy that it induced an embarrassed chuckle from Gore himself. Al collected himself and let Matt know that he "appreciate[d] the impulse behind the question," but also stated that he is not planning to run. Matt wouldn't take no for an answer: "but as someone who feels as passionately about the subject as you do, and your documentary is evidence of that, why pass up the opportunity to have that world stage again? Because although you're a former vice-president being a sitting president would give you a much higher and more powerful platform."
Al again thanked Matt for his endorsement: "I appreciate that very much."
Matt gave it one last try at interview's end: "What are the chances that someone reaches out to you, makes a phone call, and gets you to up-end this race?"
Matt Lauer, folks - keeping hope alive.
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Some typos are more embarrassing than others...
Mighty Mouse has done more for the world than ALGORE. Lauer should book him on his show to save the day!
Algore isn't Noah; he's Chicken Little. Oprah is an idiot made rich by other idiots.
Remember: the one-eyed man is king in a kingdom of blind people. In Oprah's case, an idiot who has a little brain is Queen in a kingom of brainless idiots!
Back when Memphis was trying to land an NFL team, we hosted a pre-season game between the Rams and Oilers. At halftime, there was a ceremony recognizing those that had played a part in that effort. there were around 30 individuals introduced. The 31st one was none other than AlBore himself. He came out of the tunnel and was greeted by 65,000+ people booing him lustily. It was a Kodak moment to be remembered by everyone there. He is NOT popular in Tennessee despite what the lsm wants the sheeple to think.
I always like telling this story on these AlBore threads.
It's obvious Al Gore has no plans whatsoever to run for president. He's still grossly overweight from where he was when he was the Vice President of the U.S.
If Al was REALLY serious about making a run, he'd have shaved off a good 50 lbs or so by now.
I never felt more like throwing up in my life.
AlGore's solutions to the global warming "crisis" was to put in a programmable thermostat and flourescent bulbs. I wonder how many of those things it takes to cover the private jets of Oprah and Al. I'm sure it is all explained in the DVD and book they were hawking. They showed this tear-jerking animation of polar bears drowning because of the melting ice caps. For them getting rid of millions of babies is worth saving us from their cartoons.
Flash! You'll save every one of us!
Funny, the History Channel had a two-hour documentary on the horrors (disease, freezing cold, famine, pestilence, gyrating climate) of the Little Ice Age. Seems to me a bit of global warming is a good thing, considering the alternative, which only ended less than two centuries ago and could come back again.
Liberal MSM anyone?
This surely cannot be our "reward life".
Matt Laurer is a groveling, midget news-reader, without a brain in his head, beseeching a total madman about being the next Jesus Christ on nationwide TV.
There really is no cause for anyone to be concerned except those who are stupid enough to keep watching instead of changing the channel.
Al Gore is Superman!
I wonder why I couldn't see it before...
Now people can actually see the BIAS, juxtapose this interview with a lauer/Bush interview.
And after the meeting they each jumped into their SUV's drove to the airport and boared a 747 for vacation and rented another SUV to drive around in while there.
Here is Big Al celebrating his decision with Matt:
Exactly. She's got the Democrat presidential nomination sewed up as if she was the first-term incumbent. It's all horse (race) bs.
And he obviously did a fine job at it, which given that we're talking about Perky is quite an accomplishment.
A billionaire sucking up to a multi-millionaire; and two who own some of the largest personal carbon footprints -- private jets, multiple limos, SUVs, giant mansions -- in the world.
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