| − | '''Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr.''' (born March 31, 1948) was the unqualified but leading cheerleader for the [[global warming]] hoax and its [[liberal]] agenda of increasing government regulation over energy production and use. He was given the [[liberal]] Nobel prize for his [[Chicken Little]]-like claims about a [[global warming]] crisis that subsequently did not occur. Gore has spread [[alarmist]] [[propaganda]], proclaiming the end of the world. Gore likes to say that, "The Earth has a fever," <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2110628&page=1</ref> and is making millions of dollars through his hucksterism.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/11149</ref> He has no degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, or climatology. Gore took two science classes as an undergraduate, scoring a "C+" in one and a "D" in the other.<ref>http://www.larryelder.com/Gore/goredubiousrecord.htm</ref> Among his notable achievements, the one he is least known for is casting the tie-breaking vote to [[tax]] elderly [[Social Security]] benefits who earn as little as $22,000 per year. | + | '''Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr.''' (born March 31, 1948) was the unqualified but leading cheerleader for the [[global warming]] hoax and its [[Leftist]] agenda of increasing government regulation over energy production and use. He was given the [[liberal]] Nobel prize for his [[Chicken Little]]-like claims about a [[global warming]] crisis that subsequently did not occur. Gore has spread [[alarmist]] [[propaganda]], proclaiming the end of the world. Gore likes to say that, "The Earth has a fever," <ref>http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GlobalWarming/story?id=2110628&page=1</ref> and is making millions of dollars through his hucksterism.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/11149</ref> He has no degree in atmospheric sciences, meteorology, physics, chemistry, biology, or climatology. Gore took two science classes as an undergraduate, scoring a "C+" in one and a "D" in the other.<ref>http://www.larryelder.com/Gore/goredubiousrecord.htm</ref> Among his notable achievements, the one he is least known for is casting the tie-breaking vote to [[tax]] elderly [[Social Security]] benefits who earn as little as $22,000 per year. |
| | Gore was the [[Democratic Party]]'s candidate for President in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore's decision to pursue a recount and subsequent action by Democratic-appointed Florida Justices were found to violate the [[Equal Protection Clause]] guaranteed to all voters by the [[United States Constitution]]. Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993-2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]]. Previously Gore, who merely rode on the coattails of the famous political name built by his father, held positions in the [[House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] spanning 1977-85 and 1985–93 respectively, as his father had done. | | Gore was the [[Democratic Party]]'s candidate for President in the 2000 election, running on a ticket with Sen. [[Joe Lieberman|Joseph Lieberman]] of [[Connecticut]]. Gore's decision to pursue a recount and subsequent action by Democratic-appointed Florida Justices were found to violate the [[Equal Protection Clause]] guaranteed to all voters by the [[United States Constitution]]. Prior to that Gore was the 45th [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]] of the [[United States]] (1993-2001), a successor to [[Dan Quayle]] and followed by [[Dick Cheney]]. Previously Gore, who merely rode on the coattails of the famous political name built by his father, held positions in the [[House of Representatives]] and the [[United States Senate|Senate]] spanning 1977-85 and 1985–93 respectively, as his father had done. |