| | '''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. | | '''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 challenged the election results and pursued a recount based on his far-fetched claim of violation of the [[Equal Protection Clause]], which the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rejected by a 7-2 vote, in ''[[Bush v. Gore]]''. 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. |
| | In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. He also served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy,William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref>He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref> | | In his early life, Gore attended [[Harvard University]] and (briefly) [[Vanderbilt University]]. He also served in the [[United States Army]] and worked as a war correspondent during the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>Kennedy,William V. ''The Military and the Media: Why the Press Cannot Be Trusted to Cover a War''. Westport: Praeger Publishers, 1993. <http://com.hilbert.edu/students/papers/carolina-1999/1999vietnam.html></ref>He was married to activist [[Tipper Gore]], but the two announced on 6/1/2010 that they were separating after forty years of marriage.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/al-tipper-gore-break-years-marriage/ Gore's Break Up After 40 Years of Marriage]</ref> |