Gore Returns to Capitol Hill a Hero and a Target

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Skeptics of Global Warming Hope to Test the Former Vice President's Mettle
Al Gore wowed moviegoers and Hollywood elites with his Oscar-winning documentary on global warming. Today he faces a far tougher audience in Congress.

The 2000 Democratic presidential nominee will testify about the urgency of addressing climate change in two appearances on Capitol Hill before panels that include skeptics of the sort that Gore probably hasn't met on the red carpet.

For instance, Sen. James M. Inhofe (Okla.), senior Republican on the Environment and Public Works Committee, once called global warming "the greatest hoax ever perpetuated on the American people." The other witness scheduled to appear at the House Energy and Commerce Committee is Bjorn Lomborg of Copenhagen Business School, who asserts that global warming is real but argues that "the trouble is that the climate models show we can do very little" about it.

The Gore appearance is part of an ambitious Democratic effort to elevate energy as a top-tier domestic policy cause, alongside health care. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) created a special Select Committee on Climate Change when Democrats took over in January. Nine bills related to climate change have been introduced in the Senate in the past two months. Yesterday, Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards announced his energy plan. Its lofty goals: to stop "climate change, create 1 million new jobs in a new, clean energy economy and freeze our growing demand for electricity."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032001421.html

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. Inhofe is an ass...

"One of Gore's toughest Republican critics is Inhofe. In December, during his last days as committee chairman, Inhofe released a 64-page booklet titled "A Skeptic's Guide to Debunking Global Warming Alarmism." He dismisses Democratic proposals to cap greenhouse gas emissions as "the largest tax increase in American history."

Inhofe pointed out that Gore usually faces friendly audiences. "I've never seen a time where he actually had to respond to questions, so this is a change," the senator said with a chuckle. "You gotta show the inconsistencies in his position, that has to be done." But he said the tone will be collegial: "He's still a senator in our minds."


That's Mr. 'Vice President' to You, senator. :mad:

[Larkspur]

3. Gore gave his Global warming presentation to Roger Ailes and other Faux News

execs and he convinced them that global warming is a real threat.

[BeyondGeography]

2. I expect Gore to kick Republican ass if the situation calls for it

and, if they are respectful, I'm sure he will be in return.

It's also funny that Inhofe & Co. still think that going after Gore on global warming is still a winning issue for them...maybe they really have lost their minds.