Al Gore

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Al Gore was Bill Clinton's vice president (1993-2000), and a significant liberal boogeyman. In the 2000 presidential election, he won the popular vote but lost the electoral vote to George W. Bush. He was also a Senator from Tennessee.

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[edit] Inconvenient Truths the "Blame Nader" Crowd Would Prefer You Not Know About Al Gore

His running mate in 2000 was Joe Lieberman. In 1993 he debated H. Ross Perot over NAFTA, with Gore taking the pro-NAFTA side. His wife Tipper started the Parents Musical Resource Center in 1985.

[edit] Al does get at least one thing exactly right

Asked by the New York Observer (12/2/2002) to explain the "ceaseless lampooning he continues to face from America's columnists and commentators", he replied: "That's postmodernism. It's the combination of narcissism and nihilism that really defines postmodernism, and that's another interview for another time, if you're interested in it."

Right on, Al.

[edit] Publications

He is also known for his books and documentaries on politics and the environment:

  • Earth in the Balance (book) [1]
  • An Inconvenient Truth (Academy Award winning film)
  • Assault on Reason (book)

[edit] Inventions

Al Gore worked hard in the Senate on moves that eventually led to the internet as we know it. What a guy.

[edit] Business connections

Gore has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Apple, Inc. and a co-founder of the Emmy-winning cable channel Current TV, which specializes in independently produced short-subject documentary films.

[edit] Awards

Gore is a co-winner, with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize for his exposure of the causes and consequences of global warming.[2]

This makes Al Gore the first person to achieve the notable feat of winning the Oscar, an Emmy, and a Nobel Prize - and all within the remarkably short period of one year.

[edit] Late night sightings

Al Gore has made a number of guest appearances on [citation needed] ...

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ↑ And the far more popular "Harry Potter and the balance of Earth" which was about the importance of protecting the Earth from global warming and the dark wizards that cause it.
  2. ↑ http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2007/
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