by Eagles BEA

Created on: July 27, 2007   Last Updated: March 19, 2008

Al Gore (if it is possible) is rapidly losing credibility. From his long-standing assertions that he invented the Internet, to the recent 'environmental revelations' chronicled in "Inconvenient Truth", Gore has been brushed off by a majority of the American population as "out of touch" or "possessing tunnel vision". Now he has been chastised by one of his own.

The mayor of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada was recently quoted calling Al Gore a "junk scientist" in a debate with a fellow council member over pesticides. Many U.S. conservatives have long considered everyone north of the boarder as left of center, but Mayor Andy Wells is apparently so upset with Gore and the Sierra Club of Canada using scare tactics on Canadians to raise funds for themselves, that he could hold it in no longer.

"I think there's a lot of junk science out there masquerading as true science," he told a news agency, "and I think that as a consequence public agencies are making stupid decisions. Inconvenient Truth, from what I've read, contains a lot of poor science."

Such is the legacy of Al Gore. He has been reported to be using more than 20 times the national average in energy to power his own residence, while urging everyone else to conserve energy and resources. He has continuously criticized the President's use of Intelligence in making decisions on Iraq, while being quoted that he believed the very same conclusions made by the President ("We know that he [(Saddam] has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his country." Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002).

At the very least, history will view him as disingenuous. He was silent for months following the attacks on our country on 9/11. He made himself scarce, many believe, so that he could formulate a posture that would bring him the biggest populist punch when he did surface. The strategy backfired. Conservatives have always been bristled by his continuous berating of the President over the handling of 9/11 and the capture of Bin Laden. Yet, he had eight years in the White House to do something, anything, yet he did nothing.

Like most politicians, he will certainly be considered opportunistic. He took immediate action trashing the President after the Katrina disaster in Louisiana ("When the corpses of American citizens are floating in toxic flood waters five days after a hurricane struck, it is time not only to respond directly to the victims of the catastrophe, but to hold ... the leaders of our nation accountable.")

Were there issues New Orleans? Absolutely. But city, county, state and federal agencies all share the responsibility...just not according to Gore.

The Democratic political machine has effectively written him off. He is certainly valuable when the far left wants to advance an agenda, but he has had his time in the sun, his 15 minutes of fame so to speak. He has his Oscar for Best Documentary for 2006 and that's their payment to him. Many fair-minded liberals find him simply amusing.

I believe history will judge Al Gore persona non grata. He will be a should-have-been. The Democratic leaders know this. And while they may appreciate him adding gasoline to the firestorm of 'Global Warming', he will be held out at arms length. He will be brought close when he serves the party's agenda, but pushed away when his ideas and statements boarder on the ridiculous. He will be the perpetual bridesmaid. He will not see his name in the running of a Presidential election again.

EAGLES

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