Al Gore's New Campaign

Tells 60 Minutes That Doubting Global Warming Is Man-Made Is Akin To Believing Earth Is Flat

(CBS)  He is taking his fervor and some of his personal fortune and funneling them into a huge, new $300 million advertising campaign. He hired the agency that made the caveman and talking lizard ads for Geico to create global warming commercials.

The ads will start running this week on the broadcast networks and cable channels in a blitz as sweeping and expensive as a big corporation's rollout of a new product.

"Now, the rest of the future ads are going to stress this bipartisan coalition that's coming together on this with some surprising pairings," Stahl said.

"Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, two people who don't agree on very much at all," Gore remarked.

"They're going to do an ad together?" Stahl asked.

"Are doing an ad together," Gore pointed out.

And other unlikely couples, like Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton, are also doing an ad.

"Now, we're told that this ad campaign is going to cost a barrel of money. How are you paying for this?" Stahl asked.

"Well, Tipper and I - thank you again -have put all of the profits from the movie and the book that we would have otherwise gotten, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' to this," Gore said.

"All the profits?" Stahl asked.

"Correct. All that we would have received, absolutely," Gore said.

"And, not only that but, you know there is a cash component to the Nobel Peace Prize, which he was awarded. And we donated that and we matched it," Tipper Gore added.

Tipper says that Al's survival after his defeat in 2000 depended on his immersing himself in the climate cause. The year 2000 was of course when he won the popular vote, but lost the presidency when the Supreme Court ruled in favor of George Bush.

"Did he go through the seven stages of anger and grief-I’m not even joking," Stahl asked. "Anger? Fury? Rage?"

"That doesn't get you anywhere," Al Gore said.

"Doesn't mean you don't have it," Stahl remarked.

"Ah, again, I'm not sure words are adequate for anybody who tries to describe an experience like that. But, you know, I probably went through all that, yeah," Gore replied.

[ghendric]

Ok, let's say cap and trade tax passes and becomes law. Instead of Al Gore and the creators of the bill getting rich off it like they are intending, why not take all that new tax money and give it to the poor?? They want to spread the wealth right? Then spread it! Throw some my way. I'm poor..

[natb1]

Catastrophic Man Caused Global Warming is a theory of many scientists. It was politically hijacked to become undisputable fact. As for scientific motivations, warmers stand to gain more with this "fact". Atmospheric scientists are largely payed by grants and universities. If there is no impending catasrophy, they are less important to us. To the degree they are paid by private industry (weather people), they still need the crisis to talk about. The whole topic dominates television and advertising revenue now; Nat. Geo., Discovery, Hist. ChH, Weather Channel, MTV, Nightly News, Cable News, etc...
All manner of Industies are now trying to attract the "green" dollars, and create an eco-friendly image.

Anyone notice how HUGE this issue became after G.W.B. was sworn in?

We are NOT having an honest discussion on this topic at all. Noboby is honestly considering the merit of others arguments. Further evidence of complete politization of science.

[natb1]

1. Leslie shows once again what a political hack she is. CBS, get a "counter hack" for balance please. "*** Cheyne is the most credible denier"?

2. The Hundreds and Thousands of qualified Scientists (The most authoritative and experienced in the field) are never mentioned. Especially when 60 Minutes goal is to prop up its political "Luke Skywalkers".

3. You young people who think you know it all. History didnt start when you were born.

4. The most extreme weather on this planet is in its past. Tropical fossils in Arctic Regions and Mountain tops. Ice covering America down to Texas.

5. The sun, water vapor, and valcanic activity are THE MAJOR factors of the Earths Climate. Did you catch the documentary on Nat. Geo. teaching vulcanic activity in the "Ring of Fire" (thats the ring of vulcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean) has increased 200% in the last 100 years? Whas that a Lie?

6. We "may" be warming, as the planet has done many times, and we may NEED IT! We are going to need MORE cultivatable land in the future. Corn likes CO2!

[natb1]

1. Leslie shows once again what a political hack she is. CBS, get a "counter hack" for balance please. "*** Cheyne is the most credible denier"?

2. The Hundreds and Thousands of qualified Scientists (The most authoritative and experienced in the field) are never mentioned. Especially when 60 Minutes goal is to prop up its political "Luke Skywalkers".

3. You young people who think you know it all. History didnt start when you were born.

4. The most extreme weather on this planet is in its past. Tropical fossils in Arctic Regions and Mountain tops. Ice covering America down to Texas.

5. The sun, water vapor, and valcanic activity are THE MAJOR factors of the Earths Climate. Did you catch the documentary on Nat. Geo. teaching vulcanic activity in the "Ring of Fire" (thats the ring of vulcanic activity surrounding the Pacific Ocean) has increased 200% in the last 100 years? Whas that a Lie?

6. We "may" be warming, as the planet has done many times, and we may NEED IT! We are going to need MORE cultivatable land in the future. Corn likes CO2!

[forge98]

I have two questions. Will someone at 60 Minutes define the word "prophet?" I can only speak for myself. Al Gore and prophet don''t often show up together in my mind. Demagogue, now that is a word that seems to describe him. Anyone who dares to defy his OPINION is trivialized by him. What credential does he have that our VP doesn''t on global warming?

[csb1021]

I''''m only 29 but in my lifetime we have witnessed more than just a few eco-systems collapse.

ok what collapses. Name some. I need to know. Prove your point.

[mrkuren]

People who doubt global warming, and encourage this rampant expansion of industry have a pretty weak argument. You don''t need to be a scientist to see the effects we are having on our PLANET (not just the climate). I''m only 29 but in my lifetime we have witnessed more than just a few eco-systems collapse. All these systems are connected and we depend on them just as much as any other creature. We are seeing changing weather patterns which effect the areas we plant crops on, live in etc. The food is about to become far less abundant than weapons. People who think otherwise are generally the same people who don''t want to look more than 5 feet in front of their face, and then act surprised when they walk into a telephone pole. Aliens would laugh at us and shake their heads the same way we do for lemmings.

[actornaught]

scientists, "fanning the hysteria" ??

what do you call a 7-time loser drug addict, making a radio career jerking your chain?

pretty odd choice of sources...

[ggreeves]

Only a fool would go to a politician for scientific truth. Neither the present nor the former Vice President is competent on the science of human CO2 releases. The embarrassing errors in Gore''s movie prove his gullibility on the issue.

A competent news organization would notice that nearly all the "scientists" who say that human CO2 is an impending disaster are being paid to say so. Their careers and research grants depend on fanning the hysteria. On the other hand there is a large group of scientists who are not being paid on the issue who point out that the data does not support the hysteria.

CBS should return to seeking truth even if it gets lower ratings than hysteria. Perhaps 60 Minutes could do a story on fake paid "science". Paid "scientific" opinions which distort the facts are widely used by trial lawyers, fund raisers, and politicians.

[ggreeves]

Only a fool would go to a politician for scientific truth. Neither the present nor the former Vice President is competent on the science of human CO2 releases. The embarrassing errors in Gore''s movie prove his gullibility on the issue.

A competent news organization would notice that nearly all the "scientists" who say that human CO2 is an impending disaster are being paid to say so. Their careers and research grants depend on fanning the hysteria. On the other hand there is a large group of scientists who are not being paid on the issue who point out that the data does not support the hysteria.

CBS should return to seeking truth even if it gets lower ratings than hysteria. Perhaps 60 Minutes could do a story on fake paid "science". Paid "scientific" opinions which distort the facts are widely used by trial lawyers, fund raisers, and politicians.