Monday, October 02, 2006

Al Gore - Globally Warmed

Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth is superb - see it for the obvious reason that he is right, global warming is threatening us all - but also see it to learn how stupid political, advisers, consultants, spin nurses and policy wonks must be in the States and, therefore, here. During the election campaign against Bush, Gore was robotic, tongue-tied, paralysingly cautious and he lost. You may say he didn't really lose, but the point is that, if he had communicated in the way he does in this film, he would have won by a landslide. He was destroyed by flashy, dim-witted people who knew nothing. See them at work on The West Wing in which, unaccountably, they are portrayed as heroes. Watch out, Dave.

4 comments:

  1. In fact, I am grateful to Andrew for providing me a unique insight into the work of the adviser - http://gprime.net/video.php/presidentialspeechalist

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  2. I was wondering, after three days of boredom why the blogosphere was so excited about your blog. It can't be because they're all dickheads, too. This post makes my half-formed intention to delete you from my bookmarks into an immeidate action. Cheers.

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  3. Ah, many thanks, Anon. I'm not sure you should hide bhind that name, preventing me from entering to a dialogue. But this is only my second really abusve comment, si I shall cherish it. The other was too obscene to publish.

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  4. Bryan,
    Gore lost the election to Bush for the same reason Kerry did: Bush is the better politician - and one reason he is the better politician is that he has had to run in competitive races (Gore and Kerry never had to face serious oppositon in their elections.) By every account I have heard Bush is superb on the stump.

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