Al Gore, washed-up politician, finds a new venue for his ideas: press criticism. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine

A washed-up politician finds a new venue for his ideas.
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I needed two cups of strong coffee and a tap from a cattle prod to finish it: Your dosage may vary.
...he's at a severe handicap if he wants to denounce ideologues for being ideologues at the same time he's an ideologue.

McDonnell not interested in reviving Virginia climate panel | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gov. Bob McDonnell sees no need restart a panel that explored climate-change problems in Virginia, a key official said Monday.

"It's a global issue, and it's hard to say what changes we could make that would make that much of a difference," said Doug Domenech, the Republican governor's secretary of natural resources.

He added, "Humans might be part of the cause, but too often in the debate it's missed that the Earth has been warmer in the past and it has been a lot cooler in the past. ... So I would say the science is mixed on a lot of those things."