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The Daily Show – Interview with Al Gore

By Manila Ryce
Published Friday, May 25th, 2007, 6:57 am
Filed under: War, Videos: Political, World: Asia, Entertainment, World Issues, Videos, Society/Culture, US Politics

Gore acted remarkably human last night, displaying what I perceived as a sense of humor. He may even prove his critics wrong someday by becoming a real boy.

However, the interview wasn’t all about the joy of clubbing baby seals. Gore and Stewart got down to business, discussing the topic of the former vice-president’s new book on how the outright dismissal of reason and logic has shaped our country, and consequently the world. Facts now take a backseat to entertainment in the mainstream media. Gore also thanks “court jester” Jon Stewart and the “counterbalance” of outspoken voices on the internet (you’re welcome) for being the main opposition to the mind-controlling efforts of our government. Maybe we internet-users ought to be thanking Gore instead for inventing the thing. I kid, I kid.

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5 Responses to “The Daily Show – Interview with Al Gore”

  1. I remember the mudslingers of the 2000 election. It went something like this;
    George Bush is folksy, an ex junky, loveable, but kind of a dipshit.
    Al Gore is stiff, wooden and kinda boring.

    And I was like, “that’s the Worst they can say about this guy?! He’s Boring?! Hmm…”

    Fast forward 6 years, and I’m sure a lot of us wish our administration’s only problem was that they’re boring.

    (And for all the haters, don’t bother attacking the guy’s credibility. That shit only works for religious and/or moral leaders. The fun thing about fact, reason, and logic is that they make sense and stay intact regardless of who says it. Yes, even Bill O’Reilly has said reasonable things on occasion…)

    PapaFigue
    05/25/07 at 8:55 am

  2. Thanks for posting these clips. I do not have access to cable TV, and the Daily Show is one of the few things on TV worth watching. Case in point, this interview with Al Gore.

    WillySF
    05/25/07 at 12:02 pm

  3. I’m not convinced that rationality and reason ever really ruled the kingdom, as it were. What’s that quote from the first contested presidential campaign? One of the campaigners warned that if his opponent won, “the streets would run red with Christian blood”. Hyperbole, fear-baiting and emotional appeals are as American as apple-pie (i.e., been here a long time, and originally imported from elsewhere).

    I think our attention to reason and our willingness to use reason to govern our actions is just one of the values that need to change in the United States. If you believe that wrongdoers must be made to suffer as much as possible, and that dissent is disloyal and that ends justify means, its perfectly rational to support all kinds of nasty policies. Lets talk about reason, and also compassion, patience, forbearance, and humility.

    Nathan
    05/25/07 at 2:53 pm

  4. Good to see Al Gore. (I don’t get cable either.) Stiff and boring? A good man nonetheless.

    And he deserves the nomination for Nobel Peace Prize.

    Does it seem perhaps the world is trying to make up for the theft he (all of us, worldwide) sustained in the 2000 election?

    JNagarya
    05/28/07 at 8:56 pm

  5. I voted for Al Gore in 2000, and I agree that George Bush has been a disaster.

    But the Al Gore now “selling” anthropologic global warming (AGW) is in my opinion either ill informed or disingenuous.

    Even if Al is a nice guy at heart, can you imagine him as the spokesman for our interests in a conference of world leaders?

    Oliver K. Manuel
    www.omatumr.com

    Oliver Manuel
    06/3/07 at 1:45 am

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