Bush Snubs Gore's Global Warming Film
President Says He 'Doubts' He'll See Former VP's Documentary
In this photo provided by Paramount Pictures Classics, Al Gore has traveled the world delivering a presentation on the global climate change, also discussed in his movie, "An Inconvenient Truth." (Eric Lee)
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"I'm a grandfather and he's a father and this should not be a political issue."
Al Gore
(AP) Is President Bush likely to see Al Gore's documentary about global warming?
"Doubt it," Mr. Bush said coolly!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/05/23/politics/main1645020.shtml But Mr. Bush should watch it, Gore shot back. In fact, the former Democratic vice president offered to come to the White House any time, any day to show Mr. Bush either his documentary or a slide show on global warming that he's shown more than 1,000 times around the world.
"The entire global scientific community has a consensus on the question that human beings are responsible for global warming and he has today again expressed personal doubt that that is true," Gore said in an Associated Press interview from France where he attended the Cannes Film Festival.
Mr. Bush and Gore have had bitter disagreements about the environment and other issues. Mr. Bush defeated Gore in a disputed presidential election that was finally settled by the Supreme Court in 2000. **** "The Swift-Boating of An Inconvenient Truth" Gore seems to have touched a nerve. An Inconvenient Truth, his new documentary about global warming--a simultaneously frightening and inspiring film--hadn't yet arrived in theaters last week when a guerrilla movement to discredit the movie had already begun. A network of oil-funded think tankers and conservative media outlets have joined arms to launch the most massive offensive against a PowerPoint presentation ever recorded by man. But there is one salutary effect of this new campaign. The Swift-Boating of An Inconvenient Truth has brought into public view yet another shining star in the right's anti-science constellation. While the fundamentalist theo-conservatives sowed doubts about evolution during the debate over "intelligent design," the Exxon conservatives are storming into battle against global warming.
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