Comments on: Sawyer’s Interview Focuses On Media’s Obsessions With Gore, Reaffirms Thesis Of His Book http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:28:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Shirley http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3817636 Shirley Wed, 23 May 2007 14:43:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3817636 Joe Jennings, do you feel shame at being a nobody, or does that possibility ever occur to you? The Gore family are more capable business people, statesmen, and inspired leaders than anyone you will ever possibly touch in your miserable little life. And as far as the South African president...wasn't he the one who was denying the AIDS-Antiretroviral premise entirely? Wasn't Mbeke the AIDS denialist? So where in the Hell do you get off comparing Mbeke's ostensible nobility against Gore's alleged immorality? Joe Jennings, do you feel shame at being a nobody, or does that possibility ever occur to you?
The Gore family are more capable business people, statesmen, and inspired leaders than anyone you will ever possibly touch in your miserable little life.
And as far as the South African president…wasn’t he the one who was denying the AIDS-Antiretroviral premise entirely? Wasn’t Mbeke the AIDS denialist?
So where in the Hell do you get off comparing Mbeke’s ostensible nobility against Gore’s alleged immorality?

]]> By: Joe Jenningsl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3817497 Joe Jenningsl Wed, 23 May 2007 13:21:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3817497 Let's ask Al Gore: 1. Why did you snitch for the FBI in the 1970s in framing up black legislators in Nashville? 2. Why did you authorize the bombing of Sudan's only pharmaceutical plant, while you boss, President Clinton was defending himself from a lynching, of which, apparently, you and Joe Lieberman conspicuously approved? 3. Why did you side with the pharmaceutical giants against the desires of South Africa's President Mbeke to produce cheaper generic anti-viral drugs to slow the ravages of AIDS in his nation? Answer: 'Cause you're a RACIST, that's why! A racist whose bogus "environmentalism" would depopulate the earth and kill the hopes of the Third World for development, by criminalizing CO2, which is, of course, the nourishment for all vegetation on this planet. As the ditty goes: Al Gore will kill you, NOT CO2, not C, not C, NAZI Al Gore will kill you... Give it up Al! Go on vacation. And be careful when you and Tipper jump into the ocean--you might cause the sea levels to rise! Let’s ask Al Gore: 1. Why did you snitch for the FBI in the 1970s in framing up black legislators in Nashville?
2. Why did you authorize the bombing of Sudan’s only pharmaceutical plant, while you boss, President Clinton was defending himself from a lynching, of which, apparently, you and Joe Lieberman conspicuously approved? 3. Why did you side with the pharmaceutical giants against the desires of South Africa’s President Mbeke to produce cheaper generic anti-viral drugs to slow the ravages of AIDS in his nation? Answer: ‘Cause you’re a RACIST, that’s why! A racist whose bogus “environmentalism” would depopulate the earth and kill the hopes of the Third World for development, by criminalizing CO2, which is, of course, the nourishment for all vegetation on this planet. As the ditty goes: Al Gore will kill you, NOT CO2, not C, not C, NAZI Al Gore will kill you… Give it up Al! Go on vacation. And be careful when you and Tipper jump into the ocean–you might cause the sea levels to rise!

]]> By: John F. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3817134 John F. Wed, 23 May 2007 03:29:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3817134 Dear Al, Beware of what you ask for. If you arrange an interview with a network pinhead, you'll be asked network pinhead questions. On the other hand, if you're serious about ideas, why not share a forum with other men and women of ideas? If you do this enough times, someone is bound to make you explain how the animated flood of Manhattan (to take but one example) makes you fit to title a book 'The Assault on Reason.' You bet I'll TIVO that sucker! I'm sorry, did I interrupt your puff piece with Diane Sawyer just as she was about to throw you the softball you wanted? Please carry on! Your Pal, Dear Al,

Beware of what you ask for. If you arrange an interview with a network pinhead, you’ll be asked network pinhead questions. On the other hand, if you’re serious about ideas, why not share a forum with other men and women of ideas? If you do this enough times, someone is bound to make you explain how the animated flood of Manhattan (to take but one example) makes you fit to title a book ‘The Assault on Reason.’ You bet I’ll TIVO that sucker! I’m sorry, did I interrupt your puff piece with Diane Sawyer just as she was about to throw you the softball you wanted? Please carry on!

Your Pal,

]]> By: Flaco http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3816572 Flaco Tue, 22 May 2007 22:20:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3816572 Gore is a nutter! Gore is a nutter!

]]> By: Flaco http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3816567 Flaco Tue, 22 May 2007 22:18:42 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3816567 YEA Gore! YEA Gore!

]]> By: Space_Poet http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3816043 Space_Poet Tue, 22 May 2007 18:54:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3816043 Menno, Are you not worried about who has their finger on the button right now? You're freaking over some possible candidate who might possibly make a run for a very tough political spot to get? And just so i understand your bigotry, let me see if I can add you to my absolutions list, let's see... All Irish are drunks. All Britons have bad teeth. & All Muslims want to take over the world. Okay, got it, thx! Menno, Are you not worried about who has their finger on the button right now? You’re freaking over some possible candidate who might possibly make a run for a very tough political spot to get? And just so i understand your bigotry, let me see if I can add you to my absolutions list, let’s see…

All Irish are drunks.
All Britons have bad teeth.
&
All Muslims want to take over the world.

Okay, got it, thx!

]]> By: ahem http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3815925 ahem Tue, 22 May 2007 17:54:44 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3815925 Shorter Gore: 'Listen to yourself, you stupid shill for erection pills.' I wish he was a little less polite. A little more Jon Stewart on Crossfire: 'Look, Diane, I'm not your monkey.' Shorter Gore: ‘Listen to yourself, you stupid shill for erection pills.’

I wish he was a little less polite. A little more Jon Stewart on Crossfire: ‘Look, Diane, I’m not your monkey.’

]]> By: not impressed with the U.S. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3815691 not impressed with the U.S. Tue, 22 May 2007 16:40:43 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3815691 Menno, Put the crack pipe down!!!!!!! Menno,

Put the crack pipe down!!!!!!!

]]> By: menno http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3815231 menno Tue, 22 May 2007 13:11:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3815231 There is only 1 objective to be seen in Obama's eyes: to destroy the usa with atomic bombs if you are all that dumb not to see the truth i think i rather convert myself to islam too ... better be save then being slaughtered paranoia? nope he was brainwashed by his mother that all people the same color as herself, where bad (slavery, colonial, fighting, jews and all the cliche's). she hooked herself up into the sixties to secret bedroom talks that the 'white man' (do they exist ? i don't think so).. are evil and bad problem the usa does have, is their are only a handfull of muslims.. and they are moderate (as otherwise they would never live their in the first place).. the usa people have no idea how the majority of the moslims think.. it's that easy.. they have only 1 focus.. which is to conquer the west and other religions .... that is what their whole religion is about ! .. christianity does have the same in essense, but is filled with compromises and they don't take the first testament that serieus anymore .. and jesus was a hippy.. so it's all reasonable peacefull and more a way of thinking.. however moslims are filled with anger, hate towards the usa and the west.. also they feel underdogs ... i would advise: go live in Amsterdam .. to get a real taste how the most people from none western countries think. Obama will push the atomic bomb buttons to destroy the usa. It's not fantasy, it's reality. There is only 1 objective to be seen in Obama’s eyes:

to destroy the usa with atomic bombs

if you are all that dumb not to see the truth

i think i rather convert myself to islam too …

better be save then being slaughtered

paranoia?

nope

he was brainwashed by his mother that all people the same color as herself, where bad (slavery, colonial, fighting, jews and all the cliche’s).

she hooked herself up into the sixties to secret bedroom talks that the ‘white man’ (do they exist ? i don’t think so).. are evil and bad

problem the usa does have, is their are only a handfull of muslims.. and they are moderate (as otherwise they would never live their in the first place).. the usa people have no idea how the majority of the moslims think.. it’s that easy.. they have only 1 focus.. which is to conquer the west and other religions …. that is what their whole religion is about ! .. christianity does have the same in essense, but is filled with compromises and they don’t take the first testament that serieus anymore .. and jesus was a hippy.. so it’s all reasonable peacefull and more a way of thinking.. however moslims are filled with anger, hate towards the usa and the west.. also they feel underdogs … i would advise: go live in Amsterdam .. to get a real taste how the most people from none western countries think.

Obama will push the atomic bomb buttons to destroy the usa. It’s not fantasy, it’s reality.

]]> By: BJR http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3815188 BJR Tue, 22 May 2007 08:30:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3815188 Al Gore for President. If he runs, he wins. Al Gore for President. If he runs, he wins.

]]> By: Bill Miller http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814999 Bill Miller Tue, 22 May 2007 03:31:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814999 One word: Iraq. Hillary supported going to war. Gore and Obama did not. Period. End of story. She took a poll and Mark Penn provided her with bad advice. One word: Iraq. Hillary supported going to war. Gore and Obama did not. Period. End of story. She took a poll and Mark Penn provided her with bad advice.

]]> By: ann dover http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814834 ann dover Tue, 22 May 2007 01:41:54 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814834 Is this Gore's version of WJC's bitchslap of Chris Wallace? Is this Gore’s version of WJC’s bitchslap of Chris Wallace?

]]> By: Bluedog49 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814718 Bluedog49 Mon, 21 May 2007 23:54:49 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814718 I'm still waiting for an argument, any argument on why Hillary is so different from Obama. Come on people. If you harbor a hatred for Hillary and can't really explain it, then you are a tool of and a fool for the media. I’m still waiting for an argument, any argument on why Hillary is so different from Obama. Come on people. If you harbor a hatred for Hillary and can’t really explain it, then you are a tool of and a fool for the media.

]]> By: not impressed with the U.S. http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814614 not impressed with the U.S. Mon, 21 May 2007 22:51:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814614 Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch who can’t hold a candle to you. Besides, her perspective on Iraq is no different than those running on the other side You took the words out of my mouth!!!! Do not be taken in by Hillary Clinton!!!!! Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch who can’t hold a candle to you. Besides, her perspective on Iraq is no different than those running on the other side

You took the words out of my mouth!!!! Do not be taken in by Hillary Clinton!!!!!

]]> By: Bluedog49 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814469 Bluedog49 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:52:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814469 OK, maybe Bill Miller is gone. Can anyone on this thread tell me any major differences between Obama's positions and Clinton's positions? I see a lot of Obama love and Hillary hate on these threads and I'd just like to know if there is a cogent, fact-based argument on issues and positions to support this. I like Gore too. Gore should have been president a long time ago and he still would make a great pres. But, don't fool yourselves into thinking that the media wouldn't simply continue its war on Gore once he committed. The mainstream media will continue its game next year. Somehow, they'll be able to think of lots of reasons why the Dem nominee is a creep and a phony, while the Repub nominee will be someone you'd "like to have a beer with." OK, maybe Bill Miller is gone. Can anyone on this thread tell me any major differences between Obama’s positions and Clinton’s positions? I see a lot of Obama love and Hillary hate on these threads and I’d just like to know if there is a cogent, fact-based argument on issues and positions to support this.

I like Gore too. Gore should have been president a long time ago and he still would make a great pres. But, don’t fool yourselves into thinking that the media wouldn’t simply continue its war on Gore once he committed. The mainstream media will continue its game next year. Somehow, they’ll be able to think of lots of reasons why the Dem nominee is a creep and a phony, while the Repub nominee will be someone you’d “like to have a beer with.”

]]> By: Bluedog49 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814401 Bluedog49 Mon, 21 May 2007 21:26:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814401 Bill Miller, now that you have argued that "Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch" and that "Barak would be a great running mate," maybe you could explain any differences in political and social positions between Hillary and Barak. How exactly do Hillary's and Obama's positions on any of the major issues differ? Bill Miller, now that you have argued that “Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch” and that “Barak would be a great running mate,” maybe you could explain any differences in political and social positions between Hillary and Barak. How exactly do Hillary’s and Obama’s positions on any of the major issues differ?

]]> By: Lynne http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814091 Lynne Mon, 21 May 2007 19:42:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814091 <a href="http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2007/2600" rel="nofollow">An article at the freepress states that part of the problems Gore rails about are of his making.</a> An article at the freepress states that part of the problems Gore rails about are of his making.

]]> By: Bill Miller http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3814029 Bill Miller Mon, 21 May 2007 19:18:47 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3814029 RUN AL RUN! You are the smartest, most experienced candidate with the most respect on the international stage. You are the one who can bring the country together and restore our standing on the world stage. Barak would be a great running mate. Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch who can't hold a candle to you. Besides, her perspective on Iraq is no different than those running on the other side (at least as of thelast poll Mark Penn took for her). RUN AL RUN! You are the smartest, most experienced candidate with the most respect on the international stage. You are the one who can bring the country together and restore our standing on the world stage. Barak would be a great running mate.

Hillary is a pathetic, conniving, opportunistic bitch who can’t hold a candle to you. Besides, her perspective on Iraq is no different than those running on the other side (at least as of thelast poll Mark Penn took for her).

]]> By: Fatherflot http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3813973 Fatherflot Mon, 21 May 2007 19:04:04 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3813973 The book to get on the danger of "infotainment" is: <em>Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business</em> by Neil Postman. Written in the early 80's, it's more relevant than ever. Postman also wrote <em>How to Watch TV News</em> with Steve Powers. A more recent contribution to this genre is <em>Media Unlimited</em> by Todd Gitlin. The book to get on the danger of “infotainment” is:

Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman. Written in the early 80’s, it’s more relevant than ever.

Postman also wrote How to Watch TV News with Steve Powers.

A more recent contribution to this genre is Media Unlimited by Todd Gitlin.

]]> By: helenahandbasket http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/comment-page-2/#comment-3813925 helenahandbasket Mon, 21 May 2007 18:44:52 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/gore-sawyer-interview/#comment-3813925 OMG: sawyer is beyond a lightweight bimbo. OMG: sawyer is beyond a lightweight bimbo.

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