Gore, Letterman, and the Tipping Point

Al Gore is STILL on the promotional circuit for An Inconvenient Truth. He was David Letterman's guest tonight.

Gore seemed out of breath when he first came out, like he just ran up a flight of stairs. Strange.

The first topic was Iraq.

Letterman got right into it by saying we just passed that "dreadful, obscene milestone," referring to the 2500 military deaths in Iraq.

Letterman asked, "Are we knee deep in a mess of our own making?"

Gore responded with a profound, "Uh..., yeah!"

Letterman complained, "We're asked to be patient with trouble that we're causing ourselves. I don't mean to be harsh, but is that accurate?"

Gore said, "Well...blah, blah, blah."

The gist of his response was that we need a "new team" to get us out of Iraq.

Next topic -- North Korea.

Gore started blabbing about North Korea and Iran.

Letterman asked if this nuclear problem will resolve itself. (What a stupid question!)

Gore said it will take a lot of work to work it out.

Commercial break #1

Then, it was on to the global warming spiel.

Again, Gore said the debate is over. He insists that there's scientific consensus.

It's at the point where "global warming threatens the future of civilization," according to Gore.

The villains: The oil companies.

Gore claims that he is trying to use his movie to push Americans past the tipping point so that they will demand that their leaders address global warming.

Letterman swallowed everything that Gore had to say.

Commercial break #2

Letterman mentioned that CO2 levels continued to climb during the Clinton-Gore years.

Naturally, Gore blamed that on Newt Gingrich and the Republican takeover of Congress in 1994.

Then came the clip of the film.

For the set up, Letterman asked, "Is this the love scene or the chase scene?"

Gore said, "Both."

It wasn't actually a clip. It was more of a montage, like from the film's trailer. I can't believe the footage convinced anyone to run out and see the movie. That is the point of showing a clip, right?

The interview ended with the question about running for president again.

Gore's response: "I have no plans."

He went on to say that he appreciated the question and the encouragement. I guess he was reacting to the smattering, and I do mean smattering, of applause.

Instead of running for elected office, Gore said that his campaign is to get Americans past the tipping point.

I rarely watch Letterman anymore. I got bored with his tired old shtick long ago.

After watching his three segments with Gore, I regret that I wasted my time.

In a sense, Gore's campaign has worked on me. I've definitely reached the tipping point.

I can't watch one more moment of another boring interview with Gore pontificating about saving the world.