Agreed, it's one of the few "popular comments" that irks me enough to force someone into an argument when it's quipped in ignorance. Specifically because Gore

Agreed, it's one of the few "popular comments" that irks me enough to force someone into an argument when it's quipped in ignorance. Specifically because Gore has been a supporter of science in general as a politician. Makes me sad to think that if a Supreme Court decision had gone another way, or Florida had had a different ballot, then the US would have ended up with a technocrat in office and probably not invading Iraq. Missed opportunities...