Oh my: Al Gore bails on lecture at Copenhagen
posted at 8:19 pm on December 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
Alternate headline: “Pope to skip Easter mass.”
Berlingkse Media, a Danish group coordinating ticket sales and publicity for the event, said that “great annoyance” was a factor in the cancellation, along with unforeseen changes in Mr. Gore’s program for the climate summit. The decision affected 3,000 ticket holders.
“We have had a clear-cut agreement, and it is unusual with great disappointment that we have to announce that Al Gore cancels. We had a huge expectation for the event. . . . We do not yet know the detailed reasons for the cancellation,” said Lisbeth Knudsen, CEO of Berlingske Media, in a statement posted by the company.
The ClimateDepot,com, an online news aggregator that tracks global-warming news reports, referred to the situation as “Nopenhagen,” and evidence that popular momentum for the Copenhagen conference “is fading.”
A fun story, but people are trying too hard to spin it as evidence that the Goracle’s lying low in light of Climategate. For one thing, I haven’t seen any report that he’s skipping the entire summit and its many, many photo ops. He’s skipping just this event. In fact, he may have dropped it in favor of a more high-profile gig:
Gore spokeswoman Kalee Kreider says the decision was made because of “all the events going on with the summit.” Dec. 16 is a key date for the meeting because that’s when the ministerial segment starts.
Beyond that, a guy who won a Peace Prize for becoming the high priest of this church simply isn’t going to turn on it this easily. The East Anglia boys will dump global warming — and each other, which they’re already doing — before Gore does. Nor do I think he’s ducking the lecture because he’s afraid to face questions about Climategate. Why should he be? He’s already got two pre-packaged “rebuttal” arguments to choose from, the savvy and the schmucky. Just today the UK’s climate secretary went the latter route by warning people not to be distracted from the crisis by skeptic “saboteurs.” That spin will be plenty good enough for a roomful of true believers, I’m sure. Exit question: Hotter ticket at Copenhagen, The One or Pope Al?
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Wuss.
bwaaahahahahahaaaaa….love ya algore!
bridgetown on December 3, 2009 at 8:21 PM
No doubt got a ManBearPig sighting that took precedence.
Hening on December 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
He doesn’t do questions…as he says, ‘The science is settled’! And so is his bank account.
AUINSC on December 3, 2009 at 8:22 PM
I don’t know, but here in Houston, my boys will be playing in snow!
Weight of Glory on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Hmmmm……wonder how the Church of Our Mother Gaia of Perpetual Guilt deals with backsliders.
Wethal on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
lol. someone had their Wheaties this morning.
elduende on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
It’s expected to snow in Austin and Houston tomorrow. I live in Dallas and we’re practically Canada compared to those two Southern cities. What were we talking about?
Marcus on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
King misses coronation? Prom Queen misses prom?
Porn star has ED? Er, sorry.
Nope, AP wins the headline thread.
SteveMG on December 3, 2009 at 8:25 PM
Maybe his private jet got eaten by a polar bear.
HornetSting on December 3, 2009 at 8:27 PM
While self-awareness may not be his strong suit…I doubt that.
AUINSC on December 3, 2009 at 8:28 PM
He never does take questions, so no surprise. Though, maybe he’s taking a page from Tiger’s PR strategy.
Spirit of 1776 on December 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM
Snow in Houston-> God has a great sense of humor:)
Buckeye Babe on December 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM
It’s arriving at 11 a.m. tomorrow. Can’t wait.
My Little Girl 2′s first snowfall! Yipee!
newton on December 3, 2009 at 8:29 PM
The science IS settled… in quicksand, as Gore gulps globally warmed mud.
TXUS on December 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM
They don’t call him “The One” for nothin’.
Joe Caps on December 3, 2009 at 8:30 PM
HA. Fun times!
Weight of Glory on December 3, 2009 at 8:31 PM
So why is he dropping the event? Did his slide show include too many lies this time?
tarpon on December 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Let me tell funny~I lived in San Antonio for twenty six years and it was fun to watch the idiots on the highway
running into each other when they shut down the city for an inch of ice. Grab a beer, kick back, and watch the news.
HornetSting on December 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
We’re actually the headline on Drudge right now. Snow in H-Town on December 4 would be insane. We got some a few years ago on Christmas, but it never snows this early in the year.
Doughboy on December 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Put the Goracle in some Manacles and chain him to a wall right next to Bernie MadeOff. They can fight over the Nobel Fleece Prize.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 8:32 PM
I’m sure he’s just concerned about the carbon footprint he’d cause by flying over there.
malclave on December 3, 2009 at 8:33 PM
I hope Inhofe and a camera crew run into the Goracle somewhere in Copenhagen.
d1carter on December 3, 2009 at 8:34 PM
I love Climategate. How lucky those ticket holders are to miss the Gorey details.
anXdem on December 3, 2009 at 8:36 PM
Gore bails and Palin comes out swinging:
The president’s decision to attend the international climate conference in Copenhagen needs to be reconsidered in light of the unfolding Climategate scandal. The leaked e-mails involved in Climategate expose the unscientific behavior of leading climate scientists who deliberately destroyed records to block information requests, manipulated data to “hide the decline” in global temperatures, and conspired to silence the critics of man-made global warming. I support Senator James Inhofe’s call for a full investigation into this scandal. Because it involves many of the same personalities and entities behind the Copenhagen conference, Climategate calls into question many of the proposals being pushed there, including anything that would lead to a cap and tax plan.
Policy should be based on sound science, not snake oil. I took a stand against such snake oil science when I sued the federal government over its decision to list the polar bear as an endangered species despite the fact that the polar bear population has increased. I’ve never denied the reality of climate change; in fact, I was the first governor to create a subcabinet position to deal specifically with the issue. I saw the impact of changing weather patterns firsthand while serving as governor of our only Arctic state. But while we recognize the effects of changing water levels, erosion patterns, and glacial ice melt, we cannot primarily blame man’s activities for the earth’s cyclical weather changes. The drastic economic measures being pushed by dogmatic environmentalists won’t change the weather, but will dramatically change our economy for the worse.
Policy decisions require real science and real solutions, not junk science and doomsday scare tactics pushed by an environmental priesthood that capitalizes on the public’s worry and makes them feel that owning an SUV is a “sin” against the planet. In his inaugural address, President Obama declared his intention to “restore science to its rightful place.” Boycotting Copenhagen while this scandal is thoroughly investigated would send a strong message that the United States government will not be a party to fraudulent scientific practices. Saying no to Copenhagen and cap and tax are first steps in “restoring science to its rightful place.”
- Sarah Palin
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
That bloated buffoon and his idiocy run rampant. Time for this jerk to be arrested for selling snake oil.
cubachi on December 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
It seems that the inconvenient lies and fraud of Goracle have caught up to him. Now, it’s time for Gore to give back his $100 million in ill-gotten gains based on fearmongering and fraud. It’s also time to send this POS up the river, for life.
BottomLine5 on December 3, 2009 at 8:37 PM
It’s expected to snow in Austin and Houston tomorrow.
Marcus on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Also in NC on sat. One of the earliest snows I can remember for at least 14 years.
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 8:38 PM
Trick question. They’ll both be hot, because of global warming. Sheesh.
misterpeasea on December 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church.
- Ferdinand Magellan
If Ferdinand Magellan was alive today he would probably say “The Church of Global Warming says the earth is dangerously heating up, but I know that it is not, for I have seen the snow and ice and have felt their bitter cold, and I have more faith in snow and ice than in the Church of Global Warming and it’s High Priests.”
Global warming is regarded by the sheeple as true, by those who can think for themselves as false and by the power mad and money grubbers as … … useful.
- Seneca the Younger paraphrased
What would be the effect of this Global Warming coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth. Al Gore and the Global Warming fraudsters converted simple changes in the weather into an engine for enslaving mankind to filch wealth and power to themselves. They, in fact, constitute the real Anti-Scientists.
- Thomas Jefferson paraphrased
MB4 on December 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
As my uncle in Minnesota used to say, “We’ll be fine in a blizzard as long as the Scotch and the toilet paper hold out.”
Wethal on December 3, 2009 at 8:39 PM
put up Christmas lights barefoot in shorts and a t shirt; today would have totally convinced me of global warming, if it didn’t come out last week that it was completely made up.
Daveyardbird on December 3, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Go to Drudge to see the link to Governor Arnold showing San Francisco underwater. Like it’d be a bad thing.
Marcus on December 3, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Yay! More people from NC!
The goracle figured since AGW is “settled science” that anyone with a brain just knows it’s true… why bother speaking at every event.
mankai on December 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Gore’s bailing on Copenhagen. The global warming hoax is dying. Cap and Trade is dead.
The left is looking at electoral Armageddon next year.
Afghanistan is getting a necessary troop surge (albeit with the same bad strategy).
The Badgers beat Duke.
Life is good.
BadgerHawk on December 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Weird Al’s greatest creation (the internet) is being used against his second greatest creation (the global warming scare).
Damn you cruel fate!!!
red winger on December 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
right. they’d just put on wetsuits and scream for underwater weddings!!!
Ghoul aid on December 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Whoa! I gotta go and run the SUV around the block a few thousand times!
mankai on December 3, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Al started a hoax. Which started the whole world thinking they were going to be a frying.
But what Al didn’t see was that the joke would be on he.
Oh, no, Al started to cry. Which started the whole world laughing.
Oh, if he’d only seen that the joke would be on he.
Al looked at the skies. Running his hands over his snowed up eyes.
And he fell from his throne. Cracking his head on the ice and choking on things that he’d said.
Till Al’s power finally died. Which started the whole world
livingdrilling.Oh, if he’d only seen that the joke would be on he.
Oh, no, that the joke would be on he.
MB4 on December 3, 2009 at 8:42 PM
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Yep, it snowed on South TX on Dec. 24, 2004. Dale Nelson in Corpus Christi resisted saying the “S”-word during the weather forecast, but implied the possibility for hours before it happened.
And when I stepped outside at about 5:30 p.m. and saw flurries coming down, I jumped for joy. My husband insisted “It is just sleet.” But when we saw the church roof near our house with the white stuff… there was no denying it.
We built our first snowman in years that night. It was the mos magical Christmas e-vah!
newton on December 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM
The past 20 years have worked well for Liberals. They finally had a Democrat elected to 8 years, although they needed help from Ross Perot and he wasn’t impeached because of the LSM, but who’s counting. They got the media to join them, in 2006, with a culture of corruption campaign that got them back a majority in Congress. Then, they got the media to join them in electing an unqualified guy, just a few years removed from being a community organizer, to the presidency. While all that was going on, they joined liberals in pushing global warming and tearing down anyone who disagreed with the theory.
Now, we have the silence of the lambs, as far as Climategate goes, which means they’re still covering up. SO why should Gore fear going to Copenhagen, half the people have no idea what Climategate means, so he won’t be asked any tough questions.
bflat879 on December 3, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Global CoolingGlobal WarmingClimate ChangeSumpins Wrong
fogw on December 3, 2009 at 8:46 PM
The goracle figured since AGW is “settled science” that anyone with a brain just knows it’s true… why bother speaking at every event.
mankai on December 3, 2009 at 8:41 PM
Or he couldn’t find enough people that wanted to shake his hand for $1200.
Hell if Palin charged .50 she would have made a million dollars by now in the last 2 weeks.
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Able to guzzle more energy than dozens of normal men! Producing more hot air than a locomotive! Able to pile up carbon credits higher than a tall building in a single bound!!!
Look UP in the sky! It’s ChickenLittle! It’s FlyingSnakeOilSalesman! It’s the Sultan of Hanging Chads! It’s the Ayatollah of Heat! No, it’s CarbonMan in a private jet painted green! And now following in the tradition of other great men such as Jimmy Carter and Yasir Arafat, he is the proud recipient of a Nobel Prize!!!
CarbonMan, strange visitor from an alternate reality who came to Earth with claims and scary predictions far beyond those of any sane and honest man, disguised as Fat Albert, and now joined by other members of the Royal GreenLeague such as BioFuelHummerMan and EcoCleaningWoman, they all fight a never ending battle for science-fiction, hypocrisy, power grabbing, money grubbing and the Hollywood way!
MB4 on December 3, 2009 at 8:47 PM
SP is the voice of reason. Her latest salvo is coherent, pointed and LETHAL.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 8:48 PM
Hey, hey, hey. It’s FAAAAT Albert.
Er, maybe not. Coward.
J.J. Sefton on December 3, 2009 at 8:51 PM
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 8:48 PM
I love her term for AGW….snakeoil science.
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 8:53 PM
It understand that Gore’s new environmental crusade is in organizing a Sasquatch Aftificial Insemination Team.
MikeA on December 3, 2009 at 8:54 PM
We may even get some snow near New Orleans north of the lake. Last year, we had quite a bit of snow on Dec 11, certainly the most I have ever seen in my life time [58 years]. Is there anything that global warming cannot do?
BTW, where is the goracle right now? Is he in the Houston area causing the ‘gore effect’?
lukespapa on December 3, 2009 at 8:54 PM
Sheryl Crow can finally wipe her ass.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 8:55 PM
LMAO.
HornetSting on December 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Guess he figured he didn’t need that $1200 a handshake after all.
pilamaye on December 3, 2009 at 8:56 PM
Anyone who is arrogant enough to consider charging $1200 for a handshake with himself is arrogant enough to cancel an appearance at a moment’s notice without giving it a second thought.
This whole meeting is a joke. It’s not about solving climate problems, it’s a circus of elite socialist clowns.
scalleywag on December 3, 2009 at 8:57 PM
To think Algore could have been president if a couple hundred people would have voted differently in Florida. Now THAT makes me shiver.
Mojave Mark on December 3, 2009 at 8:58 PM
Like someone on a news show said, Al Gore has been caught on the media that he created — the internet…
Poor Al.
You money hungry man in the moon, you.
Travis1 on December 3, 2009 at 9:00 PM
I think they should all pay a $1200 carbon footshake fee just for cluttering up the skies with emissions from their arrival/departures.
scalleywag on December 3, 2009 at 9:01 PM
Yep. She has a knack for saying a lot in a few words, as opposed to barry who invariably takes the circuitous, obfuscatory, non-extemporaneous robot-speak approach. In other words he takes a long time to say nothin’.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 9:02 PM
Al Gore, I hate your guts for what you’re trying to do to my country. Go away, you arrogant self-centered piece of excrement.
hillbillyjim on December 3, 2009 at 9:02 PM
It’s expected to snow in Austin and Houston tomorrow. I live in Dallas and we’re practically Canada compared to those two Southern cities. What were we talking about?
Marcus on December 3, 2009 at 8:24 PM
Also a chance of snow in San Antonio tomorrow.
txag92 on December 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Interesting that the ‘intellectually honest’ trolls only post on threads where they are reminded of the professors that they slept with…
Imagine that, a whole ideology, a whole faux religion, a whole life style, a whole sense of liberal/progressive superiority “TOTALLY FLUSHED DOWN THE TOILET!” and exposed for the fraud and HOAX that it is.
Maybe Grow Fins can market a T-Shirt that says…
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Gore is a decietful money heathen bent on power and adoration.
royzer on December 3, 2009 at 9:03 PM
He`s “Goar-ding” his loins
NY Conservative on December 3, 2009 at 9:05 PM
Gore’s out there trying to sell carbon credits while they’re still hot. Sounds like the UK climate secretary is trying to save a job, theirs. Hope they all freeze their butts off in Denmark in December.
Kissmygrits on December 3, 2009 at 9:06 PM
What royzer said.
Algore is an embarrassment to himself and to his home state of Tennessee, which he couldn’t even carry in the 2000 Election.
Ricohoc on December 3, 2009 at 9:07 PM
I’ll file this under Tiger Misses His Own Golf Tournament…something is fishy when the Goracle misses a chance to enchant 3000 new investors…er, climate scientists.
DrW on December 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Gore is such a transparent fraud.
rplat on December 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
Maybe congress can rescind the Paper-Work Reduction Act of 2009 and we can all “Squeeze the Charmin”. Mr. Whipple (Gore) won’t be happy about it.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 9:08 PM
jeez…it’s a ‘ed mahmoud’ weather thread all the sudden.
DrW on December 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Al will go with whichever venue brings him the most bucks. Al’s always been about the money.
GarandFan on December 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM
Fxxx a duck
Screw a pigeon…
Go to Hell
And learn religion.
Amen.
hillbillyjim on December 3, 2009 at 9:09 PM
I’m sure he bailed so he can get new talking points and that just takes a few days, darn it.
4k78 on December 3, 2009 at 9:10 PM
Ya know, if I was on the other side and doing any of their planning, I schedule events like this one at Copenhagen in August. WTF they thinking competing with “HOUSTON MAY SEE ‘EARLIEST SNOWFALL EVER” for news space? My 14 year old grandaugheter could plan a party better than that.
MikeA on December 3, 2009 at 9:11 PM
While taking the wife to dinner this evening (in our SUV) the guy on the radio said something about snow in the Richmond/Newport News/Norfolk corridor this weekend. As I nearly drove off the road, my wife asked, “Hadn’t you heard the weather?”
PS To paraphrase one of my (few) favorite Democrats, Will Rogers; “Global warming has made liars out of more men than golf.”
oldleprechaun on December 3, 2009 at 9:12 PM
Gore will no doubt do a lot of ducking and dodging in the weeks, months and years to come. He has a lot of people to answer to, people who have supported this charade and are now going to lose money.
This should be very, very interesting. Gore may not end up in jail, however he may have to spend much of what he’s made so far in legal fees. I’d love to hear all the hissing and spitting that’s going on behind closed doors since those emails were published.
As someone else mentioned above it makes one shudder to think that Al was close to being president. Of course, we have BO to contend with. But isn’t there a pattern here? Think about it , folks. Dem presidents are unbelievably unqualified, sleazy, greedy and downright stupid.
Cody1991 on December 3, 2009 at 9:13 PM
He’s afraid someone would pay $1200 just to walk up and ask him about the emails as they shook his hand. With a friend nearby with a camera phone to record the response.
Wethal on December 3, 2009 at 9:15 PM
MikeA on December 3, 2009 at 9:11 PM
Well see they actually thought COpenhagen would be warm and sunny because of AGW. They thouoght they would get headlines on the heat of winter in Copenhagen. which makes me question their intelligence
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 9:15 PM
Grow Fins…
What say you?
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM
“The Science is settled”. It was in all the papers and everytinhg.
MikeA on December 3, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Hmmmm….maybe they asked him to stay away? You know, the “Gore effect”? Every time Gore hit town, it snowed? And this is Copenhagen in December. They could have a friggin’ blizzard.
Wethal on December 3, 2009 at 9:17 PM
could this be gore’s dare I say it…..waterloo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gu1q17rUkVU
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 9:18 PM
Gore should be jailed for perpetrating a hoax for his financial gain.
These people have no fear- not because they are brave, but rather because they believe that they are untouchable.
justltl on December 3, 2009 at 9:18 PM
OUT…STANDING.
John the Libertarian on December 3, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Dude…!
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 9:20 PM
“Can’t primarily“? Et tu, Sarah?
LibTired on December 3, 2009 at 9:21 PM
I prefer Banking Queen. The one el Rushbo plays about Barney Frank.
Geochelone on December 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I wonder what fake email account that Gore used to communicate with them or why there are NO emails that have come to light that mention his influence on the global warming scam. He obviously used their “research” to promote the HOAX!
Did he only read about it or call them on the phone? Which scientists contributed to his movie? Which ones did he help to receive tax payer money in the form of grants?
Kinda makes ys think don’t it?
AnthonyK on December 3, 2009 at 9:23 PM
LOL!!!
bridgetown on December 3, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Dude…!
Seven Percent Solution on December 3, 2009 at 9:20 PM
that should be the theme song for the GOP from now on
IMO
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 9:24 PM
Quite honestly the best video I have ever seen.
John the Libertarian on December 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM
Y’all need to cut Growapair some slack.
He She It, doesn’t really have strong feelings about anything except being confused. Wish him/her luck.
hillbillyjim on December 3, 2009 at 9:28 PM
I wonder if al read this article...brrrr it’s cold south of the border…
jerrytbg on December 3, 2009 at 9:29 PM
This is a great song…
OUR GIRLS by Lloyd Marcus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFb3zW7-tU4&feature=player_embedded
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 9:29 PM
John the Libertarian on December 3, 2009 at 9:25 PM
I hear this song whenever I see liberals heads exploding….
unseen on December 3, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Snow in Austin? Really?
Now I’m getting the local weather from Hot Air, too.
Awesome.
TexasDan on December 3, 2009 at 9:31 PM
Who is AR4?
AnthonyK on December 3, 2009 at 9:33 PM
No one should be surprised that this egomaniac cancelled on copenhagen when the heats on. Al Gore is pure and simple a coward, as evidenced by the fact that he NEVER puts himself in the position of having to answer a single question.
The truest testament to this is that Gore split on more than $3 million in ticket sales for his little meet and greet performance.
seanrobins on December 3, 2009 at 9:33 PM
The Cuda comes out swinging and lands a left, and then a right, and a left-right-left in quick succession! The Goracle is suddenly looking wobbly and is trying to retreat to his corner, but Cuda is looking to finish this once and for all, right here, right now!
drunyan8315 on December 3, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Now that was just mean.
scalleywag on December 3, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Not so fast… I think I read his net worth went from $2M shortly after the 2000 loss to around $100M when he won the Oscar. I think he may have that farm bet already placed with his investment in Carbon Credit Trading Company ponzi scheme and that particular investment may start tanking….
CC
CapedConservative on December 3, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I’ll take $1200 to shake his hand. No? You mean that he charges $1200 to shake his hand and inform me that it is millions of degrees at the earth’s core? Okay. I get it.
betsyz on December 3, 2009 at 9:36 PM
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