Al Gore’s petrodollars once again make him a chip off the old block
To his credit, Gore Sr. was at least honest about cashing in: “Since I had been turned out to pasture,” he told the Washington Post in 1980, “I decided to go graze the tall grass.”
If all of this was inconvenient for his son the environmental crusader, as documented in a Gore biography by my husband, Washington Post reporter Bill Turque, well, it wasn’t as if Al Jr. bore personal responsibility for his father’s decisions. Until he repeated them, that is. …
He’s been well and rightly compensated for doing so — rewarded with an Oscar, a Grammy and a Nobel Prize, among other things — and while lecturing us on our carbon footprint, has also made a fortune in various investments. There’s nothing wrong with getting rich, either, mind you, or in turning a turkey like Current TV into a big payday; on the contrary, doing well by doing good is a nearly universal goal. …
How does raking in $100 million petrodollars fit with his life’s mission? In an interview last year, he said the goal of “reducing our dependence on expensive dirty oil” can really only be understood in light of the “main reason for doing this, which is to save the future of civilization.” Is that all?
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The only people shocked here are people that expected Al Gore to practice what he preached.
For the record, I’m not shocked at all.
JadeNYU on January 9, 2013 at 11:25 AM
“once again”
Knott Buyinit on January 9, 2013 at 11:32 AM
Al Gore, Sr voted with Robt KKK Byrd against the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
He also bought a piece of worthless property from Armand Hammer (whose father Julian was a founder of the CPUSA) and then rented it back to him as a revenue stream. So basically Gore Sr was on Occidental Petroleum’s payroll.
Akzed on January 9, 2013 at 11:34 AM
I hope that Al-Gore (like in Al-Jezeera) spontaneously combusts from hypocrisy alone.
Schadenfreude on January 9, 2013 at 12:12 PM