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Al Gore: Our political ideology is in our DNA
“I think, first of all, scientists now know that there is, in human nature, a divide between what we sometimes call ‘liberals’ and ‘conservatives,’” Gore said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And it gives an advantage, you can speculate, to the human species to have some people who are temperamentally inclined to try to change the future, experiment with new things, and others who are temperamentally inclined to say, ‘Wait a minute, not too fast, let’s make sure we don’t do anything rash here.’”
But Gore, now a climate change activist, said that when those “natural tendencies” combine with political or religious ideology, they can “get out of hand.”
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Personally, I think it has more to do with the difference between getting pregnant the normal way, and getting pregnant the anal way.
The Rogue Tomato on January 30, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Man-Bear Pig DNA
fogw on January 30, 2013 at 2:33 PM
Says a man whose father voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and who wanted to nuke a strip through the middle of Korea to enforce the truce, and whose son is an all-time stoner.
So yeah, some great political DNA there.
Gingotts on January 30, 2013 at 2:35 PM
By the way, my comment is the short version of this joke I heard:
A woman goes to her doctor and says, “My husband wants to have anal sex. I wanted to check with you first to see if it’s unhealthy or dangerous.”
The doctor says, “Well, as long as you’re okay with it, then it should be fine. Just make sure you don’t get pregnant.”
The lady says, “Pregnant? You can get pregnant from anal sex?”
The doctor says, “Sure. Where do you think people like Nancy Pelosi come from?”
The Rogue Tomato on January 30, 2013 at 2:36 PM
What about the urge to down an entire sleeve of powdered donuts in a sitting, is that in our DNA too, you buttery blimp?
Bishop on January 30, 2013 at 2:37 PM
Come on, baby, it’s all about knowing how to get your chakra released.
Drained Brain on January 30, 2013 at 2:37 PM
DNA = Democrat Nuts Association?
LegendHasIt on January 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM
Our forefathers that risked all to come and start this nation weren’t progressives. Being a risk taker and being a progressive are not synonyms. A dim bulb if there ever was one.
chemman on January 30, 2013 at 2:46 PM
Says somebody who magically became pro-choice after being elected to the Senate.
supernova on January 30, 2013 at 2:51 PM
This is actually great news.
This means that liberal have to treat conservatives with the same deference they treat gays.
gwelf on January 30, 2013 at 2:55 PM
It only makes sense if the Liberal genes are being sodomized by the gay genes.
HotAirian on January 30, 2013 at 2:57 PM
Science.
steebo77 on January 30, 2013 at 3:00 PM
Yes, such things like that might prevent someone who spent the last decade screaming about global warming from selling his network to a news organization primarily paid for with petro-dollars for big bucks.
Rocks on January 30, 2013 at 3:01 PM
Kinda like racism, right Algore? Just ask your Daddy.
Shiny_Tiara on January 30, 2013 at 3:12 PM
War on Science™
sauldalinsky on January 30, 2013 at 3:15 PM
Born dishonest? Kinda like original sin? Is Al Gore going to see the light?
tom daschle concerned on January 30, 2013 at 3:15 PM
This whole theory is covered in complete detail by “Anonymous Conservative” both on the blog and in the book “The Evolutionary Psychology Behind Politics: How Conservatism and Liberalism Evolved Within Humans”.
Conservatives will like it (although at $25 for the paperback, it’s kinda pricey) and Liberals will do what they usually do when presented with facts: either ignore them, or explode in irrational rage.
Anyway, if you’ve ever wondered if there’s a biological basis for political leaning, or why people get more conservative as they grow older, or why an event like getting robbed can suddenly make someone become conservative (prime example: Dennis Miller after 9/11), or wondered how conservatives can be pro-competition yet simultaneously more altruistic (amount given to charity) and more patriotic (favoritism to in-group) — this book explains that.
monkeyboy on January 30, 2013 at 3:33 PM
Right, Al, you can’t cure stupid.
petefrt on January 30, 2013 at 3:37 PM
Shorter Al:
“We’re born this way….being superior to conservatives”
BobMbx on January 30, 2013 at 3:39 PM
No argument. Democrats are born stupid.
Ronnie on January 30, 2013 at 3:43 PM
There ya go, folks. Tax and Spend: It’s in their damn DNA.
apostic on January 30, 2013 at 3:45 PM
He learned that from Clinton.
Christien on January 30, 2013 at 3:58 PM
Al Gore’s next plan for world domination: find Monica’s dress and collect samples.
blammm on January 30, 2013 at 4:00 PM
Gee, Al, are you sure that you want to go there? I mean, your dad was all into that Jim Crow-segregation stuff.
Resist We Much on January 30, 2013 at 4:10 PM
The Rogue Tomato you are so hung up on anal sex…paranoid even!
tammyloc on January 30, 2013 at 4:14 PM