Talk:Al Gore/Archive 6

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* Can link family farm: ...acations, he lived in Carthage, where he worked on the Gore family farm.... (link to section)
* Can link Bachelor of Arts degree: ... Gore graduated from Harvard in June of 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree. ... (link to section)
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* Can link Law School: ...ore would not prioritize his studies.  Gore left Vanderbilt Law School because he decided to run for Congress instead.  It was the... (link to section)
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* Can link budget deficit: ...ears * Higher incomes at all levels * Converted the largest budget deficit in American history to the largest surplus... (link to section)
* Can link government spending: ...deficit in American history to the largest surplus * Lowest government spending in three decades... (link to section)
* Can link income tax: ...owest government spending in three decades * Lowest federal income tax burden in 35 years... (link to section)
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* Can link Green Party: ... may have supported Gore turned to the far more progressive Green Party candidate, Ralph Nader.... (link to section)
* Can link prime time: ... Gore himself would appear on a Saturday Night Live prime time special to make a few jokes about this behavior.... (link to section)
* Can link law firm: ...002]], Al Gore accepted a consulting job with a Los Angeles law firm and became an adviser to Google. Following ... (link to section)
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* Can link New Mexico: ...re did receive a small number of votes in New Hampshire and New Mexico, that effort was halted when John Kerry pulled into the... (link to section)
* Can link front-runner: ...c Party, but it also led the media to dub Dean as the clear front-runner, with the result that his opponents devoted more of their e... (link to section)
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Additionally, there are some other articles which may be able to linked to this one (also known as "backlinks"):
* In The science is settled, can backlink Al Gore: ...2003Jul7¬Found=true]; 'How many times have we heard from Al Gore and assorted European politicians that "the science is sett...
* In Anwar Ibrahim, can backlink Al Gore: ...eign interference stating, for example, "We should fry him. Al Gore does not love Malaysia nor its people. Al Gore and his gove...
* In Joe Trippi, can backlink Al Gore: ...itive with Bush in the months leading up to the convention. Al Gore had raised $45 million dolllars pre-convention in 2000, whi...
* In De dicto and de re, can backlink Al Gore: ...ly wonder of George W. Bush, whether he could have been Al Gore. Indeed, assuming that being George Bush is an essentia...
* In Truth function, can backlink Al Gore: ... of the USA on April 20 2004." and "Britney Spears believes Al Gore was President of the USA on April 20 2004.". Knowing that t...
* In Fallacy of four terms, can backlink Al Gore: ... fins :Minor premise: President Bush is a fish :Conclusion: Al Gore has fins...
* In Gravitas, can backlink Al Gore: ...can party candidate, George W. Bush, as not having any, and Al Gore, the Democratic party candidate who claimed to be responsib...
* In Voteauction, can backlink Al Gore: ... the highest bidder during the Presidential Elections 2000, Al Gore vs. G.W. Bush.  ...
* In 2004 U.S. election in progress, can backlink Al Gore: ... in the past tended to favor Republicans, though it favored Al Gore in several key states in the 2000 election....
* In Fahrenheit 9/11 controversy, can backlink Al Gore: ...ecounts|the Florida Ballot Project recounts]].  In the end, Al Gore won 543,895 more votes overall, but because of the outcome ...
* In 2004 U.S. presidential election controversy and irregularities, can backlink Al Gore: ...0/S00211.htm#66 source]"  :"What the news networks, and the Al Gore, camp do not realise at this point in the evening is that o...
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* In 2008 Democratic Presidential Nomination, can backlink Al Gore: ...o were not ruling themselves out were former Vice-President Al Gore, Senator Hilary Rodham Clinton, and outgoing U.S. Senator J...
Notes: The article text has not been changed in any way; Some of these suggestions may be wrong, some may be right.
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thread_title:  Suggest 50 possible wiki links and 13 possible backlinks for [[Al Gore]]. 

message: Why does this article make no mention of the "lock box"? Timan123 16:26, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Lock box

message: There was a speech by Al Gore a year or two ago concerning the use of fear in politics post-9/11. In it, he coined the phrase "amygdala politics". I wanted to add a reference to this in the "recent speeches" list, but I can't seem to find an online source for the text of the speech. Does anyone know where one can be found?--12.15.238.50 23:29, 10 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't know the speech you refer to but this does refer to a speech in which Gore mentioned the amygdala. AllanHainey 12:36, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Amygdala Politics"? 

message: I'd like to add that Al Gore was on the Charlie Rose Show last week, but the article doesn't seem editable. Am I mistaken? Thanks.
:Hi, welcome to Wikipedia! :) The Al Gore article is currently "semi-protected" - that means that anyone with a user account older than four days can edit it so you'll be able to do it before long. By the way - it's a good idea to sign your posts on talk pages by adding ~~~~ after your post. Haukur 10:10, 25 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Verified at imdb.com and made the change JimmB 02:22, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding a TV appearance? 

message: From intro: "He is also considered by many political pundits to be a front runner for the 2008 Democratic nomination if he decides to run." I haven't seen this opinion expressed anywhere, and I don't think history really supports it. Unless this has some backing, I think it should be removed. --Twinxor 03:40, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Frontrunner for 2008? 

message: No contribution, just a comment to an edit summary: "We are not putting about the coldest day crap. That is right wing propoganda. Anyone who knows about Glob. Warming knows that is part of the process."
Yeah, true, but then again, some of us feel that global warming itself is left wing propaganda, so good job with that one. --Golbez 19:13, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
And if you really think global warming is left-wing propaganda, you're a moron on the wrong side of science.
* The little comment about the speech being given on one of New York's coldest days will not be added.  Not only is it irrelevant, but it is right wing propoganda.  That is exactly what the Republicans sent out in a press release refuting his speech back in January.  I will not let this article be overcome with peacock sentences that have a political leaning.  Here is the evidence that it is right wing:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36624
http://www.cnsnews.com/Politics/Archive/200401/POL20040115e.html
ChrisDJackson
It did happen to be one of the coldest days, its a fact, how can that be propoganda?
It is an irrelevant piece of information.  Here is an example "John was born in Florida, it was 75 degrees outside"
It may not be relevent to the article -- but BOY is it funny! Hey, can we add in the fact that at the Cannes opening of his Loony Left propaganda movie, he and his entire MOTORCADE actually had the gall to DRIVE a frickin' HALF OF A MILE. Is that sort of obvious hypocrisy a little to non-NPOV? LOL. A half-mile. The whole motorcade. Saving the environment! Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha oh you leftist sheeple are funny.
:Well, if you can repeat the groundless smear, I can repeat the reality:
:You fail to mention, perhaps because you do not know or even care, that this originated with Matt Drudge. But there's no mention of Gore's driving to the screening if you follow Drudge's link here or here... that's because At 3:38 PM EST on May 22 Drudge quietly deleted it from existence, even in the archives. In fact, the Reuters news report from Cannes specifically mentions that Gore walked to the screening. I got to hand it to you, I could never stand being played for a dupe as many times as the rightwing cannon fodder do. I'll bet you still believe the Clinton staff trashed the whitehouse before they left. Gzuckier 15:31, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Global warming, haha 

message: Over several revisions, I had come up with the following paragraph, which I believe to be as balanced and npov as possible:
: On January 15, 2004, Al Gore gave a major policy address on climate change and Bush administration policy. The speech was gien in New York City, which hit a low of 2 °F on that day. Critics, such as the Washington Times, gleefully claimed that Gore was giving a speech on "global warming" on Manhattan's coldest day in 47 years. Indeed, this was the coldest January 15th since 1957, but colder temperatures had been observed on days other than January 15th in the intervening years. (For instance, January 17, 1977 hit a low of -2 °F.) Moreover, proponents of global warming claim that extreme temperatures, both cold and hot, are to be expected from the global warming phenomenon. (Please see Global warming controversy for a detailed discussion of this claim.)
This paragraph has repeatedly been excised by ChrisDJackson.  First, I'd like to get some feedback from the community about the paragraph itself.  Should this paragraph appear in this article?  If not, why not?  While I fully expect that I will hear from Mr. Jackson, I would also like to hear from others in the community.  I have other questions, but they can wait until I get some feedback on this question.
After writing my previous three paragraphs, I learned that my paragraph still survives, but is located in Al Gore controversies.  This is a good change, and therefore I struck out the above three paragraphs.
— DLJessup 05:39, 2004 Dec 27 (UTC)
I said over and over I was moving it to the controversies page were it belongs.  Maybe if people would actually listen to me for a change instead of just dismissing it.  Anyway, good job on the writing.  ChrisDJackson 01:18, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  January 15, 2004 speech (again) 

message: On Futurama, Al Gore had his Vice Presidential Action Rangers.  The episode also ended with him playing D&D with Gary Gygax as a "10th level Vice President".  This might not be the most appropriate thing to add to the page though. 129.110.240.1 07:50, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Futurama 

message: How does tying an article to a PAC committee website seeking political donations add to the concept, value, or nature of an encyclopedia? How does removal of such links constitute vandalism? Johnwhunt 18:29, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think that this edit was vandalism, since as far as I can tell there's a good-faith dispute.  I think that the Al Gore Support Center and the others go far beyond merely being "website[s] seeking political donations".  Each of them has more detailed information about Gore, which is one of the circumstances under which an external link is appropriate.  Calling them "campaign" sites, however, is potentially misleading, given that Gore has not announced any campaign for 2008.  I've left the links in but removed that subheading.  While I was at it, I converted all the "External links" subheadings into normal Wikipedia format, so that they show up in the table of contents. JamesMLane 18:06, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Political Action Committees

message: I think the link to Snopes should be removed. It claims to debunk the "rumor" that Gore claimed credit for the internet, but what it actually does is quote Gore: 
::During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements in our educational system.
And then procedes to try to spin Gore's quote into not saying what it obviously says.
: I don't think that the link to Snopes should be removed.  While the article itself should be NPoV, we should try to get as diverse a collection of sources as possible.  That being said, I think that the description that appears in the link is PoV, since it claims that Snopes successfully debunks that Gore claimed to have invented the Internet, which clearly is disputable. — DLJessup 22:46, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  The problem here is that in all of the archives of Gore's public statements, and all of the media sources that cite Gore claiming he invented the internet point to the Wired articles which never takes the quote from the Blitzer interview in which he's supposed to have actually made that claim.  There's NPOV, and then there's spin.  Certainly this fact is debated, but if you go back to the original source he's grandstanding a bit, perhaps, but he was definitely the only politician of the time to recognize that funding should go to this nascent Internet to make it the Internet that's publicly accessible today. I think this is an excellent read on this topic, since it only uses primary sources... Buoren
User:165.247.205.243 :Good work, I tried to find the original from the Gore/Lieberman site but it was dead.  It should, however be labeled A New Approach for a New Century Major Foreign Policy Speech 30 April 2004, to distinguish it as such.  One would not know where to go on the page to find Mr. Gore's foreign policy positions as such at the time.  Thx Nobs 03:21, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: And you know it's deliberately rather than ignorantly...how? --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 23:35, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Internet

message: "Abortion on demand" is a GOP buzzword. It doesn't belong in the article. "Supports legalized abortion" is more NPOV. Gore is no more aggressively pro-choice than any other mainstream Democrat. --Saucy Intruder 19:41, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Abortion on demand 

message: I removed this sentence: "Among other things, Gore can hypnotize chickens, a talent he demonstrated once in a television interview."
Although that is...awesome... something like that should specify a source before I believe it. :p TheCoffee 15:16, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hypnotize chickens? 

message: He was in politics for 25 years, 8 of them as Vice President of the USA.  Anyone else think his biography should describe him as "an American politician," or "an American politician and businessman?"  Is he actually known as a businessman at all, or is that just what he does now that he's not in an elected office?  It's not like he's H. Ross Perot or someone- a businessman who turned to politics.  He was just about always a politician, from a political family, etc.  I think the intro should be changed.  Kaisershatner 18:55, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: He is a former politician and current businessman. Rex071404  216.153.214.94   06:27, 28 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Introduction:  American...businessman? 

message: The mention of being cousins with Gore Vidal has been deleted as "believed to be false". Vidal has mentioned this several times in easily confirmable media. It is also easy to confirm that Vidal's grandfather was Thomas Gore, the senator from Oklahoma. It might be a total coincidence that there was a totally unrelated senator Al Gore Sr. from Tennessee a few decades later, but membership in congress often runs in the family and it seems uncoincidental when combined with Vidal's statements. I haven't seen any documentation showing that Vidal lied about this. The fact that Al Gore Jr. doesn't seem to have commented is understandable since he wants to keep his centrist appeal and avoid public emphasis on a family connection with an outspoken liberal. Where's the proof that this is wrong?
Reaverdrop 09:07, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: You misunderstand. The burden of proof, in this case, is on those claiming Gore Vidal as a relation (including Gore Vidal himself). If someone can provide geneaological records to prove that Thomas Gore and Al Gore Sr. are related, then this can go back into the article.--chris.lawson 19:44, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Gore Vidal Connection 

message: Has Gore's Vice Presidential Bust for the US Senate been completed yet? 0:06, 2 November 2005
Lawson's point is correct. The proponent of any assertion bears the burden of proving it, while the opponent has no affirmative burden to debunk the proffered statement. 64.124.183.195 18:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Bust of Al Gore

message: There was text in the "Views and Controversies" section that referred to Gore's 9-23-02 speech to the Commonwealth Club  as supporting the invasion.  I kept the citation but removed the text, because the speech actually opposed the invasion:
: "... I am deeply concerned that the course of action that we are presently embarking upon with respect to Iraq has the potential to seriously damage our ability to win the war against terrorism and to weaken our ability to lead the world in this new century."
-Allen 05:29, 18 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sep 23, 2002 speech (cited in 'Controversies') did not support invasion. 

message: The years (in the succession box) are incorrect, regarding his service as Congressman (Represenative) & Senator. For Congressman it should be 1977-1985 ,for Senator 1985-92 (he resigned in '92, I think). I was going to make minor edits to this, but I'd like some views on this first (from other Wikipedians). GoodDay 01:45, 21 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Congressman & Senator

message: The thing about Gore not telling Lieberman that he was about to endore Dean... if anyone wants to reinsert that in a way that doesn't disrupt the flow of the writing, I won't object, but it would be better with a reference.  In contrast, I will insist on a verifiable reference for any claim that Gore ever supported President Bush's invasion of Iraq.  I have followed the issue and have seen no evidence that he ever took a position other than to oppose the invasion.  --Allen 06:20, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation for my revert 

message: I know Bush was born in Connecticut, but his home state is generally seen as Texas.  To say he lost his home state in 2000, one would have to make an argument that his home state isn't what a lot of people think it is, and such an argument wouldn't really belong on Al Gore.  --Allen 05:43, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation for reverting Connecticut addition 

message: Some of the material that Kirby Morgan edited did indeed contain POV language in favor of Gore.  But in several cases, Morgan has replaced it with language that I feel is POV against Gore.  For example, to say that Gore "claimed" something makes sense if the claim is genuinely disputed, but if the claim is not disputed it is more neutral to say that Gore "said" something.
In other cases, Morgan has added what appear to me to be unsourced allegations against Gore.  Did Gore really call Rush Limbaugh a "distinguished American"?  Morgan hasn't given us a reference for this, so I don't know.  One could argue that much of what is already in the article is unreferenced, which would be true.  But it is especially important to provide references for negative (or laudatory) statements about Gore, because they are especially likely to be controversial.
Kirby, thanks for your edits.  If we build on them I think they will ultimately lead to a better article.
--Allen 00:21, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  comments on latest edits 

message: I find that the section of Al Gore's vietnam service fails the neutral POV test.  It describes his service *exclusively* in terms of how it has been contradicted by various (imo irreputable) sources, completely fails to mention Mr. Gore's service as a swift boat captain, completely fails to mention how Mr. Gore earned his three purple hearts that eventually lead to his honorable discharge.
The fact that the end of Mr. Gore's end of service is describe as a "discharge" as opposed to an "honorable discharge" is an insult to servicemen everywhere.
I'm not exactly sure how to fix this section, but it's clear to me that extensive revision is necessary.  Neutral POV does not mean simply omitting all the information that any knucklehead objects to.
--Jonathan 18 January 2006 (UTC)
:I agree wholeheartedly, Jonathan.  I strongly encourage you to be bold; it sounds like you know a lot about Gore's service and about the appropriate way to talk about it, or at least more than anyone else editing this page.  I didn't know "discharge" by itself was disrespectful (I should have, though).  --Allen 05:04, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Now I get it.  You have Gore confused with John Kerry.  Gore didn't earn any purple hearts or pilot a swift boat.  But you're right about the honorable discharge, the internet claims, and your overall assessment of the section. --Allen 10:19, 18 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore's Vietnam service 

message: I am removing the text in parentheses from this sentence:
 Irregularities favoring Bush included the notorious Palm Beach "butterfly ballots", which were alleged to have produced an unexpectedly large number of votes for Reform Rarty candidate Pat Buchanan (however, the Reform Party candidate had received about as many votes in the 1996 election), and a purge of some 50,000 alleged felons from the Florida voting rolls that included many voters who were eligible to vote under Florida law.
It is unreferenced and I don't know whether it's true.  But more importantly, it's not the comparison that most people found relevant in 2000.  In 1996, Ross Perot was the Reform Party candidate and did far better nationwide than did Pat Buchanan in 2000.  Pat Buchanan got far more votes in Palm Beach County, per capita, than in other Florida counties in 2000, and that's the comparison that most people made.  --Allen 20:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pat Buchanan votes 

message: I'm removing the second block of text in bold here, and substituting the first part in bold for what was there before:
Al Gore publicly conceded the election after the Supreme Court in Bush v. Gore voted 7 to 2 to declare the ongoing recount procedure unconstitutional because it feared that different standards would be used in different parts of the state, and 5 to 4 to ban recounts using other procedures which could have extended the deadline for the vote count. A practical matter, that there was no longer time to recount the votes yet again without a deadline extension, sealed the election victory for President George W. Bush. 
The second sentence I'm removing because I feel it is stating an opinion as fact: Florida was ordered to stop the recount, and the Supreme Court judged there was not time to recount within the deadline.  Florida was in the process of trying, and we'll never know if they would have succeeded.
The last part of the first sentence I don't understand.  I thought the "other procedures" referred to procedures that would correct the problems the Court had with the recount as it was.  Where did extending the deadline come in?
Finally, I'm making the change in the first sentence because that's my understanding of the decision.  The ongoing recount ordered by the Florida Supreme Court was already statewide.  If I'm wrong please explain.
--Allen 22:40, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  explanation for changing/removing text on Bush v. Gore 

message: Why is it there's no mention of his New Democrat affiliation? The article should discuss this aspect as well. --speedoflight | talk to me 11:50, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Democrat 

message: I moved the following piece out of the article as it doesn't actually relate to an "Al Gore" controversy, it's just a bit of political mudslinging. If it happens to become something more interesting the text is preserved here. Joffan 01:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  FISA smears 

message: Hello,
Al Gore in Relationships is meant to give the visitor a wide angle view of how Al Gore handles his relationships in essence and in practice.  It also allows the visitors to examine the characteristics of their own relationships with Al Gore.
Both content and test are based on sound astrological knowledge and research and they gained popularity among web surfers.
I believe that even though Astrology is not considered a mainstream science, these knowledge and compatibility tool should be made available to whoever wishes to study Al Gore as broadly as possible.
I have no desire to be considered a spammer and I don't want to force Top Synergy on the authors of Al Gore's article.
I ask you, authors of Al Gore that if you have an objection to placing a link to Al Gore in Relationships in the External Links section, please write it here.  Else, I’ll place the link hoping that it would be a valid resource for Al Gore's fans and researchers.
With appreciation,
Midas touch 05:40, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Midas touch, thank you for posting this proposal on the talk page.  I don't think that the Top Synergy link would be appropriate for this article, though, primarily because I don't see evidence that Top Synergy is known as a reputable resource.  --Allen 05:52, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Dear Allen, thank you for your response.  I obviously won't post the link due to your objection.  I wish I knew how one gains a "reputable resource" status when dealing with astrology.  Do you have an idea in mind :)  Thanks again, Midas touch 05:21, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al Gore in Relationships 

message: Tarret, to be accurate, the article does have references; but they aren't listed correctly.  --Allen 16:36, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  GA delisting 

message: This phrase in the opening paragraph seems awkward and confusing to me:
He was defeated in the Electoral College vote by the Republican candidate George W. Bush on a vote of 271-266 with a Gore-committed Elector from Washington, DC abstaining. However, Gore did receive more individual votes than Bush.
It's the phrase "individual votes" that strikes me as weird.  I'm very tempted to change it to "However, Gore did win a plurality of the popular vote."  I hesitate because awkward phrasing like this on controversial topics in Wikipedia is often the result of torturous edit war controversies, so I thought I'd give y'all on opportunity to chime in on why what seems to me to be an obvious statement of fact is TOTALLY POV AND BIASED before I change anything. :) --Jfruh 00:08, 19 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since nobody has spoken up, I'm going to make this change. --Jfruh 19:07, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "more individual votes"? 

message: I think this entry should have a trivia section. Here is one piece of interesting trivia:
* Al Gore was born exactly 280 days (which is generally agreed upon as the human gestation period for childbirth) after the alleged alien spaceship crashed in Roswell, New Mexico, on June 24, 1947.
--No Dodo 04:05, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's interesting because it's unique. How many people were born on that day? How many famous people were born on that day? It's an interesting piece of trivia. No conclusions are necessary. --No Dodo 05:21, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's original research, since it's unsourced and it implies that Gore is "not of this world". Evil saltine 06:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is nothing original about counting days. Anyone can count. We don't need MSNBC or CNN to do it for us. You can make any conclusion you like, but it's an interesting fact and piece of trivia. --No Dodo 16:53, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The analysis is original: it implies that he's an alien. You're taking established facts and using them to arrive at a whole new conclusion. See WP:NOR#What is excluded?. Evil saltine 19:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC)

text:  It's not interesting at all -- to be interesting, it would require belief that there really was an alien spaceship crash.  Not to mention some connection between Gore's parents (residents of Tennessee and D.C.) with New Mexico. NawlinWiki 17:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you don't find it interesting, then don't read it. It's an interesting fact to some. Not everything on Wikipedia will be interesting to you or to me. This doesn't mean it should be deleted, though. --No Dodo 00:39, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, very interesting. 65.95.60.17 02:03, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia section

message: I don't think that South Park featuring Gore as a character in an episode (not actually voiced by Gore) is a notable part of his life.  If a barely-notable person were featured as a character on South Park, that might be a notable part of his or her life (probably not, but maybe).  But for someone as hugely famous as Gore, I don't think it really registers.  I doubt it would even appear in a book-length biography.  --Allen 02:16, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  South Park reference 

message: Al Gore used to have a pro-life political stance and therefore belongs in the Pro-life politican category. Even though he no longer has this stance, he still belongs in the category, just as former Jews are still in Jewish categories. 75.3.4.54 01:50, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Former Jews are still in Jewish categories because "Jewish" is used as an ethnic, as well as a religious, label.  Are former Christians still in Christian categories?  I'm honestly not sure, but whether they are or not, there's also the issue of whether Gore was ever pro-life.  He was once against federal funding for abortion, and he was once (and may still be, for all I know) personally against abortion.  For some people, that's enough to call a person pro-life.  But other people use the term "pro-life" to refer to people who are against legalized abortion, which Gore has never been.  That's why (setting aside the issue of former-vs-current views), categorizing Gore as "pro-life" is inherently POV: it is only true from a non-consensus point of view.  --Allen 02:02, 9 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pro-life politician 

message: What is that even supposed to mean?  I suggest this line be deleted.
::It's a true statement nevertheless.65.95.62.201 18:45, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think he's saying that Gore was an awkward jogger, and that Gore was already president, and was running for re-election. bd2412 T 18:55, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al is one of the worst running presidents ever to run for president. 

message: Anytime something is quoted from a speech, it should be referenced with a link!!! There are TONS of these unsourced quotes in this article and they need to be fixed! Additionally, use "<ref>" tags in citations. PaulC/T+ 03:32, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Quotes need to be cited. 

message: These may be possible cites for Gore giving his powerpoint presentation a 1,000 times:
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1702168,00.html
http://www.sierraclub.org/carlpope/2006/04/inconvenient-truth-is-getting-out_24.asp
(TaffyDownUnder 05:55, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Possible "1,000 times" cite 

message: Should we have links to political campaign/advocacy sites in an encyclopedia?  Seems to have advocacy or criticism sites linked to the article would be to tip the POV toward or away from the subject.Dubc0724 14:08, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Such links are considered proper.  See Wikipedia:External links#What should be linked to, paragraph 4.  Especially in articles about political figures, we frequently link to opinionated websites. JamesMLane t c 01:19, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: POV screed from a POV warrior.  Typical of you, James. --kizzle 02:06, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh no you di'int.  JamesMLane is gonna lay the smackdown on you. Derex 02:40, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: The "Environment" section claims that Gore "helped" MMT receive funding from DOE.  The reference, which isn't a suitable source anyway, says nothing of the kind.  I'll note that it was full of highly POV phrasing, which I redacted.  If anyone can verifiably source that Gore extended regulatory assistance to this company, that would be great.  Otherwise, I'm not sure what the notability of a campaign contribution is. Derex 22:55, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind. "The House investigation has found no effort by Gore to intervene on behalf of Molten Metal in the Energy Department contracting process." usatoday Derex 23:06, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  MMT 

message: Related to the following portion of the article: 
According to Newsweek journalist Bill Turque's biography Inventing Al Gore (which does not shy away from criticism and scandals, such as charging Gore with smoking marijuana far more frequently than he admits):
The parenthetical statement is distracting and irrelevant to the quotation it prefaces. Could we remove it or place it in a footnote?
Thanks
:Just delete it. Derex 20:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Extraneous Information. 

message: Should mention be made that people are calling Gore an Arch Druid? Mathiastck 18:29, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No.  If it sticks for a long time, and is widespread, then maybe. Derex 20:15, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore as Arch Druid 

message: Doesn't seem to be working and it's making the page scroll.  --TJive 07:19, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Source 31

message: Al Gore was born in Washington, D.C., to Albert A. Gore, Sr., a former U.S. Senator of Tennessee, and Pauline LaFon Gore, one of the first women to graduate from Vanderbilt Law School. Since his father was a veteran Democratic senator from Tennessee, Al Gore, Jr. divided his childhood between Washington, D.C., and Carthage, Tennessee. During the school year, the younger Gore lived in a hotel in Washington, during summer vacations, he lived in Carthage, where he worked on the Gore family farm.
===Education===
Gore attended the elite St. Albans School where he ranked 25th (of 51) in his senior class.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  In preparation for his college applications, Al Gore scored a 1355 on his SAT (625 in verbal and 730 in math). Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness
In 1965, Gore enrolled at Harvard College, the only university that he applied to.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  His roommates (in Dunster House) were actor Tommy Lee Jones and former Columbia University women's basketball star Katie Day's father, Bart Day.  After finding himself bored with his classes in his declared English major, Gore switched majors and graduated from Harvard in June 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government.For more information on Gore's academic records, see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37397-2000Mar18
After serving as an United States Army journalist during the Vietnam War, Gore decided to return to school. In 1971, Gore enrolled in graduate course in religious studies at Vanderbilt University.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness Gore later transfered in to Vanderbilt's Law School, which he prematurely left (without getting a law degree) to run for congress in 1976. 
Al Gore's IQ from tests administered in at St. Alban's School 1961 and 1964 (his freshman and senior years) respectively, have been recorded to be 133 and 134. Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  Both IQ scores are in the 98 – 99.3 percentile. Wikipedia: IQ Score Distribution
====Comment====
*You can improve the references to that "belie" article. Take a look at WP:FOOT -- you could use multiple footnotes. But it might be better to say, for example, "Gore was not a particularly good student", reference the Post article, then provide a few tidbits. The footnotes every sentece are real distracting and in this case don't add anything (after the first one). --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 18:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Early life

message: Gore attended the elite St. Albans School where he ranked 25th (of 51) in his senior class.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  In preparation for his college applications, Al Gore scored a 1355 on his SAT (625 in verbal and 730 in math). Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness
In 1965, Gore enrolled at Harvard College, the only university that he applied to.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  His roommates (in Dunster House) were actor Tommy Lee Jones and former Columbia University women's basketball star Katie Day's father, Bart Day.  After finding himself bored with his classes in his declared English major, Gore switched majors and graduated from Harvard in June 1969 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government.For more information on Gore's academic records, see: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A37397-2000Mar18
After serving as an United States Army journalist during the Vietnam War, Gore decided to return to school. In 1971, Gore enrolled in graduate course in religious studies at Vanderbilt University.Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness Gore later transfered in to Vanderbilt's Law School, which he prematurely left (without getting a law degree) to run for congress in 1976. 
Al Gore's IQ from tests administered in at St. Alban's School 1961 and 1964 (his freshman and senior years) respectively, have been recorded to be 133 and 134. Washington Post: Gore's Grades Belie Image of Studiousness  Both IQ scores are in the 98 – 99.3 percentile. Wikipedia: IQ Score Distribution
====Comment====
*You can improve the references to that "belie" article. Take a look at WP:FOOT -- you could use multiple footnotes. But it might be better to say, for example, "Gore was not a particularly good student", reference the Post article, then provide a few tidbits. The footnotes every sentece are real distracting and in this case don't add anything (after the first one). --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 18:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Education

message: *You can improve the references to that "belie" article. Take a look at WP:FOOT -- you could use multiple footnotes. But it might be better to say, for example, "Gore was not a particularly good student", reference the Post article, then provide a few tidbits. The footnotes every sentece are real distracting and in this case don't add anything (after the first one). --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 18:26, 18 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: David Foster Edits were reverted for the following reasons.
Other politicians articles do not list grades.
These facts are well documented and not in dispute.
Al Gore was not the first Presidential candidate to lose his home state. GHW Bush lost all of New England in 1992 just to name one.
--8bitJake 18:28, 19 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  David Foster Edits 

message: How can it be argued that supporting the 1991 Gulf War and then opposing the 2003 Iraq War is evidence of a change in political stance. The 1991 War was the response to an Iraqi invasion of a sovereign state and was supported by the United Nations and a massive coalition contributing troops and logistical support to Desert Shield/Desert Storm/Operation Granby. The 2003 War (which I support incidentally) was, regardless of stance, sold to the American and British public through deception and outright lies based on heavily flawed intelligence. The fact that Gore's stance has not changed is shown in this article by the fact that he supported the 1998 actions against Slobodan Milosovic and also Operation Desert Fox.
Andyj461--194.203.94.95 17:06, 22 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  War Views 

message: I don't think that Al Gore should be in "climate change" category. Perhaps admin could add  category:climatologists and remove category:climate change  137.110.7.57 06:41, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think it is worth mention him in the catigory.--8bitJake 17:52, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. Gore is not a climatologist, and has never claimed to be. He is a notable figure in the area of climate change. rewinn 22:44, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Category "climate change"

message: I recently restored his official VP portrait since it doesn't have source/copyright issues like the others that have been added.  This image, however, is 12 years old.  It is a good image, and should be kept in the article in the VP section, but a more recent free use image definitely needs to be added, since Gore has changed considerably since 1994.  I say free use since I wonder whether or not an unfree photo would qualify as fair use since a free alternative is available (his official VP photo is free). --tomf688 (talk - email) 05:21, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  More recent lead photo 

message: I don’t see anyone explaining why this tag is here or what is un-verified in the article. If someone wants to say why this article should be tagged then fine, but I am removing it until then. Redd Dragon  talk contributions  04:11, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  not verified tag 

message: Here's a paragraph on Gore's effect (or lack thereof) on the environment in general during 1993-2001 that his fans censor from the main article.  It's contrary to the perceptions that they wish to promote.  Bottom line is that Gore has never owned up or even mentioned these items in his "new" championing of the environment.
* Nevertheless, Environmental advocacy groups faulted the Clinton-Gore administration in many areas, such as allowing the reversal of automobile fuel efficiencies and allowing more pesticide use in the United States.http://ewg.org/reports/sameasiteverwas/samepr.html A legacy of significant increases in nationwide fuel consumption and auto emissions included nationwide increases of highway speed limits and wide-scale popularity of SUVs.
http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1258b-1.html
http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/suvreport/suvthreat.asp
http://www.nationalreview.com/moore/moore200312020910.asp
http://www.highbeam.com/doc.aspx?DOCID=1G1:17980002&ctrlInfo=Round20%3AMode20e%3ADocG%3AResult&ao=
http://www.cnn.com/US/9512/speed_limit/
http://envstudies.brown.edu/Thesis/2002/Dyer/Transportation%20Vehicle%20Efficiency.htm
http://www.djc.com/news/enviro/10059224.html
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.91.172.36 (talk • contribs) .
:Hey, how about a little good faith here?!?  Ok, the first thing you need to know is that you're in danger of violating the three revert rule.  Second, and more importantly, absolutely none of the sources you've cited to support your claim mention Gore.  Zero.  Your use of the sources to support your claim about his legacy therefore constitutes original research in violation of Wikipedia's no original research policy.  Finally, the wording you use is not neutral and provides undue weight to an anti-Gore viewpoint.  Consider, for example, that one could counter your point by stating that the Republicans were in control of congress for nearly all of the Clinton-Gore administration, or one could argue that Gore was in no posisiton to exert influence on policy when when he was not even President and his party did not control the legislature.  I haven't inserted these arguments into the article because they are my opinion, much like the information you have inserted is yours. · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 21:55, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: P.S. - I just realized that you're blaming Gore for the increase in popularity of SUVs.  Or at least I think you are.  Regardless, that has no place in this article at all. · j·e·r·s·y·k·o talk · 21:59, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments from 192.91.172.36 

message: Some clarification probably needs to be made in the second paragraph as far as "7-2" vs. "5-4" on the decision.  The Bush v. Gore article referenced in the same paragraph states "In three separate opinions, seven justices found that a ballot recount then being conducted in certain counties in the State of Florida was to be stopped due to the lack of a consistent standard; two justices disagreed. A 5-4 majority further declared in a per curiam opinion that there was insufficient time to establish standards for a new recount that would meet Florida's deadline for certifying electors."  Given this, I can see why someone would change this article to read 7-2, since that seems to apply to the stopping of the recount while the 5-4 said that there was not time to establish a new standard.  I don't know which is correct, but I perceive an inconsistency which should be corrected in one or both articles. --Brian G (Talk) 17:05, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Supreme Court Decision 

message: Okay, I know this is completely OT and if you want to remove it go ahead. But I always thought Al Gore was a bit of an idiot and probably would be a typical US president. Having read the article tho I now realise I was probably wrong, I have to say OMFG I can't believe you voted (or nearly voted) for Bush instead of Gore...!!! Nil Einne 16:36, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Al Gore 

message: Over a long period, the Southpark pic has been inserted and removed numerous times. I don't really see the relevance of even the reference, and certainly not of a picture of it. It's an encylopedia article about Gore. And a reference in a comedy central cartoon just doesn't seem that relevant to the scope of the man's importance. Not that it should be censored, there's already an entire article on it. should leave the ManBearPig pic to that SouthPark episode article. (It's very dubious whether the use of that pic even qualifies as fair use for this article, but that's a separate issue.) 
But at any rate, to those of you who support the inclusion here. Would you also support putting the Southpark "Jesus shitting on Bush and US flag" picture in both the Jesus and Bush articles? I don't think it has much relevance to them, no more so than SouthPark to this. But what's the difference, if there is one? It all seems silly to me. Derex 05:31, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The picture is not necessary.  I'm ambivalent about mentioning the SP episode as Gore did comment on it at one point but it's rather trivial.  I don't think either Jesus or Bush commented on their episodes.  Either way, it's probably only a "see also" reference.  --Tbeatty 05:40, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, I fell on my knees and prayed. And Jesus answered my prayers and spaketh unto me verily, and he thought it was fucking hilarious. But, still ... Derex 05:53, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  WP:OR :) --Tbeatty 06:07, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

text: I agree.  It has no relevance to the article whatsoever.  TripleH1976 05:42, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

text: You're gonna see a constant attempt to hype the South Park episode.  The same thing happened on the IMDB forum for an Inconvenient truth (I'm a bit biased on this topic).  Those hoping to attack Gore think promoting the south park episode does so.  My 2 cents :) Mathiastck 08:37, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: South Park Republicans Gzuckier 17:35, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  South Park picture (again)

message: Here are the first four paragraphs of http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/environment_gore_dc :
:NEW YORK (Reuters) Mon Sep 18, 5:27 PM ET - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Monday suggested taxing carbon dioxide emissions instead of employees' pay in a bid to stem global warming.
:"Penalizing pollution instead of penalizing employment will work to reduce that pollution," Gore said in a speech at New York University School of Law.
:The pollution tax would replace all payroll taxes, including those for Social Security and unemployment compensation, Gore said. He said the overall level of taxation, would remain the same.
:"Instead of discouraging businesses from hiring more employees it would discourage business from producing more pollution," Gore said.
I'm not sure how to work this apparently rather novel proposal into the article, and I don't have an account and the article is protected anyway, so I'll leave it to others.  I think this should be included though, because this sort of thing hints he may be running for the 2008 nomination. 66.159.220.115 02:42, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gore says tax pollution, not payrolls 

message: In order to make a super-Al Gore, an unstoppable force for inanity and paranoia in environmental politics. We must pay homage to the omnipotent Alva Gore, inventor of the Internet, patron saint of Wikipedia, and reknowned film-maker. Have mercy on us oh supreme Al, for we knew not that our carbon dioxide emissions would bring death and devastation upon your concubine, Gaia.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.144.172 (talk • contribs) 
:As Finlay McWalter has pointed out elsewhere, the real merge discussion is at Talk:Al Gore III for those interested.  --Allen 00:15, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge article with Al Gore III article 

message: "Although opposed to the Vietnam War, Gore voluntarily enlisted in the army in order to participate in the war."
Uh, I think this needs some kind of explanation. Kaldari 06:38, 23 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Al Gore's blog  70.49.110.145 03:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Enlistment 

message: The article currently reads:
The popular political blog The Daily Howler contends that Gore lost the election due to a relentless media "war," (...) Singled out by The Daily Howler for particularly misleading accounts of Gore and his candidacy are Ceci Connolly of the Washington Post, Katherine "Kit" Seelye of the New York Times and television talk-show host Chris Matthews.
This is an important topic, although loaded with partisan sentiments.  However, there is more than just the dailyhowler blog (which is, by political blog standards, only semipopular) making this claim:
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5920188/the_press_vs_al_gore
and also statements in Harris/Halperin: The Way to Win: Taking the White House in 2008
Centrist democrat blogger Mickey Kaus and even conservative pundit Joe Scarborough ("I think, in the 2000 election, I think [the media] were fairly brutal to Al Gore. I think they hit him hard on a lot of things like inventing the Internet and some of those other things, and I think there was a generalization they bought into that, if they had done that to a Republican candidate, I’d be going on your show saying, you know, that they were being biased.")
made public statements going in the same direction.
I suggest to change as follows: There are several commentators (Eric Boehlert/link, Bob Somerby blog daily howler) contending that Gore etc ... Singled out for particularly misleading accounts of Gore and his candidacy etc
One might even go for a stronger formulation:  "There are several accounts, some of which are well-documented, that ..." etc.  It's clearly much more than just one blogger's opinion. Rbrilla 19:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  2000 presidential election 

message: Pls someone to add the link in bulgarian bg:Ал Гор! Thanks --Chickem4o 20:06, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link in bulgarian 

message: This article is one of thousands on Wikipedia that have a link to YouTube in it.  Based on the External links policy, most of these should probably be removed.  I'm putting this message here, on this talk page, to request the regular editors take a look at the link and make sure it doesn't violate policy.  In short: 1. 99% of the time YouTube should not be used as a source. 2. We must not link to material that violates someones copyright.  If you are not sure if the link on this article should be removed, feel free to ask me on my talk page and I'll review it personally.  Thanks. ---J.S (t|c) 07:46, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YouTube links 

message: I didn't remove it because the format would be far drastic. While I recognize that the 2000 election is highly relevent to Al Gore, it takes up far to much space considering that there already is "Presidential election 2000" article! This should at least be shortened or directed to the 2000 election. Please cite your agreement or dissent before I make the edit. StayinAnon 00:23, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presidential election 2000 is FAR too long 

message: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0101/06/se.05.html
I don't know if this page is locked or what but i can't edit, so here is a link for the claim about florida representatives lacking a senator to back up their complaints 60.240.41.159 09:32, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for Congressional Black Caucus statement 

message: from the Al Gore controversy page.
===Trivia===
* In the game Civilization IV by Firaxis, the icon for the Internet technology research is a picture of Al Gore.
*In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot" (to which Gore himself provided his own voice), Al Gore is introduced, among other things, as "the inventor of the environment", in reference to both his environmental concerns and the mis-quote about him "inventing the internet".
Enjoy. Jasper23 02:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will be integrating two of these into the main article. -Classicfilms 02:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  This is salvage 

message: * In the game Civilization IV by Firaxis, the icon for the Internet technology research is a picture of Al Gore.
*In the Futurama episode "Crimes of the Hot" (to which Gore himself provided his own voice), Al Gore is introduced, among other things, as "the inventor of the environment", in reference to both his environmental concerns and the mis-quote about him "inventing the internet".
Enjoy. Jasper23 02:29, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I will be integrating two of these into the main article. -Classicfilms 02:41, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Trivia

message: For what it's worth, I think it's a good idea to update the picture in the infobox with a newer picture of Gore (the current picture is 12 years old).  Thus, I *would* support a picture like the one shown in this revision *if* an image with known copyright status is used.  Obviously, we shouldn't be using a picture that has unknown copyright status.  But I hope the copyright status is the reason the image is being reverted, not merely a desire to have the old picture in the infobox. · j e r s y k o talk · 00:39, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I reverted to an image which is in the public domain keeping Wikipedia:Fair use and Wikipedia:Deletion of all fair use images of living people in mind - not because a more recent photo was used (which is always better). If the more recent image complies with Wikipedia policies, I don't have a problem with it.-Classicfilms 01:56, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pictures