‘Greed?’: Gore Gets Testy When Grilled About Investments in Green Companies

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April 25, 2009 at 10:21 am - C-SPAN
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sbourg   April 25th, 2009 - 11:25 am

Holy Cow, this guy is intellectually disgusting and dishonest. But the bigger issue is the harm to American companies of cap&trade legislation and/or more energy taxes. Congress is in it for the tax dollars they need to finance their trillions of programs. It seems the Democrats have no concern for how they’re kiling American companies and prosperity for the current and next generation of workers. We are in big trouble w/these massive taxes/schemes.

Mary   April 25th, 2009 - 11:27 am

Oh come on. What a hoax this guy is. Did anyone tell that glob of goo that fat people contribute to the so called global warming? He is in the whole thing for profit. All of the profit he can squeeze out of the country.
He can not even answer a simple question without getting testy. He would cave real quick under any investigation..

James Fleming   April 25th, 2009 - 11:29 am

It is absolutely amazing to me how many in politics and especially Congress that invest in so many scams of the public and profit from it. Phil Graham helped create the Fannie/Freddie debacle by loosining controls and then left Congress. Our esteemed VP Joe Biden pushed law that made it harder for poor people to declare bankruptcy and to help the Credit Card Industry which is very strong in his homestate. Barney Frank looked out for one of his partners in Freddie or Fannie,Chris Dodd prospered well with campaign contribution and loans along with John Kerry who allowed AIG to keep money that was not rightfully theirs. One cant have two masters so I suppose instead of these characters being public servants,we the public are slaves to them. They rip us off from every angle.Our Congress and ex-Congress people are apparently the most corrupt bunch in America today. They would make Al Capone seem respectful.

Jessi   April 25th, 2009 - 11:38 am

It’s not about greed, it’s about ego. The guy is full of himself.

Dave, Tn   April 25th, 2009 - 11:39 am

“Every penny I have made, I’ve put in a “nonprofit” for ecological causes (*sigh) and then we treat ourselves to all kinds of perks (*heavier sigh) throw parities (*sigh) live a high lifestyle with money from that non profit. (* sigh ** fart oh my there goes another carbon credit) How dare you question me!!! I’m one of the good people!! I really care!!! Don’t make me bring handler Olberman in here with his attack dog Janeane Garofalo to hump your large limbic brain. Don’t make me do that, I’ve got Jeffrey Immelt over at GE in my Fav 5 (*sign)

Get him Marsha!!!

JetJockey   April 25th, 2009 - 11:41 am

Out of the kindness of his heart Algore is going to save us from ourselves! How noble! I wonder how big his carbon footprint is? Did he drive his electric car to DC or did he fly his JP4 guzzling private jet????

Liam Steele   April 25th, 2009 - 11:43 am

All of that from a guy whose house is over 10,000 square feet. Gore is a bore and he’s a crook. Case closed. Tell Tipper to put that house on the market and move to a small “green” house.

Socialism Anyone?   April 25th, 2009 - 11:50 am

….HOW DARE YOU MISERABLE UNWASHED IDIOTS QUESTION MY MOTIVES…(water boarding is probably the only way we’ll ever get the truth out of that SOB!)

Observer   April 25th, 2009 - 11:52 am

“If you think it’s about greed, you don’t know me.”

Phooey, we know everything about this Bolshevik, me first, 20 million megawatt retard but the color of his socks!!

Scubooper   April 25th, 2009 - 11:56 am

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Republikkkans are NOT the meek. Have blessed day.

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Hickok   April 25th, 2009 - 11:58 am

Fat and stupid..A bad combination, Al Gore, as Dr. MaryFatA$$ the Handjob Hussie can attest to.
Here are a few things you might want to know about this bloviated gasbag.
1. “I invented the internet.” No you did not fatso, you didn’t even invent the hair net.
2. “Tipper and I were the inspiration for the book and movie, Love Story.” Wrong again, Gargantua, the author said you were not.
3. His father voted against the Civil Rights Act as a Senator.
4. His family always had “Black help” at their Tennessee mansion. His father said, “I love Darkies, I think everyone should own a couple.”
5. With his private jet, fleet of SUV’s, and mansion, his carbon footprint is the size of Australia.
6. He worked overtime to get military absentee ballots invalidated in Florida in 2000, only to lose that challenge.
7. On the Freedom Bus he and his creep buddy Bubba took from Little Rock to D.C. for the 1993 Inaugaration, they stopped at Monticello. There were 3 busts of Presidents on a table, and Algore asked the curator, “I recognize Lincoln, but who are those other fellows?” Stunned, the curator replied, Why they’re Jefferson and Washington, Senator Gore, they were Presidents also.” And dumbass libs made fun of Dan Quayle for adding an e to potatos.
This guy is one sack of putrid sh*t.

kp   April 25th, 2009 - 11:59 am

He really does believe his own BS. That is the sad fact.

jjamerb   April 25th, 2009 - 12:09 pm

Notice the uncomfortable laugh as he’s struggling to come up with an answer. His wallet is so deep into this he has to make sure legislation passes, thus the reason they refused to have the other side sit with him to give theories that sun spots are cause of the past rise in temps. No mention of the earth cooling 3/4 of a degree last year which wiped out the entire rise of heat over the last 50 years.

Global warming is a scam. Remember global cooling? No one feared that so they changed it. The hole in the ozone was big for a while too.

Cap and trade is a joke. Global warming is a joke. Our Congress is the biggest joke of them all.

Jamesb   April 25th, 2009 - 12:35 pm

110′ houseboat plus toys, mansion in Tenn., private jet trips, entourage in idleing limos while he speaks…and that’s now, before he REALLY CASHES IN!

Cayuga Computers Ithaca   April 25th, 2009 - 12:53 pm

Al Gore is a fat freak who is in bed with Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church.

nilofc   April 25th, 2009 - 12:58 pm

Of course there is something wrong in pushing for Cap and Trade and doing business in that area.

Hey Al….have you heard of “CONFLICT OF INTEREST”?

Truth_Is_a_B   April 25th, 2009 - 12:59 pm

For scubooper: Since you don’t appear to know history. The first Klan was founded in 1865 by veterans of the Confederate Army. Its purpose was to restore white supremacy in the aftermath of the American Civil War. The Klan resisted Reconstruction by intimidating freedmen and white Republicans, members of the abolitionist movement. Found that on wikipedia but there are a ton of results when you google it. They’re also against Catholics. So the KKK is actually a LEFT-WING organization fought for by southern democrats after the civil war. You’re operating under the incorrect assumtion by democrats that if you’re conservative you’re a racist. You obviously know about the internet. Maybe you should use it to find the truth. As much as you might try you can’t change history. I’m guessing your next try would be to call me a NAZI. Guess what NAZI actually means National Socialist German Workers’ Party (Gee a left wing group) You should try looking at things the way they actually are and not the way you want them to be. All of the names you like to call the right are actually historically based in the left wing ideology. Go ahead and google all of this. As for Al Gore. He’s made hundreds of millions scaming people out of their money. It’s a great scam to. You give me money for carbon credits to feel better about yourself. I’ll take that money and invest it in companies I own. Then I’ll lobby my buddies in congress and get tons of taxpayer dollars for nothing. Then I’ll reap the benefits when my stock prices go up. All the while I will have produced nothin and I will not have made any difference in carbon emmisions anywhere in the world. Great scam. Lets see all of the receipts proving that he’s given all of his money away. He was a founding member of these companies and this movement and it’s all about money and power, just as it always is. If you were truely against government intrusion into your life you would fight this and stop trying to insult people with a different view than yours. Just in case you weren’t just hiding behind a false facade of being a Christian, you have a blessed day too.

cindy graham   April 25th, 2009 - 1:04 pm

He never answered her initial question! This man is not a scientist, so how in the world can he speak with such absolute authority? I want him to debate qualified scientists, not politicians. In fact, we should demand it, before one bit of legistation is passed!!

Ritty77   April 25th, 2009 - 1:04 pm

Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s, there were many occasions to hear the Russian spokesmen and leaders speak. When they did, you automatically new they were not being honest.

Gore reminds me of them. When he speaks, I know he is lying.

The same goes for our affirmative action experimental President.

I would also like to once again thank the good people of Tennessee for your votes in 2000. Had you, the people who knew him best, voted for Gore, Florida would not have mattered, and this America-hating liar would have been President.

Bill   April 25th, 2009 - 1:22 pm

We got two feet of snow last week in Land O Lakes, WI.

Tell me all about Global Warming. But first, tell me about the Carbon Credits you buy from the company YOU own.

Lying POS.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   April 25th, 2009 - 1:37 pm

And why wouldn’t he?

America needs to check out which companies he is investing in…makes sense for him to then go out and perpetuate the lies he is telling.

America…how much longer are we going to endure this hypocrisy in Washington!

We need to rally together in Washington on July 4th to protest our government and what they are doing to our great nation!

I am going to be there…I hope you will too!

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JUST ANOTHER PATHETIC DAY IN THE “REIGN OF BARRY HUSSEIN” AND HIS WASHED UP DEMOCRATZI HENCHMEN SPREADING LIES…THE THING THEY DO THE BEST!

dr jay   April 25th, 2009 - 1:41 pm

truth is a B, great post.
its very disconcerting for me to live in a country where bloviating puss bags get to create policy and megamillions off of junk science. i hope to see a revolution of sorts that holds people like gore accountable.

Kenny C   April 25th, 2009 - 1:50 pm

That’s the trouble WE DO KNOW YOU…….you make Biden look look a genus…..when you didn’t know those statues (who’s these guys) I almost sheit my pants laughing….then I figured it out….Clinton was surrounding himself with fools to keep the heat off him…….like what Obama is doing now……you jinks our weather with your horse sheit….every where you go the weather turns to sheit…..do me a favor….take your dumb azz to Anchorage and stay there….oh and you carbon credit foot print horse sheit is flawed….they say fat people put out more gases than us skinny people so it should be Carbon azzprints, not foot prints…..charge taxes by the size of your azz….in your case you will be soon broke…..he.he.he

youxcv   April 25th, 2009 - 1:56 pm

False prophet….
Truth really isn’t in vogue these days is it.

Gathering Storm   April 25th, 2009 - 2:28 pm

Oh my goodness, how can anyone take anything that man says seriously? He refuses to debate any of his asinine theories or even be in the same room as someone with a different (educated) view. Nothing new for this bumpkin: http://www.gargaro.com/algore.html

KansasGirl   April 25th, 2009 - 2:28 pm

Anyone else think his “chuckles” were nervous reactions? As far as “not knowing him”, I wouldn’t admit it if I did.

John, Forney, Tx   April 25th, 2009 - 2:30 pm

Notice how the debate has changed from GLOBAL WARMING to CLIMATE CHANGE. Seeing how the water isn’t flooding New York City and the world hasn’t come to the end Algore predicted almost a decade ago you just change the focus.

And since when was CO2 a dangerous gas???? I suspect the plants love it.

Just because you invest in a non-profit company does not mean you can’t benefit from its existance, or my hospital would be broke in a week. Better not let Tiny Tim and Obama find out he is making money or he will get a visit from the IRS and the Treasury Dept.

Azul Del Fuego   April 25th, 2009 - 2:38 pm

If anyone was on the fence about global warm….er…climate change, all they had to do was observe Algore buying a large house boat. I’ma conservative and make good money, but the last thing I would buy is a large houseboat. Do you know why? Because they are incredibly expensive to maintain. What part is expensive? The fuel. Algore, the climate change freak, buys a houseboat that probably gets 5 gallons to the mile. Because he cares? This guy may be the biggest scammer alive. And he’s also a big pu55y because he won’t defend his position.

Hickok   April 25th, 2009 - 2:39 pm

Truth is a b_ _ _ _,
Great post, and in my last one I forgot something. Speaking of the Klan, when Algore was Governor of Tennessee, he presided over the dedication of a memorial that honored Nathan Bedford Forrest, who is credited with founding the Klan. That, and his daddie’s propensity for hiring “Black help”, and voting against the Civil Rights Act, should tell you a bit about this 270 lb. piece of fecal matter. It doesn’t matter to libturds, however, as they’ve embraced Imperial Wizard Robert Byrd.

Hickok   April 25th, 2009 - 2:41 pm

Breitbart,
Why don’t you moderate Algore’s fat mouth?

Dr.M.L.Kingfish   April 25th, 2009 - 2:58 pm

Just remember one thing:
none of you posters would be able to slam the
GREAT GORE , if he had not invented the internet.
Just remember that!
Oh yeah, and Tipper saved us from that devil-made rock-n-roll.
Wonder how many rappers has she done.
Notice how he and alec balwin both became fat POS about the same time?

Woody   April 25th, 2009 - 3:00 pm

If the Goracle says that man-bear-pig (i.e. half man, half bear, half pig) exists, who are we to disbelieve him?

airedale   April 25th, 2009 - 3:02 pm

Unless he has multiple foundations there is something wrong with his claim that he put every dime he’s made advocating environmental causes into a non profit (Alliance for Climate Protection which is the one he founded). They only have about $24 million according to Guidestar.org and don’t give away that much nor are their expenses that high. From what I’ve read he’s made a whole lot more than that something in the neighborhood of $100 million but the reports I have seen could be wrong and maybe the $24 million+ what’s already been spent is everything he’s earned.

RANDY BROWN   April 25th, 2009 - 3:09 pm

ALGORE IS A PIECE OF CRAP THAT ONLE WANTED TO LINE HIS POCKET AND THE POCKETS OF THE ELITE IN THE WORLD….. HANGING WOULD BE TO GOOD FOR THESE ANIMALS THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEIR OWN COUNTRYMAN TO GET RICH THIS WAY . GLOBALIST AND TREE HUGGERS ARE ALL THE SAME… SCREW THE COMMON MAN… GLOBAL WARMING CLIMATE CHANGE ALL BULLCRAP

Bill   April 25th, 2009 - 3:27 pm

more crap from Gore. follow the money, why would the dems not allow to brit to testify? Because Gore’s crap will not stand up under reall science!

Diana   April 25th, 2009 - 3:38 pm

I would like for just one of these representatives to pull out his electric bill and say, “We’ve all been told how passionate you are about what your doing. If you’re truly passionate about this cause, just why is it you yourself do not live green? 30 years? How do you not expect people to see the hypocrisy in that? To question your motives.”

Gore is a narcissist. He craves being the center of attention. How dare you question my greatness. In the end he’s going to wind up looking twice as stupid as he did when he said he invented the Internet. No one will believe a word that comes out of his mouth.

MacDoc   April 25th, 2009 - 4:15 pm

Typical Al Gore using a typical Leftist Debating Technique; when confronted with a question that you don’t want to answer, get aggressive, threatening and belligerent. Become a bully to deflect the question. Typical.

What she should have asked was “Do you take a salary from this ‘Non-Profit’ company? Do you write off your travel, meals, auto, mortgage, etc from your ‘Non-Profit’ company? Do you personally benefit in any way from your association with your ‘Non-Profit’ company that you insist you take ‘Not one Dime’ from.”

Of course he does! So does Bill Clinton, Jeremiah Wright and many other ‘Servants of the People’!

Magyarfrau   April 25th, 2009 - 4:44 pm

He’s a liar. How come he refuses to debate anyone on the global warming topic? He is not a scientist– he is a greedy, selfish politician. He should have to present documentation of what profits he makes and where it ends up– he must have undergone some anger management training– remember his speeches after the election was ” stolen” from him? I wonder how he will like Cap & Trade when they go after overweight people. He will be their poster boy. Apparently he has not self discipline over himself why would he have any over the nation’s money.

migtex1234   April 25th, 2009 - 4:58 pm

He started his “gig” seeking attention & way to con to fill his pockets. He quickly found his
“hystical” rant & rave appealed to those who goal was total control of citizens thru his phony OUTRAGES claims. Those that bought into this are seeking more power & control and then the “useful idiots” (the individuals who picked up this rant).
Remember, useful idiots, is the term used by politicals to mold citizens to take up emotional causes without checking facts. remember all the creeps at EPA, who would gain more power.

SFC (RET)   April 25th, 2009 - 6:26 pm

So let me see if I have this right, Al is too important to cut his own use of energy so he buys “carbon credits” to offset – only he buys them from a company he owns so he is really isn’t spending anything but I bet he can get a write off on his taxes. Granted, that’s not greed, that’s just psychotic. Now I think about it, when he was driving cross country, unkempt and looking like Kaczynski, that should have been a sign, this man’s not on the same planet as the rest of us.

flipflop   April 25th, 2009 - 6:31 pm

Wow a little defensive there, eh Al? Watching him lose it was hysterical!! We need more questions like this. I can’t believe it’s taken so long.
So if he’s put all this money he’s made into some green account, where did his house and his plane come from? He’s such a liar. And he’s getting away with this right before our very eyes. Sickening.

sybilll   April 25th, 2009 - 6:56 pm

Good for Marsha. A confident Tennessee politician taking on a bloated Tennessee blowhard.

Algore   April 25th, 2009 - 7:19 pm

It all goes into my non-pocket…I mean non-profit.

I really am GREEN, as in $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

http://www.GlobalWarmingHoax.com

http://www.M4GW.com

Girl 2   April 25th, 2009 - 7:25 pm

Eileen From Freedom/Liberty, all I can say to you is “YOU GO GIRL!!” I enjoy reading your comments about politics. Liberty and freedom are very important to me. It’s too bad the morons in Washington do not share the same beliefs.

fande3rls   April 25th, 2009 - 8:22 pm

“Be not intimidated… nor suffer yourselves to be wheedled out of your liberties by any pretense of politeness, delicacy, or decency. These, as they are often used, are but three different names for hypocrisy, chicanery and cowardice.” John Adams

clarify   April 26th, 2009 - 12:21 am

Remember he was vice president for 8 years and did NOTHING constructive with global warming when he was in a position to make it happen. NOTHING. The reason for this is that he couldn’t make any money personally from it. Total fraud. The minions who follow him are dumb, ignorant and whackos. Everyone keep hammering about this as THEIR solution will cost Trillions. Minions are not exempt either.

Jim   April 26th, 2009 - 12:43 am

He just said he’d been fighting global warming for 30 years? 30 years ago the so-called experts thought we were entering an Ice Age!!

Caught on tape!

Idiot!

GlobalObserver   April 26th, 2009 - 1:16 am

Notice he didn’t answer the question about whether he’d be willing to divest of his interests — instead saying “Is there anything wrong with making money?”

First he says he not making money, then he defends the idea of profit.

Something smells fishy. We haven’t heard the end of Gore’s financial interests in going green.

Marc Jeric   April 26th, 2009 - 10:52 am

Everybody remembers that bloviating gasbag Al Gore when he invented Internet – but how about his re-inventing government? In the meantime he buys his carbon footprint by tax-free money which he invests in his own tax-free company headquartered in England and cashes in his tax-free profits from it.

Vulgar Robot   April 26th, 2009 - 6:58 pm

I heard all I needed to hear when Gore started laughing during the serious, legitimate question. He is so deluded that he truly thinks no one of importance cares about her question. I mean, who is she to question the great Albert Gore, Jr? What a waste of his valuable time, when he could be out there spreading awareness. Sad.

AmericanPeriod   May 2nd, 2009 - 11:31 am

Al Gore left office with a net worth of 2 million and now is worth over 100 million, and can then say he’s not profiting from the “Global Warming Scare”, he’s a liar.

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