I am disappointed in those people who are using this ridiculous RW attack against Gore or Edwards calling them hypocrits for the same thing. Being a human being while being for environmental reform. These attacks come through on everything, but definitely shine through when it comes to the environment. I wonder why? (sarcasm)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/28/AR2007022801823.htmlWar on Warming Begins at (Al Gore's) Home
By Chris Cillizza and Matthew Mosk
Thursday, March 1, 2007; Page A08
Fresh off his victory lap at the Academy Awards, former vice president Al Gore -- who has not closed the door on a 2008 bid -- found himself in a more familiar position: on the receiving end of a political attack.
The barb came via the Tennessee Center for Policy Research, a Nashville-based think tank that advocates "limited government through policy solutions," according to its Web site.
"As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk the walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use," said the group's president, Drew Johnson, in a release alleging that Gore's house in the Volunteer State uses 20 times as much electricity as the average household nationwide.
Kalee Kreider, a spokeswoman for Gore, called the statement misleading.
"The power coming into their residence is green, renewable power," she said, explaining that the Gores participate in a program called Green Power Switch, which is run through the public Tennessee Valley Authority. Green Power Switch supplies energy from renewable sources to its members.
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Edwards says no SUVs. Except the one he's driven around in.I know this post looks like a "gotcha", but this is a self-inflicted wound. Edwards is a good candidate with a strong message. Why set yourself up for the inevitable hypocrite attacks? I don't get it.
Do you think that maybe that is because he didn't say no SUVs? He said he would ask Americans to make a sacrifice for fuel efficiency, which includes gas guzzling SUVs. He didn't say SUV owners are the devil or that they are wrong, just that Americans need to be willing to sacrifice for the environment.